Kia is considering building a car factory in TH capacity 250k units p.a., may sign agreement with government for plant construction as early as this year, Maeil Business Newspaper. positive WHA & AMATA. Comment: Ahhh finally a non CCP related company…. BDMS: holders approved raising foreign ownership limit to 30% from current 25% of total […]

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ANAN in collaboration with KME Prop to enter Myanmar luxury segment, sets Bt300m presales target. Comment: Are they nuts? Money laundering? Isn’t there a war still going on there? So ANAN is happy to provide Burmese generals an overpriced piece of real estate? BBL to raise lending and deposit rates by 25 bps today, to […]

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CPALL anticipates 2H turnaround from eased financial burden after refinance MAKRO deal, target 700 new 7-11 branches by end of year after opened 209 in 1Q, target 100 outlets in Cambodia by end of year, debuts first 7-11 branch in Laos this year, ramp up promo on 7-11 Delivery & All Online to boost sales, […]

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ADVANC’s upbeat 2Q ARPU after revamped airtime package, broadband deal (TTTBB) to conclude by end of 3Q. Comment: Disappointing earnings…and there is a major risk for ADVANC, that Telenor will send decent management to run true&dtac. AOT expects to receive permit for operating 3 airports (Krabi, Buriram & Udonthani) within 3-4 months, then propose cabinet […]

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AWC will reopen its Pantip Pratunam IT Centre, which will be rebranded as AEC Food Wholesale Pratunam in June this year. Comment: End of an era, that’s where we used to buy conterfeit pc games, movies, and computer parts to build out our own pc’s back in the late 90s to early 2000s HMPRO upbeat […]

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BCP’s unit, OKEA, acquires 28% stake in Equinor’s Statfjord O&G EP area for $220m, expects to increase production to 13k-15k boepd in FY23 & 16k-20k boepd in FY24, transaction is expected t be complete in 4Q. Comment: Could this be a decent refinery play now? Given that we only have BCP and TOP could be […]

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BAM scraps plan to establish distressed assets management jv with finance institution this year as banks delay write-off, Dailynews. Comment: There’s only one financial institution this quasi-SOE could JV with and that’s KTB, another quasi-SOE. CBG anticipates turnaround from 4Q onward after hurt by shrinking margin from high aluminum price, mulls adding more energy drinks […]

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AOT: Air Canada confirmed schedule seasonal flights from December 1, 22 to April 17, 23 from Vancouver to BKK, 4 weekly flights by Dreamliner. BGC mulls revising up FY22 sales target by 6-7% on surging demand for bottles, food packaging and corrugated cartons supported by longer operating hours of night entertainments, more eat-out as curbs […]

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ASIAN: maintained 10% FT21 revenue growth target >Bt9.4b, supported by Pet food & frozen food export sales volume as demand grows on improved purchasing power, mulls listing canned tuna & fish meal producer subsidiary, Asian Alliance (AAI), on SET next year. CENTEL sees FY22 EBITDA turns positive supported by recovery F&B operation, expects hotel RevPar […]

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AJA appointed by Alibaba to be agent of Alibaba Cloud in TH, target data center demand from large corporate, smart city, 5G & Sattelite connectivity. Comment: Wait what? Perhaps they are just one of 1,000 agents. AUCT upbeats 2H earnings from flooding repossessed vehicles thru auction yards as FI accelerating hair-cut on hire purchase to […]

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