BEAUTY BEAUTY expects 2015 revenue and net profit growth of 20% YoY as it will invest Bt150mn in a warehouse and employee development and Bt150-180mn in new branches. (Kao Hoon, 27/11/14) Comment: The only consumer name in Thailand that has had positive SSSG, a growth machine, a cash machine its positively surprised me, shows how […]
Read More →ADVANC Board approves Bt4.6bn for fixed broadband investment. Management reports that demand for internet has risen to 6.8mn households. It believes in its network coverage and targets 80,000 clients in the first year. (Thun Hoon, 10/09/14) AOT AoT hosts ASEAN airports forum – Leaders of Southeast Asian airport authorities will congregate in Phuket today and […]
Read More →CGS CGS cuts market share target for brokerage to 3% from 3.5% after the resignation of its marketing team. It is ready to become a holding company in October, and is interested in energy and telecommunication businesses. (Kao Hoon, 07/08/14) Comment: As is always the case, whenever a new brokerage firm pops up, brokers move around and […]
Read More →BAY BAY keeps 7-9% loan growth aim – Bank of Ayudhya (BAY), the country’s fifth-largest lender by assets, is maintaining its lending growth target at 7-9% this year despite sentiment improving after the military coup ended the political impasse. The new signs have not had a clear impact on loan growth as it is the […]
Read More →AGE AGE plans to generate 100MW from biomass power plant in 5 years. It expects to invest Bt7bn. Although revenue from the electricity business will be lower than from the coal business, net profit is expected to be similar. (Khao Hoon, 28/05/14) Comment: Well they are going to have to raise debt to quite high […]
Read More →ADVANC AIS vows to ‘fight to the end’ to maintain pole position – Advanced Info Service (ADVANC) is pinning its hope on this year’s scheduled spectrum auction of four licenses to provide fourth generation mobile broadband service under a do-or-die strategy to maintain its leadership in the hyper-competitive market over the past two decades. (Bangkok […]
Read More →AJD AJD expects triple revenue growth in 2014 supported by AJ Smart Set Top Box sales. It has raised its sales target to 2mn boxes. It is ready to focus on the online business in the next three years and expects sharp revenue growth in 2017. (Khao Hoon, 29/04/14) Comment: So who is really going […]
Read More →BAY Expects merger with MUFG to strengthen — BAY expects to be stronger after merging with MUFG, bulked up by that entity’s loan and deposit portfolios. Net profit in 4Q13 is expected to touch Bt4.09bn, a 7.8% YoY increase, supported by the booking of gains from expiration of Vayupak. (Khao Hoon, 24/12/13) BAY out of […]
Read More →AMATA Flood hits Amata Nakorn- More than 700 factories in the Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate in Chonburi have been cautioned to monitor the floods closely, as they may face a repeat of the 2011 deluge. Viboon Kromadit, the estate’s chief of operations, said evacuation should be prepared and drilled even though the water has yet […]
Read More →BMCL – Purple Line deal agreed – BMCL expects construction of the Purple Line extension will be up and running 40 months from now, two years behind the original schedule of 2015. BMCL, which operates 20km of subway trains and 18 stations from Hua Lamphong to Bang Sue, yesterday signed a Bt82.6bn contract with the Mass […]
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