TOP STORIES
Singapore-listed companies with China exposure feel the heat
THE shares of Singapore-listed companies with exposure to China were hit on Tuesday,...
Sars-era injection may be what the doctor orders
ECONOMY watchers are holding up Singapore's S$230 million Sars (Severe acute...
Wuhan virus contagion pummels Asian markets
ASIAN equity markets returning from the Chinese New Year (CNY) break joined others in...
Beijing in shutdown mode as fears grip locals
DESERTED streets, quiet markets and near-empty shopping malls. Beijing's thousands of...
MOM to reject all new work pass applications for foreign workers from Hubei
THE Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will reject all new work pass applications for foreign...
Wuhan virus fears put squeeze on travel sector
AS FEARS stemming from the Wuhan virus outbreak put a damper on traffic to and from...
More help for seniors to lead active lives: Indranee
BUDGET 2020 will see the government offering more incentives to encourage voluntary...
New rules to navigate financial world powered by AI and automation
AS Industry 4.0 technologies become a growing reality in today's business landscape,...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
Elite Commercial Reit prices units at £0.68 or S$1.21 each
ELITE Commercial Reit braved the choppy market to launch its initial public offering (...
Hyflux's white knight proposes changes to pot for adviser fees prior to court hearing
AHEAD of an upcoming court hearing, Hyflux's white knight Utico has adopted a carrot-...
Mapletree Logistics Trust plans 22.2b yen acquisition of Japan facility
MAPLETREE Logistics Trust (MLT) is looking to acquire an effective interest of 98.47...
Global Invacom expects Shanghai ops closure to incur losses of up to US$10.5m
MAINBOARD-LISTED Global Invacom will recognise one-off losses of between US$9.5...
Sasseur Reit drops 10.3% after closures at China malls to guard against virus
UNITS of Sasseur Real Estate Investment Trust (Sasseur Reit) units sank on Tuesday...
Medical plays, glove makers soar as Wuhan virus fears spread
WITH deaths from the Wuhan coronavirus tripling over the weekend and confirmed cases...
China calls for investors to assess epidemic 'rationally'
CHINA'S top securities regulator said that investors should evaluate the impact of the...
Corporate digest
CATALIST-LISTED Transcorp Holdings on Jan 17 signed a non-binding letter of intent...
STI sees red on its return from the holidays
IT WASN'T much of a "welcome back" for the local equity market, which faced a vicious...
Euro falls to 33-month low vs Swiss franc on China virus fears
THE euro fell to a 33-month low against the Swiss franc on Tuesday as concerns about...
REAL ESTATE
US new home sales fall unexpectedly in December
SALES of new US single-family homes fell unexpectedly in December, likely held down by...
Ukraine's richest man buys French villa for 200m euros
RINAT Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, has emerged as the buyer of the historic Villa...
UK banks approve most mortgages since 2015
BRITISH banks approved the highest number of mortgages in more than four years in...
New York apartment building sales plunge
SALES of New York City apartment buildings tumbled to near-decade lows last year,...
CONSUMER
WHO chief confident about China's ability to contain virus
THE head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that he is confident...
Washington Post suspends reporter for Kobe Bryant tweet
THE Washington Post suspended one of its reporters, Felicia Sonmez, after she posted...
Outbreak may disrupt iPhone plans
APPLE Inc's plan to ramp up iPhone production by 10 per cent in the first half of this...
Philips to sell off domestic appliances business
DUTCH health technology company Philips is looking to sell its domestic appliances...
TRANSPORT
Piracy is still an unacceptable reality
HERE we go again. New year, new attacks on shipping and crews.
Renewed push in Nissan to get Renault to cut its stake
A PROPOSAL is being floated at Nissan Motor Co for the company to revive efforts to...
Airbus agrees to settle bribery cases for about US$3b
AIRBUS SE reached an agreement to settle long-running bribery investigations in the UK...
Rolls-Royce B787 engines hit by safety order
ROLLS Royce-Holdings said it's swapping out more than 30 Boeing 787 engines amid...
GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
UK gives Huawei partial role in 5G network despite US push for total ban
BRITAIN will let Huawei Technologies play a limited role in building the country's...
Abe sticks with reflationist balance on BOJ board
PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe kept the number of reflationists on the Bank of Japan (BOJ)...
New Zealand sets polling date on Sept 19
NEW Zealanders will go to polls on Sept 19 to decide on a second term for Prime...
LIFE & CULTURE
Make your hongbao green - recycle the empty red packets
HOW was your hongbao harvest this year? You probably "earned" a few hundred dollars...
Hana Financial Group to sponsor first Singapore Women's golf open in November
SINGAPORE'S women professional golfers, for so long restricted to just the HSBC Women'...
WEALTH & INVESTING
Wuhan virus: More short-term pain but lasting damage unlikely
RISING concerns over an outbreak of a deadly coronavirus originating from Wuhan, China...
UBP posts strong performance in Asian business
UNION Bancaire Privee (UBP) posted a strong set of results in its Asian operations in...
World's pile of negative debt surges the most since 2016 amid health scare
THE global rush for safer assets has fuelled a huge jump in the world's stockpile of...
OPINION
Singapore must continue to ensure social mobility for better growth
SINGAPORE is the only Asian country, apart from Japan, which made it to the Top 20 of...
Humans created the coronavirus epidemic
THE latest scary new virus that has captured the world's horrified attention, caused a...
Making diversity part of 'everyday' business
THANKS to globalisation, the world around us is growing ever more ethnically and...
Reflections on Singapore's 20-year corporate governance journey
IT HAS been 20 years since the establishment of the first Corporate Governance...
China has a major soft power problem in Asia
THREE recent opinion polls on Asian views of China as a major power show China's...
BREAKING NEWS
Asia: Hong Kong tanks at reopen on virus fear but most markets bounce
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong stocks plunged on Wednesday as investors in the city returned from their Lunar New Year break...
Sunseap secures S$50m from Temasek, private equity fund for solar projects
SUNSEAP Group has secured S$50 million in funding from Singapore state investment firm Temasek and Asia-focused...
Australia: Shares tick higher on financials, tech
[BENGALURU] Australian shares tracked broader Asia to trade higher on Wednesday, with financial and technology...
Australia to help some citizens leave China, quarantine them on Christmas Island
[MELBOURNE] Australia will help some citizens leave Hubei province in China, the epicentre of the coronavirus...
South Korea's Jan exports seen falling faster on Lunar New Year, coronavirus to add strains: poll
[SEOUL] South Korea's exports are expected to fall at a faster pace in January, mainly due to fewer working days...
Kobe Bryant's body identified among helicopter crash victims
[LOS ANGELES] Medical examiners identified the body of NBA legend Kobe Bryant after recovering the remains of all...
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