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Новости за 07.08.2024

GoldDerby.com 

2024 Emmy Predictions: Best Drama Guest Actress

In 2021, “The Crown” performer Claire Foy made Emmys history as the first winner of lead and guest acting trophies for a single role. With that monumental achievement on her resume, she naturally appears unstoppable as she seeks the 2024 Best Drama Guest Actress prize for her work on the farewell season of the same […]

Variety 

Paramount+ Domestic and Showtime CMO Michael Engleman to Exit

Just over a year after his promotion, Paramount+ Domestic and Showtime chief marketing officer Michael Engleman has decided to exit the company. Sources close to the situation tell Variety that Engleman’s choice was made amid consolidation at Paramount, which recently agreed to merge with Skydance, and as teams across the company, including marketing departments, are […]

World Baseball Softball Confederation 

WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup Media Accreditation open

All members of the media, both local/national and international, who plan to cover the event must apply through MyWBSC.org. The registration deadline is August 31.

BangkokPost.com 

People power has won, for now

Sheikh Hasina could have left gracefully. Instead, Bangladesh's prime minister resigned and fled to neighbouring India, ending her 15-year-long rule as chaos has engulfed the nation. The army wasted no time stepping in to form an interim government, although what shape that will take is still unclear.

BangkokPost.com 

Reflections on the power of nature

The power of nature is reflected through art during "Under The Dark Sun", which is running at Warin Lab Contemporary until Sept 28.

BangkokPost.com 

Temjai Cholsiri dwells on mind/body duality

Art viewers are invited to contemplate the complexities of our existence during "The Container", which is running at Richard Koh Fine Art until Aug 24.

BangkokPost.com 

Ratch adds solar farm in Philippines to its portfolio

SET-listed Ratch Group, the power generation subsidiary of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, is expanding its renewable energy portfolio, with the latest addition being the 74-megawatt Calabanga solar farm in the Philippines, which recently commenced operations.

BangkokPost.com 

Exports tipped to grow 1-2%

The Thai National Shippers' Council (TNSC) expects the value of exports to expand by 1-2% this year.

BangkokPost.com 

Vimut banking on novel services

Innovations in medical services are expected to help increase the number of patients for private hospital operator Vimut Holding Hospital Co, which has observed that expensive medical services have been discouraging people from visiting hospitals.

BangkokPost.com 

GVREIT ploughs B200m into offices

Golden Ventures Leasehold Real Estate Investment Trust (GVREIT) will invest 200 million baht in the renovation of two office buildings in order to enhance their competitiveness and retain tenants amid a surge in office supply.

BangkokPost.com 

Fetco's ICI retreats to bearish zone in July

The Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations's (Fetco) Investor Confidence Index (ICI) retreated to the bearish zone last month, dragged down by concerns over intensified geopolitical conflicts, the direction of the Federal Reserve (Fed) and Thailand's slowing economy.

BangkokPost.com 

Exim Bank offers cheap loans to halal exporters

The Export-Import Bank of Thailand (Exim Bank) has teamed up with the Islamic Bank of Thailand (IBank) to offer loans with interest rates lower than the prime rate to support the goal of becoming Asean's halal hub by 2028.

BangkokPost.com 

Consumer confidence slips again

Consumer confidence dropped for a fifth straight month in July, falling to its lowest level since September last year on concerns over the slow rate of economic recovery and political uncertainty, according to a survey carried out by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC).

BangkokPost.com 

LEO sees rail freight business prospering

Rail freight between China and Thailand offers potential for growth, driven by the increasing number of Chinese firms opening factories in Thailand, according to MAI-listed LEO Global Logistics.

BangkokPost.com 

The hidden costs of fashion

When Thammika Songkaeo, a co-founder of the Singapore-based company Two Glasses, saw people around her with big boxes of clothes for donation, she wondered, who wanted used clothes?

BangkokPost.com 

The twin challenges of 'climate finance'

As I am writing this in early August, climate finance is becoming a trendier topic in Thailand's financial and business sector. I suspect this is partly due to two recent developments: the upcoming Climate Change Act (the draft of which is making the rounds via public hearing sessions), and the Excise Department's announcement in June 2024 that Thailand aims to become the second country in...