RETAILING

Tough challenge for sector's new chief

Retail business law 'has to ensure fair play for all stakeholders'
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Ministry adds 30 items to price watch list

The Commerce Ministry has added 30 consumer goods to its watch list to prevent unfair price hikes under pressure from rising oil prices.
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TOT, CAT may give up overseas-call numbers

TOT and CAT Telecom are thinking about surrendering their unused overseas-calling numbers to save on the annual cost of Bt12 million for each number.
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Procedures drafted for interconnection rows

The telecom regulator has finished drafting procedures for resolving interconnection-charge problems among operators.
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Thai Oil to pay Bt1.50 interim dividend

Thai Oil Plc last week declared an interim dividend of Bt1.50 per share, thanks to the favourable consolidated financial performance of the group in the first half.
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ANALYSIS

Monetary tightening may be over, but don't expect rates to fall soon

Are we reaching the end of the tightening monetary cycle? The answer is most probably yes.
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Late News :CP Seed to pay for breaking tree contract

Charoen Pokphand Seed Co Ltd has agreed to pay compensation to the Agriculture Department for failing to distribute 15.5 million rubber trees to growers.
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INABILITY TO SERVICE DEBT

Number of credit-card accounts takes a fall in July

The number of credit-card accounts in July declined for the first time this year on a month-on-month basis, indicating that cardholders' debt-servicing ability is diminishing.
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EUROPEAN UNION

Kingdom may cash in on REACH protocol

Thailand could become an inspection centre for food and paint products
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Horse stationery rides to global market

From a beginning in 1949 as a small bookshop in Bangkok's Chinatown, Nan Mee Co Ltd is currently in the throes of a major transition at the hands of the third generation of its owners, the Suputhiponge family, whose ambition is to succeed in the stationery business on the global market.
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Education is way forward: Banthoon

The next government should focus on developing education and infrastructure so that the country can stand on its own feet, according to Banthoon Lamsam, CEO of Kasikornbank.
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Iinteractive textiles

Just as kids personalise their phones with screensavers and wallpapers, consumers will soon be able to wear T-shirts with messages that scroll across them or scarves that flash "I love you, Mum".
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ANALYSIS

Nominee, or just a passive local partner?

Outcome of Kularb Kaew case seems a foregone conclusion
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Krung Kavee luxury homes

While detached-housing projects are mushrooming along Rangsit-Nakhon Nayok Road in Bangkok, the soon-to-be launched Villa de Krung Kavee will provide the first luxury homes in the area.
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RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM

Noble builds on Thong Lor

Solo project to offer units from Bt70,000 per sq m
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