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Land and buildings tax draft gets nod
Business, Published on 22/03/2017
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved the draft bill for the long-awaited land and buildings tax, intended to narrow economic disparity, after a review by the Council of State.
'Learning from Unicorns'
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 23/03/2017
» Implementation of personalised marketing with customer insights, delivering customer-driven innovation products and staying abreast of changes and the latest trends in consumer behaviour are critical factors influencing the success of local startups to join the league of so-called unicorns.
11 airports in queue for X-ray scanners
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/03/2017
» An automated X-ray scanner system will be installed at baggage conveyor belts in 11 international airports nationwide by 2019 to crack down on smuggling and tighten security, the Customs Department says.
Rising baht puts BoT on its toes
Business, Published on 25/04/2017
» Nervousness that the US Treasury will add Thailand to its list of countries to be monitored for currency market manipulations could compel the Bank of Thailand to hold off from intervening in the foreign exchange market and seek other measures to curb the baht's rapid gain. The central bank's tapering of its short-dated bond sales has had a small impact in stemming the influx of capital, a main reason for the appreciation of the baht.
Some cling to landlines, but mobile-only homes rule
Business, Published on 05/05/2017
» NEW YORK - Deborah Braswell, a university administrator in Alabama, is a member of a dwindling group -- people with a landline phone at home.
Hyundai keen to refurbish brand image
Business, Reuters, Published on 30/05/2017
» SEOUL/BEIJING: Bruised by anti-Korean sentiment in its biggest market and losing ground to local automakers, Hyundai Motor Co will open its first Chinese brand store, and may locally assemble its premium Genesis cars and accelerate the launch of a sport-utility vehicle (SUV).
In the good books
Business, Nanat Suchiva, Published on 15/06/2017
» A former Amazon employee once said that the traditional book market was "an absurdly inefficient model, worse than my uncle sending his laundry home from college".
Parsing e-commerce tax options
Business, Published on 19/06/2017
» E-commerce, the online trading phenomenon breaching global boundaries, has enabled companies and even individual vendors to increasingly engage in transactions with customers without any of the contacts traditionally associated with sales of goods and services.
'No way' Thailand is a currency manipulator
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 26/06/2017
» Thailand's risk of being labelled a currency manipulator by the US is "de minimis" or unlikely as the baht movement is in line with other Asian currencies, says an executive at Citibank.
Calculating zero-dollar tour costs
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 27/06/2017
» Who will be the biggest winner in the government's decision to stamp out so-called zero-dollar tours in late 2016: businesses, the government or tourists?