Efforts by Thailand’s central bank to talk down a spike in auto loans amid wider concerns about household debt have sent a chill across the country’s car dealers, which are struggling to source finance for new customers. Although the Bank of Thailand (BOT) has taken no policy action yet, analysts say the mere prospect of car loan curbs has been ...

In this Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 file photo, an Amazon Alexa display is seen at a store in Hialeah, Fla. Britain’s health agency is teaming up with Amazon’s digital voice assistant to help answer medical queries with advice from the agency’s official website. London, Jul 10 : Alexa will see you now. Britain’s health care service is teaming up with ...

Photo: In this photo issued by ITV, showing Britain’s Conservative Party leadership candidates Boris Johnson, left, and Jeremy Hunt, during a live head-to-head TV debate hosted by ITV at their studios in Salford, England, Tuesday July 9, 2019. London, Jul 10 : A former British prime minister has threatened to take Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson to court if ...

The UK economy probably shrank for the first time since 2012 in the second quarter, according to Bloomberg’s latest survey of economists. The prediction for a 0.1% contraction marks a downgrade from June, when economists only predicted stagnation. The survey came as retail industry reported another drop in sales and said “the picture is bleak.”Second Quarter Slowdown Economists predict the ...

London, Jul 9 : Prime Minister Theresa May backed Britain’s ambassador to the United States on Tuesday after President Donald Trump cut off contact with him following the leak of diplomatic cables that branded the U.S. administration as “inept.” May stood by Kim Darroch amid the controversy over the release of the documents published in the Mail on Sunday newspaper. ...

British Airways is facing a record fine of £183m for last year’s breach of its security systems. The airline, owned by IAG, says it is “surprised and disappointed” by the penalty from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). At the time, BA said hackers had carried out a “sophisticated, malicious criminal attack” on its website.The ICO said it was the biggest ...

Photo: In this Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 photo, British Ambassador Kim Darroch hosts a National Economists Club event at the British Embassy in Washington. London, July 8 : Britain’s ambassador to the United States described the Trump administration as “diplomatically clumsy and inept” and said he doubted it would become “substantially more normal,” according to a leaked diplomatic cable published ...

Dhaka, July 7 : Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Md Jahurul Haque on Sunday said there is no scope of arbitration with Grameenphone and Robi as per the existing law over realising dues from them. “The path of dialogue is open but the mobile phone operators must pay the dues. They can sit with us anytime they want. However, ...

London, July 7 : Boris Johnson, the front-runner to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s prime minister, has said he would require immigrants to Britain to learn English, echoing remarks made by Nigel Farage, the former leader of the populist UK Independence Party. “I want everybody who comes here and makes their lives here to be and to feel British, that ...

Facebook say glitches affecting its platforms have now been resolved. Users across the world had been unable to upload or view photos, videos and other files. The problems had affected its Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp apps.”The issue has… been resolved and we should be back at 100% for everyone,” it tweeted. It added that an unspecified issue had been accidentally ...