The NESDB said the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 10.6% in the first half of 2010, hitting a record high in 15 years comparing year on year.

With steady export growth, the economic think tank said it has revised up the economic forecast to 7 percent to 7.5 percent for 2010 from previously predicted at 3.5 percent to 4.5 percent.

NESDB expressed confident that investor’s and consumer’s confidence has been restored, and will help pushed up economic activities, particularly domestic consumption and export.

The company said in a statement that the letter has yet to be finalized by the MAS, but it’ll make all required information regarding with the listing processes available at its website justifiably to the global investors.

Sri Trang Agro-Industry is pursuing Indonesia’s expanding rubber market, which it is confident to become the world’s largest production country of block rubber in a near future. A listing with the Singapore bourse will support it effort to penetrate into the world’s production hub country.

Previously, the SET has given a Suspension (SP) notice to trading in G Steel’s securities since August 17, 2010 after the company failed to submit its second quarter report within a deadline.

The company is said to have submitted the report, however its auditor failed to comment on the report, which the Securities Exchange Commission said data may not reflect the company’s intrinsic value and ordered it to complete the process.

Cal-Comp said it would exercise the rights to buy all of CCET-W2 common shares during this September 13 to 27, effectively dissolved the warrant.

The SEC said CCET-W2 will be no longer listed for trading on the Stock Exchange of Thailand’s electronic board after the period.

Asawin Techajaroenvikul, CEO at Berli Jucker, said BJC is in the process of studying possibility to bid for Carrefour’s operation in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, which has 40, 20 and 2 stores respectively.

“We are invited to place bidding,” Mr. Aswin said, “but the whole thing is uncertain right now.”

He said the possibility of winning is 50-50 due to acquiring the French retailer’s units means that the company is entering into a new whole business.

Carrefour announced earlier this month it was considering divesting its operation in Southeast Asia to concentrate on bigger market of India and China.

Commerce Minister Porntiva Nagasai said the country’s export expanded 46.3 percent in June to a total value of 18.03 billion dollars, faster than an import which grew 37.9 percent worth 15.72 billion dollars, resulting to a trade surplus of 2.32 billion dollar.

“The data was a record high since export is being monitored,” Ms. Porntiva said.

She said the country’s export in the first half of the year expanded at 36.6 percent with total value of 93.07 billion dollars, while import went up 51.7 percent worth 86.68 billion dollars, resulting to a trade surplus of 6.4 billion dollars.

The most fastest growth involved with industrial goods, expanded 52.6 percent, and agricultural goods, expanded 33.3 percent, due to rising global demand and the country’s penetrating into more new markets.

The company has yet to decide the date for its shares reservation, which could be either September 29 through 30 or August 2 through 4, according to people involved with the matter.

“The IPO date is not yet clear, but the enlisted date is pre-determined at August 11 ahead of the market long holiday period,” the news source said.

IFS will sell 120 million common shares at the event.

The company provides cash flow solutions service to manufacturer customers such as account receivable and account payable funding at both local and international markets.