Hin Leong founder OK Lim charged with forgery offence, S$3m bail sought
THE boss of stricken Singapore oil trader Hin Leong Trading, Lim Oon Kuin, was charged in court on Friday with...
Money Hacks: How to manage your wealth and plan your legacy (Ep 78)
This episode tackles the importance of managing your wealth and planning your legacy.
Money Hacks: How to manage your wealth and plan your legacy (Ep 78)
This episode tackles the importance of managing your wealth and planning your legacy.
Broker's take: DBS says worst appears to be over for Sunpower, upgrades to 'buy'
DBS Group Research has upgraded Sunpower Group to "buy" from "hold with a raised target price of S$0.69 from S$0.49...
BREAKING NEWS
easyJet finances still under review after US$266m sale and leaseback deal
[LONDON] British airline easyJet said it would continue to assess further funding opportunities after raising an...
Leisure travel green lanes can help Changi Airport regain some lost traffic, says Ong Ye Kung
[SINGAPORE] Singapore may consider introducing reciprocal green lanes at Changi Airport for tourists from countries...
JTC to launch Gul Circle site for tender
JTC has accepted an application to put up an industrial site at 160 Gul Circle for sale by public tender. This was...
83 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore including 4 imported; no community cases
[SINGAPORE] There were 83 new coronavirus cases confirmed as of Friday noon (Aug 14), taking Singapore's total to 55...
Hong Kong: Stocks finish lower
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong shares ended the week on a negative note Friday following a broadly positive week, with...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
CDL to add zing to its portfolio with redevelopments, divestments
DESPITE seeing its first-half bottom line whittled to just S$3.1 million, City Developments Ltd (CDL) is looking to...
MAS puts S$250m to beef up financial-sector innovation, grow Singaporean fintech talent
THE most visible payoff for the investment in technology in the financial sector over the years has been in how well...
Xihe Holdings placed under IJM, accuses OCBC of 'abuse of process'
XIHE Holdings, the exempt private company owned by Hin Leong founder OK Lim and his son, has been placed under...
LIFESTYLE
Asia-US travel may only resume next year: James Liang
IF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS are lifted between Singapore and another country such that you don’t have to quarantine...
Singapore fashion struts on
MAX Tan remembers his first collection 10 years ago: "I was like any other young designer, I didn't really think...
Modern Japanese vibe at Nishikane
HE may come from a multigenerational family of chefs, but Fukui-born Nobuhiro Nishi doesn't fit the bill of stern,...
ASEAN BUSINESS
SEA to face more severe impact from climate change than other regions
The impacts of climate change could be more severe in Asia than in many other parts of the world according to new...
GARAGE
Pandemic delivers first crisis lessons to South-east Asia's Grab
[SINGAPORE] In the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak, Anthony Tan, the chief executive officer of South-east...
Lifestyle
Men In Blue
An exhibition on policing Singapore in the last 200 years.
What's Up This Week
Char kway tiao made of thin soft strips of cuttefish instead of rice noodles. Laksa served with roast red snapper,...
Modern Japanese vibe at Nishikane
HE may come from a multigenerational family of chefs, but Fukui-born Nobuhiro Nishi doesn't fit the bill of stern,...
Singapore fashion struts on
MAX Tan remembers his first collection 10 years ago: "I was like any other young designer, I didn't really think...
STOCKS
Hong Kong: Stocks finish lower
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong shares ended the week on a negative note Friday following a broadly positive week, with...
Europe: Stock markets retreat at open
[LONDON] European stock markets fell at the start of trading on Friday, extending the previous session's losses over...
Seoul: Shares snap nine sessions of gains on bleak China data
[SEOUL] South Korean shares snapped a nine-session winning streak on Friday, as sluggish Chinese retail sales and US...
Australia: Shares post biggest weekly gain
[SYDNEY] Australian shares rose on Friday, recording their biggest weekly gain in six, as the country's central bank...
Tokyo: Nikkei closes up for fourth straight session
[TOKYO] Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index rose for a fourth consecutive session Friday on a weak yen, but early gains...
Asia: Markets struggle as US stimulus impasse drags on
[HONG KONG] Asian markets drifted on Friday as investors grew increasingly concerned about the stalemate in...
BT WEEKLY
Meeting in the middle
THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: How will the "green lane" arrangements for business travel between Singapore and Malaysia...
Reits in high-growth markets should gun for short leases: KORE CEO Snyder
DAVID Snyder, the CEO of Keppel Pacific Oak US Reit (KORE), doesn't believe in long weighted average lease expiries...
Asia-Pac SMEs responding well to pandemic, but face challenges in digital transformation: poll
THE Covid-19 pandemic has compelled small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to swiftly adopt new ways of working...
Digitise services to meet client's expectations
BUSINESS-to-business (B2B) customers are increasingly expecting a business-to-consumer (B2C) experience, said...
Odette keeps top spot at Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants awards
SINGAPORE’S three Michelin-starred restaurant Odette retained its top position in the 2020 Asia’s 50 Best...
Lessons from a crisis for Singapore
SINGAPORE recorded its first Covid-19 infection on Jan 23. More than six months on, the virus shows no signs of...
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...
Singapore fashion struts on
MAX Tan remembers his first collection 10 years ago: "I was like any other young designer, I didn't really think...
FOCUS
83 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore including 4 imported; no community cases
[SINGAPORE] There were 83 new coronavirus cases confirmed as of Friday noon (Aug 14), taking Singapore's total to 55...
MAS puts S$250m to beef up financial-sector innovation, grow Singaporean fintech talent
THE most visible payoff for the investment in technology in the financial sector over the years has been in how well...
Tivoli Lodge condo in Geylang up for collective sale with S$17.3m guide price
FREEHOLD residential development Tivoli Lodge has entered private treaty on Friday - after having been launched for...
Equipping workers with digital skills for a new future: SkillsFuture Forum 2020 panel
Q: Singapore has been looking at reskilling and retraining for a long time. What's really different this time with...
THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
Thriving on optimism
AS a graduate fresh off a Colombo Plan scholarship, finance industry veteran Seck Wai-Kwong, then in his 20s, was...
Flash forward
CHARLES Giancarlo, chief executive officer (CEO) of Pure Storage, which develops hardware and software used by data...
A mega-good match
ONE year ago, people who follow closely the world of technology, including this writer, were surprised by a multi-...
Banker on a mission
AS THE novel coronavirus pandemic continues to wreck uncertainty on Singapore's future, the man helming the...
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