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Home > Business > Nestle offers ice-cream franchises for Bt5000
Nation Multimedia – Aug 21, 2007
However they must be an exclusive outlet for Nestle ice cream and purchase at least Bt2500 worth of Nestle products a month. "The new concept will allow individual investors to own ice-cream shops quite easily and enjoy a very fast payback period" said livier Jakubowicz channel manager for ice cream at Nestle (Thai). He said individuals would face an initial investment of only Bt5000 and that Nestle would provide products and all equipment needed to run the business including a refrigerator 12 boxes of Nestle ice cream one scoop and six glasses. Jakubowicz said the franchise concept had been tested for about a year at about 1000 outlets. All franchisees can purchase accessories directly from Nestle at cheaper prices. "ur aim is to increase the number of franchised outlets to 2000 by the end of next year. We have seen a big opportunity in these mainstream food-service shops" he added.
Home > Business > Thai shipping firm to expand its fleet
Nation Multimedia – Aug 21, 2007
59 per cent quarter on quarter and 97. 71 per cent year on year. About 90 per cent of the net profit was attributed to the company's cargo-vessel business. Chandchutha said freight rates during the company's fiscal third quarter were 14. 51-per-cent higher than those in the same period last year up to a charter rate of $16550 per vessel per day. Meanwhile shipping volumes were high reaching about 9. 6 million tonnes last ctober 1 and June 30 of this year.
Home > Business > SET closes down 3.49%
Nation Multimedia – Aug 21, 2007
49%Thai shares closed 3. 49 per cent lower on Tuesday on renewed worries over the credit markets and the fallout in the US subprime mortgage market and profit-taking following a 4-per cent gain on Monday. The SET index immediately after the curtain was raised extended the strong gain but it since late first trading session succumbed to profit-taking and closed at the day’s trough at 764. PTT Plc (PTT) dropped 4. 17 per cent at Bt276 PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) lost 7.
Capital ne to cut jobs close mortgage business
Providence Journal – Aug 21, 2007
03 to close at $66. 72 then fell another 52 cents in after-hours trading. Capital ne said its other business lines remain solid and in line with expectations adding that it will continue to sell home loans through Capital ne Home Loans and its bank branches. “Capital ne’s other businesses are supported by ample liquidity and funding including deep access to deposits a ‘stockpile’ of subordinated credit card funding in place that allows approximately $9 billion of AAA credit card funding going forward and a $25-billion portfolio of highly liquid securities” Perlin said. As the nation’s housing market has cooled the mortgage lending industry has struggled with a dramatic rise in mortgage defaults and foreclosures. Many homebuyers have been forced into default or foreclosure because they haven’t been able to sell their homes or end up owing more than their home is worth. As a result it has become more difficult for lenders such as GreenPoint to sell the mortgages they originate to investors.
Unified Communications Adoption utpaces Expectations
ARNnet – Aug 21, 2007
“rganisations intuitively understand the value of unified communications and the associated benefits. These include improved employee productivity and customer service as well as infrastructure cost savings. In addition the move to work-from-home – or flexi-working – initiatives around the world has also impacted the increase in adoption. D’Aprano concludes “While companies consider the functionality that unified communications offers as core to conducting business in a profitable and cost effective way these technologies can become complex to deploy and manage. Deploying unified communications as a corporate tool requires a stable operating environment standardised systems and common identity management. Some organisations will therefore opt to outsource the management of unified communications to companies like Dimension Data.
Childproofing is new career: Companies are springing up that assess…
Free with registration – Sacramento Bee – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 21, 2007
Byline: Darrell Smith Aug. 21–Eric Quint stumbled into his career as a childproofer six years ago when a cousin showed him all the precautions he’d installed to keep his baby safe. Quint was impressed with the work — until his cousin mentioned how much it cost. “I could do the job way better and for less money” Quint said he thought at the time. “I knew I had the ability. ” Today he is helping parents and caretakers keep children safe from falling tripping electrocution and other at-home dangers. His job as he describes it: “Find everything that’s a hazard to your child.
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