columns https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ THE BUSINESS TIMES - Find latest business and financial news including analysis and opinion on top business stories, stock markets in Singapore, Asia-Pacific and global market news and more at The Business Times. en-US https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/favicon.ico columns https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ 32 32 From managing director to accidental author: A new purpose after 55 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/managing-director-accidental-author-new-purpose-after-55 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/managing-director-accidental-author-new-purpose-after-55 After decades of leading organisations, writing offers a different kind of clarity ‘Dear You’ should prompt a revaluation of culture https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/dear-you-should-prompt-revaluation-culture Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/dear-you-should-prompt-revaluation-culture Updating Singapore’s cultural policies would boost its soft power and economy Issue 203: Singapore reserves’ varied climate strategies ; 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the regulatory infrastructure must follow https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/asia-pacifics-energy-security-engineering-ready-regulatory-infrastructure-must-follow Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/asia-pacifics-energy-security-engineering-ready-regulatory-infrastructure-must-follow Pressure on the region’s grids, governance gaps slowing interconnection, and investor concerns are not separate problems Spacs are making a comeback on Wall Street, but Singapore should look the other way https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/spacs-are-making-comeback-wall-street-singapore-should-look-other-way Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:06:45 +0000 Jude Chan Opinion & Features Columns Companies & Markets /opinion-features/spacs-are-making-comeback-wall-street-singapore-should-look-other-way The lessons from the Republic’s previous experiment with blank-cheque companies still hold How China’s EV boom got out of control https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/how-chinas-ev-boom-got-out-control Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:42:20 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/how-chinas-ev-boom-got-out-control The country’s bottom-up model produced some of its most successful companies but also created excess capacity Why the world should copy Trump for once https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/why-world-should-copy-trump-once Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:47:16 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/why-world-should-copy-trump-once The US is offering US$1,000 to fund investment accounts for children born during the president’s second term Should South-east Asia fear the second ‘China shock’? https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/should-south-east-asia-fear-second-china-shock Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:40:36 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/should-south-east-asia-fear-second-china-shock The region should strategically optimise the growth of capital imports and investment from China AI is not enough to arrest China’s decline https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/ai-not-enough-arrest-chinas-decline Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/ai-not-enough-arrest-chinas-decline There are other more powerful forces weighing on the country’s economy ‘Wage envy’ between AI workers and their peers is a corporate time bomb https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/wage-envy-between-ai-workers-and-their-peers-corporate-time-bomb Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/wage-envy-between-ai-workers-and-their-peers-corporate-time-bomb Samsung’s lavish bonus for its AI division risks alienating other employees Iran isn’t the only conflict vexing the global oil market https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/iran-isnt-only-conflict-vexing-global-oil-market Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:16:55 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/iran-isnt-only-conflict-vexing-global-oil-market Ukraine’s attacks on Russia’s refineries are driving up prices of petrol and diesel Bright prospects for Singapore tourism, but hotel players will need to fight hard to thrive https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/bright-prospects-singapore-tourism-hotel-players-will-need-fight-hard-thrive Mon, 13 Jul 2026 03:43:12 +0000 Leslie Yee Opinion & Features Columns Commercial & Industrial Property /opinion-features/bright-prospects-singapore-tourism-hotel-players-will-need-fight-hard-thrive With stiff competition, owners need the right models to win Give our children a licence to think: What AI literacy should look like https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/give-our-children-licence-think-what-ai-literacy-should-look Mon, 13 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/give-our-children-licence-think-what-ai-literacy-should-look WE DO not let teenagers drive without a licence. Even though many can drive a car, driving is consequential enough to require... Prepare for a perilous summer in markets https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/prepare-perilous-summer-markets Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/prepare-perilous-summer-markets Potential hotspots include a reformist new Fed chair, weak yen and high-stakes earnings season When should we let an autonomous AI agent do the work? https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/when-should-we-let-autonomous-ai-agent-do-work Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/when-should-we-let-autonomous-ai-agent-do-work Where it pays off to deploy them is a question, and the answer is: not everywhere