August 23, 2007

Senior executives of Best Western, the world’s largest hotel chain, are led by Mr. Charles Helm, Chairman of the Board (front row, sixth from left), Mr. David Kong, President and CEO (fifth from left), and Mr. Glenn de Souza, Best Western International’s Vice President for

Szechwan Galore @ LWH Chef Chan of Lok Wah Hin at Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square invites you to experience his special selection of Szechwan delicacies offered only in the month of September. On the special menu are such mouthwatering dishes as Hot and Sour Seafood Soup

Mr.Chatri Sophonpanich, Executive Director of Chin Sophonpanich Foundation recently presented the ‘Annual Academic Scholarships 2007’, the continued financial aid on education funds for Thai needy students nationwide for 372 scholarships with sum of 7,958,500.- Baht at Bangkok

Starbucks Coffee Thailand is inviting customers to celebrate this year’s Moon Festival with two new moon cake variants; “Red bean & Green Tea moon cake”, made from real tasty red bean mixed with real green tea extracts and “Eight treasures moon cake” containing a

Dr. Karoon Mekanontchai (center), Medical Director of Bumrungrad International hospital, recently presided over the opening of the first-ever seminar in the Asia-Pacific region on Locking Compression Plate (LCP) treatment of bone fractures. The AO Foundation seminar provided 52 experts from 12

Recently, Oracle completed the Oracle Grid Index IV report, which tracked the evolution of trends of Grid computing and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). What we now see is a high level of uptake of Grid computing, but within more tightly constrained usage scenarios than we had expected.

BERLIN PROMOTES... BERLIN: Berlin Partner is set to present Berlin as a publishing capital at the Beijing International Bookfair from August 30 - September 3, 2007 in Beijing. http://www.businesslocationcenter.de/cn/Start/seite0.jsp http://www.berlin-china.net

Trend Micro Incorporated (TSE: 4704), a leader in network antivirus and Internet content security software and services, today announced findings of a study into corporate end user perceptions of and experiences with security threats compared to a similar study conducted in 2005. The study tracked

Bank of Ayudhya aims to offer one-stop auto finance services to customers with the goal to become a leader in consumer banking Bank of Ayudhya Plc. (BAY), is in non-binding negotiations to acquire GE Money’s shares in GECAL (GE Capital Auto Lease Public Company Limited). Completion of the

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)’s Board of Governors today elected one of its members, Mr. Pakorn Malakul na Ayudhya, as its thirteenth Chairman. His term as chairman from August 22, 2007 to August 14, 2009. Mr. Pakorn had previously been appointed to SET’s Board as a governor by

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'A' senior unsecured long-term local currency debt ratings on Export-Import Bank of China's (China EXIM; A/Positive/A-1) Chinese yuan (CNY) 2 billion bonds issued in Hong Kong. The issue consists of two tranches: a retail tranche of CNY1

Robust growth in emerging markets fueled 10 rising stars in the year to date, according to an article published yesterday by Standard & Poor's. The report, titled "Global Potential Rising Stars," said that this is fewer than the 11 recorded in the U.S. but noteworthy because the rated

799 baht net price for all seats, all flights, all days To celebrate the opening of its two newest domestic routes, Thai AirAsia is offering one-way Bangkok-Khon Kaen and Bangkok-Nakhon Si Thammarat tickets for only 799 baht, inclusive of airfare, taxes and fees. The 799-baht tickets are

Bank of America Corporation announced it has made an investment in Countrywide Financial Corporation, the largest mortgage lender in the United States. Bank of America will invest $2 billion in the form of a non-voting convertible preferred security yielding 7.25 percent annually. The security

Seven days, 100 tests, and more than 2000 people involved: the A380’s compatibility at Dubai International Airport has been successfully demonstrated. With an onboard team of almost 80 Airbus personnel that participated in the test programme, the 21st century flagship aircraft took off from

TRIS Rating Co., Ltd. has assigned a “A-” rating to Phatra Leasing PLC’s (PL) proposed issue of up to Bt400 million in senior debentures. At the same time, TRIS Rating has affirmed the company rating of PL and the ratings of its current senior debentures at “A-”. The

Fitch Ratings will be hosting a conference call today, August 23, at 11:00 a.m. ET/4:00 p.m. BST (11:00p.m. HK/SG time) to discuss asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) liquidity facilities and their role in the global banking market. Participants may submit questions prior to the call by emailing

The number of entities at risk of downgrades globally has inched up in the last couple of months, though it remains lower than the 2006 average, according to an article published today by Standard & Poor's. The report, titled "Downgrade Potential Across Credit Grades And Sectors," states