Eight months after revealing the links between Facebook and Cambridge Analytica (CA), whistleblower Christopher Wylie is pushing for the internet giant to be regulated -- whether it wants to or not.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French President Emmanuel Macron held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires on Friday, apparently to discuss the alliance between Nissan Motor Co., Renault SA and Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

US stocks finished a banner week on a positive note on Friday amid hopes of a US-China trade detente, as Microsoft overtook Apple in market value.

G20 powers open two days of summit talks in crisis-hit Argentina on Friday after a stormy buildup dominated by US President Donald Trump's consensus-bucking crusade to realign world trade.

Asian markets mostly rose Friday bringing a broadly upbeat week to a positive end as attention turns to the much-anticipated meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

Facebook on Thursday said that chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg asked staff to look into whether billionaire critic George Soros had a financial interest in tarnishing the social network.

Ten Central American women taking part in the migrant caravan camped on the US-Mexican border said Thursday they were starting a hunger strike to pressure American authorities to let them apply for asylum.

Economists and investors have been scratching their heads this week over signals from the Federal Reserve, which left the future of US monetary policy open to broadly divergent interpretations.

The owner of French luxury holiday resort group Club Med on Friday launched an initial public offering in Hong Kong, hoping to raise more than half a billion dollars.

US central bankers believe another interest rate hike is due «fairly soon,» boosting widespread expectations the Federal Reserve will raise lending costs next month, according to meeting minutes released Thursday.

US securities regulators on Thursday fined boxer Floyd Mayweather and music promoter DJ Khaled hundreds of thousands of dollars for touting cryptocurrency investments without revealing that they were paid to do so.

Indonesia's Go-Jek launched a trial version of its ride-hailing taxi app in Singapore Thursday, ahead of a full entry planned early next year as it aims to take on market leader Grab.

Facebook on Wednesday said it considered charging application makers to access data at the social network.

The dollar extended losses in Asia while equities rallied after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted at a softer pace of interest rate hikes, though investors remain wary about the weekend's crunch trade talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

Wall Street toasted a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday hinting that interest rates might not rise much further, prompting the Dow's biggest gain since March.

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday slammed Beijing for failing to offer «meaningful reform» on aggressive trade policies that harm US workers and industry, and threatened tariffs on Chinese autos.

Asian markets mostly rose Wednesday on hopes for a positive outcome from Donald Trump's high-stakes trade talks with Xi Jinping, while dovish comments from the Federal Reserve's number-two suggested the bank could slow its pace of interest rate hikes.

According to a survey conducted by Asia IoT (internet of things) Business Platform in 2017, companies in Thailand were most likely (89 per cent) to explore and implement IoT solutions.

Honda Automobile (Thailand) has unveiled the New Honda Civic together with the introduction of new Honda CR-V 5-seat benzene-powered variant.

PTT and Bangchak will reduce their retail prices of petrol and diesel at 5am on Tuesday.

Global stocks rallied Monday, shaking off recent weakness ahead of a meeting between the presidents of the United States and China that investors hope will produce a breakthrough.

The Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox were hit with a billion-dollar lawsuit in Los Angeles on Monday by a Malaysian casino operator alleging the studios had walked away from a project to build a theme park near the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.

They work in the pre-dawn gloom tapping trees for the «white gold» that has made their country the world's top rubber producer -- but as prices plunge due to the US-China trade war, Thai farmers are giving up the sap.

Nissan chief Hirohito Saikawa spoke of his «resentment and dismay» at revelations of misconduct by former company chief Carlos Ghosn in a letter to company employees.

Samsung Electronics apologised Friday to workers who developed cancer after working at some of its factories, finally ending a decade-long dispute at the world's top chipmaker.

Social media giant Facebook has agreed to pay more than 100 million euros ($114 million) to end a fiscal fraud dispute, Italian tax authorities said Thursday.

The world's biggest economies slapped import restrictions on nearly half a trillion dollars' worth of trade over the past six months, the World Trade Organization said Thursday, voicing «serious concern».

Keeping rates ultra low not necessary, rise may not affect commercial banks: Veerathai

Asian equities stabilised Thursday following a modest rebound in energy and tech stocks on Wall Street, with US markets closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The World Trade Organization agreed Wednesday to hear complaints from a range of countries over new US steel and aluminium tariffs, as well as complaints from Washington over retaliatory duties.

Stock markets enjoyed a rebound on Wednesday as the technology sector ended a two-day hemorrhage, although analysts said the respite may be temporary.

The outgoing head of Facebook's communications team on Wednesday took responsibility for the hiring of a conservative consulting firm accused of using «black ops» style techniques, acknowledging critics including investor George Soros were targeted.

Johnson & Johnson Vision, an importer of ACUVUE contact lenses, says it has partnered with Shopee, the e-commerce platform in Asean and Taiwan, to open an official ACUVUE store online.

NokScoot is due to launch six Bangkok-Osaka flights a week from February 2‬. Reservations for the additional flights opened today.

Raimon Land Public Company Limited, a luxury real-estate developer, announced that it has achieved combined first-week pre-sales of Bt4.6 billion for two new projects, Estelle Phrom Phong and Tait 12.