Singapore Budget 2020
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Grim times for fresh grads as pandemic hits job opportunities
UNIVERSITY career fairs are going online, internships are run remotely, and the government is rolling out wage and...
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.
Record 287 new Covid-19 cases here, most linked to foreign workers
EVEN as the daily number of Covid-19 cases among mostly locals is stabilising, Singapore saw a record 287 new cases...
BREAKING NEWS
Malaysian firms led by world's top glove maker prioritise medical supplies
[KUALA LUMPUR] Top Glove Corp, the world's biggest maker of medical gloves, plans to start producing face masks to...
Facebook must face renewed privacy lawsuit over user tracking
[NEW YORK] A federal appeals court on Thursday revived nationwide litigation accusing Facebook of violating users'...
Singapore stops teachers using Zoom app after 'very serious incidents'
[SINGAPORE] Singapore has suspended the use of video-conferencing tool Zoom by teachers, its education ministry said...
US dollar heads for loss on Fed backstop, receding virus fears
[TOKYO] The US dollar started Friday's trade on a shaky footing and was on course for a weekly loss as the US...
Net purchases of US$29.9b in MAS forex intervention
[SINGAPORE] Singapore's central bank made its first disclosure of currency intervention data yesterday.
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Grim times for fresh grads as pandemic hits job opportunities
UNIVERSITY career fairs are going online, internships are run remotely, and the government is rolling out wage and...
S-Reits themselves in need of some lifelines
BEFORE the Covid-19 pandemic dealt a devastating blow to the Singapore economy, real estate investment trusts (Reits...
Relief measures reprieve for builders, but month-long shutdown a dampener
AS the circuit breaker measures kick in, the engineering and construction industry is likely to be hard hit, even as...
LIFESTYLE
Interview - Karen Cheng, restaurateur
KAREN CHENG DIDN'T wake up one day and decide to go into the restaurant business. She might have had her first taste...
Takeaway is the new fine dining
THE DAYS OF wining, dining and being doted on by maitre d’s and sommeliers attending to your every whim are over. At...
Downtown eats head to the suburbs
ALONG with Netflix, virtual tours, video chats and Hyun Bin - hero words that are making life bearable in our...
ASEAN BUSINESS
Exposure to coronavirus disruption low for majority of APAC infrastructure companies
Of the nearly 200 rated infrastructure issuers in Asia-Pacific, 68 per cent have low exposure to disruption from the...
Insight
GARAGE
Indonesia leans on healthtech startups to cope with virus surge
[JAKARTA] As coronavirus cases surge in Indonesia, doctors are working double-time treating patients both at...
Insight
WEEKEND MAGAZINE
Men In Blue
An exhibition on policing Singapore in the last 200 years.
What's Up This Week
The year’s Asia’s 50 Best Bars will be unveiled online on May 14. Will Manhattan at Regent Singapore, which was...
Downtown eats head to the suburbs
ALONG with Netflix, virtual tours, video chats and Hyun Bin - hero words that are making life bearable in our...
Takeaway is the new fine dining
THE DAYS OF wining, dining and being doted on by maitre d’s and sommeliers attending to your every whim are over. At...
STOCKS
MARKET TODAY:
Malaysia: Shares open lower on Friday
MALAYSIA share prices opened lower on Friday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 12.1...
Asia: Markets closed for holiday
[HONG KONG] Financial markets in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Singapore...
Tokyo: Nikkei opens higher on massive US stimulus
[TOKYO] Tokyo's key Nikkei index opened higher on Friday, extending rallies on Wall Street after the US Federal...
US: Wall Street rises on latest Fed rescue program
[NEW YORK] Wall Street closed out the trading week on a high note on Thursday as the US Federal Reserve unleashed...
Europe: Shares post best week since 2011, focus on EU stimulus
[BENGALURU] European stock markets gained for a fourth straight day on Thursday with sentiment propped up by the...
Volatility drives SDAV, ETF value higher on Singapore Exchange in March
TRADING activity in Singapore Exchange (SGX)-listed securities and derivatives surged in the month of March, as...
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...
Durablinds boss bounces back from business setback
SHE thought she had found a skilled business partner with experience in the industry, but he turned out to be her...
Digitise services to meet client's expectations
BUSINESS-to-business (B2B) customers are increasingly expecting a business-to-consumer (B2C) experience, said...
The importance of focusing on the long term during a pandemic
FROM being almost unknown at the start of the year, Covid-19, now a pandemic, has prompted severe social and...
Downtown eats head to the suburbs
ALONG with Netflix, virtual tours, video chats and Hyun Bin - hero words that are making life bearable in our...
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...
Takeaway is the new fine dining
THE DAYS OF wining, dining and being doted on by maitre d’s and sommeliers attending to your every whim are over. At...
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
Malaysian firms led by world's top glove maker prioritise medical supplies
[KUALA LUMPUR] Top Glove Corp, the world's biggest maker of medical gloves, plans to start producing face masks to...
Delay of digibank results due to Covid-19 not a dial back in commitment
PUSHING back the digital banking timeline is not a signal that Singapore is dialling back its ambitions on this...
Virtual showflats, marketing on the rise; but not all potential buyers sold on them
REAL ESTATE agents have been using virtual tours and videos in their marketing of properties for some time now but...
Solidarity Budget: S$600 cash payout for all Singaporeans above 21
ALL adult Singaporeans will receive a one-off cash payout of S$600 as part of a third economic rescue package aimed...
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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