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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) continued its climb yesterday by jumping another 1.34% to close at 1,078.66 points yesterday, in heavy trade worth 42 billion baht.

Thai Airways International should shed its status as a state enterprise so the government would stop meddling in its affairs, advocates a think-tank for the Finance Ministry.

Thailand's largest coal miner, Banpu, is confident of strong demand from Japan in the next few years as the country will either have to increase the capacities of existing power plants or build new ones to make up for the shutdown of the disaster hit Fukushima nuclear plant.

While world markets for office space continue their slow recovery from the global financial crisis, Bangkok is found to contain more office space than other ASEAN commercial citiesm including Singapore, according to international property agencies.

The government will come under increasing pressure to end its diesel subsidy as the Oil Fund's net cash flow has fallen to just Bt2.3 billion.

Apartment rentals in Bangkok's prime expatriate area decreased slightly in the fourth quarter of 2010 due to a surge in condominium developments, according to CBRE's latest market research.