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• Better food safety urged

  The Commerce Ministry was urged yesterday to make food safety a national priority, in order to ensure market....

• Only 52% of stimulus spent

  The Finance Ministry will next week push agencies responsible for projects in the first stimulus package to....

• Boost in lending set to focus on SMEs

  Officials from the Finance Ministry and six state-owned banks on August 1 will discuss raising the banks'....

• Fashioning success

  The Office of Product Value Development is strongly encouraging local fashion designers to go international.

• New MCOT chief's vision for the region

  Tanawat Wansom, MCOT's new president, has announced his vision for leading MCOT into the forefront of....

• Simat's regional ploy

  Simat Technologies believes its market expansion into the region this quarter will help keep its....

• Nok Air to boost synergy with THAI

  Nok Air is revamping its marketing strategy and seeking more cooperation from its parent company Thai Airways....

• Egat set for power-plant spending spree

  The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is ready to spend Bt22 billion on the establishment of....

• Thailand likely heads for rapid turnaround : ADB

  The Asian Development Bank yesterday expressed optimism that Thailand's economy was heading for a speedy....

• Asset management firms expected to launch funds to invest in savings and corp bonds

  Asset management firms would by year-end launch mutual funds that cash in on the economic recovery amid....

• Guru Speak

  When will the Thai economy recover? The short answer is "not soon", as the global recovery is likely....

• Narrower interest spreads expected to continue

  Interest rate spreads should continue tightening up this year, as banks slash loan rates more aggressively to....

• Ministry seeks to cut PTT's NGV burden, ease pipeline investment

  The Energy Ministry is seeking solutions to lessen PTT's subsidies of natural gas for vehicles (NGV),....

• Auntie Anne's increases marketing

  Central Restaurants Group, operator of the Auntie Anne's pretzelshop chain, will spend about Bt26 million....

• Briefs

  First Thai appointed to governance

• THAI to put airline tickets

  Thai Airways International will host the firstever ticket tender next month in a bid to stimulate lowseason....

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