Daily Debrief: What Happened Today
Add BT as a preferred source
Stories you might have missed
Singapore Q3 GDP up by 0.1% in MTI flash data in close shave for recession fears
THE city-state's gross domestic product (GDP) looks to have grown by just 0.1 per cent year on year in the July-to-September period, flat on the meagre expansion of 0.1 per cent posted in the second quarter.
JLC Advisors' Jeffrey Ong faces criminal breach of trust as a lawyer, 3 more forgery charges
HE had allegedly misappropriated US$4.85 million in a bank account on Oct 23, 2017 and the punishment for the crime under Section 409 of the Penal Code is imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 20 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
MAS eases monetary policy 'slightly' in October
Navigate Asia in
a new global order
Get the insights delivered to your inbox.
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has eased monetary policy "slightly" in its latest half-yearly monetary policy review on Monday, making the slope of the Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate (S$NEER) policy band less steep and slightly reducing its rate of appreciation.
E-commerce firm Shopmatic buys marketplace integration startup CombineSell
THE acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in CombineSell was financed through cash and a share swap, Shopmatic's co-founder and CEO Anurag Avula told The Business Times (BT).
Singapore's Q3 property investment sales surge to S$16.7b: Cushman & Wakefield
The largest office transaction of the year went to Allianz Real Estate and Gaw Capital Partners acquiring Duo Tower and Galleria - located in the Bugis sub-market - from M+S for S$1.58 billion or S$2,570 per square foot (psf).
The STI today
Share with us your feedback on BT's products and services
