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Knight Frank spots foreign infusion
Business, Published on 08/01/2018
» The Thai residential market benefited last year from foreign buyers, says property consultant Knight Frank Thailand.
OIC tightens noose on agent violators
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 08/01/2018
» The Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC) continues to tighten supervision on insurance intermediaries in a bid to protect consumers after it revoked the licences of 50 insurance agents and a broker during the first nine months of last year.
US expansion catches eye of Banpu, PTTEP
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 08/01/2018
» Thai energy firms Banpu Plc and PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) are reacting to the announced increase in petroleum production by the US by increasing their investment in the Marcellus and Utica shale regions.
Myanmar confident of economic take-off this year
Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 08/01/2018
» After nearly two years in power, Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and her government face a crucial year ahead. Apart from significant political problems -- resolving the troubles in violence-torn Rakhine state and reviving the stalled peace process -- the government needs to show dramatically improved performance on the economic front.
Private equity turns to family firms
Business, Jesus Alcocer, Published on 08/01/2018
» Private equity firms are betting that family-owned businesses are a profitable though overlooked way to gain a foothold in developing markets.
Nissan shortlists Thailand for EV facility
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 08/01/2018
» Japanese car maker Nissan Motor Co has shortlisted Thailand as a key candidate for its EV manufacturing facility in Asia-Pacific, even as the local market for electric vehicles (EV) remains tepid.
Tanachira etches out SET listing plans
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 08/01/2018
» Tanachira Retail Corporation Co, the importer and distributor of fashion products, plans to list on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) over the next few years to expand into the fashion retail business.
Real estate blues
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 08/01/2018
» Real estate, the second largest employer in the Indian economy, has been hit badly by reforms including demonetisation, the crackdown on "black money", tax changes and new consumer-friendly regulations intended to hold developers more accountable.
Indian resistance could spell trouble for RCEP
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 08/01/2018
» India is moving closer to rejecting the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), with a top government official declaring that the proposed 16-country agreement does not fit with the government's "Make in India" campaign.
Roadshows to attract global companies to EEC
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 08/01/2018
» The government will be busy this year holding international roadshows to lure more investors to its much-touted Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).