PERSONALITY
Made by man with woman in mind
What it takes to tread the long road to success in the cosmetics business
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TFEX to expand options products
The Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) is to roll out its second product, SET50 index options, next year with the aim of boosting its average daily trading volume to between 5,500 and 6,000 contracts.
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Shift to higher-risk corporate bonds
With more stable interest rates, investors have been more confident about shifting their money from government bonds to corporate bonds, resulting in a 55-per-cent rise in trading volume in the latter last month.
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New govt likely to ink rail loans
The new finance minister is expected to sign loan agreements with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to finance three mass-transit routes in Bangkok.
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Conrad revamps for executives
After a slight drop in its occupancy rate this year as a result of "unfavourable conditions", the Conrad Bangkok hotel expects to benefit from a rise in average daily room rates resulting from its expanded and renovated executive floors.
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Baht borrowing now preferred to dollar debt
Private companies are increasingly borrowing through foreign baht-denominated debts, while dollar-denominated debts have declined gradually, according to a Bank of Thailand survey.
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Mobile moguls moving in on rising 3G market
Despite expected low demand, cellular operators are moving toward investment in the 3G mobile network as a way to reduce concession-fee burdens and ease their strained cellular spectrums.
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One Two Go to do 60 daily flights
The aftermath of the coup has paved the way for One Two Go Airlines Co Ltd, a Thai-owned budget airline, to increase its flights from 24 a day to 60 a day next year.
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Workshop for SMEs in auto parts
The Export Promotion Department in cooperation with the Thai Auto Parts Manufacturers Association will hold a workshop next week aimed at strengthening SMEs in the industry.
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Ministry to tighten foreign business law
Due to the nominee problem as investigated in the Kularb Kaew case, the Commerce Ministry is planning to amend the definition of a foreign shareholder under the Foreign Business Act, in order to plug loopholes that have been used by both Thai and overseas investors.
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LCD TELEVISIONS
Fresh battlefield for flat-panel TVs
Stiffer competition looms as Japanese makers plump for Thailand as their manufacturing hub for sets of the future
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Ascott sets new benchmark
Adds provisions, medical services
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THE STATION
City units 'can save costs'
Condominiums with limited views are selling for Bt1.25 million
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Building the Suvarnabhumi brand
Airports of Thailand, the operator of Suvarnabhumi Airport, has hired a communications firm to advise it on public relations as it aims to build the new airport's brand to give it local and international recognition.
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SME
Studio offers customers snaps and royalties
Unlike most professional photo studios, Max Fine Studio Co Ltd attracts customers by making them copyright co-owners, giving them extra benefit from their attractive photos.
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PERSONALITY
Reflections of a hotel veteran
For almost two decades Gregory J Meadows has been working for various five-star hotels in Bangkok. He really knows the differences among them and has always created new ideas to satisfy his guests.
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STREET WISE
NTC strapped to their seats
The situation is perhaps best described by words from a song by Carole King: "I feel the earth move under my feet. I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down."
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Way sought to pare away Asean tariffs
An Asean senior economic officials' meeting in Hanoi next month should pave the way for the liberalisation of trade, services and investment in the region, with the ultimate goal of achieving a single common market by 2015, a senior official at the Commerce Ministry said last week.
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Asian airlines offer best value in the world, recent study shows
A study commissioned by Malaysia Airlines has concluded that eight Asia-based airlines - Japanese Airlines is not among them - charge the lowest fares per mile in the world for domestic flights on full-service carriers, according to E-Turbo-News.
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