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• Beer sales likely to go flat after Govt okays hike in excise

  Local brewers foresee a drop in sales following the government's decision yesterday to raise excise taxes....

• Rail link sparks corruption fears

  Concerns are growing that |the company to be set up |by the State Railway of Thailand to operate the Airport....

• Thailand reaps fruits of close cooperation with China

  Despite the export slowdown due to the global economic crunch, fruit sales to China are expected to enjoy a....

• Opportunities as well as obstacles in VN, Guangxi

  Vietnam and Guangxi, China, pose opportunities as well as trade obstacles for Thai investors, who need to do....

• Blink eyes Thaifex to push exports

  TC Natural will rely on the Thaifex-World of Food Asia 2009 exhibition, held by the Department of Export....

• Telecom watchdog to liberalise IPLC market

  The national telecom regulator will liberalise the International Private Leased Circuit (IPLC) data and voice....

• Weaker baht lifts revenues at Thai Union

  Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) expects its revenue this year to increase by 15 per cent from 2008, thanks to....

• SMEs seek Bt4.85-bn loans to avoid lay-offs

  Altogether 214 SMEs have applied for liquidity loans totalling Bt4.85 billion from the Small and Medium....

• Shares rally another 3.3% on recovery hopes

  Thai shares yesterday rallied 3.3 per cent on the continuing influx of foreign funds ignited by optimism over....

• PrimaVest launches oil fund

  Now that the global oil price's downside is limited but its upside is ripening, PrimaVest Asset....

• Worth Satang

  Below is the financial services and products available this week.

• Bond Market Summary

  Bond trading value (outright transactions) last month totalled Bt1.16 trillion, with average daily trading....

• AIS expands mobile content at portal site

  Advanced Info Service (AIS) has added new services and content to its mobile-content portal site to woo more....

• Briefs

  TOT's 3G broadband network plan heads to Cabinet this month

• Vendors urge Korn to speed up online lotto

  Vendors of the two- and three-digit lottery yesterday submitted a petition to Finance Minister Korn....

• Bidders discuss reduced rice prices

  Thirty-two rice bidders have proposed to the government prices Bt1,000-Bt1,500 per tonne lower than the market....

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