May 2, 2008

Program Title: Digging for the Truth: The Da Vinci Code: Bloodlines Channel: The History Channel on TrueVisions (A23) and (D44) Telecast date: Monday, May 5, 2008 Telecast Time: 8.00 p.m. (Thai) Duration: 1 hour Josh Bernstein searches for solid evidence behind the controversial

Program Title: Human Weapon: Savate Streetfighting Channel: The History Channel on TrueVisions (A23) and (D44) Telecast date: Thursday, 8 May, 2008 Telecast Time: 8.00 p.m. (Thai) Duration: 1 hour Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff are in France, to study the martial art of savate.

Hewlett-Packard (Thailand) Ltd. has recently introduced four new HP ProLiant 100 Series Servers Generation 5 or G5 to help Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) run their businesses smoothly and accelerate their growth. HP ProLiant 100 Series G5 Servers include HP ProLiant ML110 / ML115 G5, ML150

Dr. Apichai Boontherawara (second right), President of Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand), welcomed Mr. Mongkol Banthrarungroj (far left), Managing Director of Thai Corporation, and Mr. Cu Van Hoan (center), Director of Company 59, a Vietnamese Defense Ministry’s

DDR2-667 Memory Ready to Enhance Current Laptops with No Overclocking Required Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is first to offer high performance, low-latency DDR2-667 SO-DIMM notebook memory to the world. Offering greater

Crocs, pioneer of new breed footwear from the U.S.A., hosted the Crocs Gang Dance Show parade on Bangkok’s major streets of Silom, Rajdamri, Victory Monument, Ratchadapisek, Ladprao, and Ramkhamhaeng, to promote decent and safe water splashing among the public during the Songkran

Prize of Wood Industry, a leading manufacturer and distributor of decorative wood products, takes another step forward and announces its new 5S home building innovation today at Architect ’08 under the name of “Chale’t Prefab. House – Modern Tropical Style”. The house,

It is our great pleasure to present a photo exhibition entitled “Japanese Gardens - Four Seasons of Gardens in Kyoto” by Japanese photographer, Mr. Mizuno Katsuhiko. Mizuno Katsuhiko was born in Kyoto city in 1941, graduated from the Department of Literature, Doshisha University,

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates has comfortably met the 1 June deadline, set by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), for paper tickets to be scrapped. The Abu Dhabi-based airline offers e-tickets, the electronic document that has replaced

Officers from the ECOTEC division of the Royal Thai Police recently carried out raids at IT malls across the capital, as part of the continued fight against counterfeit and unlicensed software in Thailand. Although piracy is typically associated with the selling of counterfeit products such as

Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited launches a 5-month time deposit campaign with 3% interest rate per annum and monthly interest payment, in response to customer’s need in saving with attractive return. Only BHT50,000 is required as minimum deposit for opening the time deposit account

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) hosted an awards ceremony for the short-story competition, Haa Dai, Chai Pen (Know How to Earn, Know How to Spend), which promotes a culture of smart saving and investment among youth and the general public. This is the contest’s fourth year of operation,

Thai Airways International Public Company Limited and Royal Brunei Airlines will begin code-share flights from 15 May 2008 onwards. As part of the code-share agreement, THAI will code-share on Royal Brunei Airlines’ services on the routes: - Bangkok to Bandar Seri Begawan - Bandar

SYNDICATED LOAN... TAIPEI, Taiwan: Financial One Corp. Friday announced that its subsidiary in China, Chailease International Finance Co., has signed an unsecured RMB 210 million three-year term syndicated loan facility agreement with three banks. JADWORKS ANNOUNCES... SAN FRANCISCO,

Standard & Poor's latest "Downgrade Potential Across Credit Grades And Sectors" report states that the number of entities at risk of downgrades reached a new record of 713 in April, 10 more than in March. "Credit fundamentals have been deteriorating in response to present U.S.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its 'BBB-' long-term and 'A-3' short-term sovereign credit ratings on the Republic of India. The outlook on the long-term rating remains stable. This reflects the country's strong economic prospects, external balance sheet, and its deep capital

The Thailand Focus: Singapore Road Show 2008, during April 23-25, was a great success. The event, jointly organized by The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), SCB Securities Co., Ltd. and Goldman Sachs, included the Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Suebwonglee, his team and

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 01, 2008 Platinum Equity announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Owens Corning’s composite manufacturing plants in Battice, Belgium and Birkeland, Norway, as well as intellectual property and business assets related to those facilities.

ESSO (Thailand) PCL (ESSO), Thailand’s integrated petroleum and petrochemical operator, will begin trading its securities on The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) on May 6, 2008. ESSO will become another large capitalization stock worth THB 34 billion at its IPO price, following its successful

PEPSICO WEBCAST... PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo Wednesday announced that its annual shareholders' meeting will be webcast live from Plano, Texas, over the Internet on Wednesday, May 7, at 9 AM local time (10:00 AM ET). http://www.pepsico.com NEW CAMPAIGN... NEW YORK: Grammy-winning

Among the many negative effects of the financial market's ongoing volatility is a substantial increase in distressed credits, according to an article published today by Standard & Poor's. The report, titled "U.S. Credit Comment: Distressed Issuers Evolve From Past Ratings," says that

Fortinet® – the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions – today announced that new IDC research data confirms that the company ranked No. 1 in worldwide UTM factory revenue and the Asia Pacific UTM leader based on factory revenue, both for 2007,

Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited’s (SCBT) Long-term foreign currency and local currency Issuer Default ratings (IDR) at ‘A-’ (A minus) with Stable Outlook, Short-term foreign currency and local currency ratings at

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it raised its long-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating on the Federative Republic of Brazil to 'BBB-' from 'BB+', and its long-term local currency sovereign credit to 'BBB+' from 'BBB'. Standard & Poor's also raised its

Globally, 17 companies (15 public and two confidentially rated) defaulted in the first quarter of 2008, according to an article published today by Standard & Poor's. The article, which is titled "Quarterly Default Update And Rating Transitions," says that this is the highest number of

Countries from across Asia and the Pacific have agreed to cooperate proactively on the development of renewable energy in an effort to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and enhance long-term energy security. The decision, adopted Wednesday in Bangkok before the closing of the annual session of

Gedenk Movement Targets American Youth to Educate About the Holocaust Grammy-winning artist Miri Ben-Ari, aka the Hip-Hop Violinist and a third generation to Holocaust survivors, is launching a new campaign on behalf of her non-profit organization Gedenk ("remember" in Yiddish) to promote

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited's (SCBT) Long-term foreign currency and local currency Issuer Default ratings (IDR) at 'A-' (A minus) with Stable Outlook, Short-term foreign currency and local currency ratings at 'F2', Individual Rating at

ALIMTA Lung Cancer Study Highlighting Key Histology Findings to Be Included in May 15 ASCO Live, Online Presscast Eli Lilly and Company will unveil data from more than 50 studies at the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, Ill. from May 30 to

Ratchaburi Holding Announced its Unreviewed 1st Quarter Operating Performance of Year 2008 with Net Profit at 1,704 Million Baht or 1.18 Baht per Share RATCH announced the Company and its subsidiaries’ unreviewed 1st quarter operating performance of year 2008. The Company recorded net