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KEPPEL Infrastructure Trust will pay A$777 million (S$775 million) for Australian...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Deep soft skills will be needed in next decade, says DBS chief

MOST people probably do not see it yet, but in the next 10 years, deep soft skills such...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Noble granted court sanctions for debt revamp schemes

THE board of Noble Group said the schemes of arrangement tabled for its debt revamp have...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Jetstar joins Scoot, SIA in ceasing pre-selection of travel insurance

LOCAL airline Jetstar Asia Airways has agreed to stop pre-selecting travel insurance for...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

BROKER'S TAKE

KGI downgrades Accordia Golf Trust to 'hold' but sees limited downside risks for investors

A SERIES of natural disasters, a lack of near-term re-rating catalysts and a more...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Sanli wins S$54.3m deals to boost order book to S$134.4m

CATALIST-LISTED environment engineering firm Sanli Environmental has clinched S$54.3...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

COMMENTARY

Now's not the time to celebrate Tencent earnings

TENCENT Holdings Ltd may struggle to repeat the better-than-expected earnings it...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Five small caps plunge as much as 93% in Hong Kong

A STRING of Hong Kong stocks suddenly plunged on Thursday with no explanation, leaving...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

STOCKS

STI picks up on rise in Asian equities

ASIAN stocks rose on Thursday, buoyed by signs that China and the United States are...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Brokers' take

We maintain "buy" with a new S$0.23 target price from S$0.22, a 35 per cent...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

CURRENCIES

Brexit turmoil spooks investors, boosts US dollar, yen

THE US dollar jumped and traders bought into the safe-haven yen on Thursday after Britain...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

REAL ESTATE

Proptech startup fills market gap with hybrid model

AT some point in their lives, everybody ends up buying, selling or renting a home. But...

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Demand for new London offices to progress even as Brexit weighs: survey

DEMAND for new office space in London will continue even with the imminent exit of the UK...

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

COMMENTARY

HK property prices - it's all down to location, size

HONG Kong's notoriously unaffordable property prices have started to turn down. In...

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

This is what's killing Australia's property boom

A POTENT combination of nervous buyers, cautious lenders and retreating investors has...

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Ardern wants foreigners to invest in NZ hotels, not houses

NEW Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her country still welcomes overseas...

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Europe's hottest building markets need workers to return

FIVE flights up a concrete skeleton, Vasile Kocori's crew scrambles to lash hundreds...

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

China opens luxury hotel in quarry

A HOTEL development sunk into a disused quarry in China opened its doors on Thursday to...

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

BANKING & FINANCE

Fund managers place bets on Asia's oversold assets

AS contagion from worries over global growth and trade friction pushes Asian equity, bond...

Banking & Finance

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Impact investing in China - is it only for foreigners?

POLLUTED Beijing is an apt place to consider how international asset managers can...

Banking & Finance

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

ENERGY & COMMODITIES

COMMENTARY

Commodities are sending a distressing signal

OIL markets are sending a powerful message. After reaching a four-year high in early...

Energy & Commodities

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

China close to setting renewable power quotas for first time

CHINA is close to introducing its first mandatory renewable power quota system by giving...

Energy & Commodities

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Conoco to start sale of North Sea assets by year-end

CONOCOPHILLIPS plans to invite bids by the end of the year for its remaining North Sea...

Energy & Commodities

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

TECHNOLOGY

Uber posts US$1b quarterly loss as growth in bookings slows

UBER Technologies Inc said on Wednesday that growth in bookings for its ride-hailing and...

Technology

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Cisco shines as new areas of business pay off

CISCO Systems Inc beat analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue and profit on...

Technology

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Walmart's LatAm delivery app eyeing Canada, US

CORNERSHOP, a Latin American grocery delivery app being acquired by Walmart, plans to...

Technology

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Nepal's first robot waiter is ready for orders

"PLEASE enjoy your meal," says Nepal's first robot waiter, Ginger, as she...

Technology

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

CONSUMER

Apple to hire trafficking survivors as retail staff

APPLE will employ trafficking survivors to work in its retail stores, the technology...

Consumer

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Hugo Boss adopts Zara focus to revamp its fashion offerings

HUGO Boss is taking a cue from Zara owner Inditex to further its transition from...

Consumer

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

African swine fever spreads to more than half of China's provinces

AFRICAN swine fever has spread rapidly to more than half of China's provinces...

Consumer

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

TRANSPORT

Tata Sons chairman to pitch to board plan to buy Jet Airways

TATA Sons Ltd chairman N Chandrasekaran is expected to present to the board on Friday a...

Transport

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Scoot to relocate from Changi Airport's T2 to T1 in late 2019

SCOOT will shift its operations from Changi Airport Terminal 2 to Terminal 1 in the last...

Transport

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Germany eases diesel vehicle bans

THE German government will ease air pollution law so as to spare cities that only...

Transport

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY

May risks facing 'no confidence' vote without EU deals

PARLIAMENT likely to vote against Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit draft deal...

Government & Economy

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

US economy strong but could face headwinds in 2019 as Fed weighs policy: Powell

FEDERAL Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said the US economy is strong but could face...

Government & Economy

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Singapore cleaners to get an annual bonus of at least two weeks' pay from Jan 1

DETAILS of a compulsory bonus to be paid to all resident cleaners in Singapore from 2020...

Government & Economy

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Rosmah charged with two additional counts of corruption in helping company win govt project

MALAYSIA on Thursday accused Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak...

