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Panasonic expects to book record ¥780 billion net loss - The Japan Times
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:53:53 GMT

Sydney Morning Herald

Panasonic expects to book record ¥780 billion net loss The Japan Times Panasonic Corp. forecast a record net loss of ¥780 billion for the current year, making it the latest consumer electronics giant to predict declining earnings because of the stronger yen, a slower global economy and the floods in Thailand. Panasonic warns of $10bn annual lossFinancial Times Panasonic Forecasts Record $10 Billion Loss on Floods, ChargesBusinessWeek Panasonic falls to a £1.6bn.loss as demand dries upInquirer Washington Post -The Guardian -Mainichi Daily News all 343 news articles »

Thailand Stocks: Sri Trang Agro, Tongkah Harbour, Total Access - BusinessWeek
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:11:29 GMT

Thailand Stocks: Sri Trang Agro, Tongkah Harbour, Total Access BusinessWeek 3 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of the following companies had unusual moves in Thailand trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of the close in Bangkok. The SET Index rose 0.7 percent to 1098.95, the highest close since Aug. and more »

Hardware makers suffer through drive shortages - CNET
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:16:49 GMT

DailyTech

Hardware makers suffer through drive shortages CNET by Larry Dignan February 3, 2012 10:07 AM PST One of the larger questions for tech companies going into fourth-quarter earnings revolved around hard drive shortages and whether the supply chain could adapt after flooding in Thailand. Hardware makers slog through hard disk drive shortagesZDNet (blog) Disk Drive Stocks Zoom As Seagate CEO Talks ThailandInvestor's Business Daily Seagate's quarter not affected by Thailand floodingLongmont Daily Times-Call NewsyStocks.com -DailyTech -The Verge all 65 news articles »

Wine-makers take their label fight to Thailand - New Zealand Herald
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:31:49 GMT

USA TODAY

Wine-makers take their label fight to Thailand New Zealand Herald Photo / AP Napa Valley wine producers will go a long way to protect their good name - all the way to Thailand if necessary. That's the latest country which has given Geographic Indication status to Napa wine. This means Thailand will not allow sales of ... Wine producers campaign for truth in labelingUSA TODAY Napa Valley wine producers go far to protect nameWestern Farm Press all 44 news articles »

Kuwait, Thailand, Bhutan notch first victories Nepal too strong for China at ... - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Publish Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:40:11 GMT

Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

Kuwait, Thailand, Bhutan notch first victories Nepal too strong for China at ... Arab Times Kuwait English Daily Thailand also notched a brilliant victory over the fancied Malaysian team at Hubara ground. Nattakan Chantam was the architect of Thailand's victory. Thailand batted first and scored 120 for theloss of 6 wickets in allotted 25 Overs.

Summary Box: Sony sees wider net loss - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:08:08 GMT

Globe and Mail

Summary Box: Sony sees wider net loss Seattle Post Intelligencer Battered by weak TV sales, a strong yen and production disruptions from flooding in Thailand, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company on Thursday reported a net loss of 159 billion yen ($2.1 billion) for the October-December quarter and ... Sony doubles annual net loss forecast amid weak TV sales, strong yen, natural ...Washington Post New Sony chief vows to make 'painful choices'Financial Times Hirai tasked with solving Sony's woesThe Daily Yomiuri all 1,155 news articles »

Former Giants, Warriors DJ killed in Thailand taxi tragedy - San Jose Mercury News
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:03:25 GMT

SF Weekly

Former Giants, Warriors DJ killed in Thailand taxi tragedy San Jose Mercury News Known to his fans as DJ Solomon, Kahn was on his first tour of Thailand, playing four dates in the country. The son of Shabda Kahn of San Rafael, a Sufi spiritual leader and singer in the Hindustani classical music tradition, Solomon Kahn, ... Marin-bred DJ Solomon killed in Thailand taxi tragedyMarin Independent-Journal Brits Die on Holiday; Taxi Crash Kills Top US DJ; Phuket Police Pass Drugs ...Phuketwan Solomon Khan, Popular Bay Area DJ Known For Spinning At Warriors Games, Dies ...Huffington Post San Francisco Chronicle -SF Weekly (blog) all 16 news articles »

Thailand's Fed Cup dreams are silenced - Bangkok Post
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:59:43 GMT

Bangkok Post

Thailand's Fed Cup dreams are silenced Bangkok Post Thailand failed to progress to the World Group play-offs after losing 2-1 to Kazakhstan in the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I in Shenzhen, China yesterday. Varatchaya Wongteanchai, right, and Nungnudda Wannasuk defeat Yaroslava Shvedova and Sessil ... and more »

