SINGAPORE – A 33-year-old man, who was one of 17 migrant workers travelling on the back of a lorry, died after the vehicle collided with a stationary tipper truck along the Pan-Island […]
SINGAPORE – A man who started sexually grooming a teenager when she was 13 years old has been jailed for two years and 10 months. Nick Chong Seng Cheong, 24, […]
(NYTIMES) – Billionaires in the US have had a pretty good pandemic. There are more of them than there were a year ago, even as the health crisis has exacerbated […]
SINGAPORE – News that a building in Thomson Road will be demolished to allow nearby excavation works to be carried out safely came as a shock to the owners of […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street saw no reason to stop rallying as the US economy pulls out of its downturn, lifting the Dow and S&P 500 to their second […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Special-purpose acquisition companies (Spacs) may have become the hottest must-have for business tycoons, celebrities and even athletes, but old-school initial public offerings (IPOs) have quietly outperformed […]
SINGAPORE – The Republic’s fake news law was invoked after unsubstantiated claims about adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines were posted on Facebook and published online by a website. In a […]
SINGAPORE – Paramedics will soon be better equipped to handle future pandemics, when a new ambulance model that has its own automatic decontamination system begins operation later this year. The […]
SINGAPORE – Multi-label retailer Naiise, once the biggest platform for local designers, is winding up. It stopped operations late Wednesday night (April 14), after years of payment delays to its […]
SAN FRANCISCO (NYTIMES)- Digital currency, once mocked as a tool for criminals and reckless speculators, is sliding into the mainstream. Traditional banks are helping investors put their money into cryptocurrency […]
SINGAPORE, Apr 14, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Bussr, the world-leading artificial intelligence (AI) powered mobility platform, is looking to make its services global in every sense of […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Grab is set to nab the record for biggest deal in the Spac world, yet traders are holding their applause. The Singapore-based firm said it will […]
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. […]
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 […]
HONG KONG, Apr 12, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – As the fashion world continues to react to the impact of the pandemic, a new paradigm is emerging within […]
TOKYO, Apr 12, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu today announced an agreement to collaborate with Siemens Digital Industries Software to enhance competitiveness for its customers and strengthen […]
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 […]
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, […]
Central Provident Fund (CPF) members were long able to use their funds to buy investment products such as annuities that would provide them a monthly payment for life, but that […]
