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The long road to recovery
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 27/06/2022
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on June 17 that Thailand plans to lift most of its travel restrictions and virus containment measures from July 1.
Private sector opposes wage hike
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 04/05/2022
» A proposal by labour advocacy groups to increase the daily minimum wage to 492 baht is drawing stiff opposition from entrepreneurs who fear the hike in a volatile economy will deal a blow to businesses.
Indorama completes Oxiteno acquisition
Business, Published on 08/04/2022
» Indorama Ventures Plc (IVL), a global chemical company, has fully acquired a 100% stake in Brazil-based Oxiteno S.A. Indústria e Comércio.
Using technology to overcome obstacles
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 30/06/2021
» Despite a string of challenges from the pandemic with more reliance on remote work and careful investment by customers, Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, is looking into digital power as a tool to unlock obstacles and believes it can be digital partner for Thailand.
BoT to mull ceiling rate reduction
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/06/2021
» Ceiling interest rates of consumer loan products, which are currently over 20% per year, are expected to be reduced by at least 1-2%, following calls by the government for the Bank of Thailand (BoT) to review interest rates for credit cards and personal loans to tackle household debt.
Life after Covid-19
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 01/04/2020
» In a few months when the tumult caused by the coronavirus subsides to a level where people and governments have stopped panicking, and more clues emerge on how to stay safe or battle this scourge, there may be time to appreciate just how much the world has changed.
Google to phase out 'cookies'
Business, Bloomberg, Published on 16/01/2020
» WASHINGTON: Google is planning to "render obsolete" a key tool advertisers use to track people around the web, increasing user privacy but also disrupting the marketers and publishers who rely on the search giant's ad products.
Sovereign wealth fund mowed down
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/01/2020
» Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana has ruled out the private sector's request that policymakers to set up a sovereign wealth fund to curb the baht's strength.
Hill farmers swap opium for coffee
Business, Rina Chandran, Published on 22/11/2019
» DOI TUNG: Somchai Sophonsookpaiboon does not remember much about his younger years, except that they were spent in an opium haze.
Business and biodiversity
Business, Robert Watson, Published on 01/03/2019
» At the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos in January, evidence of mounting threats to nature and of nature's contributions to people featured higher on the agenda than ever before. The task for business leaders around the world is to embrace this evidence and start acting as stewards, rather than spoilers, of our vital natural assets.