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Grab, SoftBank, Petros plan US$1.9 billion initial investment in Malaysia AI infrastructure
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Singapore launches central bank gold-vaulting, extends GST waiver to wholesale activities

Property

Link Reit confirms S$239.5 million acquisition of 50.1% stake in Eastpoint Mall

Companies & Markets

Concerts, sports and Mice: Promoters line up for Marina Bay Sands’ new entertainment arena

Global Enterprise

Apple pays US$3.3 billion in Singapore income tax for FY2026, benefiting from lower taxes

Some lawmakers are seeking to investigate whether incomplete education documents Gibran submitted as a candidate disqualify him as vice-president.
International

Indonesia’s Vice-President Gibran expresses intent to step down: presidential official

The reports of ties between Alice Huang (second from left) and Jensen Huang (third from left) have prompted US lawmakers to seek answers from the Nvidia CEO.
Global Enterprise

Who is Alice Huang, the Chinese exec accused of spying on Nvidia's CEO?

Companies & Markets

UMS Integration doubles Q3 profit to S$21.1 million on semiconductor, aviation sales growth

Companies & Markets

Jardine Matheson reports mixed Q3 earnings

BREAKING NEWS

Capital Markets & Currencies

European shares near record high as lower oil prices boost sentiment

2026-11-10T21:55:27.000Z
Capital Markets & Currencies

US stocks: Wall Street ends lower as hot inflation data, Fed comments heighten rate worries

2026-11-10T21:49:55.000Z
International

Wall Street opens lower after October’s hot inflation print

2026-11-10T15:04:16.000Z
International

Odds of Fed rate hike rise after US consumer prices rise above forecasts in October

2026-11-10T14:59:17.000Z
Transport & Logistics

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding’s US$7 billion contract wins push order book to US$26.3 billion

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International

Malaysia ex-PM Najib arrives home to start house arrest 

2026-11-10T14:05:04.000Z
Companies & Markets

Emperador’s Q3 net profit rises 47.2% to US$59.4 million on whisky gains

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Companies & Markets

Sea to focus on software and customer relationships in building up cloud business

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COMPANIES & MARKETS

Capital Markets & Currencies

European shares near record high as lower oil prices boost sentiment

2026-11-10T21:55:27.000Z
Singapore FinTech Festival 2026
Companies & Markets
Singapore FinTech Festival 2026

Would you trust an AI agent to buy for you?

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Singapore FinTech Festival 2026
Companies & Markets
Singapore FinTech Festival 2026

Beyond AI, where is Temasek placing its tech bets?

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Singapore FinTech Festival 2026
Companies & Markets
Singapore FinTech Festival 2026

Why APAC is emerging as an ideal testing ground for AI agent-led shopping: Mastercard

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Singapore FinTech Festival 2026
Companies & Markets
Singapore FinTech Festival 2026

Stripe sees bigger role for S’pore in developing new payments technology for the world

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Singapore FinTech Festival 2026
Companies & Markets
Singapore FinTech Festival 2026

How blockchain technology and traditional banking are converging

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OPINION & FEATURES

Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

When AI agents haggle, who gets stuck with the bill?

Joyce Hooi

Joyce Hooi

Opinion & Features
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

Asia’s AI boom has a timing problem

Yasuto Watanabe

Opinion & Features

Responsible retrenchment should build on Singapore’s tripartite approach

Hao Shuo

ASEAN BUSINESS

Masan High-Tech Materials once described itself as the world’s largest producer of midstream and downstream tungsten products outside China.
Asean Business

Vietnam’s Masan secures Japan’s Sojitz as second strategic investor in tungsten business

GLOBAL ENTERPRISE

Volkswagen’s passenger-vehicle business in India operates through Skoda Auto Volkswagen India.
Global Enterprise

JSW pact: Fresh cash alone won’t put Volkswagen in India’s fast lane

INSIDE THE C-SUITE

Under Lee Yeow Seng, IOI Properties’ market capitalisation has grown to RM17.4 billion from RM8.1 billion in 2014.
Asean Business
BEHIND THE NAME

Grit built in the genes: Malaysia’s Lee Yeow Seng drives IOI’s bold Singapore push

SGSME

Clockwise from top left: Abrasive Engineering’s executive chairman Tan Ser Hean; VFT CEO Vidal Bharath; and Hyprcool founder Greg Ong.
SGSME

Cooler servers, cheaper batteries, automated sandblasting: How Singapore firms put RIE support to work

PODCASTS

Is Singapore’s current healthcare ecosystem sustainable?
Podcasts

High claims, low margins: How sustainable is Singapore’s health insurance?

Podcasts

Singapore stocks: What 10-share board lots mean for new investors

2026-11-08T21:00:00.000Z
Podcasts

Midterm shockwave - tech, oil, and the great rotation

2026-11-06T09:46:00.000Z
Podcasts

How to break Singapore’s IPO curse

2026-11-02T21:00:00.000Z
Podcasts

AI spending, oil and rate hikes: What is really steering markets

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LIFESTYLE

Francis Yeoh, executive chairman of YTL, with Yeoh Pei Xien, vice-president of strategy and transformation at YTL Hotels, at The BTLuxe Edit – Future:Legacy symposium on Oct 28.
Lifestyle

From legacy to launch: Francis Yeoh and Yeoh Pei Xien on family unity and YTL’s next‑gen ventures

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Lifestyle

Luxury has moved East, and Gen Alpha is on the horizon: BTLuxe Edit

Petra’s main dining room looks out to lush greenery.
Food & Drink
DINING OUT

Great bread, uneven cooking at Petra Dempsey

Mark Shaw is the director of Shaw Organisation and third-generation custodian of a family business that has been showing films since 1928.
BT Luxe
THE HERITAGE ISSUE

Can Mark Shaw bring Singapore back to Orchard Road and the movies?

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