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ECONOMY Abhisit aims for 4.7% growth this year
10/02/2010 : The Thai economy may expand by as much as 4.7% this year as exports, tourism and private investment have shown clear signs of steady recovery over the past three or four months, says Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
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B4bn plant spinning up
10/02/2010 : AYUTTHAYA : US-based Hutchinson Technology Inc (HTI), one of the world's top three suppliers of hard disk parts, is investing 4.3 billion baht in Thailand to open its first manufacturing centre outside the United States.
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Crop insurance plan covers four products
10/02/2010 : The cabinet yesterday approved a new insurance scheme for four key farm products: paddy from the main rice crop, maize, pond-raised fish and poultry.
BANKING
GSB pursues a more universal role
10/02/2010 : OSAKA, JAPAN : The Government Savings Bank will expand aggressively into securities and investment banking services this year as part of its strategy to become a universal bank.
SME loan rivalry rises as fee break ends
10/02/2010 : Competition in the small-business loan segment is expected to soar in the next few months as the state-owned Small Business Credit Guarantee Corp nears the end of its fee exemption promotions, say local bankers.
CIMBT seeks to buy local brokerage
10/02/2010 : CIMB Thai Bank remains interested in acquiring a local brokerage to expand its market share in the securities sector.
WEEKLY LINK
AFTA 2010: A SUPPLY CHAIN OPPORTUNITY THAT BUSINESSES MUST NOT MISS
10/02/2010 : The arrival of the much-hyped Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) at the start of this year results in the elimination of tariffs for almost 99% of all goods and services traded among the 10-member Asean bloc. Such a significant move is sure to elevate the profile of Asean to an economic force that could rival China, India, Brazil and Russia with a staggering combined GDP of around US$1.5 trillion and a consumer market with almost 600 million people.
THAI KHEM KHAENG
Borrowing may be scaled back
10/02/2010 : The government will scale back borrowing plans under the Thai Khem Khaeng infrastructure investment programme to help ease medium-term pressure on public finances.
MAP TA PHUT
New push for 16 projects
10/02/2010 : The government plans to submit a new petition within a week seeking court approval for test runs for 16 of the suspended Map Ta Phut industrial projects.
Thai-German Meat plans B1bn factory
10/02/2010 : The family-run meat processor Thai-German Meat Product (TGM) is going ahead with a 1-billion-baht investment in a new factory on a 12-rai plot at Wellgrow Industrial Estate in Chachoengsao, a project delayed for six months by political unrest last April.
APPAREL
Crocodile to fend off rivals
10/02/2010 : As competition intensifies in Thailand's fashion apparel business, the local licensee of the Crocodile clothing brand plans a more aggressive strategy to fend off new players.
DIGI MARKETING
COMPUTER GAMES: AN INTERACTIVE MARKETING MEDIUM
10/02/2010 : As I've stressed in this column, a key digimarketing theme is participation. Whereas traditional marketing focused on passive, lean-back targets, successful digimarketing deals with lean-forward, engaged participants. Nowhere is this more evident than in digital games, often called video or computer games.
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