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. […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Tuesday, April 13. Panel to study licensing, mandatory theory tests for road cyclists as part of review The review comes […]
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 […]
SINGAPORE – Some 9,500 job seekers have participated in two SGUnited schemes launched last year to tackle weakened hiring demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Four in five of those […]
SINGAPORE – The Museum of Ice Cream will be setting up shop in Dempsey in August, making it the first time the United States-based attraction is venturing abroad. It is […]
SINGAPORE – There have been calls over the years for harsher penalties for dog owners and walkers who fail to pick up after their dogs in public spaces. Such behaviour […]
SINGAPORE – Learner motorcyclists and drivers could in a few years’ time be assessed for a road licence without the presence of a human tester, if a trial here proceeds […]
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 […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Monday, April 12. New laws planned to curb unethical adoption practices in Singapore Such practices will be made a crime, […]
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 […]
SINGAPORE – Multi-label retailer Naiise may wind up, after years of payment delays to its vendors. It said on Friday (April 9) that it is closing its last store at […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Sunday, April 11. Heng Swee Keat steps aside as 4G leader: What comes next for PAP and Singapore? What are […]
SINGAPORE – Ms Ellen Neo, 29, and her fiance, operation executive Felix Lua, 36, were supposed to receive the keys to their three-room Build-To-Order (BTO) flat last December, and move […]
(REUTERS) – If more vehicles are going to be powered by electricity, what is going to happen to the ubiquitous petrol stations? The head of Thailand’s biggest petrol station network […]
