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Thailand Business News » Business http://thailand-business-news.com Thailand news with a business perspective Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:40:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Thailand raises vehicle production target to 1.56 million in 2010 http://thailand-business-news.com/business/19320-thailand-raises-vehicle-production-target-to-1-56-million-in-2010/ http://thailand-business-news.com/business/19320-thailand-raises-vehicle-production-target-to-1-56-million-in-2010/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:10:26 +0000 Editor เอดิเตอร์ http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=19320

The Federation of Thai Industries FTI has increased its automobile production target to 1.56 million units this year thanks to a surge in exports and domestic car sales Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/business/19320-thailand-raises-vehicle-production-target-to-1-56-million-in-2010/feed/ 0 Thailand a natural bridge between India and East Asia http://thailand-business-news.com/business/19302-thailand-a-natural-bridge-between-india-and-east-asia/ http://thailand-business-news.com/business/19302-thailand-a-natural-bridge-between-india-and-east-asia/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:27:38 +0000 Editor เอดิเตอร์ http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=19302 http://thailand-business-news.com/business/19302-thailand-a-natural-bridge-between-india-and-east-asia/feed/ 0 Thailand to spend $1.25M to boost MICE industry http://thailand-business-news.com/business/18544-thailand-to-spend-1-25m-to-boost-mice-industry/ http://thailand-business-news.com/business/18544-thailand-to-spend-1-25m-to-boost-mice-industry/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:42:26 +0000 Dolsinee Kritayapimonporn PRD http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=18544

International meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) industry suffered up to more than one billion baht in losses. Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/business/18544-thailand-to-spend-1-25m-to-boost-mice-industry/feed/ 0 Value of registered foreign businesses decreased 25% in Thailand http://thailand-business-news.com/business/18324-value-of-registered-foreign-businesses-down-25-in-thailand/ http://thailand-business-news.com/business/18324-value-of-registered-foreign-businesses-down-25-in-thailand/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:53:12 +0000 Petchanet http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=18324 http://thailand-business-news.com/business/18324-value-of-registered-foreign-businesses-down-25-in-thailand/feed/ 0 French companies still confident about investing in Thailand http://thailand-business-news.com/business/18207-french-companies-still-confident-about-investing-in-thailand/ http://thailand-business-news.com/business/18207-french-companies-still-confident-about-investing-in-thailand/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:40:30 +0000 Editor เอดิเตอร์ http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=18207

Executives of Frances largest companies affirmed they had no plan to withdraw investment from Thailand and was considering investing more in the country, according to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya.Mr. Kasit made the revelation during his ... Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/business/18207-french-companies-still-confident-about-investing-in-thailand/feed/ 0 Bank of Thailand confident Weak euro won’t hurt exports http://thailand-business-news.com/business/17135-bank-of-thailand-confident-weak-euro-won%e2%80%99t-hurt-exports/ http://thailand-business-news.com/business/17135-bank-of-thailand-confident-weak-euro-won%e2%80%99t-hurt-exports/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:04:54 +0000 Boris Sullivan โบริศนักข่าว http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=17135

The weakening of the euro against the US dollar would not have any substantial impact on the baht or the Thai export sector, Suchart Sakkarnkosol, senior director at the Bank of Thailand, said on Wednesday. Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/business/17135-bank-of-thailand-confident-weak-euro-won%e2%80%99t-hurt-exports/feed/ 0 1,400 entrepreneurs victims of Thailand’s turmoil seek government help http://thailand-business-news.com/business/16050-1400-entrepreneurs-victims-of-thailand%e2%80%99s-turmoil-seek-government-help/ http://thailand-business-news.com/business/16050-1400-entrepreneurs-victims-of-thailand%e2%80%99s-turmoil-seek-government-help/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 01:31:28 +0000 Editor เอดิเตอร์ http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=16050

Bangkok is now recovering from 10 weeks of anti-government demonstrations that shut down much of the city.

An estimated 5,000 protesters, known as the "Red Shirts," occupied a three square kilometer area of Bangkok's business district for two months. Their leaders said they were a non-violent democracy movement representing poor and rural people. Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/business/16050-1400-entrepreneurs-victims-of-thailand%e2%80%99s-turmoil-seek-government-help/feed/ 0 Thailand’s vehicle sales up 58% http://thailand-business-news.com/business/15134-thailands-vehicle-sales-up-58/ http://thailand-business-news.com/business/15134-thailands-vehicle-sales-up-58/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 04:57:36 +0000 Wassana Kasemchai http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=15134

Thailand is Honda's largest export production base for power products. The company exports a wide range to more than 80 countries, with Asia-Oceania, the US and Europe the main markets

Automotive manufacturing in Thailand started 50 years ago after a Japanese company set up operations as an import substitution activity to take advantage of preferential tax and import duty treatment. Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/business/15134-thailands-vehicle-sales-up-58/feed/ 0 Life insurance may hit $9.3 billion in Thailand this year http://thailand-business-news.com/business/14845-life-insurance-may-hit-9-3-billion-in-thailand-this-year/ http://thailand-business-news.com/business/14845-life-insurance-may-hit-9-3-billion-in-thailand-this-year/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 02:44:54 +0000 Noppadol Sonklamonkhul http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=14845

In terms of absolute size, the local players are larger than those in the non-life segment

Despite the political unrest, Thai Life Underwriters Association believes its business will grow by 20 per cent to Bt300 billion this year because consumers are focusing more on short-term savings. Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/business/14845-life-insurance-may-hit-9-3-billion-in-thailand-this-year/feed/ 0 Japan Trade Organization Surveys International Operations of Japanese Firms http://thailand-business-news.com/business/14693-japan-trade-organization-surveys-international-operations-of-japanese-firms/ http://thailand-business-news.com/business/14693-japan-trade-organization-surveys-international-operations-of-japanese-firms/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 01:34:17 +0000 Editor เอดิเตอร์ http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=14693

The Japan External Trade Organization JETRO today released the results of its latest annual survey on the international operations of Japanese firms. The survey, conducted between November and December 2009, received replies from 935 firms, ... Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/business/14693-japan-trade-organization-surveys-international-operations-of-japanese-firms/feed/ 0