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Rent rebates not enough to save retailers as virus-related curbs slash traffic further
AS heightened distancing measures tighten the noose around tenants' necks, the Singapore Retailers Association (SRA...
Insight
Money Hacks: Lessons for budding women entrepreneurs in the Covid-19 era (Ep 68)
This episode is aimed at budding women entrepreneurs.
Money Hacks: Lessons for budding women entrepreneurs in the Covid-19 era (Ep 68)
This episode is aimed at budding women entrepreneurs.
NWC unveils wage cut guidelines to sustain businesses, jobs amid Covid-19 outbreak
IF WAGES have to be cut at all because company bottom lines have been hit by the virus outbreak, the National Wages...
BREAKING NEWS
Australia tightens scrutiny on foreign takeovers
[SYDNEY] Australia's tighter scrutiny on foreign takeovers is to protect domestic firms from getting picked up at...
Singapore shares open higher tracking US gains; STI up 2.5%
SINGAPORE shares opened higher on Tuesday after US stocks had closed higher overnight despite a sharp increase in...
Malaysia: Shares open higher on Tuesday
MALAYSIA share prices opened higher on Tuesday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up 9.6...
China's March official factory activity unexpectedly expands after steep contraction
[BEIJING] Factory activity in China unexpectedly expanded in March after contracting sharply to a record low, but...
US coronavirus death toll passes 3,000: Johns Hopkins University
[WASHINGTON] The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic passed 3,000 on Monday, according to the running tally...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Rent rebates not enough to save retailers as virus-related curbs slash traffic further
AS heightened distancing measures tighten the noose around tenants' necks, the Singapore Retailers Association (SRA...
DBS takes fast lane to used-car loans, doubling its market share
IN JUST a year, DBS has doubled its used-car loan market share as it muscled into a space traditionally dominated by...
Why does Covid-19 get the blame when Eagle Hospitality Trust's woes predate it?
URBAN COMMONS (UC), the sponsor of Eagle Hospitality Trust (EHT) and master lessee for all of the Reit's hotels, has...
LIFESTYLE
How Jerry De Souza helped Spa Esprit become a lifestyle empire
IF THERE IS a man behind every great woman, then the man behind Singapore’s most famous lifestyle queen Cynthia Chua...
The works of Kengo Kuma
IT ALL STARTED WITH a modest public bathhouse in a small Japanese town. Now, Kengo Kuma is a big-name architect with...
A wine can be thin and bitter - but in a good way
THE first question many people ask about a wine is: "What does it taste like?"
ASEAN BUSINESS
Malaysia movement curbs to hit full-year consumer spending: report
Growth is now projected 4.2 per cent, slowing from 2019
Insight
GARAGE
Logistics startup Inteluck snags over US$5m from MindWorks Capital, Lalamove
LOGISTICS startup Inteluck has raised more than US$5 million in a pre-Series B round led by Hong Kong-based venture...
Insight
STOCKS
MARKET TODAY:
Singapore shares open higher tracking US gains; STI up 2.5%
SINGAPORE shares opened higher on Tuesday after US stocks had closed higher overnight despite a sharp increase in...
Malaysia: Shares open higher on Tuesday
MALAYSIA share prices opened higher on Tuesday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up 9.6...
Stocks to watch: DBS, Singtel, Singapore Airlines, City Dev, FLT, FCOT
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday:
Tokyo: Shares open higher after Wall Street rally
[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday, with investor sentiment propped up by a rally on Wall Street despite...
US markets watchdog head says SEC should not ban short-selling of shares
[WASHINGTON] The head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday that it should not ban short-...
US: Dow ends up 3.2% as stocks finish solidly higher
[NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks gained more than 3 per cent Monday as markets weighed a dire near-term economic...
BT WEEKLY
Flexiwork to the fore
THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: Apart from health and economic consequences, will Covid-19 also spell a big reset in terms of how...
Riverstone sees demand surge for healthcare gloves amid virus outbreak
GLOVEMAKER Riverstone Holdings has seen a surge in orders as the Covid-19 outbreak creates increased demand for...
In trying to overcome high logistics costs, DAP's Gina Toh struck gold
GINA Toh and her husband had only begun thinking about starting their own business when the cost of logistics almost...
Digitise services to meet client's expectations
BUSINESS-to-business (B2B) customers are increasingly expecting a business-to-consumer (B2C) experience, said...
What's in a name? Questions to ask to spot ESG washing
MANY of us are now familiar with shopping for organic food, but there used to be a time when we were confused by the...
A wine can be thin and bitter - but in a good way
THE first question many people ask about a wine is: "What does it taste like?"
Turning leaders into winners
With safe distancing limits in place, coaches find themselves pushed to change the way they interact with clients,...
Why spotting "hidden influencers" at work matters
WHEN one thinks of influencers these days, it is usually in a less-than-flattering light. Often dismissed as jobless...
The works of Kengo Kuma
IT ALL STARTED WITH a modest public bathhouse in a small Japanese town. Now, Kengo Kuma is a big-name architect with...
Tempering income expectations in 2020
THE years since the 2008-09 global financial crisis have been difficult for income seekers and I think this is...
FOCUS
US coronavirus death toll passes 3,000: Johns Hopkins University
[WASHINGTON] The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic passed 3,000 on Monday, according to the running tally...
Digibank contender MatchMove takes stake in e-commerce enabler Shopmatic
DIGITAL bank licence-contender MatchMove is taking a strategic stake in Shopmatic, a Singapore-based start-up that...
GCB in Cluny Park being sold for S$40m
A BUNGALOW in Cluny Park near the Singapore Botanic Gardens is being transacted for S$40 million, or nearly S$1,964...
MAS' double-tap policy easing still an exercise in restraint
SINGAPORE'S central bank brought out the big guns on Monday.
THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
Living for the better
ASK Jonas Samuelson about his favourite household appliance and the chief executive of Electrolux, the Swedish home...
Wising up to hidden fees
KRISTO Kaarmann, chief executive of payments fintech Transferwise, celebrates Christmas a little differently from...
Science that sings
FOR a scientist, Leslie Lamport - winner of the 2013 Turing Award, widely considered the Nobel Prize for computing...
Heeding his calling
WORK in a call centre, fielding calls from time-pressed and typically irate clients, is typically dismissed as a...
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