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Pawn shop lending growth skyrockets
Read more: Pawn shop lending growth skyrocketsEasy Money, one of the country’s leading pawn shop operators, expects to record its highest loan growth in two decades this year, driven largely by surging gold prices.
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Anutin warns against corrupt practices
Read more: Anutin warns against corrupt practicesCHIANG MAI: The government will step up investigations into narcotics and grey-market businesses, warning that all involved, including officials, will face consequences, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.
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Suspended PM won’t confirm she will be in court on her birthday
Read more: Suspended PM won’t confirm she will be in court on her birthdaySuspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has not confirmed if she will be in court on Aug 21 to give evidence about her controversial phone call with Cambodian strongman Hun Sen, saying only that the date is her birthday.
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Thai banks start cutting interest rates
Read more: Thai banks start cutting interest ratesThailand’s top banks have started cutting lending rates, following the central bank’s move on Wednesday to reduce the benchmark policy rate to a two-year low of 1.50% to support a weakening economy hit by US tariffs.
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Influencer policeman arrested on land encroachment charge
Read more: Influencer policeman arrested on land encroachment chargePolice on Thursday arrested a policeman-turned-influencer known as “Johnny the Enforcer”, his wife and three others on charges of building a hotel on public land in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani.
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Paetongtarn court ruling set for Aug 29
Read more: Paetongtarn court ruling set for Aug 29The Constitutional Court will rule on Aug 29 in the case seeking the removal of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for her handling of a phone call with former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen.
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‘Uncle Phol’ sentenced to 26 years in toddler’s death
Read more: ‘Uncle Phol’ sentenced to 26 years in toddler’s deathMUKDAHAN – The Court of Appeal on Wednesday increased the prison sentence of Chaiphol Wipha, widely known as “Uncle Phol”, to 26 years for the death of three-year-old Orawan “Nong Chompoo” Wongsricha in Mukdahan in 2020.
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Bank of Thailand cuts interest rate to 1.50%
Read more: Bank of Thailand cuts interest rate to 1.50%The Bank of Thailand has reduced its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, its fourth cut in 10 months, as it looks to support a sluggish economy grappling with negative inflation and the impact of US tariffs.