ENERGY MINISTRY
Piyasvasti aims to use his power
Plans for gasohol and nuclear plants touted as achievements
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Graft loopholes to go
Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn will tomorrow seek Cabinet approval for the draft privati-sation law to replace the Corporatisation Act, a source said last week.
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Banpu income flat as strong currency cancels out gains
Banpu now sees this year's revenues stuck at last year's Bt33.37 billion level instead of growing 10 per cent after the stronger baht cancelled out greater coal output.
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Retooling at KBank pays dividends
Re-engineering at Kasikornbank in 1994 not only started a new era of more-efficient bank customer services, it "planted the seed" of a change-for-the-better corporate culture among staff.
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Tighter criteria as speculation looms
Banks are tightening up residential loan approvals for both developers and individuals as the real-estate market shows signs of increased speculation, particularly for condominium projects in central districts.
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STREET WISE
Measuring CSR success
Certainly, many listed companies have embarked on corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities.
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SPECIAL
UN insights into sufficiency economy
KI Woo takes a close look at the UNDP's Thailand Human Development Report 2007, which describes how His Majesty the King's sufficiency-economy initiatives are moulding the business environment.
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Study reveals savings could be made on logistics
How to ride on the advantages offered by the Asean-China free-trade agreement in 2010 with the present state of the country's integrated logistics system is a serious issue the government has to look at, researchers have said.
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FCI hopes to build 20% on last year
FCI International expects its sales of ready-built factories to show robust growth of 20 per cent to Bt570 million this year due mainly to production expansion projects.
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Late news :THAI places $8m order for electronic flight bags
Thai Airways International has placed a US$8-million (Bt277 million) order for electronic flight bags (EFB) for its aircraft from Global AirWorks.
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Bangkok Bank gives SME business a boost with PR campaign
Amid tougher competition, Bangkok Bank is gearing up a public relations campaign for its SME business.
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Seven months of action
Like other ministries of the Surayud government, the Energy Ministry has been criticised for being less than energetic.
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CB Richard Ellis set on local expansion
CB Richard Ellis (Thailand), an international property consultant, is confident it will expand its services after celebrating its 19th year of operations this year.
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KAsset hopeful over licence
Kasikorn Asset Management expects to become the country's third venture-capital licence-holder in either August or September and launch at least one fund this year.
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BUSINESS & SOCIETY
CSR 'also relevant in hard times'
'But never lose sight of stakeholders'
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Resort family sees Khanom as the next big travel thing
The Khanom area of Nakhon Si Thammarat is going to be the country's next luxury travel destination, according to developers of the new Racha Kiri Resort and Spa at Khanom.
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State boost for research
A boost in spending on state-sponsored research and development and greater emphasis on commercial results could reverse the Kingdom's recent slide in a world ranking of competitiveness; number of researchers to triple
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