Article: KK confident despite growing competition: Hire-purchase to remain core business.

Article: Baht comes under selling pressure, NATION
The Nation (Thailand);  September 10, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... easy play, targeting their attack on the baht which has unwittingly become a proxy currency ... Since the third week of August, the baht has rapidly been heading downhill because ... traders have found an appetite for dollar- baht trading to make quick profits. Unlike ...

Article: Baht REER just an index, say officials, NATION
The Nation (Thailand);  April 21, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... effective exchange rate (REER) of the baht, the result is still the same. This ... to calculate the inflation-adjusted baht value compared with neighbouring currencies, because at that time the baht was already overvalued. His point was ...

Article: Baht breaks through 37 barrier against greenback, NATION
The Nation (Thailand);  October 29, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... banks and exporters on Wednesday drove the baht through the Bt37-per-US-dollar level ... bigger supply of US dollars helped the baht strengthen to Bt36.86 against the greenback ... capital outflows. Though the stronger baht has reduced Thailand's export competitiveness ...

Article: Baht strengthens, exporters worry: Appreciation could hurt ...
Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand);  March 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... would suffer from the baht's appreciation ... exporters hedge fewer than 40 percent of their total transactions ... they expected the 30 percent reserve requirement measure to help weaken the baht. But in general, exporters ... should look to hedge 40 percent to 50 percent of their ...

Article: Stronger Baht Dents Thai Food Company in Second Quarter, ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 14, 2002 ;     671 words ... ... quarter net profit by 13 percent to 270.2 million baht from 311.2 million in ... revenue was 8.35 billion baht, down by 1 percent year-on-year. Mr Thiraphong ... profits of 574.8 million baht, down by 27 percent from 786.6 million baht ...

Article: Baht lift unlikely for Thai firms in '99.
Business Asia;  April 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... currency this year as analysts expect the baht to remain steady after strengthening during ... expected to bite deeper, they added. The baht firmed to 36.96 to the United States ... same month a year earlier. Its 10.67 baht appreciation for each dollar last year ...

Article: Baht following in won's footsteps
The Nation (Thailand);  December 16, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Nation (Thailand) 12-16-1997 The baht is closely following the South Korean won ... to be found in the saga of the sinking baht, which lost Bt2.75 in a single day yesterday ... frenzy and a local speculative binge, the baht looks as if it will suffer the same fate ...