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 http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/18219-thailand-gets-39th-rank-in-global-real-estate-transparency-index-2010/ http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/18219-thailand-gets-39th-rank-in-global-real-estate-transparency-index-2010/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:36:20 +0000 Boris Sullivan โบริศนักข่าว http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=18219 The 2010 Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI) reveals a notable slowdown in the progress of real estate transparency over the past two years, except in the Asia Pacific region. It suggests that the recent ... Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/18219-thailand-gets-39th-rank-in-global-real-estate-transparency-index-2010/feed/ 0 http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/17191-thailand-aims-to-be-asias-movie-production-hub/ http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/17191-thailand-aims-to-be-asias-movie-production-hub/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:39:04 +0000 Editor เอดิเตอร์ http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=17191 According to the Thailand Film Office, there were 116 foreign movies which were filmed in January and February this year, generating a total income of 213 million THB. Out of this number, 40 were documentaries, 60 advertising movies, 5 feature flms, 7 TV movies, and 4 music videos. Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/17191-thailand-aims-to-be-asias-movie-production-hub/feed/ 0 http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/17116-thai-baht-against-euro-how-bad-can-it-get/ http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/17116-thai-baht-against-euro-how-bad-can-it-get/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:36:03 +0000 Editor เอดิเตอร์ http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=17116 If you’re among the expatriates who live in Thailand with euros, you’re probably used to automatically divide the price in Baht by 50 baht to get the equivalent in euro. Easy, dividing by fifty (100 ... Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/17116-thai-baht-against-euro-how-bad-can-it-get/feed/ 0 http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/14418-new-property-tax-in-thailand-hopes-to-narrow-income-disparity/ http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/14418-new-property-tax-in-thailand-hopes-to-narrow-income-disparity/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 01:22:13 +0000 Dolsinee Kritayapimonporn PRD http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=14418 The income disparity between the rich and the poor became one of the major grounds for social injustice, following the current anti-government demonstrations in the Kingdom. In attempts to narrow the gaps, the Thai government ... Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/14418-new-property-tax-in-thailand-hopes-to-narrow-income-disparity/feed/ 0 http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/13559-thailands-political-transformation/ http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/13559-thailands-political-transformation/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:05:56 +0000 Editor เอดิเตอร์ http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=13559 The state’s violent response to mass protests in Bangkok takes Thailand’s deep polarisation to an even more dangerous level. But a new Thailand is also struggling to be born, says Tyrell Haberkorn. Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/13559-thailands-political-transformation/feed/ 0 http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/12127-raimon-land-research-reveals-recovery-of-the-bangkok-upscale-condominium-market/ http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/12127-raimon-land-research-reveals-recovery-of-the-bangkok-upscale-condominium-market/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:30:02 +0000 Boris Sullivan โบริศนักข่าว http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=12127 Interestingly, domestic buyers represented over 90% of sales during that period while foreigners represented only 8.8% of sales, showing that the political upheaval has upset the international investment market more than Thai buyers. Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/12127-raimon-land-research-reveals-recovery-of-the-bangkok-upscale-condominium-market/feed/ 0 http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/11649-lingering-political-crisis-shows-deep-class-divide-in-thailand/ http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/11649-lingering-political-crisis-shows-deep-class-divide-in-thailand/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:39:16 +0000 Boris Sullivan โบริศนักข่าว http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=11649 http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/11649-lingering-political-crisis-shows-deep-class-divide-in-thailand/feed/ 0 http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/10400-for-a-few-million-dollars-more/ http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/10400-for-a-few-million-dollars-more/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:00:24 +0000 Boris Sullivan โบริศนักข่าว http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=10400 The Supreme Court spelled out how Thaksin’s actions as prime minister helped his corporate empire. His government’s policies and actions and his telecom empire’s frequent moves to seek state leniency or assistance were too intertwined ... Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/10400-for-a-few-million-dollars-more/feed/ 0 http://thailand-business-news.com/travel/9130-asean-tourism-ministers-want-to-promote-asean-tourism-brand/ http://thailand-business-news.com/travel/9130-asean-tourism-ministers-want-to-promote-asean-tourism-brand/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:38:58 +0000 Boris Sullivan โบริศนักข่าว http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=9130 The new campaign unveiled last week at the Asean Tourism Forum in Brunei elevates the name "Southeast Asia" to co-branded status with "Asean". Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/travel/9130-asean-tourism-ministers-want-to-promote-asean-tourism-brand/feed/ 0 http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/8993-china-will-be-ready-to-move-on-yuans-exchange-rate/ http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/8993-china-will-be-ready-to-move-on-yuans-exchange-rate/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:51:18 +0000 Boris Sullivan โบริศนักข่าว http://thailand-business-news.com/?p=8993 China will be "ready'' to deal with the currency exchange rate issue when its global partners begin to withdraw their stimulus packages, the deputy head of China's central bank said Saturday. Thailand Business News ]]> http://thailand-business-news.com/news/headline/8993-china-will-be-ready-to-move-on-yuans-exchange-rate/feed/ 0