• Thailandia

    SET falls 1.70 to 1,580.42 at opening

    Thai stocks opened down 0.11% at the start of trade this morning.

  • Thailandia Myanmar

    New Business opportunities in Myanmar to be unveiled

    Krungsri combines its fully-integrated financial expertise in Thailand with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the largest international financial institutions in the world, with networks in more than 50 countries around the world, in order to support Thai entrepreneurs with a wide range of financial services and business opportunities. ...

  • USA

    A dissonant voice

    This week we had the news that the government consolidated fund moved into a surplus position in 2016 for the first time in many years. As with anything else in life, success has many fathers while failures are orphans. In this case, I do believe that the success does have ...

  • Regno Unito

    Ryanair to pivot growth away fromUK for next two years due to Brexit

    Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers, plans to pivot its growth away from Britain over the next two years as it fears the lack of clarity over Brexit will cause major travel disruption and hit demand. Airlines such as Ryanair and rival Easyjet have urged the British government to put ...

  • Malta

    Frank Farrugia elected Malta Chamber president

    Frank Farrugia has been elected president of the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, taking over from Anton Borg. Mr Farrugia was deputy president of the Malta Chamber since 2015 and held the post of vice president for the preceding two years. Addressing the council for the first time, Mr Farrugia ...

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    The future of transport

    Technological innovation has led to a growing demand for a new mobility service as the sector responds to the need for safer and more sustainable transport A new driverless shuttle bus is hitting the streets of Greenwich, London, in the next three weeks. The vehicle, which travels up to 16.1kph, will ...

  • Svizzera Cipro

    Lombard Bank makes bid for Cypriot shares

    The board of directors of Lombard Bank has submitted a bid for the 21 million shares held in the bank by Cyprus Popular Bank, saying that this would be “in the interest of the bank and all its stakeholders”. The sale process was announced almost a year ago and is already ...

  • Malta

    Today's front pages

    These are the leading stories in today's local newspapers.  The Times of Malta reveals that Gozo Channel has reinstated two employees caught stealing from the company in 2015.  In a secondary story, teachers' union MUT warns that the situation is "volatile" at three different schools.  The Malta Independent leads with news that no ...

  • USA

    Juncker Plan now set to trigger more than €183bn in investments

    Following this week’s meeting of the European Investment Bank’s Board of Directors, the Juncker Plan is now expected to trigger more than €183 billion in investments. This comes under two years after the Juncker Commission launched the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) at the heart of the plan and represents ...

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    US missiles blast Syria; Trump demands 'end the slaughter'

    The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles Thursday night in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. President Donald Trump cast the U.S. assault as vital to deter future use of poison gas and called on other nations to ...