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Exports Head Out and Up Thailand’s exports grew at their fastest rate for 18 months in January as the financial system of key markets gained force, helping lift orders for commodities from farm products to auto parts. Exports increased 30.8% from a year earlier to $13.72 billion, while increasing 26% in baht terms to 453.42 [...]

ECONOMIC BLITZKRIEG by Dave S. Brian Bloom’s latest insightful article at www.gold-eagle.com got me thinking again. In an attempt to understand the tremendous, unprecedented economic and political developments of the past few years, I am putting forth the hypothesis that the ‘powers that be” in the West are engaged in a strategy of ‘Economic Blitzkrieg’ [...]

Thailand joins the patrol in the Straits of Malacca Thailand is the 4th SE Asian country to join in the patrol in the Straits of Malacca, says the Singapore Defense Ministry. A ceremony was held today for the Terms of Reference for the Malacca Straits Patrols Joint Coordinating Committee in Bangkok today. Present at the [...]

LATEST NEWS: THAILAND FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT ‘FBA’ CAN SINGAPORE KEEP SHIN CORP? CAN FOREIGNERS OWN THAI LAND WITHOUT THAI NOMINEES? by Mysai Kung All revisions to Thailand’s Foreign Business Act (FBA), which would have brought tighter rules for outside investors, have been scrapped, Commerce Minister Mingkwan Sangsuwan said on Friday, 13 June 2008. “Why close [...]

Thaksin linked to ownership of ‘Win Mark’ | Foreign documents prove ownership by Thaksin Evidence from the Malaysian and Singaporean exchange authorities links ownership of Win Mark to Thaksin Sinawatra. The Thai AEC ‘Assets Examination Committee’ is investigating whether Thaksin concealed his assets overseas by failing to declare his ownership in Win Mark. The SC [...]