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17 Oct 2024 | 10:54:15 GMT+7
LIFE
17 Oct 2024
One Direction singer Liam Payne dead after falling from Buenos Aires hotel balcony
BUSINESS
17 Oct 2024
Tourism to gain from central bank cut
BUSINESS
17 Oct 2024
Posh hotels to pump up rates
THAILAND
17 Oct 2024
Govt launches rebuild drive
BUSINESS
17 Oct 2024
Thai growth upgraded as cash handout improves outlook
Thailand
|
17 Oct 2024
Govt urged to act to ensure massacre defendants face justice
Business
|
17 Oct 2024
Big outlay for virtual banks
Business
|
17 Oct 2024
Clean energy plan to generate B2.9tn
Business
|
17 Oct 2024
Talks with Laos focus on renewable effort
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10:09
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09:01
One Direction singer Liam Payne dead after falling from Buenos Aires hotel balcony
08:45
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17 Oct 2024
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17 Oct 2024
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17 Oct 2024
4 new species of plant found in North
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16 Oct 2024
All 18 iCon suspects arrested on fraud charges
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1
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2
Gen Pisal resigns from Pheu Thai Party
3
Israel ‘expected to hit Iranian military, energy sites’
4
High-end tourists to help meet B500bn revenue goal
5
Two suspects from the 2004 Tak Bai massacre case flee
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06:08
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GENERAL
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06:03
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05:57
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GENERAL
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05:24
PM courts China on 6G launch base
GENERAL
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05:05
4 new species of plant found in North
POLITICS
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16 Oct 2024
Scope of amnesty study limited
POLITICS
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16 Oct 2024
Get Interpol to apprehend Pisal: PM
POLITICS
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16 Oct 2024
Adviser pick sparks petition
POLITICS
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16 Oct 2024
PM to dine with coalition heads
POLITICS
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15 Oct 2024
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14 Oct 2024
Golden promises fail to measure up
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13 Oct 2024
Sifting through Northern Thailand's mud and floods
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6 Oct 2024
Deadly bus tragedy prompts Thai transport safety debate
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2 Oct 2024
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30 Sep 2024
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09:53
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24 Sep 2024
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24 Sep 2024
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15 Aug 2024
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BUSINESS
GENERAL
MOTORING
INVESTMENT
GENERAL
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07:05
Talks with Laos focus on renewable effort
GENERAL
|
07:00
Posh hotels to pump up rates
GENERAL
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06:51
Clean energy plan to generate B2.9tn
GENERAL
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06:44
Thai growth upgraded as cash handout improves outlook
GENERAL
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06:40
Big outlay for virtual banks
MOTORING
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11 Oct 2024
Musk shows tesla Cybercab
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8 Oct 2024
EV firms seek easing of manufacturing conditions
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7 Oct 2024
Banking on batteries
MOTORING
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4 Oct 2024
EU to impose tariffs up to 45% on EVs from China
MOTORING
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4 Oct 2024
Mercedes teams up for insurance offer
INVESTMENT
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15 Oct 2024
One Asset Management prepares to offer TIREIT units
INVESTMENT
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14 Oct 2024
ASPS raises year-end SET target to 1,523 points
INVESTMENT
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14 Oct 2024
CPN issues sustainability-linked bonds worth B8bn
INVESTMENT
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10 Oct 2024
Securities and Exchange Commission move will allow funds to invest more in crypto
INVESTMENT
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9 Oct 2024
BOI approves $400m investment by tyre-maker Continental
MONEY TRANSFER
EXCHANGE
WEATHER
SET
GOLD
Currency/Baht
Buy (Baht)
Sell (Baht)
USD
33.1466
33.4691
GBP
43.0394
43.8825
EUR
35.8921
36.6153
JPY
22.0026
22.6867
HKD
4.2474
4.3319
CNY
4.6112
4.7484
Source: Bank of Thailand (17 Oct 2024)
BANGKOK
Clouds
26°
/
27°
CHIANG MAI
Clouds
25°
/
28°
PATTAYA
Rain
27°
/
29°
SURAT THANI
Rain
27°
/
29°
PHUKET
Clouds
28°
/
28°
KANCHANABURI
Rain
28°
/
28°
Source: openweathermap.org (17 Oct 2024)
SET
1,485.01
-
SET50
947.65
-
SET50FF
911.23
-
SET100
2,062.07
-
SET100FF
1,994.53
-
sSET
856.92
-
SETCLMV
822.88
-
Source: settrade.com (17 Oct 2024)
Buy (Baht)
Sell (Baht)
GOLD
(1 BAHT WEIGHT, 96.5%)
Buy (Baht)
41,900.00
Sell (Baht)
42,000.00
ORNAMENT
(1 BAHT WEIGHT, 96.5%)
Buy (Baht)
41,144.24
Sell (Baht)
42,500.00
Source: GoldTraders (17 Oct 2024)
Date: 17 Oct 2024
Type
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Tomorrow
47.14
47.14
32.94
32.94
49.84
49.84
33.09
33.09
Type
Today
Tomorrow
35.08
35.08
35.45
35.45
Effective and projected prices as at 17 October 2024, 05:00 AM
Historical Retail Oil Prices
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05:30
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05:30
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Gelsomina Vigliotti & Maurizio Martina
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05:30
BoT, govt may have wrong inflation data
Chartchai Parasuk
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05:30
Netanyahu and Biden: decisions, decisions
Gwynne Dyer
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