EGCO completes divestment of its 49% ownership interest in RISEC 609mw natural gas power plant in Rhode Island to Shell Energy North America.

KTC expects Government’s Easy E-Receipt tax rebate from Jan 16 – Feb 28 to help boost credit card spending in 1Q25, despite sluggish economy. KTC aims to issue 250K new cards and 10% yoy growth in card spending.

Comment: This combined with the THB 10k to old folks + CNY = a better than expected 1Q for most retailers.

LPN announced buyback, up to 45m shares (3.09% of paid-up) under Bt100m budget from Jan 31 till Jul 30, 2025.

Comment: I hate buybacks…pay out a cash dividend to return to shareholders.

MINT signed agreement with Alibaba’s online travel booking platform (Fliggy), allowing co to feature over 80k rooms across its 8 brands (Anantara, Avani, Elewana Collection, NH, NH Collection, nhow, Oaks and Tivoli) on the platform as same rates as posted on MINOR Hotels ‘website to enhance capabilities to reach Minor Hotels brands in China.

Comment: Is it me or does it feel like MINT has its mojo back.

Home improvement retail business, Mr.D.I.Y (TH) gets nod from SEC to sell IPO, plans to offer 981m (16.31%) of total issued shares post-IPO, Bualuang Sec & CIMB Thai joint leads.

Comment: IPOing everywhere in the region, first was Malaysia then Indonesia last year and now TH. This PE group is doing well…