SINGAPORE – A woman caught on video making purportedly racist remarks appeared in a district court on Friday (June 18) and was handed two charges over alleged acts “prejudicial to […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street investors shifted their patterns on Thursday (June 17), buying technology giants and shunning financial and energy equities as long-term bond yields retreated. A day […]
SINGAPORE – Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) is in the process of sacking senior lecturer Tan Boon Lee for serious misconduct. This comes after a video posted on June 6 of Mr […]
BERKELEY, BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo said on Wednesday it raised US$2.5 billion in its first fresh funding round in a year, after a string of defections of […]
LONDON (BLOOMBERG) – One in five jobs based in the UK could be outsourced to other countries in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, threatening the loss of well-paid white […]
SINGAPORE – Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao has responded to an open letter signed by local academics and scholars who took issue with its recent editorial on race relations, saying it […]
SINGAPORE – Madam Shirley Cheong was at the void deck of her Housing Board block when she noticed an elderly woman, who she knew lived in a nearby block, walking up […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Grab Holdings chief executive officer Anthony Tan said he’s confident the merger of the ride-hailing and food-delivery giant and a US blank-cheque company will be completed by […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Chinese ride-hailing company Didi revealed a US$1.6 billion (S$2 billion) net loss for 2020 as it moves ahead with plans for a US initial public offering […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – GameStop, one of the popular “meme” companies whose stock has soared this year, said US securities regulators are looking into the trading of its shares. […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – The United States remains the world’s dominant financial centre, well ahead of nearest rival Britain, whose lead over Frankfurt and Paris so far easily outweighs the hit […]
SINGAPORE – From the Penal Code to the Protection from Harassment Act, lawyers say Singapore has a range of laws to guard against racist comments. They apply whether the comments […]
SINGAPORE – A senior director of a computer software firm and two friends came together in July 2018 to set up a parody Twitter account to satirise racially insensitive Singaporeans. […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – A group of 50 investors managing more than US$4.5 trillion (S$5.95 trillion) in assets is calling on companies involved in the development and use of facial recognition […]
SINGAPORE – A woman who cheated her mother’s 56-year-old friend of nearly $50,000 after claiming that she could help her find a husband through religious rites was sentenced on Monday […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that President Joe Biden’s US$4 trillion (S$5.3 trillion) spending plan would be good for the US, even if it contributes to rising […]
SINGAPORE – A 48-year-old man, who was believed to be under the influence of drugs and has a history of mental illness, was arrested for allegedly attacking four people with […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – AMC Entertainment Holdings dizzied investors on Thursday (June 3) by losing 40 per cent of its market value, then regaining more than half of it – […]
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – As the demand for chips continue to outstrip supply, carmakers are no longer the only ones bearing the brunt of the impact. The global chip […]
SINGAPORE – A bicycle ride with two of his friends during the school holidays turned fatal for 14-year-old Muhammad Nur Shazly Mohd Ali. He was killed in a road accident […]
