Posted by: ronakorn on: September 14, 2009
Women in some of Britain’s leading financial companies receive around 80 percent less in bonus and performance-linked pay than their male colleagues, the country’s equality watchdog said on Monday. A survey of 50 finance firms found that women earned an average of 2,875 pounds ($4,712) a year in performance pay compared to 14,550 pounds for [...]
Posted by: ronakorn on: February 22, 2009
Thai rice exports fell 38 percent in January after a booming year, an industry group said Wednesday, as the world’s top seller of the grain suffered from the global financial crisis. Slow demand and high rice prices — which reached a record of nearly 1,000 dollars per tonne last year — also hurt the industry, [...]
Posted by: ronakorn on: February 22, 2009
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he did not hear of news that General Motors would seek financial support from several countries, adding that the government had no policy to use people’s taxes to help a particular business. Abhisit said he thought the US government would be able to handle GM.
Posted by: ronakorn on: February 15, 2009
Mr. Jitti Tangsithpakdi, president of the Gold Traders Association of Thailand, said that gold price tended to rise more and might reach 15,450 baht within a month. Increasing gold prices are because the US financial crisis has not been solved yet. As a result, people have bought gold to reduce risk. The gold situation is [...]
Posted by: ronakorn on: December 26, 2008
The current economic downturn in Thailand has forced nearly three out of four entrepreneurs to suffer a cash-flow problem, according to a survey conducted recently by University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC). UTCC vice-rector Saowanee Thairungroj said the survey conducted on 400 business operators between December 11-16 found that the cash flow problem [...]
