June 21, 2007

Coffee World, premium coffee house, under the management of GFA Corporation (Thailand) Ltd joined with Sahamongkolfilm International Co., Ltd offering special privilege to “Fracture” movie goers. Customers showing a ticket stub of “Fracture” movie of SF Cinema City movies

Coffee World, premium coffee house, under the management of GFA Corporation (Thailand) Ltd joined with Sahamongkolfilm International Co., Ltd offering special privilege to “Fracture” movie goers. Customers showing a ticket stub of “Fracture” movie of SF Cinema City movies

HSBC in Thailand joins hands with British Embassy; Department of Environmental Quality Promotion; Office of The Basic Education Commission; Field Studies Council; and British Council to promote environmental conservation in schools through the debut of Schools Ecological Footprint Challenge

Bangkok Bank’s Chairman of the Board of Executives, Piti Sithi-Amnuai (3rd from the left), President Chartsiri Sophonpanich (1st from the right) and top executives welcome Tourism and Sport Minister, Dr. Suwit Yodmanee, who presided over the bank’s ‘World Class Hotel

Jean Philippe Charrier, Managing Director of L’Oreal Thailand, announces today the outstanding performance of the firm during the first half of 2007, with +21% growth, making Thailand the second strongest performing country in Asia for L’Oreal. Main drivers behind this success

The event that home lovers should not miss!! Boonthavorn, a center for bathroom, kitchen, marble and granite products, holds the “Boonthavorn Tile Expo” during 16 June to 31 July, 2007 at its five branches, namely Ratchada, Rangsit Pinklao, Thonburi-Pakthor and Suvarnabhumi. This event

Kenwood, a leader in car entertainment from Japan, unveiled the brand new Double-DIN TV receiver that comes with a GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation system. The unit also features a touch screen monitor for greater ease of control and operation. Good support from greater number of

Mrs. Kasina Srisaan (center), First Vice President of Strategy and Business Development Department, Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand), recently gave an opening remark in the panel discussion for SME exporters titled “Trading in the Middle East” at EXIM Thailand Head

Dr. Thongchai Tavanapong, (3rd from left) Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Anuart Khokasai, (4th from left) Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Operation Officer of Prantalay Marketing Co., Ltd., launched ‘Health Hunter by Prantalay’ day to reiterate the healthy facts about seafood

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding to further strengthen the close collaboration between the two organizations. The Memorandum of Understanding

HRH Princess Soamsawali recently presided over the opening ceremony of “Taste of Italy, From Italy with Love” at Central Food Hall on 7th Floor of Central World. Her Royal Highness was greeted by H.E. Ignazio Di Pace, Ambassador of Italy, Mr Nick Reitmeier Vice President –

APC, a leading global provider of Critical Power and Cooling Services and a company of Schneider Electric once again reinforce Data Center leadership, recently held a seminar to announce its Rack promotion campaign to urge data center users from general business sectors and also its business

Abu Dhabi, today signed an agreement with Bumrungrad International Limited to manage Al Mafraq Hospital in the United Arab Emirates. The agreement between the two parties was signed at the Al Bateen Palace in Abu Dhabi, in the presence of His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan,

Teledirect Reveals Growing Trend in Telecommerce Outsourcing Throughout Asia-Pacific Creates Demand for Jobs in Tough Economic Climate Teledirect Telecommerce (Thailand), a leading provider of customized solutions in telecommerce and teleconsulting in Asia, forecasts the market for telecommerce

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has approved new listings on the Bond Electronic Exchange (BEX) from Bank of Thailand worth THB 20,000 million (about USD 576.37 million). The issue, BOT50/57/14D, which has a 14-day maturity and falls due on July 9, 2007, will commence trading on June 25,

SCHOOLS EXPO... HOBART: Vietnamese students interested in studying in Australia will have the opportunity to talk to a representative from Tasmanian government schools at an expo in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday 1 July at the Majestic Hotel from 9am to 12pm. www.studylink.org RARITAN

Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) has accepted Merchant Partners Securities as a new member, to start trading on June 25, 2007. The company will use “MPSEC” as its code and operate as a derivatives brokerage service, TFEX Managing Director Ms. Kesara Manchusree said. Merchant

Course Objective: This Workshop is designed to sensitize all personnel in software organizations to Quality and get their buy-in for continuous improvement, then provide a step by step, practical framework to Define, Control, Assure and Manage Quality - leading to Total Quality and measurable

Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast has awarded contracts totalling $12.7 million US to six companies on the island of Ireland. The announcement was made today at the Paris Airshow where Bombardier and some of the suppliers are participating. Contracts, valued at just under $10 million US over a

