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Economics

• PM visiting Australia

  Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra left Bangkok on Saturday morning ...

• • Gold prices for Saturday

• • Drama in GSB president selection

• • Raimon Land keen to pursue high-end Bangkok ...

• • Fitness First plans 4 more gyms, sees ...

• • CAT ordered to suspend 3G amid inquiries

• • Huge Silom plot may grab B2bn at auction

• • Thai foreign investment incentives placed in ...

• • April exports continue skid on flood impact

• • Committee goes local

• • SET up on day, down on week

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Marketing

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• • JMB International: 25th anniversary

• • Tusco Trafo: grand opening of factory ...

• • 1.6-litre Mazda3 launched

• • Stock prices continuing downward spiral

• • Tsinghua Tongfang invades Thai market

• • Euro woes weigh as Thaifex show opens

• • SET dives as region stable

• • IRPC signs Technology Licensing Agreement ...

• • Feel-good factor on the rise in Thailand ...

• • Listed firms report healthy Q1 profits

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News

• Baht loss biggest of 2012

  The baht had its biggest weekly drop in 2012 as foreign funds reduced ...

• • Rubber traders buying on exchanges

• • PTTEP raises Cove takeover bid

• • Pineapple farmers protest, block road

• • World Bank: 2012 GDP growth 4.5%

• • Thailand to retain top spot in rice exports

• • Toshiba plans new plant in Bangkadi

• • Thailand will still be top rice exporter

• • NESDB: Q1 GDP up 0.3% y-o-y

• • SET down 1.37% midday

• • NESDB: Q1 GDP up 0.3% y-o-y

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Telecommunications

• Digital TV to use Europe's DVB-T2 standard

  Thailand will adopt the European digital video broadcasting ...

• • BlackBerry cuts prices of new models to under ...

• • Seeing the future

• • BYOD a new trend in business systems

• • Siemens engineers venture in Khon Kaen

• • New NBTC draft to endorse 7,000 radio ...

• • Smartphones to rule roost

• • Patent search options for technology firms

• • Auditors up in arms over stubborn True

• • Teleinfo diversifying into online purchasing ...

• • Microsoft decries lack of IT spending

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Aviation

• Thai AirAsia's Q1 profit dips

  Thai AirAsia (TAA) posted a 23% drop in first-quarter earnings despite ...

• • No-frills carriers gain on surge in budget ...

• • Damapong, Areepong appointed to THAI audit ...

• • As jet fuel demand ebbs, BAFS cuts growth ...

• • Thai AirAsia selling shares

• • Airport mobile makeover

• • PM Yingluck denies any political meddling at ...

• • PM: No political meddling in THAI

• • Chockchai appointed acting THAI president

• • Acting THAI president appointed

• • Thai AirAsia IPO shares set at B3.70 each

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Tourism

• Centel raises revenue goal to B13.8bn

  Central Plaza Hotel (CENTEL) revised its revenue target from 13.5 ...

• • ATTA warns of Myanmar tourism tiger

• • More green hotels to be encouraged to go ...

• • Campaign entices tourists to restive border ...

• • TAT fixes sights on India

• • Thailand traffic surges

• • No more 'Mr Nice Guy'

• • Thumbs up to Thai tourism

• • Santorini Park ready to get wet and wild

• • Chiang Mai on travellers' choice list

• • Mice workers need to sharpen skills ahead of ...

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Financial Advice

• Finance chiefs point THA to IBank for aid

  The Finance Ministry turned down a request by the Thai Hotels ...

• • Rain blamed for missed audience target

• • Buying tips

• • Anxiety in athens sets tone for gloomy week ...

• • Stamps of approval

• • GH Bank: Sluggish enrolment in zero-interest ...

• • Home loan gimmicks at Money Expo

• • Financial planners plan recruitment drive

• • Saving away inflation

• • Domestic plays likely to shine amid global ...

• • Venture fund set for new PPP law

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Retail

• Malls take up park-and-ride campaign

  The Thai Shopping Center Association (TSCA) is seeking support from ...

• • Asia-Pacific Q1 property investment declines ...

• • BreadTalk to double Thai presence

• • 50 new brands expected to debut in Bangkok ...

• • Gourmet Market to add 10 more stores

• • Power Mall's sales spike

• • Stores increasing security for Songkran

• • Price watchdogs mustered

• • Summer breeze picks up 7-Eleven sales

• • Supersports spending B700m for expansion

• • Big C to raise B4bn for small store growth

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Blog

1. Foreign land grab threat not just an illusion

   Remember the news three years ago about some Saudi sheikhs trying to buy up paddy fields in central ...

2. Forest dweller's fight for justice

   People kept staring at No-ae Mimee when he turned up at the Civil Court. And you cannot really blame ...

3. Ombudsman barking up the wrong tree

   Although an increasing number of foreigners now own land in Thailand through nominees or their Thai ...

4. Women's plight in men's war

   Having lost her husband in the southern violence and forced to struggle for her son's freedom from ...