Showing 1 - 10 of 14
Gamut of challenges await BoT governor
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 23/07/2025
» The new governor of the Bank of Thailand (BoT) will immediately face challenges as business leaders want him to push for measures to reduce loan interest rates and relax lending criteria among state and privately-run banks as well as avoid a surge in the value of the baht.
AI nurses hint at future of health
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 05/07/2025
» For patients meeting a nurse powered by artificial intelligence (AI) technology for the first time, the process remains the same, though they are not communicating with a human.
Reduce and reuse
Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 17/02/2025
» Zero-emission cars such as electric vehicles (EVs) support campaigns to reduce global warming, but their production emits carbon dioxide.
Mercedes teams up for insurance offer
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 04/10/2024
» Mercedes-Benz Mobility, the financial and mobility services division of the German luxury automaker, expects Mercedes-Benz car sales to increase during the Bangkok International Motor Expo later this year, despite a sluggish market, after launching a new sales promotion.
Bank of Thailand pushed to better regulate bank rates
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 03/02/2024
» Companies under the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) are calling on the Bank of Thailand (BoT) to better regulate commercial banks' interest rates as increasing financial costs are threatening to slow investment.
Soft loan scheme to aid SMEs, startups
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 18/07/2023
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has teamed up with Government Savings Bank (GSB) to launch a new soft loan programme to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups better deal with their financial costs.
Thai-US partnership to invest in EV tech
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 01/11/2022
» Egat International, a subsidiary of Ratch Group Plc, has teamed up with US-based Evlomo Technologies, which runs a battery business, to make a joint US$100 million investment in electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy storage solutions in the US market next year.
SCG adds olefins capacity
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 08/05/2021
» SCG Chemicals Business, a petrochemical arm of SET-listed Siam Cement Group, expects its Map Ta Phut Olefins Co (MOC) to reach full olefin production capacity of 2.05 million tonnes a year, up from 1.7 million tonnes, thanks to a debottlenecking project.
State agencies plan for rural recovery
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 23/04/2020
» The government has ordered all state agencies and related bureaus to map out their own economic recovery plans to boost local economies - deemed the main avenue to repair the devastated economy from the bottom up.
China wants EEC estate land
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 15/03/2019
» A group of Chinese investors, led by representatives of China's government, has expressed interest in buying 10,000 rai of industrial estate land in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) to create its own community and improve its supply chain in Asean.