TMB shares were suspended trading on Wednesday. They last closed at 1.58 baht.

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- IRPC PCL (IRPC.BK: Quote, Profile, Research), Southeast Asia's largest petrochemical complex, was likely to report a strong quarterly net profit after rising oil prices boosted petrochemical prices and refining margins.

 - Seamico Securities (ZMIC.BK: Quote, Profile, Research) said it was talking to five or six brokerages on a merger deal and planned to be a top 10 broker in Thailand over the next 12-18 months.

- Banpu PCL (BANP.BK: Quote, Profile, Research), Thailand's largest coal miner, said it expected lower fourth-quarter revenues and net profit than in the third quarter due to a planned maintenance shutdown.

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- Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding PCL (RATC.BK: Quote, Profile, Research) said its fourth-quarter revenues and net profit should be higher than the third quarter and a year earlier as only one unit planned a shutdown.

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- U.S. stocks tumbled on Wednesday as a probe of the home loan industry by New York's attorney general drew in the country's biggest mortgage finance companies and Washington Mutual Inc (WM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said the housing downturn would extend well into next year.

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• Asian shares were lower in early trade with Tokyo's Nikkei (.N225: Quote, Profile, Research) down 1.9 percent at 0130 GMT, Singapore's Strait Times (.STI: Quote, Profile, Research) down 0.27 percent and South Korea's KOSPI (.KS11: Quote, Profile, Research) 1.54 percent lower.

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