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Bangkokpost.com : Business
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A run on S. Africa's biggest bank
Afghan officials sought Saturday to head off a run on the country's biggest bank, reassuring customers of Kabul Bank that their money was safe following corruption allegations in US newspapers.
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Gold prices for Saturday announced
The Gold Traders Association this morning announced the buying price at 18.085.88 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 18,350 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.
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Muang Thai Life continues partnership with Nok Air
Sara Lamsam, president of Muang Thai Life Assurance, and Nok Air chief executive Patee Sarasin announce the new Smile Together (Unseen) CRM programme.Muang Thai Life extends Nok Air tie-upMuang Thai Life Assurance is extending its partnership with Nok Air to include insurance products offered through the airline.
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Young Thais take Asian talk title
Young Thais are the top chatterboxes in Asia, spending an average 1.7 hours a day talking on their mobile phones, says the market research firm Synovate.
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Map Ta Phut activity could resume in 2 weeks
Industrial projects in Map Ta Phut that are clear of the list of harmful activities should be able to resume operations within two weeks, says Buddhipongse Punnakanta, an adviser to Industry Minister Chaiwuti Bannawat.
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NCH expects presales to top B1.8bn target by 33%
Pointing to a healthy recovery in the low-rise housing segment, NC Housing Plc (NCH) expects to achieve 2.4 billion baht in presales this year, 33% above its target of 1.8 billion, and also plans to launch an upper-end residential development worth 500 million baht in the fourth quarter.
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SCB: Baht to hit 30.7 in 2011
The baht could reach 30.70 to the US dollar in 2011 thanks to capital inflows and a current account surplus, says chief economist Sethaput Suthiwart-Narueput of Siam Commercial Bank.
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SET eyes speculative trade in shares of 3G-linked firms
The Stock Exchange of Thailand has expressed concern about unusual price movement in telecom stocks as investors speculate about the outcome of the highly anticipated auction of 3G wireless broadband licences later this month.
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BBC News - Asia-Pacific
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Tajikistan
Key facts, figures and dates
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Overnight curfew after NZ quake
Police declare an overnight curfew in Christchurch, New Zealand, after a powerful earthquake causes considerable damage but no fatalities.
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South Korea FM offers to resign
The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan, offers to resign after it was revealed that his daughter was offered a job in his ministry.
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Nine die in New Zealand air crash
Nine people, including four foreigners, are killed when a light aircraft crashes after taking off from Fox Glacier in New Zealand, say reports.
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In pictures
New Zealand earthquake damages city of Christchurch
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Steep learning curve
China gives EU lesson on rural poverty
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Thai workers 'trafficked to US'
Six recruiters are accused of luring 400 Thai workers to the US with promises of farm jobs, confiscating their passports and demanding high fees.
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Week in pictures
Striking pictures from around the world this week.
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