MOST LISTED property firms show strong growth in their financial results for the first nine months of this year, thanks to strong demand in the market. According to financial results for the first nine months as reported yesterday to the Stock Exchange of Thailand by ten listed property firms, eight of them achieved higher net […]
Read MoreThe government is rolling out three measures aimed at tackling tumbling palm oil prices, including using it to produce electricity. Speaking after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, government spokesman Buddhipongse Punnakanta said the cabinet took note of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives’ proposed measures intended to help shore up palm oil prices. He said 160,000 […]
Read MoreCentral Pattana Plc (CPN), the SET-listed retail and property developer under Central Group, has teamed up with Malaysian partners to open a co-working space business in Thailand next year. The partnership aims to increase customer traffic at malls as online shopping proliferates in Thailand, augmenting CPN’s office building business, and growing long-term income. Isareit Chirathivat, […]
Read MoreCHIANG KHONG – As the trade war with the U.S. intensifies, China is looking to strengthen commercial ties with countries in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia by setting up a free-trade zone on the border between Thailand and Laos. In the planned zone, Beijing will waive tariffs and value-added tax on imports from countries that […]
Read MoreThe Bank of Thailand is widely expected to leave its key interest rate near a record low on Wednesday, though there was a good chance that the first rate hike in years could come in December, a Reuters survey showed. Nineteen of 22 economists polled by Reuters predicted the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) would keep […]
Read MoreGENEVA: Thailand has failed to comply with a World Trade Organisation ruling against its regulations on cigarette imports, a WTO dispute panel said on Monday, the first of two legal cases brought to the Geneva-based watchdog by the Philippines. Either side can appeal the ruling, which concerned valuation of cigarettes imported by Philip Morris Thailand Limited from Philip […]
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