Hitting the books can be a slog for anyone, but moving up the learning curve can be the best investment decision you could ever make, reckons financial services executive Sam […]
I paid about $2,000 to a well-known company to have my home painted a couple of years ago. I expected a team of workers to be deployed, but, to my […]
You probably think that the most important person in a restaurant is the chef. After all, a good one can make excellent dishes that will attract hordes of hungry diners. […]
It’s no surprise many of us are stressed given the way the pandemic has put jobs at risk and forced people to drastically change where and how they work, but […]
As if working mothers did not have enough to worry about, experts are sounding the alarm that progress towards gender equality may be the latest in a long list of […]
Local shares rebounded yesterday to end a choppy week in the black as investors reacted positively to the country’s non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) figures in September. The benchmark Straits Times […]
New Silkroutes Group chairman Goh Jin Hian and finance director William Teo Thiam Chuan have quit amid Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) investigations. Dr Goh quit “to devote more time to […]
DHAKA • Millions of garment workers could lose their jobs, with global brands demanding price cuts and delaying payments to suppliers which are desperate for orders to survive the Covid-19 […]
Tencent Holdings has chosen a co-working space for its first office in Singapore, joining other Chinese technology giants in using the city state as a launching pad into the rest […]
WASHINGTON • World Bank chief economist Carmen Reinhart said the coronavirus pandemic is turning into a major economic crisis and warned of the possibility of a financial crisis emerging. “This […]
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – The Singapore court on Thursday (OCT 15) sentenced a former CGS-CIMB Securities employee to 20 months and 18 weeks’ jail for her involvement in manipulating […]
DHAKA (REUTERS) – Millions of garment workers could lose their jobs as global brands are demanding price cuts and delaying payments to suppliers who are desperate for orders to survive […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) grew at a slower pace in September, mainly driven by electronic goods from a low base last year, according to data from Enterprise […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Technology executive Robert Brockman has been charged in the biggest tax evasion case in US history after fellow billionaire Robert Smith turned against him to avoid prosecution […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – Uber Technologies said on Friday (Oct 16) it will invest over US$150 million (S$204 million) in a joint venture and partnership with South Korea’s SK Telecom Co […]
The phased reopening of Singapore’s border with Malaysia brought some welcome relief for landlords last month. Rents and leasings for both Housing Board (HDB) flats and condominium units rose after […]
When Malaysian Chan Chee Hao walked across the Causeway to Singapore on the first day of the border reopening in August, he did not expect that he would join hundreds […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – ByteDance, the Chinese owner of video app TikTok, is moving to a bigger office in Singapore’s financial district, paving the way for it to make the city-state […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – The global aviation industry will take at least two years to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and mass travel to return, Singapore’s Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung […]
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Hyflux has a last chance for a firm conclusion to one of three rescue deals currently on the table, as Justice Aedit Abdullah on Wednesday […]
