GASSAN GROUP
Bt4 billion earmarked for expansion
Two new Lamphun golf courses, property projects planned to tap northern demand
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Mazda makes plans to return to Indonesia
Mazda Motor Corp last week announced plans to re-enter the Indonesian market, starting with its first dealership run by a Mazda dealer in Thailand.
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Mountain golf course gets positive feedback
Pravit Reung-po, 48, learned how to design golf courses while working for a company that built links designed by Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo in Thailand.
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STREET WISE
Better to lead than manage
Amid all the junk mail flooding e-mail accounts, there is one that everyone should read.
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BUSINESS SEPARATION
PTT break-up plan takes shape
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which is acting as financial adviser for PTT Plc's business-separation plan, expects tactics for splitting up the
giant corporation to be completed next month.
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Foreign companies invited to market CAT mobile network
The board of CAT Telecom has begun courting foreign firms to market the state agency's mobile-phone service in 51 provinces, which is a change from its original decision to have the company market the service on its own.
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WORLD CUP
Advertisers prepare for a pitched battle
The World Cup battlefield is not restricted simply to the pitch. It also encompasses a great marketing battle, with advertisers competing to enhance their brand awareness by associating with the world's most-watched sporting tournament.
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ANALYSIS
Is time running out for a Thai-US free trade agreement?
US officials in charge of negotiating a bilateral free-trade agreement (FTA) in Bangkok may not admit they have given up. But the protracted political stalemate in Thailand has made it almost impossible to conclude talks this year before the expiration of the US fast-track authority, which is crucial for Washington's endorsement of any trade agreement.
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True may eventually exit TOT access fee
Cellular operator True Move is thinking of stopping its access-charge payments to TOT Plc once the national telecom regulator imposes its interconnection-charge regulations.
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Brokerage upbeat on local auto sales
Despite political turmoil, rising interest rates and higher oil prices, UOB Kay Hian Securities (Thailand) is bullish on local auto sales.
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S&P shifts ad and marketing strategy
restaurant chain S&P Syndicate Plc plans to change its advertising and marketing strategies after experiencing a 10-per-cent drop in customers since early this year.
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NGUAN SOON GROUP
Thai flavour comes to world's table
Company digs deep to spread culinary exports across globe
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Oil prices casting gloom over economy
The sharp rise in oil prices poses a risk in the long term to the economy, according to the Bank of Thailand (BOT).
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NON-PERFORMING LOANS
Bangkok Bank makes policy u-turn
Bangkok Bank is to sell off distressed debts to the state-owned Asset Management Corp (AMC) in a bid to sharply reduce its bad loans this year. The move represents a change of policy for the country's largest bank.
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PERSONALITY
Life goes on from the touch-line
A love of football and building a career path in the insurance business is Ayudhya Allianz CP Life (AACP) president Wilf Blackburn's bread and butter.
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PTT highest SET earner in 2005
Even though 470 listed companies in 2005 posted an aggregate net profit of Bt514.43 billion, the best 10 performers accounted for almost 60 per cent of that, according to the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
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