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Retailers say neigh to price hikes in the Year of the Horse

Opinion & Features
THE LEVEL GROUND

Market income supports home affordability, but ensuring prices grow in line with wages still matters

SGSME

Hotels, restaurants see stronger CNY dining demand, as reunion dinner bookings stream in earlier

Companies & Markets

Amova bets on ‘new Singapore sectors’ as MAS expands EQDP

Property

January new home sales down 57% yoy at 466 units, with two new projects launched

Nickel matte processing activities at Vale Indonesia’s refining facility in Sorowako, South Sulawesi.
Asean Business

Indonesian nickel giant Vale digs deeper into battery-grade nickel

SK Hynix’s sales more than doubled in 2024 and are likely to double again this year.
Global Enterprise

Rampant AI demand for memory is fuelling a growing chip crisis

Opinion & Features
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Barging blindly into Singapore’s construction boom could be a bust for some investors

Opinion & Features
MARK TO MARKET

Positive reaction to market reforms opens door to broader enhancement of growth capital sector

BREAKING NEWS

Asean Business
News analysis

A RM11 billion takeover battle is testing Malay economic clout. Malaysia PM Anwar now holds all the cards

Opinion & Features
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

Asia’s future will be won by soft power, not force

Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

The rose-tinted inevitability of smart glasses

Opinion & Features

Musk is beating China’s 203,000 paper satellites

ESG
NEWS ANALYSIS

Eastspring, Reviva launch coal phase-out strategy

International

Australia M&A sparks to life with A$11.7 billion Macquarie-Qube deal

Asean Business

Malaysia’s king warns graft agency among those on his ‘radar’

Singapore

Daily Debrief: What Happened Today (Feb 16)

COMPANIES & MARKETS

Asean Business
News analysis

A RM11 billion takeover battle is testing Malay economic clout. Malaysia PM Anwar now holds all the cards

Opinion & Features
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Barging blindly into Singapore’s construction boom could be a bust for some investors

Companies & Markets

MiniMax shares surge 25% as optimism over Chinese AI firms grows

International

ByteDance pledges to prevent unauthorised IP use on AI video tool

Companies & Markets

Singapore stocks end almost flat before Chinese New Year; STI inches up 0.02%

Companies & Markets

CSE Global’s Q4 orders more than double to S$514.7 million on US electrification demand

OPINION & FEATURES

Opinion & Features
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

Asia’s future will be won by soft power, not force

Lily Kong

Opinion & Features

The age of the disposable leader

Pilita Clark

Opinion & Features

The great software stock meltdown

ASEAN BUSINESS

Bank Negara Malaysia has cut the overnight policy rate (OPR) just once in the past five years.
Asean Business

Malaysia’s surprise growth surge spurs 2026 forecast upgrades

GLOBAL ENTERPRISE

The cost to operate in the NSR is currently quite high due to the requirements of special-class vessels, as well as higher insurance premiums resulting from higher risks of accidents.
Global Enterprise

When the Arctic opens, what happens to Singapore?

INSIDE THE C-SUITE

The lender's consumer cross-border flow volumes have grown by 15 per cent year on year since 2022.
Companies & Markets

DBS targets S$100 billion in cross-border flows by 2030

SGSME

At Sofitel Singapore City Centre’s Racines Restaurant, the majority of its reunion dinner reservations were made six to eight weeks ahead of CNY, compared to four to six weeks in 2025.
SGSME

Hotels, restaurants see stronger CNY dining demand, as reunion dinner bookings stream in earlier

PODCASTS

Singapore's record-breaking event and its role as a "twin engine" for growth
Podcasts

Singapore Airshow 2026 and South-east Asia aerospace and aviation boom

Singapore's aerospace future: record air show, MRO boom, and the launch of Space Summit

Podcasts

The bond riddle: Finding yield in volatile fixed income

Podcasts

Wall Street Sinks, Singapore Soars: Meme Gold and AI Aftershocks

Podcasts

Is US exceptionalism truly dead?

Podcasts

Gold’s plunge, a new Fed chair and Asia in flux

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LIFESTYLE

EFG's 2026 Chinese New Year packets
Arts & Design
CHINESE NEW YEAR

Horsing around: 12 fabulous red packets to collect this Year of the Horse

Wenzhou Mansion's dark interiors.
Lifestyle
DINING OUT

Subtle Chinese cooking at Wenzhou Mansion

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