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Singapore non-oil exports down 8.5% in December, confounding rebound expectations
SINGAPORE'S exports ended 2018 on a weak note with non-oil domestic exports (NODX) falling for the second straight...
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The maritime sector in Singapore provides jobs for 170,000 people and contributes to 7...
The maritime sector in Singapore provides jobs for 170,000 people and contributes to 7...
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Funding for tech tools tops Budget wish list of Singapore firms: SBF poll
SINGAPORE business owners want new government measures to support tech adoption, an annual industry survey has found.
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CenturyLink opens its first S-E Asia security operations centre in Singapore
US-HEADQUARTERED communications and data services player CenturyLink has launched its first security operations centre...
Freehold commercial building in Serangoon Road re-launched for sale at reduced price
A FREEHOLD six-storey commercial building in 291 Serangoon Road is being relaunched for sale at a lower price of...
BREAKING NEWS
India's Reliance posts 8.8% rise in Q3 profit on oil refining business
[MUMBAI] Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries on Thursday reported a 8.8 per cent rise in its third quarter...
Google faces third eu antitrust fine within weeks
[BRUSSELS] The curtain could soon fall on the last in a trilogy of European Union antitrust fines for Alphabet Inc...
Tim Cook calls for privacy bill with right to delete data
[WASHINGTON] Apple chief executive Tim Cook called on US lawmakers Thursday to pass privacy legislation enabling...
Disgraced Indian guru gets life for killing journalist
[NEW DELHI] A disgraced religious sect leader was sentenced to life imprisonment Thursday for murdering a journalist...
Indian business leaders urge central bank to cut benchmark rate by 50 basis points
[NEW DELHI] India's top business groups on Thursday urged the central bank to cut its benchmark interest rate by...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
ASEAN BUSINESS
Refreshing your people management style
PREVIOUSLY, management worked on the principle that people perform best when they are organised. On production lines,...
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GARAGE
Insurers tap startup platforms to open new distribution channels
LURED by the promise of a large user base and a well of data to tap, insurance companies are tying up with non-...
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WEEKEND MAGAZINE
Medicine As Art
What do Po Chai Pills, Hoe Hin White Flower Oil, and Axe Brand Universal Oil all have in common? They are all...
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As famous for beer as shops, billionaire shakes up Debenhams
[LONDON' Billionaire Mike Ashley, the UK sports-store owner whose thirst for beer matches his appetite for deals,...
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Come Home To Siri
BUY A CONDO, buy into a lifestyle. It’s not uncommon for property developers to dream up some marketing spiel around...
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Art In The City
FROM JAN 19 to 27, the city will be awash with visual art, in locations as central as the Civic District and as...
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STOCKS
MARKET TODAY:
US: Wall St slips at open after Morgan Stanley results
[NEW YORK] US stocks dipped at open on Thursday, retreating from one-month highs, hit by losses in financial stocks...
Malaysia: Shares close higher on Thursday
MALAYSIA share prices closed higher on Thursday, with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up 9.89...
Singapore stocks close 0.5% lower on Thursday
SINGAPORE stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the Straits Times Index down 0.5 per cent or 14.67 points to 3,214.44.
Hong Kong: Stocks close with losses
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong shares finished Thursday on a low, having swung through the day as upbeat US earnings and a rise...
European stocks drop at open
[LONDON] European stock markets slid at the open Thursday after the UK government narrowly survived a no-confidence...
Seoul: Stocks steady; foreigners buy for 7th session
[SEOUL] South Korea's Kospi stock index remained steady on Thursday with no fresh risks, while Brexit...
BT WEEKLY
It's your friendly neighbourhood ISOTeam
THE pundits have divined that Singapore will hold its General Election in a year or so, and that typically means more...
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L'Occitane inks US$900 million Elemis deal in luxury skincare boom
[HONG KONG] Luxury cosmetics firm L'Occitane International SA agreed to buy beauty and skincare brand Elemis for...
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THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
Jan 12, 2019
Cyber sleuth
The way to fight cyber crime is to ensure that the perpetrators and their backers face repercussions, says FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia, who's been at the frontline battles against hackers.
Jan 5, 2019
Going audit-gital
KPMG chairman Bill Thomas tells how technology has impacted the work of auditors, and delivers an impassioned response to recent criticism of scandals in the accounting profession.
Dec 29, 2018
Customise & connect
High-fashion label Coach turns the concept of luxury on its head, eschewing the top-down approach in favour of a more inclusive customer experience, says the American brand's CEO and president Joshua Schulman.
Dec 22, 2018
Going green, driving development
From climate change to global inequality, businesses must become part of the solution, not problem, to today's big challenges, says Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Development Programme.
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