TOT LAUNCH
CDMA service to start by year-end
Public-phone project to have 150,000 numbers managed by state agency
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16 vie to be TAT governor
Three insiders and 13 outsiders have submitted their applications to be the new governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
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BOT FIGURES
Q3 growth
Consumption, investment recovering
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UK, US ambassadors to meet Krirkkrai
British Ambassador to Thailand David Fall will today meet Commerce Minister Krirkkrai Jirapaet to seek assurances about the ministry's policies after the change of government, a source said yesterday.
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Logistics switch 'meets Pridiyathorn's approval'
Plans to revise the Transport Ministry's strategic plan for logistics, by switching port development from Laem Chabang to Chiang Saen on the Mekong River and Pakbara port in Satun province, have been well received by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula, according to a ministry source.
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Ministry to review telecom excise duty
The Information and Communications Technology Ministry has promised to consider the request of the TOT and CAT Telecom labour unions to find a way to cancel the telecom excise duty.
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Late News :Jump TV seeks foreign content
Jump TV, a provider of television via the Internet, has signed an agreement with Asia Television and Media to help it negotiate with TV channels and producers in Thailand and Indochina to put their content on its IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) platform.
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Bann Lae Suan Fair kicks off
The annual housing expo Bann Lae Suan Fair 2006 got off to a good start yesterday, having enticed new exhibitors to rent more than 300 additional booths. The fair's organiser, Amarin Printing and Publishing, expects to see as many as 500,000 visitors and a Bt5-billion cash flow throughout the six-day event.
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Property Perfect launches projects
Property Perfect has launched two new residential development projects in the Rattanathibet-Ratchapruek-Bang Yai area with a total value at Bt 7.99 billion to capture a growing lower-priced market segment.
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Instant translation service for tourists
Norwegians bridge communication gap
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Trade deficit with China tops $1 bn
The free-trade agreement between Thailand and China has resulted in a US$1.16-billion (Bt42.6 billion) bilateral trade deficit for the Kingdom in the first nine months of the year due to an influx of Chinese fruit and vegetables, a source in the Commerce Ministry said yesterday.
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S&P takes Kingdom off watch list
Standard and Poor's Ratings Services yesterday affirmed its "BBB+/A-2" foreign currency and "A/A-1" local currency sovereign credit ratings on Thailand and removed the ratings from its CreditWatch.
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GE unit confirms it will purchase 25 per cent of BAY
GE Capital International Holdings Corp has confirmed it will buy a 25.4-per-cent stake in Bank of Ayudhya (BAY), with the first share purchase to be made by January 10.
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STREET WISE
Crusaders tilt their lances
The War of the Roses between Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula and Auditor-General Khunying Jaruvan Maintaka was the big news of the week.
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Kendo snacks target health-conscious teens
Friendship Co Ltd, a major local producer and distributor of snack products, has invested Bt100 million in producing a new range of rice-based snacks called Kendo, which the company hopes will generate sales of Bt300 million in their first year.
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In Brief :Price-hike checks at Royal Flora
The Commerce Ministry's Internal Trade Department has dispatched mobile inspection teams to Chiang Mai during Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006, in a bid to prevent any unfair hiking of prices during the three-month event.
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SCB to launch Suvarnabhumi Cash Card
Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) says it is the country's first commercial bank to offer cash cards for spending at the Kingdom's new international airport.
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Stock exchange targets 64 new listings next year
The Stock Exchange of Thailand has set a target of 64 companies seeking listings in local stock markets next year.
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Phatra Securities scores best among brokerage houses
Phatra Securities emerged as the listed brokerage with the best record, chalking up an unreviewed third-quarter net profit of Bt155.95 million, up 60.71 per cent year on year.
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ENERGY SECTOR
Egcomp to buy 50% of BLCP
Electricity Generating Plc (Egcomp) will acquire a 50-per-cent stake in BLCP Power Co Ltd from CLP Power Ltd and two individual shareholders for Bt6.65 billion.
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Company reports
PREMIER ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY announced a name change to Premier Technology, with its bourse symbol changing from PE&T to PT. The company also decreased its registered capital from Bt1.47 billion to Bt1.42 billion.
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STOCK FOCUS
Banpu
Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) has upgraded its recommendation on Banpu shares from "long-term buy" to "buy on weakness", with a fair value of Bt186 apiece.
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