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CIMB Thai Bank (CIMBT) has spearheaded the hike in benchmark lending rates by raising its minimum retail rate (MRR) by 0.125 percentage points.

SET-listed developer Property Perfect Plc (PF) plans to launch 17 new projects worth a combined 20 billion baht, mainly in the low-rise segment, as the property market will shrink by over 10% this year, led by the condo sector.

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will seek a warrant for the arrest of Manop Divari, father of former Pheu Thai MP Sita Divari, and initiate extradition proceedings if his whereabouts can be verified.

Health academics and advocates are calling for tighter legal measures to rein in the sodium content in food.

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is expanding its probe into the encroachment of more than 2,000 rai in the Phu Khikai forest reserve in Phetchabun, with a focus on possible violations of the foreign business law.

Future Forward Party (FFP) has affirmed its intention to reform the Thai armed forces into professional soldiers who won't interfere with politics or seize power to govern the country.

The 6-billion-baht investment by Central Group in Grab Thailand is aimed at fulfilling the diversification of Grab into retail financial services and boosting revenue opportunities in on-demand food delivery and transport via disruptive technology.

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Yokohama Arena gets some serious heat with a handful of fights announced by the marquee Japanese organization.

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PetroChina is looking to drop Venezuela’s state-owned oil firm PDVSA as an equity partner in a planned and long-delayed US$10-billion oil refinery and petrochemical complex in southern China, Reuters reported on Thursday, quoting executives and an official with the Chinese company and its parent CNPC. The plan to dump the ailing Venezuelan oil firm is not a result of the new sanctions that the United States imposed on PDVSA earlier this week; the reason behind the Chinese decision is the continuously... Читать дальше...

President Trump's newest sanctions attempting to curb some $11 billion of crude exports from Venezuelan state-oil company PDVSA (or Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.) to the United States this year has many world leaders worried about their international impact ranging from rapidly rising oil prices to new stress on debt payments owed by Caracas, but few are watching the potentially volatile waters just off Venezuela in the Caribbean where already long-simmering economic and legal tensions between suppliers... Читать дальше...

Gillingham forward Josh Parker has joined rivals Charlton Athletic.

Osaka: Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak reaffirmed Thursday to 500 Japanese investors that the development projects initiated by this government will continue, saying it's unlikely that any political parties would be foolish enough to discontinue projects which are vital to the country's future economic growth.

The 2018 Prince Mahidol Award laureates were honoured for their research on cancer and cholera vaccination at an award ceremony at the Grand Palace yesterday.

A former head of the Czech SWAT team, an Italian national, and three Korean men have been arrested in separate criminal cases that took place inside and outside the country, according to Immigration Bureau (IB) chief Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn.

The Commerce Ministry is set to issue an official announcement requiring private hospitals to show the price tags for medicine, medical supplies and medical service charges so that consumers can be aware of prices before deciding to use services.

Even though the persistent toxic haze caused by ultra-fine dust particles shrouding Bangkok and its vicinity has not yet taken a toll on the tourism sector, an impact is inevitable if the pollution is prolonged, says a senior official at the central bank.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha admitted Thursday that the government's "perceived undemocratic status" had a bearing on Thailand's latest fall in an annual global corruption index.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is urging people in Bangkok to abandon their cars and instead use public transport, saying the haze which has choked the capital is mainly caused by vehicles.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has allowed political parties access to major public parks, an open plaza and sports grounds for poll campaigning, while Bangkok's election office announced locations where campaign posters can be installed.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is delaying his acceptance of Palang Pracharath Party's (PPRP) nomination as the party's prime ministerial candidate, despite the fact that he had long been tipped to be chosen as one of the party's candidate.