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Rising business confidence evidenced by more jobs, abundant liquidity Asia's real-estate investment market has seen encouraging growth in terms of the total value of sales this year and the second half of 2010 thanks primarily to the abundant liquidity and continued inflow of capital, a study by Collier International showed.

Housing prices are forecast to rise by at least 5% this year, reflecting the higher costs of construction, wages and land, says the Housing Business Association.

Honda and Mazda launched two bread-and-butter models in Thailand yesterday, and are expecting to increase market share with them.

Travellers could soon be able surf in Bali, shop in Singapore and eat spicy street food in Thailand before crossing into Cambodia and cruising the Mekong in Vietnam - all on a single tourist visa.

The Federation of Thai Capital Market Organisations (Fetco) expects the Thai bourse in 2013 to exceed the record high achieved before the 1997 Asian financial crisis, thanks to likely sustained levels of inflation and interest rates and listed companies gaining a higher return on equity as a result of investment expansion.

Raimon Land announces positive earnings for 2010. Sales growth and rationalization last year are platform for sustainable cashflow outlook and share rerating.

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is introducing 16 new single-stock futures in line with its core strategy of appearing on global investors' radar screens.

Thai AirAsia (TAA)'s long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) has been set in motion as the country's largest low-cost carrier moves to raise up to Bt6b in the fourth quarter to support its growth plan

W Bangkok has been topped off and construction is on schedule for completion mid 2012.

Thailand’s largest retailer Central Group recently announced plans to develop a THB13 billion (US$427.4 million) Central Embassy complex on a 9-rai plot of land acquired from the British Embassy.