HEALTH MARKET
Philips cares for us in a big way
Firm feels simplicity and prevention can give it a foothold in Asia-Pacific
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Pollution poses national threat
Environmental impacts from industrial plants in Map Ta Phut and Rayong - and in Angthong, where tonnes of fish were dead presumably due to untreated waste water - are forcing the authorities to take tougher actions to protect nearby communities. Under this trend, the cost of doing business in Thailand is increasing, for the sake of the entire nation.
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Boonklee staying on
While he will leave his key post at Shin Corp in July, management supremo Boonklee Plangsiri will still have his hands on the key areas of the group in a role that he calls "full-time board director".
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Wellness centre eyes foreigners
Piyavate Hospital is investing Bt500 million in a "new age" health clinic on Rama IX Road.
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Thai Wah's creditors want National Advisory
The Central Bankruptcy Court will on Wednesday rule if National Advisory will be the new plan administrator for Thai Wah.
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TELECOMS/SATELLITE
Shin Corp will stay out of politics, chief pledges
Somprasong says it is time for fresh start at firm started by ex-PM Thaksin's family
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STREET WISE
Too much for a plain soldier
Ever since he rose to power as assistant secretary-general of the Council for National Security, General Saprang Kalayanamitr has had the public wondering. What is he really like?
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Struggling steel firms want 10% price rise
Producers will ask the Internal Trade Department to allow a 10-per-cent price increase to offset sharply rising world steel prices, according to the Iron and Steel Institute of Thailand.
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Wily Tisco won't deal with just anybody
Tisco Asset Management will continue to focus on its niche market, aiming to grow in asset size from Bt7.25 billion to more than Bt10 billion this year.
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Mah Boon Krong setting sights on healthier rice
Due to the rising number of competitors in both domestic and overseas markets, Pathum Rice Mill and Granary is focusing more on healthy rice to differentiate itself and create added value.
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Singapore registers success in wooing world's students
Singapore has already passed the halfway mark in its quest to become a "Global Schoolhouse" with 150,000 international students by 2015.
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Unease expressed over powers for market committee
Market players have expressed concern over the absolute mandate of the committee on capital-market surveillance that is to be set up under the amended draft of the Securities and Exchange Act BE 2535.
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Shoe-seller seeks growth with brands
Shoe-importer Lion City International plans to achieve aggressive revenue growth of 100 per cent to Bt55 million this year by importing more brand names.
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S Korea, China discuss FTA
South Korea and China held their first joint feasibility study for a free-trade agreement (FTA) in Beijing on Thursday and Friday, Seoul's Trade Ministry said.
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CUSTOMS
Philippine cigarettes are rated
Move follows Manila complaint to WTO
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Prices soaring in HK's luxury-home market
Luxury homes in Hong Kong are getting more expensive, with the sale of a penthouse earlier this week setting a record apartment price of HK$344,320 (Bt1.54 million) a square metre.
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Sanook.com doubles up
Mweb (Thailand), a subsidiary of Netherlands-based MIH Group and the operator of www.sanook.com, witnessed a doubling of visitors last year to 280,000 unique visitors, up from 140,000 in 2005.
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Company wants bigger piece of Japan
Philips Medical Systems, the world's second-largest provider of healthcare technologies, wants to boost its market share in Japan, which it has labelled as a "large and growing" market.
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It's dog eat dog in the tile trade
The stagnation of the overall economy, and specifically the real-estate sector, has meant, says a minor manufacturer of concrete roof tiles, that it is under pressure from the pricing policies of a large producer which controls half the market.
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