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• Debating green design

  14/02/2012 : Although going green is widely hyped, design experts are optimistic about future designs that minimise waste of raw materials and are efficient.

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  Made for walking

  14/02/2012 : The advent of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 will prompt several labour-intensive industries to relocate to neighbouring countries such as Myanmar, Vietnam and China to take advantage of cheaper costs.

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  Innovative by nature

  14/02/2012 : The ''green'' buzz is everywhere these days, especially in the design industry. But don't ask Suwan Kongkhunthian whether his furniture is environmentally friendly. He's been making green products for two decades, and he gets irritated when he hears western countries lecturing the developing world about the environment.

• ONLINE TRADE

  Thaitrade.com joins hands with eight B2B partners

  14/02/2012 : The International Trade Promotion Department has joined with eight local and international organisations in a bid to beef up the Thaitrade.com e-marketplace project.

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  COMPETITIVE EATING

  CP bloats wonton sales

  14/02/2012 : When the whistle blew, the competition started: Eight male and eight female eaters began eating shrimp wontons (Chinese dumplings), as many as they could in eight minutes.

• TAX CORNER

  New law aims to promote investment through trusts

  14/02/2012 : In an attempt to promote the use of a trust under the Trust for Transactions in Capital Market Act B.E. 2550 (2007) (''Trust Act'') as a new investment vehicle in the stock market, the Thai cabinet approved an executive decree to grant certain tax incentives. Now, the decree has become effective and it is time for us to examine what has been offered to the investors so far.

• STATE SPENDING

  Fiscal 2013 budget relies on 4.5% to 5% growth to reconcile figures

  14/02/2012 : The government will base the fiscal 2013 budget on the assumption that GDP will grow by 4.5 to 5% next year with average inflation of 3.8%.

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  Mc Jeans maker lets out its waist for AEC

  14/02/2012 : PK Garment (Import-Export) Co, the producer of Mc Jeans, will spend 1 billion baht to double production capacity and build support facilities to boost competitiveness and benefit from the Asean Economic Community set for 2015.

• Cost structure to be probed to curb prices

  14/02/2012 : The Internal Trade Department has been instructed to strike a balance in overseeing the demands of consumers and manufacturers by focusing on the cost structure throughout the production process, says Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom.

• FINANCE

  Capital market presses laundering laws

  14/02/2012 : The Thai capital market urged the government to quickly impose anti-money laundering laws in response to a warning by the Anti-Money Laundering Organisation last week as Thailand could be put on an international watch list.

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  Power of Cooperation

  14/02/2012 : Boonruean Taokham and 500 of his neighbours own shares in a power plant. But the shares did not stem from a stock purchase; they are the product of a novel 22-kilowatt mini-hydropower plant, the first community-owned plant in Thailand.

• AGRICULTURE

  BAAC urges state crop insurance fund

  14/02/2012 : The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) will propose a crop insurance fund to cover risk from natural disasters.

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