SINGAPORE – When undergraduate Roslina Toh read about Malaysians working in Singapore who were stranded after the Malaysian border was closed to stem the spread of Covid-19 in March last […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Zoom-call blunders can be hazardous to your career. Nearly 1 in 4 executives have fired a staffer for slipping up during a video or audio conference, […]
SINGAPORE (REUTERS) – South-east Asian used-car marketplace Carsome Group said it has raised US$170 million (S$228.6 million) in a funding round from investors including Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek, cementing its position […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US consumer confidence fell to a six-month low in August as worries about soaring Covid-19 infections and higher inflation dimmed the outlook for the economy. The survey […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Business travel as we’ve known it is a thing of the past. From Pfizer, Michelin and LG Electronics to HSBC Holdings, Hershey, Invesco and Deutsche Bank, […]
SINGAPORE – If you celebrate Christmas, you may want to start gift shopping for the season now. With several terminal closures at China’s key ports recently, the queue of container […]
Beijing / TickerInsider / August 31, 2021 / – Yiche, China’s leading auto IT company, teamed up with China’s top TV stations to launch the “Super August 18th Car Carnival Night” […]
SINGAPORE – When Covid-19 booster shots are rolled out in Singapore, some may be given the same vaccine they took earlier while others may be administered a different one. “Both […]
SINGAPORE – The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) has filed a private member’s motion in Parliament on issues about jobs and foreign workforce policy, the party’s Non-Constituency MP Leong Mun Wai […]
SINGAPORE – A Singapore Management University (SMU) student has been convicted of molesting a woman on campus in 2019. On Tuesday (Aug 31), District Judge Sharmila Sripathy found Lee Yan […]
SINGAPORE – It is the second day this week of heavy showers across the island and flash floods may occur, national water agency PUB said. The Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS), a […]
MAHARASHTRA (BLOOMBERG) – Ride-hailing startup Ola has selected banks including Citigroup Inc. and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. to manage its Mumbai initial public offering that could raise about US$1 billion, […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – As if the pandemic wasn’t warping global markets enough, China’s regulatory crackdown is suddenly adding new unpredictability. So how best to invest in these strange times? Bloomberg […]
BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Zoom Video Communications Inc posted its first billion-dollar revenue quarter but signaled a faster-than-expected easing in demand for its video-conferencing service after a pandemic-driven boom, sending its […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Tuesday, Aug 31. Last US forces leave Afghanistan after almost 20 years Celebratory gunfire was heard across the Afghan capital […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Oil rose on Monday, lifted as US Gulf Coast platforms, refineries and pipelines grappled with uncertainty on restart timelines after Hurricane Ida wreaked havoc on the […]
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – MM2 Asia, which operates cinemas under the Cathay brand, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with local investment firm Kingsmead Properties to sell […]
SINGAPORE – Parents of secondary school students can tap a series of free online workshops to help enhance their children’s mental health come October. Tender documents for the workshops, which […]
SINGAPORE – A woman who exposed others to the risk of Covid-19 infection after returning to Singapore from Britain last year was on Monday (Aug 30) sentenced to 12 weeks’ […]
SINGAPORE – Scam victims lost $168 million to conmen in the top 10 scam categories in the first six months of this year, a sharp spike from $63.5 million in […]
