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Noble to stick with restructuring deadline despite launch of police probe
NOBLE Group will continue to work towards implementing its proposed restructuring within previously disclosed timelines...
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HONG Kong, Tokyo and Singapore are the top three locations in Asia for finance, according to a report by Colliers...
Swissco judicial managers receive extension of time
THE Singapore High Court has granted the judicial managers of Swissco Holdings and its subsidiary extensions of time to...
BREAKING NEWS
US core capital goods orders flat; jobless claims rise
[WASHINGTON] New orders for key US-made capital goods were unexpectedly unchanged in October and shipments rebounded...
German regulator questions Deutsche Bank over Danske scandal
[FRANKFURT] Germany's financial supervisor has asked Deutsche Bank, the country's largest lender, for...
Banyan Tree unit sells 18.6% stake in JV with China Vanke to JV partner for S$78.6m
A UNIT of resort operator Banyan Tree Holdings plans to sell 18.6 per cent of its stake in a joint venture (JV) with...
US: Wall Street opens higher as oil prices, tech stocks recover
[NEW YORK] US stocks opened higher on Wednesday after two days of heavy selling as Apple Inc and other major technology...
Trump thanks Saudi Arabia for lower oil prices
[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump thanked Saudi Arabia Wednesday for lower oil prices - a day after pledging the...
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ASEAN BUSINESS
Internet economy in South-east Asia to top US$240b by 2025: study
SOUTH-EAST Asia's Internet economy is expected to exceed US$240 billion by 2025, beating the previous estimate of...
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GARAGE
E-wallet, crypto players show support for Payment Services Bill
E-WALLET and cryptocurrency players welcomed - with some degree of reservation - the new regulatory framework for...
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STOCKS
MARKET TODAY:
US: Wall Street opens higher as oil prices, tech stocks recover
[NEW YORK] US stocks opened higher on Wednesday after two days of heavy selling as Apple Inc and other major technology...
Singapore shares end higher on Wednesday
SINGAPORE stocks finished higher on Wednesday, with the Straits Times Index moving up 11.66 points, or 0.4 per cent to...
Malaysia: Shares close lower on Wednesday
MALAYSIA share prices closed lower on Wednesday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 15.34...
Europe: Stock markets rebound at open
[LONDON] European stock markets rebounded slightly at the start of trading on Wednesday as oil prices also picked up...
Hong Kong: Shares close on positive note
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong stocks ended with gains Wednesday, reversing early losses on bargain buying, though energy firms...
Seoul: Stocks cut losses on institutional buying; won down 0.5%
[SEOUL] South Korea's Kospi stock index erased earlier losses to close slightly lower on Wednesday on...
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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Not quite a match made in heaven at JAG
DINING at Restaurant JAG is a bit like going on a first date. There's a lot of emphasis on making a good...
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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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