BANGKOK: Thailand's economic outlook would be substantially affected by a surge in coronavirus cases, minutes of the central bank's last policy meeting showed on Wednesday (Jan 6), as the Bank of Thailand (BOT) saw a need to preserve limited policy room. On Dec 23, the central bank's monetary ......
BANGKOK: The world’s top canned tuna maker Thai Union said on Wednesday (Jan 6) its factories were continuing to operate normally after 69 out of more than 23,000 workers at its plants southwest of Bangkok tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, the company said it had tested 85 per cent of ......
China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd plans to raise at least US$5 billion through the sale of a U.S. dollar-denominated bond this month, four people with knowledge of the matter said, amid regulatory scrutiny of co-founder Jack Ma's empire.
JPMorgan Asset Management's Global Macro Opportunities Fund was the top-rated global macro fund of 2020, asset allocators using SharingAlpha, the fund rating platform, said on Wednesday.
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd this year will likely see slower 5G business and push further into software, while hoping its smartphones get a reprieve from U.S. sanctions which last year struck the chip-reliant heart of its group, analysts said.
SAN FRANCISCO: The office of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence on Tuesday said Russia was "likely" behind a string of hacks identified last month that gained access to several federal agencies. The office, along with the FBI, the National Security Agency, and Cybersecurity and ...
The Trump administration on Wednesday will open bidding on drilling leases in a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge in Alaska despite tepid interest from the oil and gas industry and a pledge from incoming Democratic President-elect Joe Biden to protect the region.
SINGAPORE'S multi-currency mobile wallet YouTrip has inked a six-year partnership with Visa to accelerate its expansion into the rest of South-east Asia - with an eye on Malaysia and the Philippines as potential markets in the next six to 12 months.
Bitcoin traded above US$35,000 for the first time in Asia on Wednesday, rising to a high of US$35,879 and extending a rally that has seen the digital currency rise more than 800per cent since mid-March.
S&P Dow Jones Indices said on Wednesday it will no longer remove ADR stocks of China Mobile Ltd, China Telecom Corporation Ltd and China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd, which were previously to be deleted prior to the open on Jan. 7.
