THONBURI Healthcare Group (THG) sees growing market potential for high-quality healthcare and senior citizen care services in Thailand and neighbouring countries in the next few years due to demographic and other factors.

US authorities said Friday they had placed 5,200 detained migrants into quarantine, mainly over exposure to mumps, linking a surge in cases to a recent outbreak of the contagious disease in Central America.

FOREIGN direct investments into the Philippines continued to slip in the first quarter of 2019 after last year’s record surge in long-term equity inflows, the latest data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas showed.

The Netherlands' only euthanasia clinic says it has received a surge in calls from overseas from people who want to end their lives, after a flurry of incorrect reports that it had helped a troubled teenager to die.

OVER the past six months, Nestle Indochina has experienced a remarkable surge in business performance.

B Grimm Power Plc (BGRIM) reported a 101 per cent upsurge in first-quarter’s net profit, propelled largely by earnings from growing sales volume including the newly-acquired Glow SPP 1 operations.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer blamed Manchester United's lack of ruthlessness as the Norwegian suffered his first domestic defeat as caretaker manager in a 2-0 loss at Arsenal on Sunday.

Non-performing loans (NPL) in nano finance has jumped 38 per cent or Bt221 million to Bt803 million after a surge in loan extensions last year, according to the Bank of Thailand.

THERE HAS been a surge in the number of homeless people and sex workers in Bangkok, statistics provided by an organisation show.

The number of newly registered firms in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) was up by 6.75 per cent in the first 11 months of the year compared to the same period last year, Wuttikrai Leeveeraphan, director-general at the Business Development Department of the Commerce Ministry, said on Monday.

Ananda Development Plc announced a net profit of Bt1.7 billion in the first nine months of this year, a surge of 205 per cent from the same period last year, according to the company’s report to the Stock Exchange of Thailand yesterday.

KTC had reported net profit for Q3 of Bt3.911 billion. Profits have grown 65 per cent due to a surge in credit-card spending, receivables from credit cards and personal loans, and the upholding of approval standards within appropriate risks of target audiences and high-quality debt collection management.

Sabina has announced its results for the first nine months of 2018, highlighting revenue of Bt2.3 billion, a rise of 16.14 per cent and higher than the full-year growth target of 15 per cent, and a net profit growth rate of 49 per cent.

CENTRAL PATTANA (CPN), a leading local mall operator, announced yesterday it is in the process of setting up a joint venture with Common Ground Works Sdn Bhd and MSB Asia Ltd of Malaysia to operate a co-working space business in Thailand.

PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) reported net profit in the third quarter of this year at US$315 million (Bt10.4 billion), increasing by more than 100 per cent over the same period last year.

British bank Barclays on Wednesday reported a 72-percent surge in quarterly net profits as strong performances by its retail and credit card divisions offset weakness at its investment unit.

Novak Djokovic will rise to number two in the world after he dismantled a shell-shocked Alexander Zverev 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday to surge into the Shanghai Masters final.

Wall Street stocks tumbled Thursday, with tech shares taking a big hit on worries over a surge in interest rates.

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A WORLDWIDE rebound in coal trading is disrupting efforts to mitigate global warming and prevent climate change.

Majority of population left behind despite surge in exports and spending

Concerns over an HIV surge in countries where strict laws cause drug users to share virus-laced needles, were raised Monday at a world AIDS assembly in Amsterdam.

Trade war worries again permeated markets across Asia on Thursday, with mixed signals from the White House fuelling uncertainty, but energy firms kicked higher thanks to another surge in oil prices.

Energy firms rallied on Wednesday after a surge in oil prices but Asian markets struggled to maintain early momentum and extended their recent losses as trade war fears torment investors.