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Villa project expected to keep Pace in the black

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

Pace Development Corporation targets a net profit next year after it introduces its first villa project, MahaSamutr, worth Bt3.8 billion, in Hua Hin in the final quarter of this year.

StanChart pushes on-line transactions

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) is promoting online banking by offering attractive conditions to customers who prefer making transactions themselves, as it considers that this channel could help sustain its relationship with consumers as they adapt to the digital age.

BAY extending yellow points programme

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

Bank of Ayudhya is broadening its Yellow Points programme from transactions via ATM and debit cards to lending products at the bank and its subsidiaries, in order to boost active usage. BAY introduced the points-accumulation programme four years ago, but it has not been used extensively because of its limitation to ATM and debit cards, chief marketing officer Dan Harsono said yesterday.

Industry seeks to ease ban on asbestos import

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

The Industry Ministry will propose to the Cabinet that it phase out the use of chrysotile (white asbestos) fibres in the manufacture of roof tiles over several years instead of imposing a total ban on its import, as for some products there is no good substitute.

Visitors from Aust assured

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

The Tourism Authority of Thailand has denied a report by Australian media that this country is the most dangerous place for Australian tourists and is confident that tourist arrivals will continue to climb.

Aberdeen remains overweight on SET despite declines

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

Foreign investors across the world have been selling stocks on concerns over the possible cessation of the US quantitative-easing programme, according to Aberdeen Asset Management, which maintains its overweighting of the Stock Exchange of Thailand given its unchanged economic fundamentals.

NBTC nods to plan for True, Digital Phone clients after concessions

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) yesterday approved the draft measures to protect the 1800MHz subscribers of TrueMove and Digital Phone Co after their concessions end on September 15.

Chula, cellular firms join to spread wi-fi across campus

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

Chulalongkorn University is collaborating with the big four cellular operators - Advanced Info Service (AIS), Total Access Communication (DTAC), TrueMove H and TOT - to launch the Wi-Fi4CU project.

TrueVisions expanding HD channels to 50-plus

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

TrueVisions, the country's leading pay-TV operator, yesterday announced that it would increase its complement of high-definition (HD) channels to more than 50 by early next year from 23 currently. The new service will be available for subscribers via cable or satellite.

Service centre planned to help SMEs access Asean markets

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

The Commerce Ministry's Trade Negotiations Department will forge closer ties with the private sector and other organisations to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) penetrate Asean markets.

Briefs

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

GE Capital to|provide funds|to PTTGC unit

Loxley-AGT already at work

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

The Loxley-AGT consortium, which was chosen to build and operate a centre for water and flood information, is now working intently on the IT infrastructure plan.

EGAT panel picks deputy Soonchai as next governor

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

The board of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand has given its approval to Soonchai Kumnoonsate, currently deputy governor in charge of power-plant development, becoming the state agency's next governor.

K-Water boss confident of success

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

Monthon Panupokin, managing director of K-Water Thailand, has expressed his strong confidence in the success of its parent company Korea Water Resources Corp with the two modules, accounting for about half of the overall government water-management scheme's Bt350-billion value, that it has |won.

Farmers furious

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00

Anger over reduced rice price; TCC urges review of policy

Bumrungrad Hospital

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:23:00

Valuation more applealing: Upgrade to Neutral

IMF foresees downside risks for Thai economy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 3:59:00

Thailand's gross domestic product (GDP) should expand by 4.75 per cent in 2013 and 5.25 per cent in 2014, thanks to strong private demand and an acceleration of public spending, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

'Scheme will run till 2017'

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 1:00:00

Rice price to be cut from June 30 but policy to continue despite huge cost

O Shopping eyes client bases in provincial market

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 1:00:00

Amid fierce competition among local TV home-shopping operators, GMM CJ O Shopping, the operator of 24-hour channel O Shopping, is planning to expand its customer base to the provinces by rolling out a series of marketing activities and promotions.

Thai tourists should think of home first, says travel body

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 1:00:00

The Association of Domestic Travel (ADT) has urged the government to launch more aggressive campaigns to encourage Thai tourists to think first about holidays in their homeland before visiting such countries as Japan.