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Google-Temasek study sees US$240b South-east Asia Internet economy by 2025
SOUTH-EAST Asia's Internet economy is expected to exceed US$240 billion by 2025, a joint study by Google and...
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Unlocking blockchain's benefits for enterprises
WHEN it comes to the latest technology, nobody wants to be left behind. Blockchain is one such technology. Blockchain...
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South-east Asia venture capital, private equity deal value to hit US$70b by 2024: report
SOUTH-EAST Asia's booming venture capital and private equity investment market is set to see deal value hit US$70...
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Unlocking blockchain's benefits for enterprises
WHEN it comes to the latest technology, nobody wants to be left behind. Blockchain is one such technology. Blockchain...
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South-east Asia venture capital, private equity deal value to hit US$70b by 2024: report
SOUTH-EAST Asia's booming venture capital and private equity investment market is set to see deal value hit US$70...
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Daily Debrief: What Happened Today
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New licensing moves for payment firms to be made law
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SINGAPORE is expected to report slower third-quarter economic growth than initially thought, a Reuters poll showed, as...
Ascott to manage builder Ciputra's serviced residences in Indonesia, China over next 5 years
CAPITALAND'S serviced residence arm, The Ascott, has formed a strategic alliance with Indonesian property...
BREAKING NEWS
Mitsubishi to propose removing Ghosn as chairman: statement
[TOKYO] Japanese automaker Mitsubishi said it planned to propose the removal of Carlos Ghosn as chairman after his...
US home builder sentiment posts biggest drop in 4-1/2 years
[NEW YORK] US home builder sentiment recorded its steepest one-month drop in over 4-1/2 years in November as rising...
A stolen Picasso buried in the woods? Probably not
[BUCHAREST] Six years after thieves made off with seven priceless works of art in a brazen night-time raid at a Dutch...
Imran Khan hits back after Trump's 'tirade' on Pakistan
[ISLAMABAD] Pakistan leader Imran Khan hit back Monday at Donald Trump's claim that Islamabad does not do "a...
India's RBI board agrees to improve liquidity - sources
[MUMBAI] The board of the Reserve Bank of India on Monday agreed to ease liquidity for the financial sector and...
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ASEAN BUSINESS
Unlocking blockchain's benefits for enterprises
WHEN it comes to the latest technology, nobody wants to be left behind. Blockchain is one such technology. Blockchain...
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GARAGE
PayPal steps up efforts to incubate S-E Asian startups
TO SHED its image as "just a payments company", and affirm its commitment to be in the business of making...
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STOCKS
MARKET TODAY:
US: Wall St opens lower on Apple concerns, trade uncertainties
[NEW YORK] US stocks opened lower on Monday as shares of Apple and its suppliers were hit by ongoing concerns of...
Sapphire Corp unit scores PPP project in China
MAINBOARD-LISTED infrastructure design and construction group Sapphire Corporation said on Monday that its subsidiary,...
Singapore shares end lower on Monday
SINGAPORE stocks ended lower on Monday, with the Straits Times Index losing 18.53 points, or 0.6 per cent to 3,065.07.
Malaysia: Shares close higher on Monday
MALAYSIA share prices closed higher on Monday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up 4.33 points...
Europe: Stock markets advance at open
[LONDON] European stocks opened higher Monday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index up 0.2 per cent at 7,030.19...
Hong Kong: Shares end with gains
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong stocks closed with a third day of gains Monday, tracking a positive lead from Wall Street as...
BT WEEKLY
SGReit looking to leverage on Thomson Line
WEEKEND shoppers shuffling to and fro two Orchard Road mega malls - Ion Orchard (and its basement Orchard MRT) and Ngee...
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Cider production in New York enters a new golden age
TWO hundred years ago, when the Catskill region was among the cider-making centres of the adolescent United States,...
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LIFESTYLE
Taha Bouqdib
TAHA BOUQDIB DOESN’T believe in coincidences. He uses words like “soul”, “destiny” and “in my blood” when describing...
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A Chef's Tour
ON EVERY DINING table in Ryunique - a modern fine dining restaurant in Seoul’s Gangnam district - is a map.
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A Chef's Tour
ON EVERY DINING table in Ryunique - a modern fine dining restaurant in Seoul’s Gangnam district - is a map.
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THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
Nov 17, 2018
Strength in a sari
Having built the world's first social stock exchange, particularly to benefit and empower women, Durreen Shahnaz now wants to take impact investing from the margins to the mainstream.
Nov 10, 2018
Banking on digital
BNP Paribas CEO Jean-Laurent Bonnafé tells why mergers and acquisitions are taking a back seat - for now - at the French bank.
Nov 3, 2018
Healthcare 4.0
When you shop for toiletries or medicines in a supermarket, GSK keeps a close eye - with tracking sensors - to find out how and why you made those purchases. Data and analytics are a huge play for the pharmaceutical group, says its CEO for consumer healthcare, Brian McNamara.
Oct 27, 2018
Reading randomness
To avoid nasty surprises, don't try to predict the future - instead, stay aware of all possibilities, says Richard Fenning, Singapore-based CEO of global specialist risk consultancy Control Risks.
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