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Your data, my business: Why data privacy is especially hazardous for startups
HOW do you add contacts into your smartphone? Do you fill in a name and phone number...
Singapore December factory output decline moderates to 0.7%
SINGAPORE'S factory output fell 0.7 per cent year-on-year in December, moderating from...
Fighting the spread of disease with the spread of information
AMID tepid optimism following the preliminary China-US Phase One trade deal, concern...
Two more confirmed to have Wuhan virus, bringing Singapore total to three
ANOTHER two people here have been confirmed to have the Wuhan virus, bringing the...
Asia's service sectors 'most vulnerable if outbreak escalates'
SERVICE sector activity in Asia, especially tourism-related fields, would be the most...
Outbreak could catalyse China's smart city innovation
THE metropolis of Wuhan, with a population of 11 million, is under unprecedented...
Lockdown casts cloud over China's Chicago
WUHAN'S status as a transport and manufacturing hub have fuelled its economic rise and...
Singapore biotech firm Veredus expects to have Wuhan virus test by Feb 1
HOMEGROWN biotech firm Veredus Laboratories on Friday announced it is developing a...
Accountancy sector sees 5% growth in 2020
THE accountancy sector expects revenue growth of 5 per cent in 2020, based on a...
Singapore's rebound in 2020 depends on global risks not erupting: PM
PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore's economy could improve in 2020 only if...
Hong Kong's leaders must act on grievances: PM
THE "one country, two systems" principle that governs Hong Kong may not last unless...
Japan's tame inflation expected to pressure BOJ to keep ultra-easy policy
JAPAN'S core consumer prices rose in December from a year earlier, data showed on...
FairPrice staff help raise S$50,000 for two funds
NTUC FairPrice has made a donation of S$50,000 to two charities, with the amount split...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
Most fund managers optimistic about global growth, downgrade recession risk: survey
THE majority of fund managers are optimistic about emerging and other equities and...
Plunging penny stocks stir up mutual fund crisis in Indonesia
A CRISIS of confidence is brewing in Indonesia's mutual fund industry after some asset...
Lian Beng proposes S$9.4m exit from loss-making UEP
LIAN Beng Group is looking to dispose of its 40 per cent stake in asphalt premix...
DBS raises SGX target price to S$9.60, maintains 'buy' call
DBS Group Research has raised its target price for the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to S$9...
ARA H-Trust sets up S$800m debt issuance programme
ARA US Hospitality Trust (ARA H-Trust) has established an S$800 million multicurrency...
Wuhan virus fears send STI to its first weekly loss of the year
UNDERSTANDABLY, the focal point of market talk this week was on the spread of the...
Corporate digest
MAINBOARD-LISTED construction player Koh Brothers Group posted a 29 per cent rise in...
REAL ESTATE
Property taxes Middle-East, North Africa's low-hanging fruit
UNDER increasing pressure from restive populations that are demanding economic...
Developers offload new London properties, sending Q4 sales up
SALES of new London apartments accelerated in the final quarter of 2019 as developers...
LIFE & CULTURE
How Jeff Bezos' iPhone X was hacked
ON THE the afternoon of May 1, 2018, Jeff Bezos received a message on WhatsApp from an...
The asymmetry of 'open banking'
OPEN banking, as defined by openbanking.org.uk, is the secure way to give providers...
If King Tut could text ...
THE sleek figures, kohl-rimmed eyes and offerings to the gods etched on ancient Egypt'...
I went back through my old e-mails - It was glorious
I CAN'T say it was completely unexpected when it first appeared, but it was a shock to...
Everyone's trying to reinvent the PC, but why?
CALL me old-fashioned, but the idea of a foldable laptop holds little appeal for me....
Twists on tradition
GET into the Lunar New Year spirit with the Chinese-inflected tipples at Mitzo...
THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
In for the long haul
JEAN-MARC Chery is back in his old seat in Singapore after more than a decade. The 59-...
WEALTH & INVESTING
Aetna International rolls out DNA testing as part of group benefits
UNTIL just a few years ago, DNA tests were closely associated with paternity tests or...
Market gyrations present good opportunities to invest more
IT'S easy to get caught up and be affected by market noise - noise that you see or...
SGD bond market: Look before leaping in 2020
THE S$170 billion SGD bond market (excluding government bonds) performed firmly in...
Snacks are not to be sniffed at
DID you know that each of us here in Singapore munches through 3.1 kg of snacks every...
For traders who spoofed market years ago, a new ruling spells trouble
US prosecutors are starting to build cases against traders suspected of manipulating...
Bitcoin slumps in wake of CNY slowdown warning
BITCOIN traders appear to be heeding a warning of a demand slowdown ahead of Chinese...
Gold steadies as markets turn defensive
MARKETS remained on edge as painful memories of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome...
BREAKING NEWS
Kpop band BTS's microphones fetch US$83,200 at auction
[LOS ANGELES] Seven microphones used on tour by South Korean pop band BTS have sold for US$83,200 at a pre-Grammy...
Soho House ex-backer bets on millennials with new fund
[LONDON] Active Partners Investments, a former backer of private members' club Soho House, has raised £100 million...
UK to use high tariff threat to raise pressure in trade negotiations: The Times
[BENGALURU] British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is mulling to use the threat of high tariffs to raise pressure on...
Simon Property, Authentic Brands consider buying bankrupt Forever 21
[NEW YORK] Mall owner Simon Property Group is considering a bid to buy Forever 21, the bankrupt teen retailer that's...
Australia declares first confirmed case of coronavirus
[MELBOURNE] Australia declared on Saturday its first confirmed case of the Wuhan coronavirus in the state of...
Buyout firm taps US$6b for shale drilling as buyers walk
[HOUSTON] EnCap Investments plans to use a US$6 billion war chest to drill oil and natural gas wells, now that...
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