Thailand intervenes with the rubber gloves industry - The Borneo Post
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:39:00 GMT

Thailand intervenes with the rubber gloves industry The Borneo Post Posted on February 4, 2012, Saturday KUCHING: Thailand government's intervention in the rubber gloves industry by offering soft loans of five billion baht to local agricultural institutes and 10 billion baht soft loans to the Rubber Estate Organisation ... and more »

Survey: Execs in Thailand among most stressed out - Bangkok Post
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:00:11 GMT

Survey: Execs in Thailand among most stressed out Bangkok Post Thailand ranks fifth in the world for stress levels felt by business leaders over the past 12 months, according to a Grant Thornton Thailand survey. A net 55% reported an increase in stress, behind only Greece (67%), China (60%), Taiwan (57%) and ... Thai business leaders' stress level ranked fifth in the worldThe Nation all 2 news articles »

Thammasat ban under attack
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT
Academics associated with Thammasat University have criticised its ban on the Nitirat group's activities on its premises as an abandonment of social responsibility.

Dying woman gets last wish
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT
With little time left to live and waiting to be sent home to spend her final days with her family, breast cancer patient Kung had what could be her last wish granted _ she married the man she loves.

Prison officials, police launch major raid on Bang Kwang jail
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT
Prison officials and police launched a major raid on seven zones at Bang Kwang Central Prison in Nonthaburi yesterday.

Govt places flood battle before crops
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT
Flood prevention will take priority over crop irrigation in setting water management strategies for this year, the government announced yesterday.

Two killed in far South
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:34:00 GMT
A woman was shot dead in Pattani and an illegal oil vendor was killed in an ambush in Narathiwat on Friday morning, in attacks police blamed on insurgents.

Culture blasts Simsimi app as 'not normal'
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:44:00 GMT
The Simsimi artificial intelligence conversation program is causing social degeneration and creating gaps between members of the family, Culture Minister Sukumol Khunploem said Friday.

Culture blasts Simsimi app as 'not normal'
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:44:00 GMT
The Simsimi artificial intelligence conversation program is causing social degeneration and creating gaps between members of the family, Culture Minister Sukumol Khunploem said Friday.

Weekly highlights
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:10:00 GMT
Students and lecturers at Thammasat University take sides as the clash of opinions over the lese majeste law fuelled by the Nitirat group's campaign splits the campus. In the far South, the government finally admitted that paramilitary rangers killed four innocent civilians and wounded five others. As for the flood prevention plan, there is no good news.

Khmer Rouge jailer's sentence increased to life
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:32:00 GMT
A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people had his sentence increased to life Friday, bringing down the curtain on a landmark first case at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court.

Khmer Rouge jailer handed life on appeal
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:32:00 GMT
PHNOM PENH - A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people was given life in prison on appeal on Friday, bringing down the curtain on a landmark first case at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court.

Nitirat ban splits student body
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT
Students, alumni members and lecturers at Thammasat University remain divided over the use of its main campus as a venue for the Nitirat group to engineer a campaign to amend the controversial lese majeste law.

Employers in move to halt wage increase
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT
Seven employers' confederations will team up with the Federation of Thai Industries to file a petition with the Administrative Court to stop the government implementing its 300 baht daily minimum wage policy.

Nitirat ban splits student body
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT
Students, alumni members and lecturers at Thammasat University remain divided over the use of its main campus as a venue for the Nitirat group to engineer a campaign to amend the controversial lese majeste law.

Just whose land is Thailand?
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT
The Nitirat campaign to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code, commonly known as the lese majeste law, has generated a political tempest.

Journalism students oppose Nitirat
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:16:00 GMT
A group of former and present students of the faculty of journalism and mass communication at Thammasat University on Thursday submitted a letter to the university rector asking for legal and disciplinary action against the seven academics comprising the Nitirat group.

Journalism students oppose Nitirat
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:16:00 GMT
A group of former and present students of the faculty of journalism and mass communication at Thammasat University on Thursday submitted a letter to the university rector asking for legal and disciplinary action against the seven academics comprising the Nitirat group.

Culture alarmed about Simsimi app
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:36:00 GMT
The Culture Ministry is concerned about young people using the Simsimi artificial intelligence conversation program as it uses impolite and rude words.

Culture worried over young chat users
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:36:00 GMT
The Culture Ministry is concerned about young people using Simsimi artificial intelligence conversation program as it uses impolite and rude words.

