Cuddly toys prove main attraction at money show
Rising interest rates and the higher cost of living may make life tougher these days, but you wouldn't necessarily know it from walking around the 6th Money Expo.
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RFID maker has high hopes for Asia
New York-based Symbol Technologies Asia, a retail supply-chain specialist and leading Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system provider, wants a piece of the electronic product-tracking action in Asia.
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Indorama Polymers expands worldwide
Indorama Polymers Plc's (IRP) consolidated first-quarter net profit after tax increased to Bt219 million, nearly 50 per cent over the same period last year.
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LATE NEWS
Japan, India take US to the WTO over shrimp
Japan and India have demanded negotiations with the United States under the World Trade Organisation's dispute-settlement rules concerning its double-taxation practices applying to their shrimp exports.
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Gulf Air eyes 140,000 passengers to Bangkok
Gulf Air expects to carry 140,000 passengers into Bangkok this year, attracted in part by a range of stopover deals.
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Kimberly-Clark blowing Bt84m into tissue factory
Tissue product manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Thailand Ltd will spend Bt84 million to expand its manufacturing base in Thailand.
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Sizzler offers take-away salads as it tries to drum up sales
In an attempt to maintain its sales during the current economic slowdown, the operator of the Sizzler restaurant chain has expanded into take-out food.
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TELEVISION
Ads boost BEC World
Broadcaster expects profits to double
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Rayong sets IPO price
Rayong Refinery Plc will start trading on the stock market on June 5, its president Chainoi Puankosoom said yesterday.
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Finance Ministry calls for faster spending
Complicated e-auction procedures, disruption of privatisation plans and delays to mega-investment projects have resulted in some state enterprises spending much less money than expected on new investment, according to caretaker Deputy Finance Minister Chaiyot Sasomsub.
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THAI BEVERAGE LISTING
Kittiratt must stay on - Vijit
The Stock Exchange of Thailand's board of governors has told its president, Kittiratt Na Ranong, that it will not approve his resignation, if he lives up to his undertaking to quit when Thai Beverage begins trading on the Singapore bourse.
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FRIDAY BUG
In at the deep end
Many Thais, especially the older generation, are afraid to talk to foreigners.
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BORROWING COSTS
Bangkok Bank expects MLR to hit 9% this year
Executive vice president sees higher rates still acceptable to borrowers
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STREET WISE
7 dwarfs in search of Snow White
Amid the uncertainty of whether caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will join the new election, seven factions among the Thai Rak Thai Party have geared up to raise funds to finance their own campaigns.
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Thai AirAsia ups fuel surcharge by Bt100
Thai AirAsia is to increase its fuel surcharge by Bt100 on all domestic routes and most international flights from Monday.
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Local gold prices continue onwards and upwards
The domestic retail price of gold yesterday recorded a new high of Bt13,150 per baht weight (15.16 grams), in line with the world trend. The continued global rise was due mainly to speculation by international funds.
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