Sweet Dreams Of Christmas
YOU COULD SAY that visions of sugar plums - not to mention gold flakes, white truffles and cacao pods - danced in the...
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All together now: The growing co-living scene in Singapore
THERE used to be a time when conventional wisdom warned against getting into a car with a stranger. But in an age where...
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Michael Tay
He was a kampung boy who grew up to become a wine-drinking, music-loving plenipotentiary and polymath, but you wouldn’t...
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Price points
MARTIN Fraenkel comes across as most unassuming for a head honcho of a price reporting agency with a commanding voice...
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BREAKING NEWS
China jails boss of 100b yuan pyramid scheme for inciting protests
[BEIJING] A Chinese court has jailed for 17 years a businessman who ran a 100 billion yuan (S$19.9 billion) pyramid...
Oceans of garbage prompt war on plastics
[PARIS] Faced with images of turtles smothered by plastic bags, beaches carpeted with garbage and islands of trash...
Andrew Frierson, pioneering black opera singer, dies at 94
[NEW YORK] Andrew Frierson, whose bass-baritone reverberated from the stages of theaters and music halls around the...
China to halt added tariffs on US-made cars in easing of trade tensions
[BEIJING] China will temporarily suspend additional 25 per cent tariffs on US-made vehicles and auto parts starting Jan...
China’s home-price growth eases amid lacklustre buyer demand
[SHANGHAI] China's home-price gains slowed in November in a further sign the nation's property market is...
Raising the stakes at Bacchanalia
A GOOD restaurant is kind of like a well-thought-out argument. It's one that holds up under scrutiny, even as...
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Holiday Homes
FOR AS LONG as she can remember, Lynette Wong has always celebrated Christmas at home. It’s something her family looks...
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Genting to launch world's biggest cruise liners in Singapore from 2020
A NEW fleet of 10 cruise ships will be launched over the next few years, with the first of the batch to berth in...
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Millennials realise they don't know much about investing
EVERYONE thinks they have millennials figured out. But a new report suggests we don't know what we think we know...
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DIY Christmas Decor
“A centrepiece on the dining table would complete the look”, says floral designer Aude Giraud, founder of Ask a French...
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How to show appreciation, even if you are the office Grinch
AN older business owner once pulled me aside to express her bewilderment that young people apparently all want a pat on...
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Audi e-tron review: Flipping the switch on electric power
DESPITE the current trend towards electrification, all-electric Battery Electric Vehicles (or BEV) might be a daunting...
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Reits' asset injections: A little less action a little more discretion, please
RIGHTS issues have become a thing to fear for Reit investors.
Boob tube's for rubes as pay-TV loses its lustre
PAY-TELEVISION is struggling to reinvent itself for the new millennium.
AI principles should pave way for open probes on data usage
THERE is gnawing unease when it comes to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for data processing by financial...
Brexit may be the panacea to Kwek's M&C headache
THE abrupt departure in September of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels' (M&C) group chief executive Jennifer...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
ASEAN BUSINESS
S-E Asia GDP growth to slow in 2019 amid trade war: ICAEW
ECONOMIC growth across the South-east Asia region is expected to slow in 2019 to 5 per cent, after an estimated 5.3 per...
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GARAGE
Lazada CEO, co-founder Poignant expects 'watershed' year in 2019
LAZADA Group has named co-founder Pierre Poignant as its new chief executive officer, replacing Lucy Peng some nine...
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STOCKS
MARKET TODAY:
Johnson & Johnson shares plunge after report on asbestos in baby powder
[NEW YORK] US pharmaceutical and cosmetics group Johnson & Johnson saw its shares plunge on Friday after a media...
Europe: Shares on track for worst quarter since 2011
[LONDON] European shares closed lower for a second day on Friday as weak European and Chinese data renewed worries...
US: Stocks close sharply lower as global growth fears spur sell-off
[NEW YORK] US stocks sold off to close the week down sharply on Friday, with fears of slowing global growth pushing all...
Telcos gird their loins for a challenging future
LIKE a good detective story, the narrative threads are coming together in Singapore's telco market...
Raffles Edu shares drop 6.14% after Oei's salvo on rights issue
RAFFLES Education's stock fell on Friday by 6.14 per cent to close at S$0.107, following news that tycoon Oei Hong...
Markets end mostly lower on Chinese data, EU worries
THE trade optimism that boosted Asian markets halfway through this week ultimately evaporated with new signs of an...
BT WEEKLY
Paving its way to deliver quality healthcare
IN the past year since Clearbridge Health was listed on the Singapore Exchange's Catalist board in Dec 2017, the...
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THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
Dec 15, 2018
Price points
Global energy data provider Platts has been a trailblazer in the energy & commodities trading business. It now aims to be a champion of gender diversity in this male-dominant industry, says its president Martin Fraenkel.
Dec 8, 2018
Leading with purpose
As the world's biggest fund manager, BlackRock is using its influence to espouse its bedrock values. Chairman and CEO Larry Fink himself seeks to be a "voice of positiveness" - and says corporations need, now more than ever as governments fall short, to step up in key issues.
Dec 1, 2018
Breaking down to build up
With technology no longer just an enabler of business but an element that drives strategy in every organisation, now's the most exciting time ever, says Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins.
Nov 24, 2018
Entrepreneurial Zen
Zendesk's Mikkel Svane tells why Silicon Valley is still the world's top startup hub. Even the weather helps, he says.
READ OUR STORIES ON SGSME.SG
WHEN Adrian Chia was on holiday in Australia's picturesque Great Ocean Road several years ago, he loved the beautiful coastal scenery and thought about how this was exactly what city dwellers needed to recharge.
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