MAS sees 'highly uncertain' global outlook ahead amid Covid-19 crisis
THERE is "substantial uncertainty" over the global economic outlook amid the Covid-19 crisis, said Monetary...
Money Hacks: Insurance - term vs whole life, what makes sense amid Covid-19? (Ep 75)
This episode is aimed at how investors can manage risk and insurance during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Money Hacks: Insurance - term vs whole life, what makes sense amid Covid-19? (Ep 75)
This episode is aimed at how investors can manage risk and insurance during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Daily Debrief: What Happened Today
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BREAKING NEWS
US: Wall St opens lower as virus fears eclipse upbeat retail sales
[NEW YORK] US stocks opened lower on Thursday as concerns about the economic toll of another round of coronavirus-...
Cirque du Soleil accepts recapitalisation offer from creditors
[MONTREAL] Cirque du Soleil accepted a recapitalisation offer from its creditors on Thursday, after an earlier deal...
Keppel Pacific Oak US Reit obtains US$115m five-year term loan facility
KEPPEL Pacific Oak US Reit (KORE) has obtained a US$115 million, five-year term loan facility to pay off its...
Novartis to provide 'no profit' Covid-19 drugs to low income countries
[ZURICH] Novartis's Sandoz division will not profit from 15 generic drugs it is making available to developing...
US sanctions world's top surgical glove maker over forced labour
[KUALA LUMPUR] The US has banned the import of surgical gloves from two subsidiaries of Malaysia's Top Glove, the...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Axe falls on Resorts World jobs; MBS not expected to be spared
RESORTS World Singapore (RWS) held a "one-off workforce rationalisation" on Wednesday - just two weeks after the...
Casinos can't survive on local 'revenge gamblers' alone
SINGAPORE'S tourism attractions were given the go-ahead to reopen their doors this month - but the litmus test for...
Sembmarine institutes pay cuts as yard shutdowns bring H1 net loss to S$192m
AFTER a washout first half, Sembcorp Marine's (Sembmarine's) ability to ramp up production remains beyond its...
LIFESTYLE
Kahchun Wong, Chief Conductor of Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
AT A RECENT photo shoot with famous photographer Russel Wong, conductor Kahchun Wong jokingly asked the photographer...
Party for Your Party on Polling Day
IT'S POLLING DAY. Battle lines have been drawn and political parties formed. No, we're not talking about the...
Good Food Hunting
In this sixth instalment of our weekly dining series, we check out what’s good to eat in the Northern district of...
ASEAN BUSINESS
Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam to gain most from apparel shifts: Report
As China reduces its apparel manufacturing operations, its neighbouring countries have high growth potential, said a...
GARAGE
Frasers Property backs US smart building software startup Cohesion
FRASERS Property Group has joined a US$6.5 million seed funding round for US smart building software startup...
STOCKS
US: Wall St opens lower as virus fears eclipse upbeat retail sales
[NEW YORK] US stocks opened lower on Thursday as concerns about the economic toll of another round of coronavirus-...
STI slides 25.23 points to 2,623.67 on economic-recovery concerns
SINGAPORE stocks weakened on Thursday, weighed down by dour economic prognoses at home and around the world.
Malaysia: Shares close lower on Thursday
MALAYSIA share prices closed lower on Thursday, with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 12.08...
Hong Kong: Stocks finish lower
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong stocks ended lower after being hit by concerns about a spike in virus infections at home and...
Europe: Stock markets drop at open
[LONDON] European stocks fell at the open Thursday, with dealers booking profits as the ECB prepares to give an...
Seoul: Stocks fall on mounting US-China tension
[SEOUL] South Korean shares slid on Thursday on intensifying Sino-US tensions and weak data from China, while the...
BT WEEKLY
A tale of two different but intertwined stories
THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: What accounts for the disparity between the stockmarkets and the economy?
OCBC sees no long-term impact from Covid-19 on sustainable financing ambitions
COVID-19 will not have a long-term impact on OCBC's sustainable financing ambitions, even as companies' attentions...
More digital trade, financial options for SMEs as financial players join hands
SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could see more digital trade and financial options following agreements by...
Digitise services to meet client's expectations
BUSINESS-to-business (B2B) customers are increasingly expecting a business-to-consumer (B2C) experience, said...
3 lessons from owning FAANG stocks for over a decade
IN January 2007, I bought shares of a little known, US-based business doing DVD rentals by mail. Little did I know...
DIY meals that still hit the spot
AS the pendulum continues to swing between dining in and dining out, there's one thing still in the favour of the...
Sickly sweet: Drinks makers turn the anti-sugar tide in their favour
THE market for lower-sugar drinks is set to boom in Singapore as the war on sugar continues - even though consumers...
Party for Your Party on Polling Day
IT'S POLLING DAY. Battle lines have been drawn and political parties formed. No, we're not talking about the...
Gold rallies on a surge of US jobless claims
GOLD futures this week have been volatile, dropping US$82 an ounce early in the week and then recovering US$46 (at...
FOCUS
Novartis to provide 'no profit' Covid-19 drugs to low income countries
[ZURICH] Novartis's Sandoz division will not profit from 15 generic drugs it is making available to developing...
MAS sees 'highly uncertain' global outlook ahead amid Covid-19 crisis
THERE is "substantial uncertainty" over the global economic outlook amid the Covid-19 crisis, said Monetary...
Some BTO flats may be delayed up to nine months: HDB
[SINGAPORE] Retail sales assistant Joyce Loh and her husband were supposed to get the keys to their new Build-To-...
Pandemic-induced recession demands a different response
THE recession that Singapore has now officially entered is unprecedented in many ways - not least its staggering...
THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
People connector
WHEN Leong Soo Yee turns up for the virtual interview over Microsoft Teams, the executive director (Markets) of the...
Cinematic chronicler
Jia Zhangke is feted in arthouse cinema as the pre-eminent filmmaker depicting contemporary Chinese life in feature...
Helming the cloud
FOR Kevin Samuelson, chief executive officer of technology company Infor, 2020 has turned out to be quite an...
Tackling turbulence
LIKE many others, Maren Schweizer has been working from home amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The chief executive officer...
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