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Anti-coal power plant rally ends after talks
Online Reporters, Published on 20/02/2018
» Protesters against a coal-fired power plant in Krabi and Songkhla called off their rally in front of the United Nations office in Bangkok on Tuesday after the Energy Ministry agreed to conduct a fresh impact assessment.
Carabao: Rocker turned drinks mogul energises English football
AFP, Published on 20/02/2018
» On Sunday evening an ageing Thai rock star with hooped earrings, signature bandana and a wispy moustache will be at the home of English football to present the Carabao Cup to either Arsenal or Manchester City.
Lagging e-commerce spending inches up
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 20/02/2018
» E-commerce spending in Thailand has inched higher, but is still lower than the global average.
GDP outlook rosy after strong 2017
Chatrudee Theparat & Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 20/02/2018
» The government has expressed confidence in the country’s economic outlook after Thailand posted its strongest growth in five years in 2017, driven by robust exports and tourism.
Asia Biomass opens facility upstream for wood pellets
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 20/02/2018
» Asia Biomass Plc (ABM), Thailand’s largest biomass feedstock producer, will set up a 160-million-baht wood pellet facility as it moves to diversify upstream.
Egco sells East Water stake
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 20/02/2018
» Electricity Generating Plc (Egco), Thailand’s second-largest private power producer, has sold its entire 18.72% stake in Eastern Water Resources Development and Management Plc (EASTW) to Philippinesbased Manila Water Company Inc.
Double taxation on mortgage release
Business, Published on 20/02/2018
» Most people understand that the discharge of a debt by a creditor, or by someone else for the benefit of a debtor, could result in the debtor having taxable income equivalent to the amount of debt discharged. Likewise, when a buyer undertakes to pay off a seller’s debt in exchange for goods or services, the sum of debt released will be treated as part of the sale revenue received by the seller. On the buyer’s side, the same sum will be treated as acquisition costs for income tax purposes.
BCAP keen on B100bn, mainly from six new ETFs
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 20/02/2018
» Bangkok Capital Asset Management (BCAP) targets assets under management (AUM) of 100 billion baht over the next three years, driven partly by offering new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for investors.
FPO declares landlords can lock in windfall tax exemption
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/02/2018
» Landlords who lock in bumper profits from selling land near transport infrastructure projects can be exempt from the land windfall tax if they buy and sell the same plot during the same four-year implementation period of the Treasury Department’s land appraisal prices, says a tax expert at the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).
Court accepts JTA petition to rehab GL
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 20/02/2018
» The Central Bankruptcy Court has accepted J Trust Asia Pte Ltd’s (JTA) petition requesting business rehabilitation of Group Lease Plc (GL), but Group Lease has insisted its business operations remain intact.