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Ciggies set for 2 baht price hike
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/10/2018
» Anti-smoking advocacy groups are rallying behind the government's plan to hike cigarette prices by 2 baht a pack and use the new profits as contributions to the "gold card" universal health insurance scheme.
BAT-3K restructures to transfer plastics, battery firms
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 03/10/2018
» SET-listed Thai Storage Battery (BAT-3K) will spend 700 million baht for the entire business transfer of its wholly owned subsidiaries to pave the way for the company's business restructuring.
B.Grimm chosen by U-tapao
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 04/10/2018
» SET-listed B.Grimm Power Plc has been selected by the Royal Thai Navy as the operator for power plants and a cooling water project at the U-tapao airport.
BIG allots B500m for hydrogen plant, due to operate next year
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 04/10/2018
» Bangkok Industrial Gas Co (BIG), Thailand's largest industrial gas maker, is setting aside 500 million baht to develop a second hydrogen plant to serve rising demand from the automotive and industrial sectors in the flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
Sugar body rails against subsidies
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 09/10/2018
» Thai sugar millers are teaming up with the Global Sugar Alliance for Sugar Trade Reform and Liberalization (GSA) to file complaints with the World Trade Organization (WTO) to seek the abolition of India's sugar cane farmer subsidy.
PM launches social media blitz
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/10/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's latest social media campaign has met with mixed reactions, earning him brickbats from critics and bouquets from supporters after he launched a new Facebook page Monday, as well as Twitter and Instagram accounts, ostensibly to engage more closely with the public.
PTT withdraws from rail project bid, almost
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/10/2018
» PTT Plc, the national oil and gas conglomerate, will not bid for a 224-billion-baht high-speed railway project linking three airports but hopes to serve as a business partner of the winning company.
Chinese plantation bid faces rejection
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/10/2018
» A request by a Chinese firm to lease 20,000 rai of rubber plantation land in Nakhon Si Thammarat for 30 years from the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) is likely to be rejected, according to Agriculture Minister Grisada Boonrach.
SCG reports nine-month revenue uptick
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 25/10/2018
» SET-listed Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand's biggest cement maker and industrial conglomerate, is concerned about the impact of the tariff war and uncertainties in the global economy, aiming to revise the investment plan for 2019.
High-wire act for the economy
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 29/10/2018
» Although hopes remain high that the much-touted 2019 general election will be a catalyst jump-starting confidence among consumers and investors, the dream is marred by the reality that several economic tailwinds are keeping full-scale celebrations at bay.