SEOUL (REUTERS) – The South Korean battery giants powering many of the world’s electric vehicles face a skills shortage that could drag on the global race towards zero-emissions transport. The […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – One possible way to read The Facebook Files, The Wall Street Journal’s excellent series of reports based on leaked internal Facebook research, is as a story about […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Another Chinese developer fell into crisis on Monday (Oct 4) after failing to repay a maturing bond, adding to the strains of the nation’s heavily leveraged […]
BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Oil jumped to a three-year peak on Monday (Oct 4) after Opec+ confirmed it would stick to its current output policy as demand for petroleum products rebounds, […]
SINGAPORE – Cryptocurrencies are having a moment. Whether you’re on the trading floor or at the kopitiam, it seems you can’t escape whispers of Ethereum or Solana. Please subscribe or […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – As China Evergrande Group edges closer to a massive restructuring, Beijing has stepped up efforts to limit the fallout, signaling it’s willing to prop up healthy […]
SINGAPORE – UOB has earned credit for being a world-best in lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Singapore bank said on Monday (Oct 4) that it has been named […]
SINGAPORE – To say it has been rough in September might seem like an understatement. Not only was the market rocked by inflation and interest rate concerns, it also had […]
Transformational trends converging in Asia – some accelerated by the pandemic – could potentially unleash the region’s next wave of growth opportunities. “Opportunities are where people are. If we take […]
(NYTIMES) – A year and a half of pandemic living has revealed – or reminded us of – some persistent patterns around money, gender, marriage and families. And they aren’t […]
(BLOOMBERG) – My monthly water bill is about £20 (S$37). Half of it pays for the water that’s piped into my London flat; the other half covers the cost of […]
(NYTIMES) – Early in the pandemic, Ms Katharine Lau, a commercial real estate professional, turned her focus to decluttering, and as she stared at a pile of unneeded things, she […]
(NYTIMES) – So how do you define who’s wealthy? The latest proposed tax changes from the House Ways and Means Committee essentially say a wealthy individual is someone who earns […]
(REUTERS) – Early in the pandemic, there were encouraging and surprising signs about the decline of credit card debt. Now, that trendline seems to be changing. Many people stayed at […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US stock indices rose at the end of Friday’s (Oct 1) trading to end a rocky week that saw the third quarter end on a sour note. […]
SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – The male-dominated cryptocurrency industry could provide more employment opportunities for women, according to the head of Australia’s largest digital-asset exchange. Blockchain needs greater female participation and offers […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – China’s central government officials ordered the country’s top state-owned energy companies – from coal to electricity and oil – to secure supplies for this winter at all […]
SINGAPORE – Long-time Temasek Holdings executive director and chief executive Ho Ching officially steps down on Friday (Oct 1), after some 17 years in charge at the investment company. Ms […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks endured another round of selling on Thursday (Sept 30), finishing the third quarter on a sour note amid worries over political uncertainty in […]
How do you help children from different cultures get hooked on maths — and ease parents’ concerns about learning the subject? Homegrown e-learning provider KooBits seems to have the solution. […]
