Telecoms, media see profits slide LISTED telecom, media and entertainment firms reported a drop in first-quarter net profit even though some of them recorded revenue growth, as their costs rose from both network installation and […]
Higher fuel prices, fierce rivalry hit airlines’ Q1 financial results RISING oil prices and high competition had an impact on the financial results of aviation companies in the first quarter, with some reporting slight growth […]
Facebook faces immediate shutdown threat The Thai Internet Service Provider Association (Tispa) says it is under government pressure to immediately shut down the all access to Facebook as early as Tuesday morning, over the social […]
Airports of Thailand to end outsourcing of main functions AIRPORTS OF THAILAND (AOT) will stop outsourcing contracts for its main businesses, while planning to set up subsidiaries to take over the currently outsourced operations, given […]
Facebook blocks scores of pages in Thailand Facebook has blocked access to scores of web pages in Thailand with “inappropriate” content, including some containing alleged insults against the royal family, on the orders of the […]
BoI eyes Bt1.5 tn in actual investments THE BOARD OF INVESTMENT (BOI) is conservatively forecasting that the total value of actual investments under its tax-incentive support will reach at least Bt1 trillion during the three […]
PTTEP freezes new investment in Indonesia PTT Exploration and Production, Thailand’s state-owned oil and gas company, said on Tuesday that it will halt all new investments in Indonesia until a dispute with the government there […]
Govt lures major Chinese investment to new EEC DEPUTY Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said yesterday that the government plans to connect its new Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development project with the Chinese government’s One Belt, […]
Thai central bank chief welcomes proposal to reduce US dollar transactions Thailand’s central bank chief said Saturday he welcomed moves to wean Southeast Asia off its reliance on the U.S. dollar, as Japanese representatives put […]
Prayut wants port, rail progress report The government wants a progress report by the end of the month on its priority schemes: the projects to link three major deep-sea ports and the construction of the […]
Thai Q2 exports seen up 5 pct y/y – shippers’ council Thailand’s exports are expected to grow 5 percent in April-June from the same period a year earlier, a similar pace to the first quarter, […]
China’s Silk Road push in Thailand may founder on Mekong River row CHINA’s plan to blast open more of the Mekong River for bigger cargo ships could founder on a remote outcrop of half-submerged rocks […]