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DBS group plans major revamp of DBS Vickers
DBS BANK is revamping its retail stock-brokerage operations and exploring alternative models to its current broking arm...
Insight
In the second episode of My SME Story, we speak to Adrian Chia, co-founder of Big Tiny...
In the second episode of My SME Story, we speak to Adrian Chia, co-founder of Big Tiny...
Fixing mindsets against F&B, retail jobs - not quotas - is key
ALTHOUGH tighter foreign manpower restrictions will force food and beverage (F&B) and retail firms to transform,...
Defence, healthcare, bank stocks expected to gain from Budget 2019
DEFENCE, healthcare and grocery stocks are the possible winners from the latest Singapore Budget announced on Monday,...
Budget puts some tax breaks out to pasture
SEVERAL tax incentive schemes have been allowed to lapse after they were reviewed for relevance by the Ministry of...
Redas explains why some cooling measures need to be revised
THE Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (Redas) has given reasons why some of the property cooling...
BREAKING NEWS
South Korea's Moon offers to resume cooperation with North Korea to help denuclearization
[SEOUL] South Korean President Moon Jae-in told US President Donald Trump in a call on Tuesday that his country is...
Germany, France take aim at EU anti-trust rules in new industrial strategy
[BERLIN] Germany and France agreed Tuesday on a strategy to create European industrial "champions" and to...
BHP CEO staying around to deal with tailings and transformation
[LONDON] The chief executive of mining group BHP has no plans to quit and will focus on the "nuclear level of...
Companies moving out as Brexit looms
[PARIS] As Britain's March 29 departure from the European Union looms, several major companies have announced they...
Oil slips from 2019 high as economy worries weigh
[LONDON] Oil fell from its 2019 high of almost US$67 a barrel on Tuesday as concerns about the progress of US-China...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
ASEAN BUSINESS
Lower 2019 forecast for Thailand GDP
On the back of increased risks to exports and government consumption and investment not accelerating as much as...
Insight
GARAGE
Corporate venture capital deal share in Asia close to overtaking North America
GLOBAL corporate venture capital (CVC) deal activity reached a historic high in 2018, with Asia close to overtaking...
Insight
STOCKS
MARKET TODAY:
WeDoctor considers listing a spinoff on new tech board
WEDOCTOR, one of China's biggest online health-care startups, is considering spinning off a major slice of its...
Market quiet as investors stay on sidelines
TO say that you can hear a pin drop would be an overstatement of Tuesday's muted market activity, but it wasn...
Brokers' take
While there could be a possibility of fewer than two US Fed rate hikes in 2019F (CGS-CIMB's house view), we...
Swedish krona tumbles on weak inflation, Italy woes hit euro
THE Swedish krona plummeted on Tuesday after weak inflation data prompted investors to sell the currency and scale back...
US: Wall St opens lower as US-China trade talks resume
[NEW YORK] US stocks opened lower on Tuesday after rallying strongly last week, as investors focused on the latest...
Malaysia: Shares end higher on Tuesday
MALAYSIA share prices closed higher on Tuesday, with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up 13.82...
BT WEEKLY
AusGroup seeks a balanced portfolio
WHILE construction and marine services provider AusGroup is often associated with the woes of its clients in the oil...
Insight
Hawker fare meets fine dining at Subrosa
THERE'S a funny story behind Subrosa. Not funny haha but it's one that involves its expat chef, his local...
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LIFESTYLE
Martha Thorne
Martha Thorne is the dean at a small and relatively unknown architecture school in Spain, but she also has a part-time...
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Oscar Fever
BRAND NEW YEAR, same old stuff. As the entertainment industry gears up for the biggest night on its calendar – the 91st...
Insight
Meatless Everyday
No longer a weekly drudgery, vegetarian menus are coming into their own at top restaurants.
Insight
THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
Feb 16, 2019
Slick shift: Philip Morris' future vision
Is Philip Morris' new "smoke-free" mission statement a radical reinvention of the tobacco company - or sheer hypocrisy? COO Jacek Olczak says matter-of-factly - it's a strategic no-brainer.
Feb 9, 2019
Network man
Rajeev Suri, Nokia's CEO, is on a mission to steer the iconic company back to its former glory.
Feb 2, 2019
Red hot black sheep
John Hadfield, CEO of ad agency BBH Singapore, talks about pushing the boundaries and selling 'the worst parents in the world'.
Jan 26, 2019
A cut above
Gwee Lian Kheng, widely credited for building UOL's diversified portfolio in real estate and hospitality, looks back fondly on a stellar 45-year career with one of Singapore's leading developers.
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WHEN Adrian Chia was on holiday in Australia's picturesque Great Ocean Road several years ago, he loved the beautiful coastal scenery and thought about how this was exactly what city dwellers needed to recharge.
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