Facebook friends Wall Street with planned $5 bn IPO
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:32:00 GMT
Investors have come down with Facebook fever after the social networking titan filed to go public and seek to raise $5 billion in the largest flotation ever by an Internet company on Wall Street.

Facebook goes public, seeks to raise $5 bn in IPO
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:32:00 GMT
Investors came down with Facebook fever after the social networking titan filed to go public and seek to raise $5 billion in the largest flotation ever by an Internet company on Wall Street.

Facebook goes public, seeks to raise $5 bln in IPO
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:32:00 GMT
Investors came down with Facebook fever after the social networking titan filed to go public and seek to raise $5 billion in the largest flotation ever by an Internet company on Wall Street.

Facebook goes public, seeks to raise $5 bln in IPO
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:32:00 GMT
Investors came down with Facebook fever after the social networking titan filed to go public and seek to raise $5 billion in the largest flotation ever by an Internet company on Wall Street.

Tense standoff at Thammasat over lese majeste law
Publish Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:12:00 GMT
My sympathy to Thammasat University rector Somkit Lertpaithoon who is in the unfortunate position of being caught in the middle of a potentially hostile confrontation between the Nitirat group and their supporters on the one hand and their opponents on the other over the lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code.

Ranger killing seen as revenge
Publish Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT
A volunteer military ranger was gunned down in Pattani's Khok Pho district yesterday while a Buddhist temple was hit by two grenades in Nong Chik district.

Calls mount to overhaul Article 112
Publish Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT
More than 200 international scholars, writers, and activists have joined the campaign urging reform to the lese majeste law.

ชนวินาศเขาใหญ่7ศพ
Publish Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:18:12 +0700
อุบัติเหตุซ้ำซ้อนชนสยองกลางเขาใหญ่ รถพ่วงเสียหลักชนยับ 4 คันรวดบนถนนสายกบินทร์บุรี-นครราชสีมา ระหว่างที่ตร.ปิดการจราจรเพื่อยกรถที่จอดขวางเต็มถนน เกิดเหตุ ไม่คาดฝัน

สาดกรด ดาราแดนดนัย
Publish Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:49:49 +0700
ดาราหนุ่ม \"แดน-ดนัย\" โร่แจ้งความ ถูกแฟนเก่าตามหึงหวง สาดด้วยกรดจนใบหน้าและมือมีบาดแผลบาดเจ็บเผยขณะพาเพื่อนสาวชาวต่างชาติมาบ้าน

ทรงเรือพระที่นั่ง เสด็จเปิด สะพานภูมิพล1-2
Publish Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:37:48 +0700
พร้อมประตูน้ำลัดโพธิ์ ร่นเจ้าพระยา-อ่าวไทย มท.เตรียมงานถวายพร ฉลองยิ่งใหญ่ 83พรรษา

พระบาทสมเด็จพระเจ้าอยู่หัวเสด็จฯพร้อมพระเทพฯ ทรงลอยพระประทีปริมแม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา
Publish Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:29:26 +0700
พระบาทสมเด็จพระเจ้าอยู่ทรง เสด็จพระราชดำเนินพร้อมด้วยสมเด็จพระเทพรัตนราชสุดาฯ สยามบรมราชกุมารี ทรงลอยพระประทีปที่บริเวณท่าน้ำศิริราช เนื่องในเทศกาลลอยกระทง

โพลหนุนยกเครื่องกฏหมายทำแท้ง"นายกฯ"ห่วง
Publish Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:24:00 +0700
"มาร์ค"ห่วงการทำแท้งชี้เป็นปัญหาใหญ่ สั่งให้ศึกษาหาทางรณรงค์ โพล หนุนยกเครื่องกม.ทำแท้ง

ช๊อก!9 เดือนยังทำแท้งไม่สำเร็จคนรับทำต้องเลี้ยงเอง8คน
Publish Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:56:23 +0700
จับอดีตผช.หมอคลินิกทำแท้ง แฉรับค้าจ้างศพเด็กละ 500 บาท ท้องแก่ 7-9 เดือนก็มีระบุทำแท้งไม่สำเร็จ ต้องเก็บเลี้ยงเองถึง 8 คน

จ่อหมายจับ"สัปเหร่อ"เอี่ยวศพทารก
Publish Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:57:23 +0700
สอบสัปเหร่อเครียด รับรู้เห็นเพียง 10 ศพ มาฝากทำลายครั้งละ 200 บาท ที่เหลือน่าฝากคนอื่น ตร.เร่งหาต้นตอคลีนิคเถื่อนแล้ว

