CHEMICALS
BASF adds plants in Chon Buri, Rayong
Thai earnings head towards Bt10 bn
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Boom time for free magazines
Give-away magazines could boom next year with advertising spending expected to hit Bt1 billion.
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Strong baht hitting rice
The appreciation of the baht is pushing up export prices for rice, fuelling worries the Kingdom will miss its sales target of 7.5 million tonnes, according to the Commerce Ministry.
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BoI to promote tech-based projects
The Board of Investment will promote Thailand as a technology- and innovation-based country, as labour-intensive industries phase themselves out amid rising wages.
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SPORT
Can your economic mettle win medals?
Or are there some things money can't buy in that arena?
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STREET WISE
Comic cuts in spending
Those who love to "shop until they drop" should find a new booklet produced by the Bank of Thailand to learn how to save.
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Two banks to pay dividends
Bangkok and Siam Commercial banks will pay dividends this year in spite of having to meet more stringent provisions standards.
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Thailand to start using GHS
Trade barriers imposed by importers have prompted the Industry Ministry to adopt the Globally Harmonised System (GHS) by the end of 2008, the Thai News Agency reported last week.
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Samsung launches container security
Stringent implementation of import restrictions in the US next year has prompted Samsung (Thailand) to launch the latest electronic devices for container security to safeguard all cargo from intrusion and tampering during shipment and throughout the supply chain.
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Is coal really the road Thai power should follow?
Located on Japan's coast amid the beautiful nature of Wakasa National Park outside Kyoto is the Maizuru power plant, a 900-megawatt facility that sparks hope among Thai independent power-producers that good technology will help win the hearts of those who warn about the danger of using coal to generate electricity.
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AMBITIOUS SME SCHEME
'Fashion City' is canned
But exports grow as the US and EU limit Chinese textiles
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TCC Capital Land wins two Thailand Property Awards
TCC Capital Land won two awards, the best condo development and the best developer, at the Thailand Property Awards last week, reflecting the high quality of real-estate development, said Professor Manop Bongsatad, chairman of the panel of independent judges.
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Old houses just don't seem to cut the mustard
Home-buyers prefer to buy new homes rather than previously owned ones because they believe that new homes have higher quality and lower costs for decoration, according to Kasikorn Research Centre.
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Marketing pro: good brands tell you a story
The market next year for corporate branding will be more competitive, with many new branding agencies being launched, Dolchai Boonyaratavej, president of Brandscape, said last week.
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SPECIAL REPORT
The merger of AMC and BAM is the perfect marriage
After merging with Asset Management (AMC) at the end of last year, state-owned non-performing-assets management firm Bangkok Commercial Asset Management (BAM) has enjoyed progress through maximised synergy.
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Bird flu's good side
Little did Sun Group think three years ago that the EU's reaction to the avian-influenza scare would prove salutary
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