SINGAPORE – The Istana Open House, slated for Aug 1, has been postponed, amid a tightening of pandemic measures here. The event was meant to celebrate National Day, and guests who […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Jamie Dimon’s five-year retirement joke just got serious. The billionaire chief executive officer (CEO) of JPMorgan Chase & Co was granted a special gift to persuade […]
LONDON (BLOOMBERG) – London office workers want an average pay rise equivalent to the cost of some annual railway season tickets to return to their desks full-time after the pandemic, […]
BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Netflix said it would make a deeper dive into video games as the movie and TV streaming service projected weak subscriber growth amid growing competition and the […]
BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Tesla plans to open its network of superchargers to other electric vehicles later this year, chief executive officer Elon Musk said on Twitter. The electric-car maker’s fast-charging […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Singapore is facing the greatest competition yet to its status as the dominant marine fuel supplier in Asia, with China luring more ships to its shores following […]
SINGAPORE – More than 18,000 people flocked to mosques across Singapore on Tuesday (July 20) for their congregational Hari Raya Haji prayers. It was a quiet affair compared with pre-pandemic times, when more […]
SINGAPORE – After a 16-year-old River Valley High School student was charged with murdering a schoolmate three years his junior on Tuesday morning (July 20), Law and Home Affairs Minister […]
SINGAPORE – Enforcement action has been taken against 66 firms which did not comply with Covid-19 workplace safe management measures. This comes after the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) received more than 3,500 […]
SINGAPORE – A 16-year-old student from River Valley High School (RVHS) was charged with the murder of a fellow student, 13, in a district court on Tuesday (July 20) morning. […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Tuesday, July 20. River Valley High School death: How the day unfolded Several messages went out on social media as […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – American ice cream-maker Ben & Jerry’s announced on Monday (July 19) they would stop selling their ice cream in the occupied Palestinian territories, saying its sale […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – A surge in Delta variant infections sparked a broad sell-off on Wall Street on Monday (July 19) as investors feared renewed Covid-19 shutdowns and a protracted […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Stocks slumped around the globe as investors rushed into haven assets after the Delta variant cast a pall over the economic recovery, while tension between the […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Investment strategists are starting to consider a new bearish scenario: the economy has already hit its speed limit. With the ferocious spread of Covid-19’s delta variant […]
SINGAPORE – Markets and food centres were quiet on Monday (July 19), following the detection of Covid-19 cases among stallholders and their assistants. Some of the wet markets The Straits […]
SINGAPORE – Users of electric vehicles (EVs) will have easier access to chargers soon as Singapore steps up its push to get more motorists to choose this less polluting option. Applications […]
SINGAPORE – A Singaporean businessman has been charged in a district court with helping to fund terrorist attacks in Syria. Mohamed Kazali Salleh, 50, appeared in court via video link […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – For two decades Chinese tech firms have flocked to the US stock market, drawn by a friendly regulatory environment and a vast pool of capital eager […]
