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THAI NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - MAY 1, 2003.
BANGKOK, May 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:
THE BANGKOK POST
- Suvarn Valaisathien, former deputy commerce minister, has been approached by creditors of Thai Petrochemical Industry to help co-ordinate restructuring talks.
- Special events and hotel discounts of up to 60 per cent are planned to position the Hua Hin/Cha-am area as golf and spa destination during the coming low tourism season.
- Siam City Cement Plc (SCCC) is investing two billion baht in a wholly owned subsidiary, Conwood Co, to produce fibre cement, a new product used as a wood substitute.
- Siam Cement Plc has realised a 139 per cent gain in net profit in the first three months of the year on the back of strong sales but has cautioned that second-quarter growth may contract amid shrinking overseas orders of petrochemical products and the spread of SARS.
- The Bank of Thailand has maintained its growth forecast of 3.5 per cent to 4.5 per cent for 2003, but has increased its projections for next year by one full point to 4.5 per cent to 6 per cent.
- Asia Cement Plc Falls Short in Bid for Thai Firm.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News April 6, 2002 700+ words
Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 6--Asia Cement Plc now holds slightly more than half of the shares of Jalaprathan Cement -- far short of the full control it was seeking. During...
- Asia Cement Plc Drops Bid for Thai Firm.
- Newspaper article from: Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) April 10, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Charoen Kittikanya Apr. 10--Asia Cement Plc executives yesterday ruled out a plan to make another tender offer after failing to purchase a 63 percent holding in Jalaprathan...
- The Analysis of Technological Intra-Industrial Trade Competition and Trade...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Global Business Issues Wang, Teng Kun April 1, 2008 700+ words
...current situation of technological trade competition. Based on the discussion of Product...intra-industrial technological trade competition. Then, the Ownership-Location...intra-industrial technological trade competition by using the Trade Specialization...
- Bangkok, Thailand, Honda Distributor Is in Violation of Trade Competition Act.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 1, 2003 700+ words
...motorcycle distributor, had violated the Trade Competition Act by adopting special conditions...agencies to sell only its brand, the Trade Competition Board ruled yesterday. Commerce...In a related development, the Trade Competition Board also yesterday approved guidelines...
- Thai Trade Competition Agency Looks into Easing Unfair Business Rules.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 11, 2002 700+ words
...whether monopolistic abuse exists in any given sector. The Trade Competition Committee (TCC), chaired by Commerce Minister Adisai...difficulty of defining a "dominant player" under the Trade Competition Law has rendered the legislation virtually toothless since...
- Meddling Seen in Trade Competition Law in Thailand.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News September 26, 2001 700+ words
...Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 26--The Trade Competition Law is a "paper tiger" as civil servants and the government...University lecturer. Mr Niphond, who is a member of the Trade Competition Board, an arm of the Commerce Ministry regulating fair...
- Lower Stockpiles, Drought, Trade Competition Worry Midwest Farmers.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News January 11, 2003 700+ words
...Midwest farmers gear up for what's expected to be a massive spring planting, they're plagued by nagging worries. Trade competition from foreign growers is accelerating. With Latin America expected to produce more soybeans than the U.S. this year...
- The Adam Smith address: competing in the world economy: trade competition vs....
- Magazine article from: Business Economics Feldstein, Martin S. January 1, 1994 700+ words
...competition can bring out the best in us. And that is also true of international competition -- if we define it properly. TRADE COMPETITION AND GROWTH COMPETITION There are two fundamentally different senses in which we can think about competing in the world...
Source: HighBeam Research, THAI NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - MAY 1, 2003.