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 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ 32 32 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 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 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/newsletters/esg-insights/issue-203-singapore-reserves-varied-climate-strategies-industry-urges-regional-energy-coordination Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Kenneth Lim ESG Insights Columns ESG Newsletters Opinion & Features /newsletters/esg-insights/issue-203-singapore-reserves-varied-climate-strategies-industry-urges-regional-energy-coordination This week in ESG: MAS on track with equity portfolio decarbonisation; Siemens Energy exec calls for regulatory alignment on energy security https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/features/laos-wants-more-control-its-gold-building-bullion-market-it-never-had Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Goh Ruoxue Features Asean International Opinion & Features /opinion-features/features/laos-wants-more-control-its-gold-building-bullion-market-it-never-had The focus now is on how the country’s moves to reclaim value from its reserves of the metal will pan out https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/global/what-todays-youth-slang-reveals-about-asias-fertility-crisis Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Global Columns International Opinion & Features /international/global/what-todays-youth-slang-reveals-about-asias-fertility-crisis Growing numbers of young people no longer believe in the old social bargain https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/govtech-layoffs-no-one-safe-or-no-one-blame Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Janice Heng Opinion & Features Economy & Policy Singapore /opinion-features/govtech-layoffs-no-one-safe-or-no-one-blame Clear explanations can help reduce the uncertainty and resentment that often accompany retrenchment exercises https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/why-national-security-not-market-forces-will-define-us-china-ai-race Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/why-national-security-not-market-forces-will-define-us-china-ai-race Artificial intelligence sits at the intersection of economic productivity and military capability https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/india-intensifies-its-pitch-global-south-leadership Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/india-intensifies-its-pitch-global-south-leadership New Delhi has conducted a whirlwind tour of economic and political diplomacy https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/singapore-playing-world-cup-should-be-more-just-pipe-dream Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 Lifestyle Opinion & Features /lifestyle/singapore-playing-world-cup-should-be-more-just-pipe-dream One possibility is for South-east Asian governments to explore a joint bid to host the 2038 edition https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/what-americas-fight-over-ai-infrastructure-really-about Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/what-americas-fight-over-ai-infrastructure-really-about Contention over data centre build-outs has crossed partisan lines https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/world-cups-green-flags-and-memes-say-much-about-todays-attention-economy Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Li Yuling Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/world-cups-green-flags-and-memes-say-much-about-todays-attention-economy The tournament’s corporate value is also realised in micro-moments eternalised on social media feeds https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/wests-turkey-dilemma Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:21:48 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/wests-turkey-dilemma Safeguarding a vital alliance is likely to come at the expense of democratic credibility https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/when-ibm-acts-penny-stock-something-wrong Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:37:49 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/when-ibm-acts-penny-stock-something-wrong The tech MNC’s stock has gyrated this year, both plunging and soaring by historic amounts https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/how-singapores-business-leaders-are-positioning-ai-governance Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:24:19 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/how-singapores-business-leaders-are-positioning-ai-governance Applying the ‘3R’ perspectives of return, risk and responsibility https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/who-should-own-ai-case-against-and-nationalisation Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:29:15 +0000 Opinion & Features Startups & Tech Technology /opinion-features/who-should-own-ai-case-against-and-nationalisation If AI carries a comparable dual-use risk, the argument goes, perhaps it deserves comparable treatment https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/if-ai-looks-bubble-acts-bubble-then Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/if-ai-looks-bubble-acts-bubble-then It probably is a bubble https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/hong-kong-makes-push-integrate-global-carbon-markets Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/hong-kong-makes-push-integrate-global-carbon-markets The city wants to be a hub for climate finance worldwide 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 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 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/singapores-growth-continues-surprise-doing-better-expected-has-its-own-dangers Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:57:15 +0000 Janice Heng Opinion & Features Economy & Policy Singapore /opinion-features/singapores-growth-continues-surprise-doing-better-expected-has-its-own-dangers The risk could now lie in assuming that it will be mostly plain sailing ahead 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 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 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 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 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 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/us-iran-ceasefire-collapse-proves-businesses-cannot-wait-out-war Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/us-iran-ceasefire-collapse-proves-businesses-cannot-wait-out-war Corporations should treat volatility as a given 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 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 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... 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 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/culture-shift-needed-curb-controlling-shareholders-long-shadow-boost-investor-confidence Sun, 12 Jul 2026 13:57:47 +0000 Ben Paul Opinion & Features Companies & Markets Wealth Wealth & Investing /opinion-features/culture-shift-needed-curb-controlling-shareholders-long-shadow-boost-investor-confidence The stewardship of majority owners and vital discipline provided by minority investors must be championed 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