The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has planned to reduce the target number of companies seeking initial public offerings (IPO) of shares both on the bourse and the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI) within this year.
According to SET president Patareeya Benjapolchai, the exchange had earlier set a target to draw 46 companies for the listing on both SET and MAI this year but the current unfavourable sentiment in the market is likely to bring down the number of IPO shares to be listed on SET.
However, Pattareeya said, the number of …

Hewlett-Packard (Thailand) Ltd has introduced “HP Pavilion dv2” notebook to Thai users, starting from the price of 24,900 baht in exclusive of value-added tax.
HP Thailand last Wednesday announced the launch of the slim and ultra-portable HP Pavilion dv2 entertainment notebook, which is equipped with AMD Athlon Neo processor, ATI Radeon X1250 integrated graphics and optional ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3410 discrete graphics for a true high-definition (HD) entertainment experience. 
The Pavilion dv2, just less than one inch thickness and weighing only about 1.64 kilogrammes, features superior entertainment features, including the integrated …

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and five Cabinet members yesterday comfortably won in a no-confidence vote after two-day censure debate in the parliament.

Prime Minister Abhisit, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij, Deputy Finance Minister Pradit Phataraprasit, Interior Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul and Deputy Interior Minister Boonjong Wongtrairat were accused of malfeasance and violation of the Constitution by the opposition led by Puea Thai Party.
Out of 449 members of the House of Representatives, Abhisit, as well as Korn, Pradit, Chavarat and Boonjong, received 246 votes of confidence each while Kasit, …

Noppol Milinthanggoon has been appointed as the managing director of Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Plc (RATCH) since October 1, 2008.
Noppol Milinthanggoon, 55, has many years of experiences in the electricity generating industry as he started his career at the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) in 1975, working for the Nuclear and Technology Division.
He had later held several key positions at EGAT before being the assistant governor for Thermal Power Plant Construction, overseeing the construction of all EGAT thermal power plants.
During more than 30 years of experiences at EGAT, …

Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Plc (RATCH) has signed an agreement with PT Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering Tbk (TRUBA) to conduct a due diligence and evaluation process on a coal-fired power plant project in Indonesia.
Noppol Milinthanggoon, managing director of RATCH, disclosed that the Thai company and Indonesia’s TRUBA had signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on March 18 to commence the process of evaluation on developing the Kuala Tanjung Power Plant Project towards the potential investment and acquisition in the project.
Noppol said, “The 270-megawatt Kuala Tanjung Power Plant is the coal-fired …

Royal Cliff Beach Resort in Pattaya
   

Pattaya has been picked as the venue for two meetings for Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) leaders and their dialogue partners during April 10-12.
Thailand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya recently announced that the ministry had decided to choose the eastern resort in Chonburi Province as the venue for the 14th ASEAN Summit with dialogue partners, also known as ASEAN+3 (China, South Korea and Japan) and ASEAN+6 (China, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and India) meetings.
The meetings will be held at Pattaya Exhibition …