A Royal Cremation for prominent banker Sirin Nimmanahaeminda is to be held at Wat Saket (Golden Mount Temple) in Bangkok on 17 July.

World stocks fell Wednesday after Washington threatened to hammer Beijing with tariffs on a further $200 billion of Chinese imports, ratcheting up the global trade war.

Chinese smartphone maker ZTE has taken one of the final steps needed to escape the severe sanctions that brought the company to brink of collapse, the US Commerce Department said Wednesday.

For months, a major recycling facility for the greater Baltimore-Washington area has been facing a big problem: it has to pay to get rid of huge amounts of paper and plastic it would normally sell to China.

Huawei EnVizion 360 VR Camera is a 360-degree camera for smartphones that provides 13MP image and 2K video resolution, offering a new way to take pictures and video with perspective, fisheye, little planet and crystal ball settings.

Global stock markets mostly rose Tuesday with investors feeling optimistic about the upcoming corporate results season, especially in the United States.

The uneasy calm that had descended on Asian markets was shattered Wednesday after the US threatened to hammer China with tariffs on a further $200 billion of imports, ratcheting up a trade war between the world's top two economies.

China on Wednesday said tit-for-tat tariffs will «destroy» trade between the world's top two economies, after Washington fired the next shot in a ballooning trade war, readying fresh levies on $200 billion in Chinese goods.

China on Friday struck back against US President Donald Trump's trade offensive, intensifying the expanding and unpredictable dispute between the world's two largest economies.

As a trade war rages between China and the US, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is meeting leaders from central and eastern Europe in Bulgaria on Saturday to discuss investment opportunities.

Mobile payments have become so common in China that cash may soon be dethroned as king. The Nation’s Jintana Panyaarvudh spends a day in Hangzhou to experience how it has embraced a cashless society.

Punishing US tariffs on Chinese imports took effect early Friday, marking the start of President Donald Trump's trade war with the largest US trading partner and intensifying the anxieties of global industry.

China said Friday it was «forced to take necessary countermeasures,» after Washington launched what Beijing called «the largest trade war in economic history,» imposing tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese imports.

THE BTS Skytrain operator says it has spent more than Bt10 million as of today to set up new radio communication equipment and signal filters throughout its system.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government have signed a US$99.4-million loan to help the country upgrade 125km of highway and improve road safety management in the northeast.

Krungsri Bank of Ayudhya PCL has joined with AIA to launch the «Krungsri Unit Linked» insurance product, providing life coverage and investment benefits with a single premium payment plan.

TMB Public Bank Co has joined hands with Moody’s Analytics to upgrade its corporate loans system (CLS) to the latest global standards.

The cutting-edge technology of Borsch appliances will be on display at a local electronica showcase as Chef Jom demonstrates cooking techniques using the European company’s machines.

Starbucks Coffee (Thailand)’s latest drinkware collection is a collaboration with Ban.do, the Los Angeles-based fashion house.

Foreign investors have been net sellers of Thai stocks continuously after signals for quantitative easing reduction in 2013. Foreign holding of Thai stocks (excluding 7 per cent held by NVDR) have lowered from about 30 per cent to 23 per cent. From now, it’s possible to see foreign capital outflow but at a declining rate.

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak is confident that Thailand’s export sector would continue to grow in the second half of this year, despite the ongoing trade war between US and China.

Pakorn says Thailand’s fundamentals sound but market reacting to us rate worries and looming trade war.

OVER 200 Thai exhibitors have registered to participate in the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) to be held in November this year, making it one of the largest national exhibitor delegations, said its organiser.

General Motors warned Friday that it could be forced to cut jobs and raise prices on its cars if the President Donald Trump's confrontational approach on trade spirals into a trade war.

China has announced sectors of the economy where it will ease foreign investment rules, with leaders stepping up efforts to portray the country as opening up as they prepare for a possible trade war with the United States.

BANGKOK’S SKYTRAIN operator is expected to launch next week remedial measures for affected commuters after the malfunctioning of the signalling system hit train services from Monday to Wednesday.

Walt Disney's proposed mega-deal with 21st Century Fox moved a step closer to reality Wednesday as US regulators conditionally cleared the tie-up which could reshape the media-entertainment landscape.

Wall Street stocks finished solidly lower Wednesday on revived trade war fears, while oil prices surged to a fresh three-and-a-half year high following a bullish US petroleum inventory report.

Trade war worries again permeated markets across Asia on Thursday, with mixed signals from the White House fuelling uncertainty, but energy firms kicked higher thanks to another surge in oil prices.

Energy firms rallied on Wednesday after a surge in oil prices but Asian markets struggled to maintain early momentum and extended their recent losses as trade war fears torment investors.

Fears of a ballooning global trade war sent Asian stocks sharply lower Tuesday, following steep falls on Wall Street amid reports Washington was readying a new phase in its economic confrontation with China.

French advertising giant JCDecaux said Tuesday it has reached a deal to acquire Australia's APN Outdoor, a leader in the billboard publicity market, for 714 million euros ($835 million).

Investment in Britain's automotive sector collapsed by almost half in the first six months of the year, impacted by Brexit uncertainty, industry data showed Tuesday.

The European Union and China pledged on Monday to uphold a rules-based international trade system, making an oblique criticism of growing protectionism in Washington despite their own disagreements.

The United States is planning to use an emergency law in order to ratchet up its scrutiny of Chinese investments in key industries, Bloomberg News reported Monday.