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The snap 14-day work-from-home regime, explained

FROM Sept 8, firms must put in place a snap 14-day work-from-home (WFH) regime - for all employees who are able to do so - if one of their employees tests positive for Covid-19 and was in the workplace on any of the past seven days.

HDB resale prices rise in August to just 0.1% below peak; record high of 26 million-dollar flats sold: SRX

HOUSING Board resale prices rose for the 14th consecutive month, climbing at a faster pace of 1.1 per cent in August compared with July, according to flash data from real estate portal SRX on Thursday.

Evergrande bonds fall sharply on default worries, onshore bond temporarily suspended

INDEBTED China Evergrande Group's shares and bonds were under fresh pressure on Thursday after media reports that the company would suspend interest payments due on loans to two banks later this month and also all payments to its wealth management products.

AA Reit in exclusive due diligence to acquire Woolworths HQ in Sydney

AIMS APAC Reit (AA Reit) is in exclusive due diligence to acquire the national headquarters of Australian supermarket and grocery chain Woolworths, said its manager on Thursday morning.

First flight from Germany under quarantine-free scheme lands in Singapore

THE first flight ferrying 100 passengers from Germany travelling under a quarantine-free scheme has landed at Changi Airport.

The STI today

Singapore stocks nearly flat alongside weak trading sessions in the region; STI up 0.09%

SINGAPORE shares ended nearly flat on Thursday following another weak showing on Wall Street overnight with the prospect of economic recovery clouded by the latest wave of Covid-19 cases.