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• AFTC to wean itself off govt support by 2014

  Wanchai Palotaitakerng, the new secretary-general of the Agricultural Futures Trading Commission, is committed....

• Minister's last-ditch effort on IPR

  Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot will visit Washington next week to make a last-ditch effort to....

• Drought, infestation will lower yield

  Widespread drought and a brown-planthopper infestation will slash rice harvests 30-50 per cent, with the....

• SRT efficiency guidelines expected in two weeks

  The State Railway of Thailand is expected to complete guidelines to improve its administration within two....

• Bangkok to see three new Accor hotels

  Accor will open three new hotels in Bangkok this year, in response to the travel industry's expected....

• Rose Media VP to launch Ignite Asia

  Jirath Pavaravadhana, vice president of Rose Media & Entertainment, yesterday announced he would start his....

• Virut Thong Song plans Bt200m mill in the Northeast

  Virut Thong Song, a rice miller in the South and seller of milled-rice packs under the Poung Kaew, Ha Tit....

• BEC Tero upbeat on entertainment scene in 2010

  BEC Tero Entertainment is optimistic about the prospects for local concerts and shows, which are expected....

• SET expects 4 new ETFs in 2010

  Thailand's stock market expects the launch of four exchange-traded funds in the first half of the year,....

• BAM eys to purchase Bt19 bn assets

  Bangkok Commercial Asset Management (BAM) expects to buy assets worth Bt19 billion from financial institutions....

• KTB targets major increase in retail loans

  Krung Thai Bank wants to see a big jump in retail loans this year.

• GH Bank takes 'wait and see' approach

  The Government Housing Bank (GH Bank), adopting a wait-and-see strategy as to whether commercial banks will....

• PTT Chemical eyes neighbouring countries for expansion

  Most of PTT Chemical's expansion is in Thailand, but the company is looking beyond its homeland for....

• HP expects to outpace sector

  Hewlett Packard (Thailand) this year expects to grow by more than the industry average.

• Streetwise: An audience with the bard of Map Ta Phut

  Nothing is more awkward, some say, than conversation with a doctorate-degree holder. The latter's deep....

• Wyeth again sponsors Disney on Ice

  Wyeth, the distributor of S-26 imported powdered milk for growing children, has again signed on to sponsor....

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