SEATTLE & ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 20, 2007 Representatives of the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and senior leaders from Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq:SBUX) today announced that they have concluded an agreement regarding distribution, marketing

Moody's Investors Service maintains a stable rating outlook for the Asian steel sector as market conditions in China and global consolidation trends remain the key themes for the sector. "Although near term fundamentals remain supportive for the sector, the potential for event risk is

YOKOHAMA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 20, 2007 Chiyoda Corporation (TOKYO:6366; ISIN: JP3528600004), Japan's leading engineering and construction firm, today announces that it is licensing titania catalyst for ultra deep hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of diesel oil to Axens, a French subsidiary

CentralWorld join with over leading 500 tenants and partners launch “CentralWorld Wonder Mid Year Sale” campaign attracts shoppers with a 70% discount and also give a chance for the shoppers to buy a new Mazda 3 sports car discounted at 70%. Get the most wonderful shopping experience

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 20, 2007 embeddedMIND has added Netconf to the range of standard management protocols supported by their model-driven management layer. Netconf is a transport independent XML-based complete management layer protocol whose charter includes

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is encouraging listed companies to set up risk management systems as an integral part of good corporate governance (CG), to reduce risks and enhance credibility with shareholders and the public. SET will undertake a range of activities to promote understanding

Globally, 24 issuers have crossed the speculative-grade threshold to investment grade in the year to date, with the addition of two more entities since last month's report, affecting debt worth US$53.7 (€40.3) billion, compared with 17 in the comparable period of 2006, according to an article

Moody's Investors Service has affirmed TMB Bank Public Company Limited's (TMB, D-/Baa2/P-2) B1/stable outlook for its Hybrid Tier 1 securities. All other ratings are unaffected. Earlier this week, TMB officially announced that the Bank of Thailand (BoT) has not approved TMB's July 2007 coupon

Total Access Communication PCL (DTAC), a major wireless telecommunication service provider, will become the Thai bourse’s first dual listing on June 22, 2007. The company’s initial public offering (IPO) is expected to boost total market capitalization by THB 94 billion (about USD 2.71

New advanced composites components have entered service on Bombardier Aerospace's Next Generation regional jets, following Bombardier's 8m pounds sterling investment in the development of its advanced composites capabilities in Belfast. The composite flaps, vanes and ailerons for the

Kasikorn Securities PCL cordially invites you to a press briefing on "Dual listing and arbitrage opportunities" on Thursday June 21, 2007, at 11:00-12:00 hrs., at Room 303, 3rd Floor of the Stock Exchange of Thailand Building. 10:30 hrs. Registration 11:00 hrs. "Dual listing and

Kasikorn Securities PCL cordially invites you to a press briefing on "Dual listing and arbitrage opportunities" on Thursday June 21, 2007, at 11:00-12:00 hrs., at Room 303, 3rd Floor of the Stock Exchange of Thailand Building. 10:30 hrs. Registration 11:00 hrs. "Dual listing and

Uganda Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Hon. Serapio Rukundo, launched the Uganda Martyrs Trail commemorating the events of 3 June 1886, when thirty-two young men were burned to death at Namugongo for their refusal to renounce Christianity. The Uganda Martyrs Trail was launched at a

Mr. Wallop Bhukkanasut, THAI’s Executive Vice President for Commercial Department, organized “THAI’s Commercial Conference: Industry at the Crossroads” during 19-22 June 2007, during which the opening ceremony was attended by Mr. Chaisak Saeng-Xuto, THAI’s Member of

Fitch Ratings has today assigned a National Long-term rating of ‘A-(tha)’ (A minus (tha)) to Thailand-based MBK Public Company Limited’s (MBK) up to THB3.0 billion senior unsecured debentures No. 1/2007, due 2010. The proceeds from the debentures will be used for business

Morgan Stanley has reported record income from continuing operations for the second quarter ended May 31, 2007 of $2,582 million, an increase of 41 percent from $1,828 million in the second quarter of 2006. Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations were a record $2.45 compared with

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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its 'B' rating on Guam's GO debt and removed it from CreditWatch with negative implications, where it was placed on March 9, 2007. The outlook is stable. The CreditWatch action was based on the general government's disclosure that it had to

TRIS Rating Co., Ltd. has affirmed the company rating of United Farmer & Industry Co., Ltd. (UFIC) and the ratings of UFIC’s senior secured debentures at “BBB+” with “stable” outlook. As a sugar producer under the Mitr Phol Group, UFIC’s rating reflects the