SINGAPORE – Phylogenetic testing compares different virus genomes and helps scientists deduce the index case of a Covid-19 cluster. In the case of the Jurong Fishery Port cluster, the authorities were […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China’s broadest Covid-19 outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic in late 2019 is hampering tourism and spending during the peak summer holiday, adding another risk to […]
SINGAPORE – OCBC Banks’s earnings continued to rebound from last year as it posted on Wednesday (Aug 4) a 59 per cent increase in second-quarter net profit to $1.16 billion […]
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – UOB’s net profit for its second quarter rose 42 per cent, as more economies reopened and as it posted lower credit allowance, it said on […]
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – China’s Tencent Holdings said on Tuesday (Aug 3) it would further curb minors’ access to its flagship video game, hours after its shares were battered by a […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Standard Chartered reported a higher than expected 57 per cent jump in first-half profit and US$350 million (S$472.9 million) worth of shareholder payouts, but a fall […]
SINGAPORE – Around 80 per cent of tenants and workers at Jurong Fishery Port are fully vaccinated, with 88 per cent having received at least one dose, said Minister for Sustainability […]
SINGAPORE – The National Parks Board (NParks) is working with town councils to stop the use of poison in animal control measures. Senior Minister of State for National Development Sim […]
SINGAPORE – The Children and Young Persons Act (CYPA) offers legal recourse to minors 18 and under who may be affected by media coverage of events involving them, such as […]
SINGAPORE – Some food sellers just emerging from their two-week quarantine are calling for easier access to financial compensation, having had to throw away much of their fresh ingredients and […]
SINGAPORE – An additional 800 interim rental Housing Board flats will be set aside for families affected by Build-To-Order (BTO) construction delays, but there will be stricter eligibility criteria for […]
SINGAPORE – Once a niche sector for investors, the global pandemic has lit a fire under the sustainable investing market. Inflows into environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) exchange-traded funds […]
(Bloomberg) – South Korea’s inflation unexpectedly climbed in July as the central bank prepares to meet on rates amid the nation’s worst coronavirus outbreak yet. Consumer prices rose 2.6 per […]
(BLOOMBERG) – India said it has no plans to cut import duties on electric vehicles (EVs), weeks after Tesla appealed to the government to slash taxes, and its billionaire chief […]
PARIS (REUTERS) – Sanofi has offered to buy US biotech company Translate Bio, two sources familiar with the situation said on Monday, as the French drugmaker bets on next-generation mRNA […]
(BLOOMBERG) – JPMorgan Chase & Co, which rattled employees earlier this year by ordering them to save work-related messages on their personal phones, said regulators have been asking questions about […]
MENA, July 30, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – World AI & RPA Show is gearing up to virtually connect the most influential voices in the MENA’s AI space this August. The event will focus […]
SINGAPORE – Climate change, record-high temperatures and deadly heatwaves are making air-conditioning a necessity rather than a luxury in many places around the world. But air-conditioners are energy guzzlers and […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Monday, Aug 2. 10 new Covid-19 clusters in S’pore, including at Yishun Community Hospital and Westlite Mandai dorm The hospital […]
SINGAPORE – Four listed counters called for a halt in the trading of their shares pending the release of announcements before the stock market opened on Monday (Aug 2). Singapore […]
