BOT may be sole authority for ailing banks
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula is likely to propose to the Cabinet tomorrow that the Financial Institutions Act be changed to make the Bank of Thailand (BOT) the sole institution responsible for dealing with troubled financial institutions, a source from the Finance Ministry has said.
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NTC gets tough as TOT refuses to play ball with DTAC, True
TOT has refused to accept additional mobile-phone numbers from Total Access Communication (DTAC) and True Move into its network, which will prevent the users of the numbers from receiving some calls.
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PTT hopes to hold its own next year
PTT Chemical wants to maintain revenue at Bt70 billion next year, according to president and chief executive officer Aditheb Bisalbutr.
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TELECOM SECTOR
Operators facing higher excise costs
Sitthichai seeks change to the way concession fees are paid
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STREET WISE
Fourth time lucky for new TOT chief
Somkual Bruminhent, the newly elected president of TOT, is walking on the moon these days since being named the head of the agency at which he's been working for 38 years.
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Brush-up for Chester's
Global Kitchen Co Ltd, local operator of the 15-year-old Chester's Grill restaurant chain, hopes to expand its customer base through a new "trendy and casual" restaurant style next year.
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Thaioil looking to Asean for expansion
Thaioil, PTT's flagship refinery, is looking to the dynamic Asean region for expansion.
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SECURITIES
KGI has big repo ambitions
Firm sets sights on market leadership with up to Bt4 billion per day
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BankThai to stay out of the card market
BankThai has said it will need a few years to boost its competitiveness before entering the highly competitive credit-card market.
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ANALYSIS
Size does matter for ailing banks
'Too-big-to-fail' concept remains as era of Deposit Insurance Agency nears
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Triple T Global gets gateway go-ahead
Triple T Global Net, a subsidiary of TT&T, has been granted a licence from the national telecom regulator to offer an international Internet gateway (IIG) service.
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Not your typical economi
Kirida Bhaopichitr monitors the economies of four countries
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Easy Thai's Kanchanaburi adventure
Easy Thai Group is investing Bt300 million in a resort in Kanchanaburi province with the aim of serving high-end international tourists with adventure activities.
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Thais are snapping their fingers at Father Time
Local consumers are happy to turn back the hands of time, with 63 per cent agreeing that their 40s are the new 30s, and a similar percentage also considering their 30s as the new 20s, according to an Internet survey by ACNielsen.
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Late news :Diamond Roofing switches to gas
Diamond Roofing Tiles has reduced its production costs by using natural gas, joining with PTT to set up a natural-gas system at its plant in Sara Buri province last weekend.
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Banks' mortgage lending gets cutthroat as year-end nears
Commercial banks are offering more attractive mortgage deals to increase business in the final quarter of the year, according to the latest data from Kasikorn Research Centre (KRC).
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