BLEACHERS & DYERS
Jtepa could draw investment
Japanese firms consider moving production to Kingdom
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Modernity takes its toll
A Thai tradition dwindles and dies in the harsh reality of today's commodities trading
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New rules for mutual-fund industry
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved draft revisions of regulations related to the mutual-fund industry, especially those governing investment principles in fixed-income instruments.
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Dragon One stock decision next week
The board of governors of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will make a final decision on approving the relocation of Dragon One shares from the main bourse to the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI) next week.
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CIMB-GK Securities targets top 5
CIMB-GK Securities (Thailand) has set an ambitious target of becoming one of the country's top five brokers within five years.
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IN BRIEF
processed food
CP Intertrade hopes to import Vietnamese-made products
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AIS digs deep for teen drawcards
Advanced Info Service (AIS) has signed up the heartthrob duo Worawej Danuwong and Kawee Tanjarak, better known as Dan and Beam, to be presenters for its 1-2-Call prepaid phone service, in an attempt to expand its number of teenage subscribers.
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Amrose Air to focus on Muslim pilgrims
To serve tough competition among airlines, newly established Malaysian airline Amrose Air plans to turn Sultan Ismail Petra Airport into a hub for charter flights, especially for that country's East Coast and southern Thailand.
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LATE NEWS
Ambitious target for logistics
The government hopes its logistics development plan will cut the country's logistics costs from 19 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to 10 per cent by 2011. GDP is currently about Bt7 trillion.
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Quarterly payments among mobile firms
The big money interplay between Thailand's three largest mobile-phone operators was revealed yesterday, with details of interconnection-charge fees changing hands after the first quarter's business.
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IRPC cuts $ bonds
IRPC is to cut the issue of its US dollar-denominated bonds from $400 million (Bt13.8 billion) to between $200 million and $300 million, due to the higher interest rate in the United States.
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Mahajak takes on pirates
Mahajak Development has embarked on a three-year strategic plan to promote its corporate brand and each of its imported audio and consumer electronic products after seeing imitations flood the market.
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Temasek gives back to society
After years of expansion in Asia, Temasek Holdings is reaching out to return profits to society through yesterday's launch of the Temasek Trust with an initial endowment of 500 million Singaporean dollars (Bt11.34 billion).
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STATE RAILWAY
Debt-hit SRT set to outsource
Assets, routes and logistics to go private
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Asean must boost productivity to fend off India and China
Asean countries need to increase productivity to maintain their competitive edge or they risk losing their markets to India and China, the International Labour Organisation has warned.
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STREET WISE
Paving over the palm trees
In a speech at a recent seminar hosted by The Nation and Krungthep Turakij, Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn said The Nation had misinterpreted the concept of the sufficiency economy.
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Oil firms voice concerns on shrinking margins
Oil retailers held a meeting with the Energy Policy and Planning Office yesterday to voice their concerns over low marketing margins that reduce competition and could drive away new investment.
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Promotions galore at the House and Condo Show
Property firms are launching special promotions, offering free transfer fees and other incentives worth between Bt200,000 and Bt1.5 million at the 16th House & Condo Show starting today.
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Modernine to be converted into a news channel
MCOT will reposition Modernine television to become a news station, to chase benefits from the conversion of TITV into public television, which it says will result in the allocation of advertising budgets away from TITV to other free-TV channels.
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