Crescent Cove Advisors launching Spac to target South-east Asian tech firms
SUBSCRIBERSSAN Francisco-based tech investment firm Crescent Cove Advisors, founded by Singaporean Heng Jun Hong, has filed...
BT Money Hacks: Protecting your digital financial assets (Ep 88)
This week's episode looks at how you can make the most out of your digital assets while making sure they stay safe...
BT Money Hacks: Protecting your digital financial assets (Ep 88)
This week's episode looks at how you can make the most out of your digital assets while making sure they stay safe...
Daily Debrief: What Happened Today
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Trial reopening of nightclubs and karaoke joints put off amid spike in community cases
THE reopening of selected nightclubs and karaoke joints under a pilot programme has been postponed till further...
Entities of Eagle Hospitality Trust file for bankruptcy protection in Delaware court
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High Court decision reshapes earlier ruling on creditors' claim on joint bank accounts
FOUR months after handing down a landmark judgement allowing creditors to legally seize money held in joint bank...
HDB issues S$800m notes due in 2026
THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) has issued S$800 million worth of five-year notes, carrying a fixed coupon...
BREAKING NEWS
Digital work platform Citrix to buy Vista's Wrike for US$2.25b
[FLORIDA] Citrix Systems would buy project management platform Wrike for $2.25 billion from private equity firm...
Tinder co-founder leads US$2.1m seed funding in Singapore fintech Volopay
SINGAPORE-BASED fintech Volopay has raised US$2.1 million in seed funding led by Justin Mateen, a co-founder of US...
Entities of Eagle Hospitality Trust file for bankruptcy protection in Delaware court
SUBSCRIBERSENTITIES of troubled Eagle Hospitality Trust (EHT) on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States...
ByteDance launches Douyin Pay, its mobile payment service for China
[BEIJING] Beijing-based ByteDance launched on Tuesday its third-party payment service for the Chinese version of its...
Thai woman handed record four-decade jail term for lese majeste
[BANGKOK] A Thai woman accused of insulting the royal family was jailed Tuesday for more than 43 years, a legal...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Singapore government keeping close watch on property market
SUBSCRIBERSTHE Singapore government is paying "close attention" to the local real estate market "to ensure that it remains...
Singapore's December trade rebound set to continue into 2021
SUBSCRIBERSANALYSTS are pencilling in a solid economic recovery for Singapore and the region, after non-oil domestic exports (...
Property developers facing better year ahead in 2021
SUBSCRIBERSA FEARED slump in the private property market did not quite materialise in 2020; and with the ongoing momentum in...
LIFESTYLE
Charting the way forward for Putien
AT 13, while most of his peers were running across soccer fields, Fong Chak Ka was doing a different sort of running...
A week of wonders at Singapore Art Week
CHOOSE your adventure: Get on the bus 175 to see art displayed at bus stops along the way. Hop on an MRT train...
Hybrid bar food at Sake Labo
WE learned a new word the other day: japas. It's not as catchy as 'tapas', nor as straightforward as 'Japan'. It's a...
ASEAN BUSINESS
Economists still expect more monetary support, despite Malaysia's latest fiscal package
MALAYSIA'S latest assistance package may not change expectations for further monetary support, said economists, who...
GARAGE
Grab joins five other regional startups gunning for IPO
SINGAPORE-BASED Grab is reportedly ...
STOCKS
STI shy of 3,000 points as it inches up 0.18%
THE benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) registered modest gains of 0.18 per cent or 5.52 points on Tuesday. Still,...
Malaysia: Shares close lower on Tuesday
MALAYSIA share prices closed lower on Tuesday, with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 7.64...
Europe: Shares rise on upbeat earnings reports
[LONDON] European shares rose on Tuesday after Asian markets rallied on optimism about China's economy, while upbeat...
Hong Kong: Stocks finish with big gains
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong stocks finished sharply higher on Tuesday, in line with a broad advance across Asian markets,...
Seoul: Stocks rebound on Samsung Elec, Hyundai Motor boost
[SEOUL] South Korean shares rebounded to end higher on Tuesday, marking its sharpest gain since Jan 8, boosted by...
Australia: Shares close higher on rebound in miners, financials
[SYDNEY] Australian shares ended firmer on Tuesday, as mining and financial stocks recovered from sharp losses in...
BT WEEKLY
The lottery effect - fair or foul?
SUBSCRIBERSTHIS WEEK'S TOPIC: How should higher-end HDB flats in prime locations be priced? What issues, if any, are there in...
Civmec awaits bonanza from commodity rush, defence spending, infrastructure
SUBSCRIBERSAUSTRALIAN engineering firm Civmec, one of the Singapore Exchange's "OSV (offshore supply vessel) plays", was not...
Laid off during crisis, she went on to found a company worth S$8m
SUBSCRIBERSAT the height of her career, Shi Ru Xin was retrenched as a result of the global financial crisis of 2008. About 100...
Digitise services to meet client's expectations
BUSINESS-to-business (B2B) customers are increasingly expecting a business-to-consumer (B2C) experience, said...
The death of alpha
SUBSCRIBERSTHE entire purpose of asset management is to create alpha. Active asset management started some 70 years ago, and...
10 sparkling wines for leaving 2020 behind
IT'S been a dismal year, but let's look at the bright side: It's nearly over. Forget about what 2020 deserves. We...
Rethinking mental health: wellness startups and apps on the upswing
A year of lockdowns, remote working and prolonged periods of physical distancing has driven consumers' demand for...
Why spotting "hidden influencers" at work matters
SUBSCRIBERSWHEN one thinks of influencers these days, it is usually in a less-than-flattering light. Often dismissed as jobless...
A week of wonders at Singapore Art Week
CHOOSE your adventure: Get on the bus 175 to see art displayed at bus stops along the way. Hop on an MRT train...
FOCUS
Economists still expect more monetary support, despite Malaysia's latest fiscal package
MALAYSIA'S latest assistance package may not change expectations for further monetary support, said economists, who...
Fintechs' plans to buy Indonesian banks will raise competition: Fitch
RECENT moves by tech firms to acquire small Indonesian banks will add more colour to Asean's financing landscape,...
Broker's take: DBS sees 'pre-emptive' policy response to curb higher property prices
WHILE a steady 2 to 3 per cent annual increase in the Singapore property price index (PPI) in line with household...
Equipping workers with digital skills for a new future: SkillsFuture Forum 2020 panel
Q: Singapore has been looking at reskilling and retraining for a long time. What's really different this time with...
THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
Greening architecture
SUBSCRIBERSPATRICK Bellew - or his firm Atelier Ten - may not quite be household names here but their projects in Singapore...
Sparking a Revolut-ion
SUBSCRIBERSMOST startup founders wax lyrical about why they became an entrepreneur, but Nikolay Storonsky is a man of few words...
It's all in the jeans
SUBSCRIBERSON HIS previous business trips to Singapore, Nuholt Huisamen, then managing director for Levi Strauss & Co's...
Hospitality romantic
SUBSCRIBERSALAN Watts glimpses light at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel. As the president, Asia-Pacific, at Hilton, he has...
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