Latest:

• Farm sector urges govt to draw up

  Associations seek protection for farmers from steep price and demand fluctuations.

• Search on for nuclear site

  Powerplant survey will take a year

• No lay-offs at PTT

  PTT and its affiliates will not lay off employees in the face of the global economic slowdown, which has pulled down the prices of oil and petroleum products, president and CEO Prasert Bunsumpun said yesterday.

• Govt 'should also shore up oil palm, rubber prices'

  Despite the Cabinet's recent approval of a generous price-guarantee scheme for three crops, the government needs to step forward to shore up rubber and oil-palm prices otherwise Bangkok would be faced with more protests, according to Charoen Pokphand Group.

• Jotun targets hospitals, higher

  Jotun Powder Coatings (Thailand) will penetrate the hospital market for the first time and intends to increase sales volumes in China to maintain growth next year.

• Hotels turn to China, MiddleEast as Europe stays away

  Leading hoteloperators plan to look more towards China and the Middle East next year, due to a continuing plunge in numbers of European tourists.

• Fear and hard times around the world

  The words on everyone's lips at the moment have to do with the world financial crisis and how this will affect us collectively and individually.

• Liken banks on creativity to woo environment conscious customers

  Firm more focused on niche products than volumes

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