จ่อหมายจับ"สัปเหร่อ"เอี่ยวศพทารก
Publish Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:54:45 +0700
สอบสัปเหร่อเครียด รับรู้เห็นเพียง 10 ศพ มาฝากทำลายครั้งละ 200 บาท ที่เหลือน่าฝากคนอื่น ตร.เร่งหาต้นตอคลีนิคเถื่อนแล้ว

น้ำลด-ไฟไหม้ ตลาด100ปี!
Publish Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:41:25 +0700
เพลิงเผาวอดตลาด′ท่าขุน นาง′ ตลาดเก่าแก่อายุ 100 ปีกลางเมืองลพบุรี บ้านเรือนประชาชนวอดวายกว่า 50 หลังคาเรือน เสียหาย 50 ล้านบาท ชาวบ้านเห็นไฟชอร์ตที่เสาไฟฟ้าก่อนลามไปถึงตลาด

ทหารไทยส่งผู้อพยพพม่า2พันข้ามชายแดนกลับปท.
Publish Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:21:33 +0700
นายอำเภอสังขละบุรี จ.กาญจนบุรี ระดมกำลังกว่า 100 นายนำกลุ่มผู้อพยพชาวพม่าประมาณ 2,000 คน ไปที่ด่านชายแดนบ้านพระเจดีย์สามองค์ ต.หนองลู เพื่อข้ามฝั่งส่งกลับไปยังบ้านพญาตองซู

"หลวงพ่อคูณ"อาพาธ ลูกศิษย์นำส่ง"รพ.มหาราช" ด่วน!กลางดึก
Publish Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:36:40 +0700
"หลวงพ่อคูณ" อาพาธ ! ลูกศิษย์นำส่ง รพ.มหาราชนครราชสีมา ด่วนกลางดึก หลังมีอาการซึม สับสนจำใครไม่ได้ ด้านแพทย์เผย ผลตรวจสมองไม่พบมีเลือดออกหรือมีโรคใหม่เกิดขึ้นในสมอง

วิศวกรซิ่ง2ศพ สยองไปกฐิน
Publish Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:25:21 +0700
ฟอร์จูนเนอร์ ตกคลองสยอง 2 ศพ บาดเจ็บ 4 วิศวกรหนุ่มโรงปูนพาครอบครัวกลับไปทอดกฐินที่บ้านราชบุรี ก่อนถึงวัดแค่ก.ม.เดียวเจอถนนเป็นหลุมเป็นบ่อหลังน้ำท่วม

โหร คมช.เตือนระวัง "สึนามิ" ถล่มอ่าวไทย
Publish Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:17:17 +0700
โหร คมช. ออกโรงเตือนระวัง "สึนามิ" ถล่มไทย แฉคลื่นยักษ์ซัดสองฝั่ง "อ่าวไทย-อันดามัน" ยับหนักกว่า 5 ปีก่อน แนะทุกฝ่ายสามัคคีร่วมทำบุญบรรเทา

ถอดยศริบเครื่องราชฯ"ชลอ เกิดเทศ"
Publish Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 09:42:46 +0700
สำนักนายกฯ ประกาศถอดยศตำรวจ พล.ต.ท.ชลอ เกิดเทศ หลังศาลลงโทษประหาร กระทำผิดวินัยร้ายแรงในคดีเพชรซาอุฯ และอุ้มฆ่าสองแม่ลูกตระกูลศรีธนะขัณฑ์ พร้อมนายตำรวจอีก 7 ราย

สุดสลด! ศพเกลื่อนชายหาดปัตตานี
Publish Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:59:59 +0700
สลด! 10 ศพ เหยื่อน้ำท่วม ลอยติดชายฝั่งปัตตานี ด้านสุราษฎร์ธานีน้ำป่าถล่มซ้ำ ส่วนเมืองคอนท่วมหนัก 2 เมตร

US Lifts Terror Alert In Thailand: Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
Publish Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:35:55 +0000

Libel Warning Over Sharp-Tongued SimSimi Chat Robot: Thailand
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:48:55 +0000

Public Transport Van Plunges Into Ditch Killing 4, Injuring 14: Sukhothai
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:41:29 +0000

Thai Govt Put On The Ropes As Court Deliberates On Decrees' Legality
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:25:11 +0000

Is This Government Overstepping Its Fiscal Authority?: Thai Opinion
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:20:55 +0000

Victims Of State Violence In Thai South To Be Compensated
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:09:19 +0000

Dam Water To Be Released From May: Thailand
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:06:43 +0000

Pracha Puts Prison Commanders On Notice Over Drug Trafficking: Thailand
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000

Revolution Looms For Thai Digital Television
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:54:10 +0000

Thailand Live Saturday 4 Feb 2012
Publish Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:48:58 +0000

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