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High Court grants Hyflux 1-month extension of debt moratorium to May 24
HYFLUX will have its debt moratorium extended by one more month to May 24, though High Court Justice Aedit Abdullah...
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In this week's final episode of My SME Story, we feature Seng Hua Hng Foodstuff, the...
In this week's final episode of My SME Story, we feature Seng Hua Hng Foodstuff, the...
Daily Debrief: What Happened Today
Stories you might have missed
Corruption cases up slightly in 2018; private sector still dominates: CPIB
THE number of cases probed by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) inched up last year after hitting an...
Shaving milliseconds off currency trades could make Singapore billions
SINGAPORE is grabbing a sub-second opportunity to win a bigger slice of the world's US$5.1 trillion-a-day foreign...
Rents, prices of Singapore industrial space stable in Q1: JTC
RENTALS and prices of industrial space in Singapore remained relatively stable in the first quarter of this year...
BREAKING NEWS
US adds another Chinese e-commerce site to 'notorious' list for IP protection
[WASHINGTON] The US Trade Representative said on Thursday it has added Pinduoduo.com, China's third-largest e-...
Union Gas names Teo Hark Piang as new CEO
UNION Gas Holdings on Thursday evening named Teo Hark Piang as the new CEO of the group, following his appointment...
Britain wants Brexit deal approved before July - May's deputy
[GLASGOW] British Prime Minister Theresa May's government wants to get her thrice-defeated Brexit deal approved by...
UBS seeks more deals among billionaires through new US venture
[NEW YORK] UBS Group AG is starting a new venture at its US operation, marrying its wealth-management unit and...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
ASEAN BUSINESS
Asean region gets more attractive for global factories
SOUTH-EAST Asia is home to some of the world’s cheapest production for global manufacturers, according to a new...
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GARAGE
Grab takes strategic stake in Ninja Van
RIDE-hailing unicorn Grab has made a strategic investment into logistics provider Ninja Van for an undisclosed...
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WEEKEND MAGAZINE
Days of Yore
NEED A FAMILY PHOTO? These days, no one thinks twice about whipping out a mobile phone, gathering everyone close...
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Night Music
How many times can you watch the famous chandelier crash? For diehard fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of...
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The Meat Men: new beef-focused eateries
If it seems the simplest thing to do to slip a meat patty between a bun, why is it so hard to find a good burger in...
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Whisky business: Is the Japanese whisky shortage really a cause for concern?
“ACQUIRING JAPANESE WHISKY requires a lot of patience, resources and most of all – luck,” notes Loh Chin Hui, an...
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STOCKS
MARKET TODAY:
US: Nasdaq hits record high at open on strong tech earnings
[BENGALURU] The tech-heavy Nasdaq index hit a fresh record at the open on Thursday after strong results from...
Malaysia: Shares close lower on Thursday
MALAYSIA share prices closed lower on Thursday, with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 2.33...
Singapore shares drop 0.4%, weighed by global growth concerns
THE Singapore market returned to cautious trading on Thursday, a day after tracking the US markets' brief rally to...
Hong Kong, Shanghai stocks end sharply lower
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong shares ended sharply lower Thursday, tracking a sell-off on Wall Street and across most of...
Seoul: Stocks wobble on GDP shock; won hits lowest since 2017
[SEOUL] South Korea's Kospi stock index ended lower on Thursday after the country's first-quarter growth data marked...
Europe: Stocks slip at open
[LONDON] European stock markets edged downwards in opening trade on Thursday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index...
BT WEEKLY
Fresh prospects in Australian student housing for Wee Hur
"A CRISIS is also an opportunity." So goes the Chinese proverb that local property group Wee Hur Holdings took to...
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A taste of the good life at Culina
WE love fresh food markets. We love the idea of picking out raw oysters, crabs, shrimp, cuts of meat and having them...
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THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
Apr 20, 2019
It pays to play safe
Rohan Mahadevan, senior vice-president of international markets at PayPal, which handles about a quarter of all e-commerce transactions globally, tells why keeping its entire platform secure for customers and merchants is the company's top priority.
Apr 13, 2019
Showbiz stalwart
Singaporean Ricky Ow, who started out in TV as a child actor and today oversees the Asia-Pacific portfolio of media and entertainment giant Turner, shares what the future of show business holds for the storied group whose TV brands run from CNN to Cartoon Network.
Apr 6, 2019
Irish eyes are smiling
Ireland is a committed member of the EU, and that spells huge opportunities for business, says the country’s Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys.
Mar 30, 2019
Providing connections
In today's digital economy, data enables invisible empowerment to companies big and small, says Orange Business Services CEO Helmut Reisinger.
READ OUR STORIES ON SGSME.SG
In using a digital platform to add a touch of modernity, Haulio’s Alvin Ea is hauling the logistics industry into a new era.
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