Father's Day: Good Dad, Cool Dad
Singapore fathers are carving a middle ground between old-school Asian disciplinarian and...
Chasing perks: is there a darker side to fancy offices and benefits?
THESE days, that ping-pong table in the office is not so unique anymore. In Singapore, employers are now dangling...
Interview - Brett Tollman, Chief Executive, The Travel Corporation
BRETT TOLLMAN LIVES and breathes the travel business. He was just five when he followed his mother Beatrice around...
Poised for the major league
MARTIN Gilbert, vice-chairman of Standard Life Aberdeen, says he was abysmal as a portfolio manager. But few could...
BREAKING NEWS
Mercurius proposes to raise S$6m through share placement to 12 individuals
MERCURIUS Capital Investment is proposing to raise S$6 million by placing out shares to 12 individuals, including...
Allied Tech appoints PwC as special auditor
PRECISION engineering company Allied Tech on Friday said it has appointed PwC as its special auditor to investigate...
Father and Son Chefs
As a child, Joe Leong couldn’t understand why his father Sam Leong didn’t spend time with the family. “I was upset....
Keanu Reeves makes 'Always be My Maybe' a Sure Thing
FINALLY, AN ASIAN-American movie that you can savour without choking on the painfully self-absorbed pathos of...
Commodities' sizzling summer may be fizzling
COMMODITY prices have been on the sizzle lately but pundits expect the rally to run out of steam - except for...
The psychology of growth versus value investing
IN his first book Security Analysis published in 1934, Benjamin Graham proposed a clear definition of investment...
On the Busan Trail
WE ARE ON the Plane to Busan – not to be confused with the 2016 hit Korean zombie flick, Train to Busan – since the...
Art: All Shook Up
NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE has never felt more alive and kicking than it does now with the opening of a new...
Range Rover Evoque First Edition: Still in vogue
IF YOU have S$256,999 to spend on fashion you can look very good indeed, for that gets you into the driver's seat of...
The evolving vision of cataract surgery
MANY years ago, during a clinical Observership in Cataracts and Anterior Segment Reconstruction with Drs Robert...
Time to tighten digital banking metrics
THE heightened pressure on Singapore banks to prove their mettle amid Big Tech disruption means an ongoing rewrite...
New 'digital telcos' start to feel the burn
THE heat is on in Singapore's crowded telco market - and the disruptors are starting to feel the burn.
Liang Court deal shows quirk in CapLand strategy
LAST Friday's completion of the acquisition of Liang Court mall along River Valley Road by CapitaLand and City...
Are robo-advisers the way forward for retail investors?
THE growing popularity of robo-advisers, here and around the world, shows little sign of abating - what with the...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
ASEAN BUSINESS
Intra-Asean flows gain ground even as US, China trade blows
EVEN as all eyes are trained on US-China trade tensions and the possibility of a global recession, trading within...
GARAGE
New private equity firm Asia Partners eyes region's startups
GROWTH equity investment firm Asia Partners has opened its doors in Singapore to focus on rapidly growing technology...
STOCKS
Europe closes in the red as Broadcom warning rocks chip sector
[BENGALURU] Trade-sensitive technology stocks led losses in European markets on Friday after US chipmaker Broadcom's...
US: Wall Street edges lower on China economy woes, tech outlook
[NEW YORK] Wall Street sagged into the red on Friday but clung to slender gains for the week as investors were...
Brokers' take
SINCE our downgrade on June 11 to Thursday's closing, CRCT has posted negative returns of 3.9 per cent against the...
STI ends Friday flat but adds 1.8% on the week
SENTIMENT in the Singapore market was generally risk-off on Friday. Investors took to profit-taking on property-...
US: Wall St opens lower
[NEW YORK] US stocks opened lower on Friday, weighed down by technology stocks, as the long-feared hit to global...
Singapore shares end flat on Friday, up 1.8% on the week
THE Straits Times Index (STI) closed at 3,222.63, up 1.97 points or 0.06 per cent on Friday.
BT WEEKLY
Goldbell eyes mobility tech for growth
VEHICLE leasing giant Goldbell Group is making inroads into the future of mobility with the launch of cutting-edge...
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