China on Monday imposed new tariffs on 128 US imports worth $3 billion, including fruits and pork, in retaliation to US duties on steel and aluminium, fuelling fears of a trade war.

Confidence among Japan's biggest manufacturers has slipped after five quarters of rises, a key central bank survey showed Monday as a stronger yen dented exporter sentiment.

Shopee is leading up to its 24-hour 4.4 Summer Shopping Day on April 4 with a series of specials.

With its “SCB Easy Freenomenon” campaign, SCB claims it is the first bank to cancel fees for the five most popular types of financial transactions via its app.

THE SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked the public prosecutor to file lawsuits against 25 people accused of manipulating the share prices of six listed securities, and demanded that the wrongdoers pay fines totalling Bt890.8 million.

Uber sold its Southeast Asian business to rival Grab on Monday, ending a bruising battle between the ride-hailing behemoths and marking the US firm's latest retreat from international markets.

Jack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, will visit Thailand next month to announce the company’s investment plan in connection with the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) initiative, Industry Minister Uttama Savanayana said on Sunday.

Boosting domestic consumption seen as way out if trump goes ahead with plan to impose major tariffs.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has called on G-20 countries to make a joint effort to tax global and regional digital companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Uber, Lazada and Grab.

The founder of the embattled Toys R Us chain of children's stores died on Thursday, a week after the company announced the end of its operations in the United States.

The United States is not seeking a trade war over tariffs but does not fear one, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday after a meeting of G20 finance ministers.

KPMG in Thailand has launched Matchi, a leading global fintech innovation and matchmaking platform, at Bangkok FinTech Fair 2018: SME and Consumer Financial Solutions. 

February saw 6,356 new private companies registered across the country, an increase of 11 per cent from the same month last year, but a 9-per-cent drop from January, when 6,965 firms were logged.

Chinese telecommunications company ZTE reported fullyear operating revenue of 108.8 billion yuan (Bt536 billion) last year, according to the company’s annual report released last week.

However, central banks around the world are mostly against it because digital currency allows for direct peertopeer transactions and therefore bypasses regulators and middlemen. 

By 2025, nearly bt700 bn would be invested in projects close to the CBD

Passengers intending to fly business class on Thai Airways’ new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft will have to first pass the waist test.

From an aluminum smelter, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called US President Donald Trump on Monday to press for a permanent exclusion from US tariffs on aluminum and steel.

Trade unionists from TOT rallied outside the Central Administrative Court on Monday morning to show their support for a lawsuit filed against the Cabinet and the Digital Economy and Society Ministry.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested that Thailand create a sovereign wealth fund, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said on Friday.

An Indonesian subsidiary of a Thai coal mining company operating in East Kalimantan has been fined Rp 2 billion (US$145,000) for dumping nearly 4,000 tons of hazardous coal waste on an open dump, which is considered illegal in Indonesia.

The first banknotes bearing a portrait of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn will be issued on April 6, Chakri Day.

Amazon chief Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest person, having snatched the top spot from Microsoft founder Bill Gates who slips to second place, according to Forbes magazine's annual billionaires list published Tuesday.

The Software Alliance (BSA) has released its 2018 Global Cloud Computing Scorecard, a flagship study that assesses cloud computing policies around the globe.

The Public-Private Partnership Committee meeting on Wednesday approved in principle the State Railways of Thailand’s plan to commercially develop Plot A of the agency’s land plot in Bang Sue electric train station, totaling 32 rais.

A year after an abrupt US withdrawal left a fledgling 12-nation Pacific trade pact for dead, the 11 remaining states will sign a re-vamped deal Thursday aimed at slashing tariffs.

Thailand-based conglomerate SCG Saturday broke ground at its US$5.4 billion flagship project of Long SÆ¡n Petrochemicals (LSP) after 10 years of preparation.

The grand opening of Banyan Tree Residences Riverside Bangkok on February 24-25 will feature a furniture and discount package valued at up to Bt5.5 million.

Some KFC outlets in Britain are to remain shut for the rest of the week, the fast-food operator said Tuesday as a supply crisis rumbled on, leaving fans craving a fix of deep-fried chicken.

MYANMAR has planned to do a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in some critical areas, following the success of its first nationwide study on the hydropower sector, according to a senior government official.

ALL BUSINESS leaders need to keep one eye on the future, thinking about when to expand, how to diversify and where the next opportunity lies.

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) on Monday clarified its planned new regulations regarding licensing in the banking sector, after many people had mistakenly understood that it would be granting a new banking licence to the 7-11 convenience-store chain.

Central bank rejects online rumours of new licences as small loans permitted.