SINGAPORE – When Mr Das Dipto arrived for work at Block 244, Hougang Street 22 on Sunday (Jan 3) at 7.35am,the landscape maintenance worker did not expect to be involved […]
SINGAPORE – Police have hauled in more suspected members of unlawful societies, announcing on Tuesday (Jan 5) that they had arrested 52 men between Dec 30 and Jan 3. The […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Bitcoin fizzled in trading on Monday (Jan 4) as the famously volatile cryptocurrency pulled back after a spectacular new-year rally. Prices fell as much as 17 […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – For more than two decades Chinese companies have turned to the US stock market for capital and international prestige, raising at least US$144 billion (S$190 billion) […]
SINGAPORE (TNP) – Selected karaoke outlets may be allowed to reopen without their customers needing to take a Covid-19 swab test as part of the pilot programme, said the Ministry of […]
WASHINGTON • A major avenue for global money laundering and tax evasion has been closed off by a new law requiring disclosure of owners of US shell companies used to […]
NEW YORK • The initial public offering (IPO) market is manic. Stocks have not been this expensive since the dot.com era. The Nasdaq 100 has doubled in two years, leaving […]
Mr Christopher Tan’s obsession with index funds started more than a decade ago. He liked the funds not only because of their lower costs, but also because he saw that […]
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will review and take necessary action if CoAssets’ licensed subsidiary – now known as CA Funding – has breached regulations. As a matter of […]
The axing of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) will have no immediate bearing on development plans for the Jurong region, which was slated to host the project’s southernmost […]
SINGAPORE – A broken signalling cable has been identified as the cause of delays that lasted for about six hours on the Downtown Line (DTL) on Monday (Dec 28). Commuters […]
SINGAPORE – An angered drug offender repeatedly stabbed a man who had offered to perform a sexual act on him, causing nine wounds near his heart, liver, colon, small intestine […]
SINGAPORE – On the last day of what has been a gruelling 2020, healthcare staff at 20 hospitals here received some cheer in the form of cartons of fruit, packed […]
SINGAPORE – A man was charged on Thursday (Dec 31) with attempted murder after a woman was found injured the day before. Lim Song Chua, 59, who was charged in hospital, […]
SINGAPORE – At the end of a very unusual and challenging year, with Covid-19 causing serious economic and social disruption, Singapore needs “all hands on deck” to overcome the crisis […]
SINGAPORE – Local radio DJ Daniel Ong Ming Yu and former model Jaime Teo Chai Lin were hauled to court on Tuesday (Dec 29) over offences under the Employment of […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – In a typical year, New York employees of the magazine publisher Condé Nast must use their vacation days before late December or lose them – a […]
SINGAPORE – Seat markings in hawker centres here have been adjusted to signal the increase in maximum dining group size from five to eight on Monday (Dec 28), the first […]
SINGAPORE (THE NEW PAPER) – A group of teens are being investigated after they allegedly played foosball using live frogs. A video of the incident, which surfaced online over the […]
(NYTIMES) – Forget bitcoin. If you are looking for a more tangible investment on technology, how about electric cars? The stock market has never seen anything quite like Tesla. Led […]
