RAYONG, Thailand (Reuters) - China's BYD opened its first electric vehicle plant in Thailand on Thursday, the auto maker's first in Southeast Asia. BYD is using Thailand as a production hub for export to ASEAN and many other countries, Narit Therdsteerasukdi, Secretary General of Thailand's Board of Investment said at the opening ceremony, referring to the 10-nation Southeast Asian bloc....

VIENNA (Reuters) - For more than four months, U.S. envoys delivered increasingly shrill warnings to Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International to scrap a deal they said had links to one of Russia's most powerful oligarchs. In May, Washington's patience snapped. In a written ultimatum that landed on May 8 at the bank, its supervisor the European Central Bank and Austria's government,...

VIENNA, July 4 (Reuters) - For more than four months, U.S. envoys delivered increasingly shrill warnings to Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International to scrap a deal they said had links to one of Russia's most powerful oligarchs. In May, Washington's patience snapped. In a written ultimatum that landed on May 8 at the bank, its supervisor the European Central Bank and...

* Flight bookings seen up 10% vs 115% jump during Rio Games * Paris hotel data also indicates a drop in reservations * But Airbnb ( ABNB ) is bucking the trend, sees record reservations By Joanna Plucinska and Doyinsola Oladipo LONDON/NEW YORK, July 4 (Reuters) - Spiralling travel and accommodation costs, French political tumult and security concerns are discouraging...