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Genting's RWS closes Singapore attractions in line with 'circuit-breaker' measures
RESORTS World Sentosa (RWS) has temporarily suspended all of its attractions from April 6 until May 4 in line with...
Insight
Money Hacks: Lessons for budding women entrepreneurs in the Covid-19 era (Ep 68)
This episode is aimed at budding women entrepreneurs.
Money Hacks: Lessons for budding women entrepreneurs in the Covid-19 era (Ep 68)
This episode is aimed at budding women entrepreneurs.
Stocks to watch: OCBC, Genting, OUE C-Reit, Hong Leong Asia, ComfortDelGro
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their shares on Monday:
BREAKING NEWS
Indian rice exports suspended on supply chain disruption -industry
[MUMBAI] Indian rice traders have stopped signing new export contracts amid the nationwide lockdown to curb the...
Construction in New York limps forward despite shutdown order
[NEW YORK] Development has ground to a halt across New York City. Or has it?
Australian, New Zealand dollars inch up, bond sale draws strong demand
[SYDNEY] The Australian and New Zealand dollars inched ahead on Monday as investors found cheer in slowing death...
City Development's retail tenants get full rental rebates in April, 50% in May
CITY Developments Limited (CDL), one of Singapore's largest commercial landlords, on Monday said it is committing...
Trump open to big oil tariffs, but doesn't expect to need them
[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he could slap "very substantial tariffs" on oil imports if...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Solidarity Budget to help tide through 'circuit-breaker' period: DPM Heng
DETAILS of another major support package - called the Solidarity Budget - will be announced in Parliament on Monday...
Resilience of on-demand delivery startups tested amid Covid-19 crunch time
STARTUPS in Singapore's on-demand delivery ecosystem - spanning food and grocery delivery, and last-mile logistics...
Bleeding badly, F&B operators appeal to PM Lee for urgent help
AN informal grouping of over 500 restaurants has sent an urgent letter to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ahead of...
LIFESTYLE
TAFF's Semun Ho on the challenges of S'pore fashion
SEMUN HO IS not what you might call a “fashionista”. She may be the CEO of the Textile And Fashion Federation (TAFF...
Woman of Substance and Style: Prescription for Caring
SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO, Ann Tan vividly remembers coming home from work one day to her then two-year-old daughter, who...
Warm comfort at Summer Hill
IT'S taken us two years to come to Summer Hill - a tiny heartland eatery that's small in size but big on hearty,...
ASEAN BUSINESS
How can tariff reduction under RCEP reduce Asean's exports?
Free trade agreement (FTA) generates both winners and losers, and the formation of the Regional Comprehensive...
Insight
GARAGE
Resilience of on-demand delivery startups tested amid Covid-19 crunch time
STARTUPS in Singapore's on-demand delivery ecosystem - spanning food and grocery delivery, and last-mile logistics...
Insight
STOCKS
MARKET TODAY:
Amid wild swings, Australian stock market trade volume doubles in March: ASX
[SINGAPORE] The volume and value of trades on the Australian Securities Exchange doubled during last month's wild...
Australia: Shares rise on slowing coronavirus spread; New Zealand retreats
[BENGALURU] Australian shares rose more than 3 per cent on Monday, driven by financials and miners, as hopes of a...
Hong Kong: Stocks start Monday's session with gains
[HONG KONG] Shares rose more than one per cent in the first few minutes of Monday, in line with an advance across...
Singapore shares rise ahead of new Solidarity Budget; STI up 1.3% at open
SINGAPORE stocks made gains on Monday morning ahead of...
Malaysia: Shares open lower on Monday
MALAYSIA share prices opened lower on Monday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 0.84...
Stocks to watch: OCBC, Genting, OUE C-Reit, Hong Leong Asia, ComfortDelGro
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their shares on Monday:
BT WEEKLY
Catalyst for change
THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: Apart from health and economic consequences, will Covid-19 also spell a big reset in terms of how...
Building materials turnaround marks new direction for Hong Leong Asia
SIZE matters a lot in the building industry, and Hong Leong Asia (HLA), a leading supplier of ready-mixed and...
Business optimism among Singapore SMEs lowest since 2009
SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore have been hit hard by the Covid-19 outbreak, with business optimism...
Digitise services to meet client's expectations
BUSINESS-to-business (B2B) customers are increasingly expecting a business-to-consumer (B2C) experience, said...
How do you control the risks you take in volatile markets?
Volatility is a significant aspect of financial markets, and success in trading requires not only...
Warm comfort at Summer Hill
IT'S taken us two years to come to Summer Hill - a tiny heartland eatery that's small in size but big on hearty,...
Silicon is reaching its limit. What's next?
IF cities today are truly high-tech, why can't we drive electric cars up to Kuala Lumpur on a single charge? Why are...
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...
Woman of Substance and Style: Prescription for Caring
SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO, Ann Tan vividly remembers coming home from work one day to her then two-year-old daughter, who...
Gold rallies on a surge of US jobless claims
GOLD futures this week have been volatile, dropping US$82 an ounce early in the week and then recovering US$46 (at...
FOCUS
Indian rice exports suspended on supply chain disruption -industry
[MUMBAI] Indian rice traders have stopped signing new export contracts amid the nationwide lockdown to curb the...
Digibank contender MatchMove takes stake in e-commerce enabler Shopmatic
DIGITAL bank licence-contender MatchMove is taking a strategic stake in Shopmatic, a Singapore-based start-up that...
Chip Eng Seng subsidiary sells 77 units at Kopar At Newton condo
CEL Development, a fully-owned subsidiary of mainboard-listed Chip Eng Seng Corporation, has sold 77 units at the...
Solidarity Budget to help tide through 'circuit-breaker' period: DPM Heng
DETAILS of another major support package - called the Solidarity Budget - will be announced in Parliament on Monday...
THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
Tech through the years
TWO years ago, accountants made a leap to full alignment with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS...
Living for the better
ASK Jonas Samuelson about his favourite household appliance and the chief executive of Electrolux, the Swedish home...
Wising up to hidden fees
KRISTO Kaarmann, chief executive of payments fintech Transferwise, celebrates Christmas a little differently from...
Science that sings
FOR a scientist, Leslie Lamport - winner of the 2013 Turing Award, widely considered the Nobel Prize for computing...
READ OUR STORIES ON SGSME.SG
Samuel Yik’s recipe for Dian Xiao Er is to stir in technology solutions while maintaining a quality workforce.
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