Who is Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s new CEO?
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Parag Agrawal, who took over on Monday (Nov 29) as the new head of Twitter, shot from relative obscurity as the platform’s technology expert to becoming […]
Expect some volatility but it’s not the start of a bear market
SINGAPORE – Inflation, economic slowdown, rising interest rates and a normalisation of corporate earnings represent the sum of all fears for risk assets and, in particular, equities. The question is […]
Is my workplace toxic?
Bosses swearing at employees, throwing things at them and delaying salary payments might seem impossible in this day and age of worker protections but these are some of the allegations […]
Evergrande resumes work on more than 10 property projects
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China Evergrande Group said on Sunday (Oct 24) it had resumed work on more than 10 projects in six cities including Shenzhen – a statement that comes […]
Oil jumps above US$81 to 3-year peak with Opec+ sticking to output increase
BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Oil jumped to a three-year peak on Monday (Oct 4) after Opec+ confirmed it would stick to its current output policy as demand for petroleum products rebounds, […]
‘Things just went south’: Construction firms under pressure as pandemic bites deep
SINGAPORE – As construction costs soar ever higher, it has become a case of every man for himself, as contractor Choo Zhan Rui has seen all too well. Five subcontractors […]
More than 1 in 3 employers expect to hire more in Q4 but 37% plan to cut hiring: Survey
SINGAPORE – More than one in three employers – 35 per cent – surveyed in July expect to hire more in the October to December period – mostly those in the […]
US banks shelling out more to land top grads
(BLOOMBERG) – Much of Mr Michael Lewis’ graphic description of life for junior bankers in the early 1980s still rings true today. Fresh college grads “gave themselves over entirely” to […]
How climate-focused are sovereign funds?
(REUTERS) – Risks don’t come much longer term than climate change, so you might expect sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to be all over it, as investment giants with decades in […]
Labour market recovery in S’pore could be hit by heightened restrictions, Delta-variant cases
SINGAPORE – The heightened domestic Covid-19 restrictions and multiplying coronavirus infections globally due to the highly contagious Delta variant could put the brakes on Singapore’s labour market recovery, observers told […]