HAIR-CARE MARKET
Mandom turns on the style for upcountry male teens
Diethelm to give Japanese products new Thai focus
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Singing your own song much preferred to karaoke capitalism
DTAC CEO Sigve Brekke outlines his successful leadership strategies and tells how he leads changes in the organisation amid the highly competitive cellular network marketplace. Pichaya Changsorn writes in the second of a two-part series.
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In brief :Fraser & Neave plans 2nd plant
Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd plans to build a second plant at a cost of US$100 million (Bt3.5 billion) that would triple its capacity for condensed milk in three years from the current eight million cases of milk cans annually.
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Israeli firm to buy property
Africa Israel recently revealed its first expansion into Thailand.
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Bangkok office market quiet
The Bangkok office market was subdued and saw only limited leasing activity in the first quarter, says real-estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle.
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Late news :Cabinet to keep VAT at 7 per cent
The Cabinet yesterday approved the Finance Ministry's proposal to keep the value-added tax (VAT) at 7 per cent until the end of September 2008. VAT was supposed to rise to 10 per cent.
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Bt800m for six SME projects
The Industry Ministry, in cooperation with state agencies, yesterday announced a combined budget of Bt800 million for six projects aimed at promoting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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Producers throw TITV a lifeline
More than 100 television producers yesterday said they had pooled Bt8 million to extend a lifeline to TITV and its staff.
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TELECOM INDUSTRY
Labour unions oppose TOT plan
State agency stands accused of setting up network monopoly
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Dusit plans JVs to tap high end in Mid East
Dusit International, the operating arm of Dusit Hotels and Resorts, plans to open six-star hotels and residences in the Middle East to tap the high-end market.
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True Visions, MCOT launch channel for new charter
MCOT, operator of Modernine Televi-sion, and True Visions, operator of UBC Cable TV, yesterday raised the curtain on the country's first TV channel covering the new constitution.
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Thai firms 'falling behind in energy management'
Energy and raw-material costs are an increasing worry for Thai businesses, and they are lagging behind the rest of the world in efforts to manage their energy usage, the latest findings from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) show.
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RPT Asia looks to extend overseas presence
Elasticity is all the more important in the heated global construction marketplace, as RPT Asia has learned as it looks at expanding to China, India and the Middle East.
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STREET WISE
Spidey weaves his web of cash
One of my young colleagues at The Nation confessed she fell asleep halfway through "Spider-Man 3". And critics didn't seem to appreciate the latest sequel of the web-slinging hero.
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Ch Karnchang, Laos sign MoU for study of dam on Mekong River
Ch Karnchang announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) last Friday with the Lao government to conduct a feasibility study of the construction of a US$1.7-billion (Bt59 billion) run-of-river dam on the Mekong River.
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BAY launches 'Cardless ATM'
From tomorrow, you can withdraw funds from a Bank of Ayudhya (BAY) automatic teller machine without an ATM card or bank account under its new "Cardless ATM" money-transfer service.
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K-Lifestyle funds unveiled
Kasikorn Asset Management (KAsset) yesterday launched K-Lifestyle funds, aiming for the first time to target working-class investors and regain the No-1 spot as the country's largest mutual fund player in the long term.
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Company reports
HOME PRODUCT CENTRE reported a consolidated net profit of Bt138.95 million for the first quarter, an increase from Bt118 million in the same period last year.
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STOCK FOCUS
Cal-Comp Electronics
KGI Securities (Thailand) has recommended "outperform" for Cal-Comp Electronics, with a target price of Bt6.35 per share - up from Bt5.75 earlier.
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Drawing a clear line
Workaholic Dhitivute Bulsook of the Serm Suk clan leads a simple life outside the office - and keeps business out of family meals
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