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Central Embassy adding affordable brands
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 09/05/2017
» Central Department Store Group, the operator of Central Embassy, is adjusting its product mix to make the 18-billion-baht shopping complex more accessible for a wider group of customers.
Emagine survive local bid
Sports, Published on 09/05/2017
» PATTAYA: Local challengers THA72 rallied to win the last IRC 1 race here yesterday, but it was only good enough to give them an overall second place behind Emagine from Australia.
Taxi driver arrested in iPhone con
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/05/2017
» A taxi driver has been arrested by police and charged with extortion after he allegedly demanded money from a customer in exchange for her iPhone, which she left in his taxi in the Thong Lor area.
Proxy betting in the Philippines 'a ripe target for China'
Business, Reuters, Published on 09/05/2017
» MANILA/HONG KONG: China and the Philippines have joined forces to tackle illegal gambling, part of Beijing's broader campaign to curb illicit capital outflows and a pledge by Manila to weed out unscrupulous operators from the country's booming gaming industry.
Suspected graft taints 30 tambon projects
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 09/05/2017
» Irregularities have been found in 30 projects in Phetchabun province operating under the government's scheme to provide each tambon with a 5-million-baht fund, the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) says.
Lawyer slams illegal content state order
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 09/05/2017
» The government's order to shut down Facebook and other websites in Thailand if they break local laws will not solve the root causes of the problem and will create a domino effect among other internet providers, says an international law firm.
Thailand Elite to gain ground with jet set
Business, Nanat Suchiva, Published on 09/05/2017
» Thailand Privilege Card Plc (TPC), the operator of Thailand Elite Card, is confident of achieving its revenue target of 400 million baht in fiscal 2017, ending Sept 30, after securing an international sales agent to help the company sell its memberships abroad.
BAAC aims for B72bn in SME loans
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/05/2017
» The state-owned Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) aims to extend 72 billion baht worth of farming loans to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and create at least one agricultural SME operator in every tambon nationwide in this financial year.
Macron to take time reforming France's economy
News, Published on 09/05/2017
» After a decade of slow growth, rising unemployment and dwindling competitiveness, France elected a president on Sunday who says he has a plan to pull the country out of its economic malaise.
Mesmerising molam
Life, John Clewley, Published on 09/05/2017
» Twenty-five years ago I joined a team from the Japan Foundation on a tour of Isan to meet and talk to molam artists, as part of a project on Lao music in the region. We met up with the then-president of the Molam Association, National Artist Kane Dalao, and his two female molam partners, Boonpeng Faiphewchai and Chaweewan Damnoen (both later awarded national artist status), and joined the trio as they performed concerts in villages for social ceremonies like weddings in and around Khon Kaen.