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Set rallies as equities ride oil roller-coaster
Business, Published on 22/02/2016
» Recap: Global stock markets moved back and forth last week, tracking volatile oil prices. The Thai stock market, however, continued its rally and crossed the 1,300 barrier on Friday as attractive valuations drew investors.
Deadline set for single financial account
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/02/2016
» The Revenue Department has threatened to tighten tax scrutiny on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that fail to register under a single financial account.
SCB eyes overseas investment
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/02/2016
» Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is keen to add financial technology (fintech) and renewable energy companies to its overseas investment portfolio.
PM misses the digital boat
Asia focus, Published on 22/02/2016
» 'If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are a leader," said John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.
New generation for Doi Tung
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 22/02/2016
» The Doi Tung Development Project, one of four flagship projects of the Mae Fah Luang Foundation founded 28 years ago by the Princess Mother (Somdet Ya), is facing a sea change.
Work on broadband project to start soon
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 22/02/2016
» Construction of the national broadband network will begin next month, with all 30,000 villages lacking WiFi to be connected by mid-2017.
Science quest
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 22/02/2016
» Science and Technology Minister Pichet Durongkaveroj is working feverishly to dispel the stereotype that science is hard to understand, particularly for schoolchildren.
Buriram Sugar looks for partners
Business, Published on 22/02/2016
» Buriram Sugar Plc (BRR) is seeking foreign partners to invest in two new sugar mills to serve rising demand in Asia.
IT distributors concentrate on value-added model
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 22/02/2016
» Local IT distributors are moving away from the typical IT-based product to a value-added business model in a bid to capitalise on the rapid uptake of emerging enterprise technologies.
The China Delusion
Asia focus, Published on 22/02/2016
» China's management of its exchange-rate peg continues to rattle global financial markets. Ongoing uncertainty about renminbi devaluation is fuelling fears that deflationary forces will sweep through emerging markets and deliver a body blow to developed economies, where interest rates are at or near zero (and thus cannot be lowered to defend against imported deflation). Fiscal gridlock in both Europe and the United States is heightening the anxiety.