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Thailand takes one-by-one approach to bolster EU ties
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 31/01/2018
» Thailand is tightening its strategic partnerships with individual EU nations after the bloc agreed last December to resume political contact "at all levels", more than three years after suspending them in protest against the 2014 military coup.
DTAC to go digital with workforce culling
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 31/01/2018
» Total Access Communication (DTAC), the latest in a growing list of companies seeking to capitalise on digital transformation, will slash its workforce by 1,000 employees this year in an effort to increase earnings.
Investors urged towards Japan
Business, Phusadee Arunmas & Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 01/02/2018
» Thai investors are being urged to tap into the service sector in Japan, as Asean and Japan are scheduled to sign a pact on trade in services, worker movement and investment this August.
Thaicom 9 ditched over fee dispute
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 01/02/2018
» Thaicom Plc has finally scrapped its plan to construct the Thaicom 9 satellite because of an unsettled regulatory dispute and a sharp drop in demand for satellite transponder capacity, spurred by the growing popularity of over-the-top (OTT) broadcasting platforms.
10,000 first cars to be unlocked
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/02/2018
» The Excise Department will unlock ownership transfers of 10,000 cars bought under the first-time car buyer scheme and blocked by the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) because they are pending excise tax refund inspections in the next few days.
State wants tourism to spread the wealth
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 03/02/2018
» The government wants to tap the country's robust tourism growth, which is expected to average 9-10% a year over the next 5-6 years, in a bid to narrow income disparity.
Making sense of 2018's head-scratching trends
Business, Christopher Caillavet, Published on 05/02/2018
» The seemingly endless month of January is past, and the festive season's good tidings and optimism have given way to the usual hard-bitten cynicism about the year ahead.
Thriving in a disrupted world
Business, Published on 05/02/2018
» Nazir Razak, chairman of CIMB Group, has spent a lot of time thinking about the increasing impact of technology. "CIMB is in good shape for the future, but, unfortunately, the future is not in good shape," he said at the annual management summit of Malaysia's second-largest financial services firm in November.
CFETS extends forex
Business, Published on 06/02/2018
» China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), the nation's official inter-bank market trading platform and infrastructure provider, has extended its direct trading and quotation services between yuan and baht currencies across the world's second-largest economy.
Volkswagen's monkeys
Business, Published on 07/02/2018
» Late last month, the New York Times reported that researchers used monkeys to test the effects of inhaling diesel fumes from a Volkswagen. The research was commissioned by the European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector, an organisation funded entirely by three big German car manufacturers: Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW.