Thailand

(Oct 11): Just more than a year ago, I ate at Nahm, in Bangkok—and walked out after paying barely US$60 ($83) for a tasting menu that currently ranks 49th on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. My grand, five-star hotel, the Anantara Siam, with its

BANGKOK (Oct 2): Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) today launched its own mobile payment alliance, VIA, as it tries to grow its clout in the highly competitive e-payment industry.

SINGAPORE (Oct 2): A tycoon turned politician who opposes Thailand’s military government has criticised its US$5.6 billion ($7.7 billion) high-speed rail project with China because hyperloop technology offers a more modern alternative.

SINGAPORE (Sept 21): RHB Research is maintaining “buy” on Thai Beverage (ThaiBev) with an unchanged target price of 88 cents despite expectations of 4Q18 alcohol volumes to continue their decline due to the high base effect in 4Q17, which saw trade ag

(Sept 19): “No one wins from a trade war,” is a standard refrain among economists. Southeast Asian businesses are trying to prove that maxim wrong.

SINGAPORE (July 3): SK Jewellery Group has officially opened its flagship Love & Co. store at CentralWorld, said to be the largest lifestyle shopping complex in Bangkok, Thailand.

SINGAPORE (May 23): RHB Research is maintaining its “neutral” call on BreadTalk with a target price of 93 cents after the group signed a joint venture (JV) agreement to bring new tea beverages as well as cafes to Singapore and Thailand.

SINGAPORE (Apr 5): CIMB says there are more winners than losers in Asean – among Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand (MIST) – in the escalating trade war between US and China.

(Nov 22): Southeast Asia is sitting pretty, with economies across the region poised to carry better-than-expected growth performances into 2018, putting them in a stronger position to withstand rising global interest rates.

BANGKOK (Sept 28): Thailand’s military government is looking to start construction of projects under a 1.5 trillion baht ($61.2 billion) investment plan before the country’s possible return to democracy late next year.