Handshakes
Anatomy of a scam empire: Brains and businesses behind Chen Zhi’s network centred in Cambodia
The Business Times unravels the tangled web of sanctioned collaborators, accused associates and entities, using Handshakes data
Foreign ownership of new entities up in 2022, with rebound in owners from China
But momentum could slow this year with weak market conditions, say watchers
More manufacturers set up in Singapore during pandemic years
SINGAPORE’S manufacturing sector has seen more new entrants each year despite Covid-19, with the pandemic possibly burnishing the Republic’s attractiveness to investors, said industry watchers.
More construction firms set up than wound up despite pandemic
Covid reliefs may have helped delay day of reckoning, say observers; for most sub-sectors, cessation rates were lower in 2020 and 2021 than in pre-Covid years
F&B sector continues to see brisk entries despite challenges
DESPITE challenges faced by Singapore's food and beverage (F&B) sector, the industry continued to see a large number of entrants in 2020 and even in the first 8 months of this year. But observers are ...
Tuition industry gets more crowded, but players are upbeat about prospects
Tuition chains that drill students for exams are becoming passé. Tech-enabled centres now hawk niche areas, soft skills, cross-disciplinary learning
Propped up by government support last year, construction sector could see more exits in 2021
AS government relief measures taper off, more exits can be expected in Singapore's construction sector - a sector that was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic but where the worst of the impact may not y...
Nikkei takes minority stake in SPH-backed AI startup DC Frontiers for US$5m
SINGAPORE artificial intelligence (AI) startup DC Frontiers has raised US$5 million from new strategic investor Nikkei Inc, the owner of the Financial Times (FT) and publisher of Nikkei Asian Review.
Handshakes to launch new data sets in Vietnam and China
CORPORATE data analysis platform Handshakes, which is owned and operated by startup DC Frontiers, said it hopes to establish a presence in the fast-growing economies of Vietnam and China amid surging ...
Online shopping looks hot - but 80% of e-tailers are in the red
Pandemic's pushing consumers online, but competition is fierce, with price war leaving businesses no elbow room to manoeuvre
