SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – A few years after launching Grab Holdings in 2012, Anthony Tan got a piece of advice from Jack Ma. The co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding told the […]
TOKYO (AFP) – Toshiba’s president Nobuaki Kurumatani will resign on Wednesday (April 14), reports said, as a buyout offer from a private equity firm stirs turmoil inside the Japanese firm. […]
SINGAPORE – The Singapore economy grew by 0.2 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the first quarter of 2021, a turnaround from the 2.4 per cent contraction recorded in […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Grab is set to nab the record for biggest deal in the Spac world, yet traders are holding their applause. The Singapore-based firm said it will […]
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – The Singapore Precision Engineering & Technology Association (Speta), which serves the traditionally male-dominated industry, will now be led by a woman for the first time […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks largely shrugged off signs of rising inflation and the surprise halt to use of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday (April 13), […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – US regulators are throwing another wrench into Wall Street’s Spac machine by cracking down on how accounting rules apply to a key element of blank-cheque companies. […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – China just slapped a record antitrust fine on Alibaba Group Holding. The company thanked the government and investors breathed a sigh of relief. Alibaba’s American depositary […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Jack Ma’s Ant Group will drastically revamp its business, bowing to demands from Chinese authorities that want to rein in the country’s fast-growing Internet giants. Ant will […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Two of the world’s most powerful money managers are joining forces to build a business on climate-change investing and raise one of the largest venture-capital funds […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average ended lower on Monday (April 12), with investors waiting for cues from the upcoming corporate earnings season and […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) Two South Korean manufacturers of electric vehicle batteries that are building plants in the United States said Sunday that they had reached a US$1.8 billion settlement in a […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The US economy is at an “inflection point” with expectations that growth and hiring will pick up speed in the months ahead, but some risks remain, […]
SINGAPORE – After hitting a high at 3,209.74 points last Monday, the Straits Times Index (STI) went somewhat flattish through the week as its main drivers, the banks, put up […]
SINGAPORE – With inflationary pressures benign and major central banks most probably keeping their interest rates low for now, Singapore’s central bank is likely to maintain its easing monetary policy […]
SINGAPORE – PatSnap – Singapore’s latest billion-dollar tech start-up – is looking to expand into Europe and invest in companies that can bolster its growth strategy. The firm recently reached […]
Central Provident Fund (CPF) members were long able to use their funds to buy investment products such as annuities that would provide them a monthly payment for life, but that […]
SINGAPORE – The death of a friend in 2014 was not just a stark reminder to Ms Vivian Leong Wan Yee that life is short, it also pushed her to […]
SINGAPORE – A Workforce Singapore career coach says: Job interviews are great platforms for you to articulate your skills, experience and attributes that are relevant to the role for which […]
SINGAPORE – Technology is the future so investing in tech companies is proving a winning strategy for finance professional Michael Cowans. Mr Cowans, 46, believes companies like those in fintech, […]
