SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Grab Holdings chief executive officer Anthony Tan said he’s confident the merger of the ride-hailing and food-delivery giant and a US blank-cheque company will be completed by […]
SINGAPORE – The markets were on a roller coaster last week as the forces of fear, hope and greed collided. Fear of inflationary forces put downward pressure on stocks, while […]
SINGAPORE – The Group of Seven leaders meeting in Britain will endorse US President Joe Biden’s proposal for a global minimum tax, the White House said on Friday (June 11). […]
(BLOOMBERG) – When the Gherkin tower opened 17 years ago, its skyline-defining silhouette heralded a new era in the low-rise City of London. Now, a spate of new planned skyscrapers […]
(BLOOMBERG) – The idea is simple: A transport service that’s so good, you’ll never need a car again. It is what Finnish start-up MaaS Global Oy has been working towards […]
(BLOOMBERG) – China’s rising renminbi has given equity investors a touchstone in their search for potential winners and losers. Benchmark stock indexes in Hong Kong and the mainland have been […]
(NYTIMES) – It’s probably never been easier to acknowledge that a lot of us work too much and too hard, and should take more time off. Indeed, the very idea […]
(NYTIMES) – Vital Farms says on its website that its eggs and butter “are delicious, ethical food you don’t have to question”. But a lawsuit filed against it last month […]
SINGAPORE – Policymakers worldwide have woken up to the costs that climate change will inflict and are trying to smoothen the transition to a green economy. Environmental scientists believe 2020 […]
SINGAPORE – About 10 years ago, staff at Sing Swee Kee Chicken Rice discovered how tedious it was to apply for the licences restaurants required in Singapore. Ms Eliss Pang, […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – The S&P 500 finished at a fresh record on Friday (June 11), concluding a choppy session on an upbeat note as investors weighed consumer confidence and […]
SHANGHAI (BLOOMBERG) – Just eight months after celebrating a narrow escape from financial disaster, Chinese billionaire Hui Ka Yan finds himself back in crisis-fighting mode. Resurgent concerns about the health […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Chinese ride-hailing company Didi revealed a US$1.6 billion (S$2 billion) net loss for 2020 as it moves ahead with plans for a US initial public offering […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Goldman Sachs has ordered United States employees to report their Covid-19 vaccination status as the investment bank orchestrates a return to the office, according to a staff […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – The S&P 500 finished at a fresh record on Thursday (June 10) as markets took in stride data showing another spike in annual inflation last month […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – GameStop, one of the popular “meme” companies whose stock has soared this year, said US securities regulators are looking into the trading of its shares. […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – The United States remains the world’s dominant financial centre, well ahead of nearest rival Britain, whose lead over Frankfurt and Paris so far easily outweighs the hit […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks finished lower after another sluggish session on Wednesday (June 9) as markets look ahead to key consumer inflation data. “It’s quiet, light trading, […]
SINGAPORE – His brother founded a Singapore online gaming company that became a home-grown unicorn that listed in Hong Kong. Now he is on the path to do the same with […]
SINGAPORE – The world’s richest countries have proposed laying out new international tax rules that will only add to the challenges that trade-and investment-dependent countries like Singapore face in the […]
