Private sector says parties making wild promises; seeks stable post-poll govt

Bangkok Bank InnoHub, the first global FinTech taccelerator in Thailand, has showcased innovations and real-use cases from the programme’s eight finalists to the public, potential investors and others in Thailand’s innovation ecosystem on Demo Day.

For the first time, Bangkok has the dubious distinction of being among Asia’s top 10 most expensive locations for expatriates.

KLeasing has unveiled a new loan service for owners of lien-free vehicles.

BSA campaigns to help business leaders address the ongoing issues related to the use of unlicensed software.

BMW Group Thailand is raising the bar of the modern luxury Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) experience for Thai motorists with the launch of the first BMW X7 M50d, fusing presence, exclusivity and spaciousness. It’s a new take on the SAV segment with outstanding dimensions and notably enhanced performance.

The owners of the Chrysler Building have reached a deal to sell the iconic New York City building for «a little more than $150 million,» The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

British and EU officials were meeting Saturday to try again to break the deadlock over their divorce deal, less than three weeks before Brexit.

The consumer price index in China fell to its lowest level in a year last month, while producer prices hardly budged, according to figures published Saturday by the National Bureau of Statistics.

Beijing is hopeful about its next round of trade talks with the US, China's vice minister for commerce said Saturday, after revealing that top negotiators had tried to hammer out a deal over burgers and eggplant chicken.

US job creation ground to a virtual halt last month, the government reported Friday, a blow to President Donald Trump's hopes for undiminished economic growth this year.

Heineken has launched “Heineken 0.0” in Thailand, a non-alcoholic beer made from natural ingredients, brewed with a recipe providing a distinct taste that contains no added sugar and 69 calories per 330ml, and aimed at consumers who enjoy the taste of beer, but not necessarily the effects of alcohol.

Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM) has launched credit loan “EXIM Happier Credit”, a pre- and post-shipment revolving credit for export start-ups who are new to the bank’s services, each with a credit line of up to Bt700,000 and the first-year interest rate and discount rate of 5.5% per annum in conjunction with a forward contract worth up to the approved credit amount.

RebateMango.com, the online cashback and loyalty platform, has announced the signing of an agreement on the acquisition of large competitor DeeDee Cashback today.

Some 2,000 passengers were still stranded at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Friday after Pakistan closed its airspace due to rising tensions with India.

THAI AIRWAYS International (THAI) yesterday resumed its flights from Bangkok to Europe after cancelling some the previous day due to Pakistan’s closure of its airspace.

Thai Airways International (THAI) has resumed flight between Bangkok and Europe, starting on Thursday, after cancellations due to Pakistan's emergency closure of its airspace.

Thailand’s business leaders are concerned that a lack of talent may affect their ability to stay on track for growth in the mid-term future, a new study by Korn Ferry shows.

The Energy Ministry aims to make Thailand a regional trading hub for liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas through the “Optimising LNG AND LPG Trade in Asia 2019” Forum, focusing on business linkages between Thai and international entrepreneurs.

Konica Minolta’s “Jump into Imaginative Colour Space” event on February 13 showcased a wide array of special coloured images created by world-class photographers, and also launched its new “AccurioPress C83HC High Chroma” digital-printing machine.

Krungsri First Choice said its 2018 performance has aggressively tapped the personal loan and credit card segment adopting customer-centric marketing approach under the theme #YouAreMyFirst. Customers with good payment records can apply for low-interest rates starting from 9.99 per cent, the bank said.

GET, a multi-service platform supported by GO-JEK, has launched in Bangkok, covering 80 per cent of the city, alongside the GET Food delivery service.

VST ECS, an ICT distributor in the Asia Pacific, has announced a relationship with Mellanox Technologies to add the vendor’s data centre interconnect solutions to its technology portfolio.

Property developer Scope is due to launch its first residential project in June, with two more in the next 12 months, with a combined project value of Bt11.2 billion.

Bangkok Bank, in its move to become a digital banking specialist, has launched a quick, secure service for international payments.

The SEC is seeking public comments on the proposed rules for intermediaries to provide assisting tools to asset allocation and investment planning.

Marketers and consumers have contrasting views when it comes to gender representation in advertising and, by failing to portray and target women well, the global industry is missing out on an average of US$9 billion in brand valuation.

Elevated Returns (ER), a New York-based financial group focused on digitising traditional financial assets, is in partnership with Seamico Securities Plc and Tezos hosting DS Summit 2019 Thailand, a blockchain conference, ‪on March 11‬ in Bangkok.

The merger of TMB and Thanachart banks will begin next month, TMB chairman and finance permanent secretary Prasong Poontaneat said this weekend.

Boosterish claims of progress in US-China trade talks lifted global stocks on Friday, sending Wall Street to its longest winning streak in more than two decades.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday a trade summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping was likely next month, and hailed two days of «very good talks» by negotiators.

Amornrat Konsawat, product development boss at Bangkok Airways, said the airline would soon offer a new in-flight street-food menu.

Thai Vietjet won the “Global Best Employer Brand 2019” award at the 27th World HRD Congress, held in Mumbai, India from February 14 to 18.

Dtac has introduced startup funding by venture capital firms for Bt33-495 million to allow firms to get closer to global funding sources.

InVent, the venture-capital arm of Intouch Holdings, has invested Bt40 million in a Series B financing round for Ecartstudio, a Thai enterprise location-based application developer and consultant.