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(Article from Terminal only) Flooding in Thailand caused by tropical storm Nock-Ten has spread to 21 provinces, or about 27 percent of the world’s largest rice exporting nation, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention & Mitigation.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-20/thai-flood-death-toll-rises-to-123-25-provinces-inundated.html Thailand’s government said the death toll from flooding over the past two months rose to 132, and warned that flash floods and landslides could still threaten almost half of the nation’s provinces.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/thailand-s-flooding-death-toll-rises-to-244-as-waters-threaten-honda-plant.html The death toll in Thailand’s worst floods in five decades rose to 244 and threatened to disrupt operations of automobile and electronics makers that use the Southeast Asian country as a production base.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-19/western-digital-falls-on-concern-flooding-in-thailand-may-hurt-sales.html' Western Digital Corp. (WDC), a maker of disk drives and networking products, expects a loss this quarter and forecast sales below analysts’ predictions as the worst flooding in five decades in Thailand hobbles production.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-24/bangkok-evacuations-forecast-as-river-flooding-swells-past-record-of-1995.html Thai authorities warned people living on the banks of the Chao Phraya river to prepare to evacuate as water levels reached a record and floodwaters began spilling into the nation’s capital.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-27/toyota-ford-production-hit-by-thai-floods.html Sharp Corp., Japan’s No. 1 liquid- crystal display maker, expects floods in Thailand to hurt sales as Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (000660) said the disaster may trim computer shipments in the first quarter of next year.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-02/sony-forecasts-full-year-loss-on-yen-waning-sales-of-tvs-cameras-in-u-s-.html Sony Corp. (6758), Japan’s largest consumer- electronics exporter, forecast its fourth consecutive annual loss and slashed television sales targets after the yen reached a postwar high and floods in Thailand cut production.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-06/thai-floodwaters-threaten-second-honda-factory-inner-bangkok.html Bangkok authorities widened an evacuation order in the city’s northern districts and moved to protect two industrial parks near the main international airport as floodwaters encircled the Thai capital.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-25/canon-cuts-profit-forecast-on-thailand-weakening-economies-2-.html Canon Inc. (7751), the world’s largest cameramaker, slashed its annual profit forecast citing output disruptions from the floods in Thailand and weakening economic growth in the U.S. and Europe.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-10/pc-makers-microsoft-may-be-hurt-as-floods-crimp-sales-idc-says.html Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ), Lenovo Group Ltd. (992), Dell Inc. (DELL) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) are among companies that may be hurt this quarter and in 2012 as flooding in Thailand strains personal-computer supplies and raises prices, IDC said.
