THE DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management (DBM) said that it is looking at cost-cutting measures should the revenue losses from the proposed suspension of excise tax on fuel are not fully offset.

BANGKOK: The Iran conflict has swiftly evolved into a global energy crisis, pushing up fuel, logistics and production costs in Thailand and raising doubts over how long the government can contain the ...

Fertilisers link energy to agriculture, agriculture links to food inflation, and food inflation links to political stability.

The best-known oil price benchmarks, Brent and West Texas Intermediate, are not the best barometers to measure the extent of the shock. They represent Atlantic basin markets rather than the region ...

Allegations that César Chávez abused young women and minors sent shock waves through Arizona as public officials responded to the news.

EMPLOYERS said a legislated minimum wage will be difficult to handle on top of the fuel price shock caused by the outbreak of fighting in the Persian Gulf. “Our problem is not salary, our problem is ...

U.S. factory production increased marginally in February as manufacturing remained constrained by tariffs on imports, and the conflict in the Middle East could raise operating costs. Other data on ...

The Sydney software giant was renowned for its people-first culture, generous perks and ‘open company, no BS approach’. But last week’s job cuts follow months of internal unrest.

Snohomish’s big-ticket plan for a consolidated civic campus is getting put on a budget diet after newly installed city leadership balked at the price tag and the hit to the city’s borrowing power. The ...

A reading on the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge released Friday for January, before the Iran war, showed ...

Spread the loveIn a groundbreaking effort to evaluate the true capabilities of artificial intelligence, researchers from Texas A&M University have collaborated with nearly 1,000 experts to develop ...

US Treasury eases sanctions on "stranded" Russian oil to cool $100 Brent prices and counter Middle East supply shocks amid the Iran-US war.