Government & Economy

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

LIFE & CULTURE

Between feeling 'suffocated' and 'awestruck'

IT was "The Michelle Obama Show" in front of 14,000 cheering fans as the lights...

Life & Culture

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Drunk raccoons cause false rabies scare in West Virginia

RABID animals are, of course, no laughing matter. The rabies virus can infect the central...

Life & Culture

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Using arts to bring everyone together

FIFTEEN groups of students from special education schools partnered mainstream schools...

Life & Culture

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

OPINION

Whole-of-society approach needed against truth decay

THE threat of deliberate falsehoods, or more popularly "fake news", poses...

Opinion

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

COMMENTARY

Selling advice should not involve selling your soul

GOLDMAN Sachs has faced many crises in its time but none more shocking than the case of...

Opinion

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

EDITORIAL

What will happen to the experimental transitional office sites?

TRANSITIONAL offices were an experimental property type minted by the authorities here...

Opinion

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

COMMENTARY

Create something new than be swept away by it should be the mantra

DIGITAL transformation is about reorienting our businesses to serve the ever-shifting...

Opinion

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

It's Europe that really won the Brexit brinkmanship

EARLY in the morning of June 24, 2016, as the UK awoke to the news that a majority had...

Opinion

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

COMMENTARY

Data breaches are now a case of when, not if

It is often quipped that it is not a question of if, but when a business will face a data...

Opinion

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Lifestyle

Not quite a match made in heaven at JAG

DINING at Restaurant JAG is a bit like going on a first date. There's a lot of...

Food & Drink

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Cider production in New York enters a new golden age

TWO hundred years ago, when the Catskill region was among the cider-making centres of the...

Food & Drink

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

A Chef's Tour

ON EVERY DINING table in Ryunique - a modern fine dining restaurant in Seoul’s Gangnam...

Feature

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Taha Bouqdib

TAHA BOUQDIB DOESN’T believe in coincidences. He uses words like “soul”, “destiny” and “...

Weekend Interview

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Remembering Bugis

Four dancers move through various locations around Kampong Bugis and recall the glory...

Arts

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Dynamic Duo

Elmgreen and Dragset are the famous provocateur duo behind some of the most talked-about...

Arts

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

DIY Christmas

Make Christmas more personal with a decorative wreath you make yourself rather than buy...

Arts

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Mighty Mini

Say goodbye to bulky kitchen appliances and hello to more countertop space with the...

Food & Drink

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Sustainable Luxury

Since taking over Breitling last year, Georges Kern has wasted no time in introducing...

Style

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Dinner At Datai

After a US$60 million, 12-month refurbishment, the Datai is set to re-open its doors on...

Food & Drink

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Hey Cheese Tea

Food & Drink

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

In A Franz-y

It's been awhile since Franz Ferdinand has played Singapore but the Glaswegian will...

Music

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Dining With The Stars

IF YOU WERE seeing stars at the Ritz-Carlton Osaka last week, it wasn't because...

Food & Drink

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Let There Be Light

CALL IT THE ultimate terrace house challenge. As most owners of intermediate units are...

Design

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Checks And Balances

IN A FOUNDATION dedicated to promoting the watch industry, no one can tell you the time...

Style

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Best In Show

IT’S COMPLICATED. SO much so that a highly complex astronomical watch that shows the...

Style

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Offbeat Baubles

If an exclusive ring is in order, Choo Yilin’s got you sorted. She may be a stalwart in...

Style

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Art On Track

THE ART WORLD WOKE UP to a rude shock recently when MCH Group – the brand behind the...

Arts

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

The Return Of Polaroid

IN THE AGE OF commonplace digital image manipulation, Polaroid photographs feel...

Arts

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Back To Our Roots

What do the Jurong Town Hall, The Great Madras hotel in Little India and the Khong Guan...

Nostalgia

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018 05:50 AM

BREAKING NEWS

03:23 PM

Nov 16, 2018 03:23 PM

Government & Economy

Thailand dips into cash cows to support economy

[BANGKOK] Thailand's military government is leaning on state-run enterprises to support economic expansion by...

03:09 PM

Nov 16, 2018 03:09 PM

Stocks

Australia shares end lower as tech selloff stokes growth worries; NZ down

[BENGALURU] Australian shares ended slightly lower on Friday as strong gains for miners were tempered by a cocktail of...

02:33 PM

Nov 16, 2018 02:33 PM

Stocks

Tokyo: Stocks fall, dragged down by tech shares' slump

[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks fell for the second straight session on Friday, weighed down by the tech sector, after shares in...

01:44 PM

Nov 16, 2018 01:44 PM

Garage

Vanda, Shenzhen Dayshine, Raffles Capital to launch US$1.5b Asia AgriTech Fund

VANDA Global Capital, Shenzhen Dayshine Fund Management and Raffles Capital are launching the US$1.5 billion Asia...

01:30 PM

Nov 16, 2018 01:30 PM

Government & Economy

Indonesia to strengthen rules on repatriating revenue from resource exports

[JAKARTA] Indonesia's government is tightening requirements to force companies to repatriate revenue from the...

01:18 PM

Nov 16, 2018 01:18 PM

Stocks

Singapore stocks: STI resumes Friday afternoon at 3,087.18, up 1.1% on the day

SINGAPORE stocks resumed trading higher after Friday's midday break, with the key Straits Times Index climbing 1.1...

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Nov 16, 2018

Banking & Finance

EDITOR'S CHOICE

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