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• Debating green design

  14/02/2012 : Although going green is widely hyped, design experts are optimistic about future designs that minimise waste of raw materials and are efficient.

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  Made for walking

  14/02/2012 : The advent of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 will prompt several labour-intensive industries to relocate to neighbouring countries such as Myanmar, Vietnam and China to take advantage of cheaper costs.

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• Investment applications up in January

  09/02/2012 : The value of the 112 new projects which applied for Board of Investment privileges in January was up three-fold to 78.70 billion baht from the 26.3 billion baht reported in January 2011.

• Kittiratt: Govt won’t reduce PTT stake

  09/02/2012 : The government has no plan to privatise PTT Plc by reducing its stake in the state owned company, Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong reaffirmed on Thursday afternoon.

• SET drops 1.36 points midday

  09/02/2012 : The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went down 1.36 points or 0.12% to close at 1,114.72 points at the end of trading session on Thursday morning. The trade value was 22.27 billion baht, with 2.52 billion shares traded.

• Consumer confidence up in January

  09/02/2012 : Consumer confidence in the overall economy rose to 64.0 in January, up from 63.1 reported in December 2011, the Economic and Business Forecasting Centre said on Thursday.

• SET up 0.16% at opening

  09/02/2012 : Thai stocks opened up 1.82 points at the start of trade Thursday morning.

• Gold prices for Thursday

  09/02/2012 : The Gold Traders Association this morning set the buying price at 24,786.60 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 25,150 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.

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  HOUSING

  PD House switches to raised designs

  09/02/2012 : With the post-flood homebuilding market in Greater Bangkok sluggish, homebuilder PD House Corp introduced raised designs to counter inundation concerns and lower-priced houses aimed at upcountry demand.

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  Grande Asset keeps hope alive after rejig

  09/02/2012 : After restructuring shareholders and debt, the listed real estate firm Grande Asset Hotels and Property Plc (GRAND) plans to continue development of two hotels and a condominium project on Sukhumvit Road worth a combined 10 billion baht.

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  In Mergers & Acquisitions practice makes perfect

  09/02/2012 : Thailand's economy expanded by a meagre 1.5% in 2011, according to many estimates, after manufacturing production disruptions from the floods reduced exports significantly in the year's final quarter. This year the government expects growth of more than 5% as initiatives to recover from the floods and other stimulus measures take effect.

• Baht rises to two-month high amid inflows

  09/02/2012 : The baht strengthened to a two-month high after international investors boosted their holdings of the country's assets on optimism growth in Southeast Asias second-largest economy will pick up this year.

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