Patricia Karunungan

SUB-EDITOR

At the festival, SPH Media presented a token of appreciation to UOB for its support of ChildAid, a charity concert organised by The Business Times and The Straits Times. From left: BT editor Chen Huifen; SPH Media deputy CEO Kuek Yu Chuang; UOB head of group corporate social responsibility Leonard Tan; SPH English/Malay/Tamil Media group editor-in-chief Wong Wei Kong; and ST editor Jaime Ho.
TAKING HEART

Sing60 ends on a high note for charity

More than 60 home-grown acts across several genres performed at the two-day music festival

"Stone Yard Devotional" by Charlotte Wood.
BOOKS

Booker Prize finalist: Inspired or insipid? Stone Yard Devotional contemplates uncertainty

Charlotte Wood’s slow epistolary novel invites readers to sit with ambiguity, but in doing so, dims its own luminosity

Raffles Medical's third-quarter net profit is up 62.1 per cent year on year to S$38.3 million.

Stocks to watch: Raffles Medical, CapitaLand China Trust, CapitaLand India Trust, MPACT

THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Oct 31):

Japan Foods Holding founder, chairman and CEO Takahashi Kenichi. The restaurant chain operator sees itself back in the black with its H1 FY2023 results.

Japan Foods turn profitable in H1 on new halal segment

JAPAN Foods Holdings recorded a net profit of S$2.3 million for the first six months of FY2023, reversing its net loss of S$1.6 million recorded in the equivalent period a year ago due to a significan...

Integrated shield plans remain a priority health insurance product, says Life Insurance Association, Singapore.

More buying life insurance online, but agents still preferred: LIA

ONLINE purchases of life insurance products have jumped to account for 40.7 per cent of all new policies taken up in the first nine months of 2022, but agents still account for the bulk of high-premiu...

The divestment of Cross Street Exchange, coupled with weaker exchange rates, has resulted in lower adjusted net property income and half-year revenue, says the trust’s manager.

Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust posts lower H2 DPU

DESPITE no year-on-year change to its distributable income for the second half-year ended Sep 30, Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust (FLCT) posted a lower distribution per unit (DPU) of 3.77 Singapo...

About 250 senior citizens learn how to make cashless payments and spot scams at the first set of Digital for Life workshops.

DBS, IMDA launch digital-inclusivity movement

THE DBS Foundation and the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) launched their two-year digital-inclusivity campaign last Saturday (Jan 14) with 12 digital literacy workshops for s...

 Following the UOB's release of record Q3 results last Friday, RHB Research raises its earnings estimates for FY2022 by 10 per cent.

Brokers’ take: RHB upgrades UOB to ‘buy’, views valuations as compelling

RHB Research on Monday (Oct 31) upgraded its call on UOB to “buy” from “neutral” following the bank’s release of record Q3 results last Friday.

Chip Eng Seng chairman Celine Tang's voluntary conditional cash offer for the property player turns mandatory after she acquires 6.3 million shares in early trade.

Voluntary conditional cash offer for Chip Eng Seng turns mandatory

CHIP Eng Seng chairman Celine Tang’s voluntary conditional cash offer to acquire the property player has turned mandatory, after she and her husband, Gordon Tang, purchased 6.3 million shares of Chip ...

The Straits Times Index declines 0.2 per cent or 7.28 points to 3,245.6 as at 9.01 am.

Singapore stocks fall at Friday’s open; STI down 0.2%

SINGAPORE stocks fell in early trade on Friday (Nov 25), following quieter trading sessions as US markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.