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3G will boost mobile, tablet sales to a record 25 million

24 May 2013 : A record-high 25 million mobiles and tablets are expected to be sold this year on the back of faster wireless broadband and a tremendous shift in demand to third-generation (3G) smartphones.
SET takes hit from China, US

24 May 2013 : Thai shares and the baht on Thursday took a hit from China's disappointing manufacturing output and mounting concerns that the US Federal Reserve will taper its asset-buying scheme to dampen demand for emerging markets' assets.

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Auto club: No worries over first-time car cancellations
27 Mar 2013 : Fewer than 10% of the first-time car buyers under the government scheme will likely cancel their bookings, a proportion unlikely to affect the automobile industry, says the Thai Automotive Industry Association.
Auto lenders shift focus as first-time buyer scheme ends
27 Mar 2013 : Auto leasing companies have shifted their loan focus to vehicles using new technology, particularly hybrids, to offset slowing eco-car sales.
Ex-TOT executive to be TCEB's president
27 Mar 2013 : Nopparat Maythaveekulchai will become the new president of Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) on May 2. His priority will be to promote the bureau and its work in Thailand and abroad.
TELECOMS
InTouch plans six joint ventures this year
27 Mar 2013 : InTouch Group, Thailand's largest telecommunications conglomerate, says it will enter into joint ventures with six companies this year.
STOCK MARKET
SET boosts collateral value requirements
27 Mar 2013 : Stock investors who trade through cash accounts will have to boost collateral value to 20% of their credit lines from 15% now, starting on May 2.
PETROCHEMICALS
PTT allots B1.3bn for industrial eco-estate
27 Mar 2013 : PTT Plc, the national oil conglomerate, is spending 1.3 billion baht to develop Thailand's first zero-wastewater industrial estate for bio-petrochemicals and biofuels, with operations expected to start in 2015.
EQUITIES
ECF surges on IPO listing
27 Mar 2013 : Shares of newly listed companies continue to appreciate despite uncertainty following a free fall in the stock market last week.
PROPERTY
Developers in mad dash for EIA nods
27 Mar 2013 : At least 30 property projects in Khao Yai worth over 50 billion baht have rushed to seek environmental impact assessment (EIA) approval before Nakhon Ratchasima's new provincial plan imposes regulatory changes.
L.P.N., SF to build mall
27 Mar 2013 : L.P.N. Development Plc and Siam Future Development Plc (SF) are teaming up to build a 400-million-baht community mall in L.P.N.'s planned condominium megaproject in Rangsit's tambon Khlong 1.
THE LINK
The 'Shared Value' supply chain
27 Mar 2013 : One of the biggest challenges the world faces over the next half-century is how to create a better quality of life for a global population that is expected to top out at 9 billion by 2050. As populations expand, finite resources such as land, water and energy as well as biological resources get divided among increasing numbers of people, with the distinct possibility some will be left with no resources at all, posing a serious global humanitarian threat.