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• Ministry backtracks on adding retail sector to control list

  The Commerce Ministry has shelved an attempt to tighten the rules on controlling the expansion of retail....

• Ministry only partially successful in bid for lower prices

  Some manufacturers of 25 out of 46 key items agree to cuts

• Bt1 billion sought for training

  The Industry Ministry will ask for Bt1 billion from the government's Bt100-billion supplementary budget....

• Large retailers to face

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• Egat gets go-ahead for further Mae Moh mining

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• Malee Sampran expects 8% market growth

  The bad economy is hurting the fruit-juice market, whose value is expected to grow only 8 per cent from last....

• Fitch lowers pttar ratings on fears over

  Fitch Ratings (Thailand) yesterday downgraded the national long-term and bond ratings of PTT Aromatics and....

• Thai Airways business improvement plan by mid-feb

  Q3 hedging loss $17.7m, but 'minimal' compared to rivals

• BOT forecasts NIM decline

  The Bank of Thailand (BOT) projects the banking system's net interest margin (NIM) will decline shortly....

• Banks' credit approval monitored

  Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) would monitor commercial banks' credit approval standard to prevent banks....

• Good returns, but weigh risk

  Go for issuers that diversify risk, be selective: experts

• MAI in bid to make listing easier

  Companies seeking listing on the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI) in future might need only public....

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  Italthai unit has high hopes for CNG buses

• Company reports

  RATCHABURI ELECTRICITY GENERATING HOLDING recorded a 2008 consolidated net profit of Bt6.49 billion, up from....

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  PTT Philippines sets 500m-peso expansion plan

• Gaysorn urges govt plan to woo 'quality tourists'

  Gaysorn Land

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