http://www.tivarati.com/stock/ stock News Thu, 22 May 2008 06:17:19 +0700 en http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-14/35399148/ Wed, 14 May 2008 12:50:02 +0700 Bangkok 14 May Fitch Ratings As the 2007 financial crisis spills into 2008, it is apparent that the dynamics of international finance are shifting dramatically, according to Fitch Ratings. What started as a problem in a particular asset class US subprime mortgages has become a problem of global liquidity and, http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-14/35394277/ Wed, 14 May 2008 11:17:59 +0700 Bangkok 14 May Moody's Investors Service Moody's Investors Service says in a new report that the Indian economy's external fundamentals are strong enough to withstand a wide range of potential shocks, including sudden reversals in short term capital flows, a sharp slowdown in global growth, and weak government http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-14/35392033/ Wed, 14 May 2008 10:40:09 +0700 Bangkok 14 May Standard & Poor's Our current ratings universe of U.S. corporates that are not in default decreased by 23 to 3,174 at the end of the first quarter of 2008 from 3,197 at the end of 2007, according to an article published yesterday by Standard & Poor's. The report, titled, U.S. Ratings Distribution: Glut http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-14/35391639/ Wed, 14 May 2008 10:37:30 +0700 Bangkok 14 May Standard & Poor's Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'AA' rating to Tokyo Metropolitan Government's (TMG; AA/Stable/ ) ?20 billion domestic bonds due March 17, 2028. The coupon rate is 2.31%. The major factors in evaluating the credit quality of TMG are: Its robust local tax base as http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-14/35391628/ Wed, 14 May 2008 10:35:28 +0700 Bangkok 14 May Standard & Poor's Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'AA' senior unsecured local currency long term debt rating to Japan Housing Finance Agency's (JHF; AA/Stable/ ) collateralized bonds issue. The 'AA' rating was assigned to JHF's ?3.9 billion, 2.38%, 15th nonguaranteed bonds due http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-14/35387173/ Wed, 14 May 2008 09:56:57 +0700 Bangkok 14 May Standard & Poor's Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that the mega earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province on May 12, 2008, could put to the test companies highly exposed to the area. While the full account of casualties and damages inflicted by the 7.9 magnitude earthquake is still http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-14/35384557/ Wed, 14 May 2008 09:37:23 +0700 Bangkok 14 May Fitch Ratings Fitch Ratings has today downgraded Thailand based The Erawan Group Public Company Limited's (Erawan) National Long term senior unsecured debt rating to 'BBB (minus)(tha)' from 'BBB(tha)', and affirmed its National Short term senior unsecured debt rating at 'F3(tha)'. Fitch has http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-13/35307515/ Tue, 13 May 2008 13:26:29 +0700 Bangkok 13 May BBL Bangkok Bank is distributing the seventh tranche of three year government savings bonds worth 500 million baht, at an interest rate of 4.00 percent per annum. The bonds are issued by the Public Debt Management Office of the Ministry of Finance and will be made available to the public via Bangkok http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-13/35290040/ Tue, 13 May 2008 09:30:14 +0700 Bangkok 13 May Standard & Poor's Standard & Poor's has made available two Web casts that explore the growth of emerging markets. These Web casts combine both video and charts so viewers can easily follow along with the speakers. While record high oil prices and a U.S. recession are causing a slowdown in most http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-12/35232077/ Mon, 12 May 2008 15:24:51 +0700 Bangkok 12 May Krungthai Card His Excellency Surapong Suebwonglee (centre), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, chaired the opening ceremony of Money Expo 2008 with Mrs. Patareeya Benjapolchai, President of The Stock Exchange of Thailand (right) and Mr. Santi Viriyarungsarit (4th from left). The party http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-12/35212019/ Mon, 12 May 2008 11:02:23 +0700 Bangkok 12 May TISCO Bank TISCO Bank Plc. appointed Ms. Voranuch Supaibulpipat as Head of Commercial Lending, effective April 1. Voranuch received a bachelor's in economics from Chulalongkorn University, and MBA from Middle Tennessee State, USA. She joined TISCO since 1987 and spent more than 20 years in lending http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-12/35211504/ Mon, 12 May 2008 10:49:15 +0700 Bangkok 12 May Bangkok Bank Bangkok Bank Executive Vice President Karen Campbell, Vice President Pochanee Kongkalai, and Assistant Vice President Vichittra Kulsompop recently organized the Baan Bualuang Paradise Trip which took 60 of the bank’s home loan customers to the Veranda Resort and Spa at Cha am beach, http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-12/35210371/ Mon, 12 May 2008 10:33:50 +0700 Bangkok 12 May SET The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and a consortium led by TMB Asset Management (TMBAM) signed a memorandum of understanding to establish equity ETF based on the Energy Sector Index by July 2008. TMBAM’s team consists of Phatra Securities PCL (PHATRA) as market maker, and Capital Nomura http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-09/35087231/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:58:28 +0700 Bangkok 9 May Asian Banker Commonwealth Bank Group has created a portfolio of A$15.6 billion of residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) through its Medallion Trust. These RMBS will be held by the Group and if required, the Class A notes can be used for repurchase agreements with the Reserve Bank of Australia http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-09/35081315/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:22:41 +0700 Bangkok 9 May SCB Securities SCB Securities Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of new director and executive of the company as follows: It was resolved in the Board of Directors' meeting on 7th May 2008 to appoint Mr. Boonchai Sriprachaya Anunt as director and Chief Executive Officer of SCB Securities http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-09/35075322/ Fri, 09 May 2008 08:13:34 +0700 Bangkok 9 May Standard & Poor's Standard & Poor's today announced a number of key executive appointments in the areas of risk oversight, criteria management and quality assurance. Clifford Griep has been named Executive Managing Director, Ratings Risk Management; Mark Adelson is joining S&P as Managing Director, Chief http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-08/35035228/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:54:48 +0700 HACKENSACK, N.J. (PRIME NEWSWIRE) May. 7, 2008 I.D. Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:IDSY) today announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2008. Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2008, were $4.3 million, compared to $4.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007. GAAP net loss for the quarter http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-08/35029191/ Thu, 08 May 2008 16:30:10 +0700 Bangkok 8 May TMB Bank Under the concept “TMB Powering ahead with ING”, Mr. Sathit Limpongpan, Chairman of TMB Bank Pcl, led the Bank and ING management and staff to introduce their financial products with special offers at the 8th Money Expo at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center from now until http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-08/35025508/ Thu, 08 May 2008 15:36:11 +0700 Bangkok 8 May Standard & Poor's Mounting defaults in 2008 come as hardly surprising, overdue if anything, said an article published today by Standard & Poor's. The article, which is titled U.S. Credit Comment: The Bust After The Boom (Premium), says that years of an accommodative economic and financial environment http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-08/35020626/ Thu, 08 May 2008 14:33:59 +0700 Bangkok 8 May Krungthai Card KTC offers special promotions at Thailand Travel & Dive Expo and Thailand Golf Mart 2008 Introduce “Marinemania Mini Theatre” zone showing rare photos with seminars. Promote the tourism industry and underwater preservation. KTC continues to pursue the tourism business with the