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What has happened thus far? Well as a positive the Senate had passed through the THB 2 trn borrowing bill however the Democrats and a group of 66 lawmakers filed a case to the constitutional court to invalidate the bill as they believe the loan bill contravenes Section 169 of the constitution as it would […]
Read More →GMO’s Jeremy Grantham is out with his latest quarterly paper and as usual its a must read, he goes through his thoughts on the economy, what Yellen is likely to do during her time at the Fed, earnings vs valuations, timing bear markets and so forth. One point he does make is that he (along […]
Read More →This was one of the best interviews I had the pleasure of doing, Mr. Abdullah does come across incredibly passionate about DTAC’s businesses and opportunities. Total Access Communication Plc (DTAC) is one of the leading telecommunication services providers in Thailand with a total subscriber base of 27.5 million users, making it the country’s second-largest mobile […]
Read More →Thailand Foreign institutes worry about rice support — Knowledge Network Institute of Thailand Policy Research Institute (KNIT) says that since the IMF has raised questions about the government rice subsidies scheme, several foreign institutes have asked KNIT to release some of its statistics on the matter, saying that the rich subsidies scheme is one of […]
Read More →BMCL Still no SRT decision on capital increase — The State Railway of Thailand has hired outside consultant to study BMCL’s need for additional capital. The report will be completed by November 29, after which SRT will make its decision. (Khao Hoon, 22/11/13) Comment: It will still most likely go through, SRT can’t risk BMCL […]
Read More →CPN 23rd Central Festival open in December — CPN will open its 23rd Central Festival shopping mall in Had Yai on December 14. It has invested over Bt7.2bn in the project. The construction is currently at 95% completion. (Khao Hoon, 21/11/13) HMPRO HMPRO to expand aggressively in the last 2 months. HMPRO will open its […]
Read More →So its finally approved for 2013 and 2014, less personal income taxes, so the numbers look like so Source: Bangkok Post This is wonderful for us tax payers, I don’t think it will have a big impact on the overall government’s revenue collection b/c there are only some 3 mn (?) actual personal income tax […]
Read More →ADVANC Cuts revenue target — ADVANC has lowered its revenue target for the year to 5-6% from 6-8% as it expects the slowdown in the economy to continue affecting earnings from 3Q13 through to 4Q13. (Khao Hoon, 20/11/13) Comment: And it looks like it will be the same story next year, management isn’t really open […]
Read More →The most interesting development over the past month has been the decline in telco’s once the darling for the market it now no longer appears to be the case, and also the recovery of the food sector Â
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 231 mn BGH – Founder buys yet another THB 216 mn worth shares Sell(s) THB 17.7 mn n/a
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