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Telemedicine in the pink as Covid-19 gives shot in arm of nascent industry
THE Covid-19 pandemic has prompted a fresh wave of interest in telemedicine apps -...
Singapore's productivity and median wage have grown by a third in the last 10 years: Tharman
CONTRARY to the "urban myth" that Singapore has failed in its quest to raise...
PAP giving voters a 'false choice': WP's Sylvia Lim
VOTERS are being presented a false choice by the ruling People's Action Party (PAP)...
Renewing the ranks
Roughly one in four of the candidates, or a total of 23, elected into Parliament in...
Election digest
THE Elections Department (ELD) said online posts and messages claiming marks made by...
Election by the numbers
Social media platforms have been abuzz with virtual campaigning efforts as polling day...
No plans to go back to Phase 1 after GE; rise in cases will be monitored
THERE are no plans to revert to Phase 1 or a lockdown immediately after the General...
Getting telemedicine off the ground successfully
SINCE the Covid-19 pandemic began, routine doctor visits have become a little...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
Auditors should avoid ditching companies midway on audit work
IT had seemed like a standard boilerplate event in October last year when Singapore's...
AmBank 'overweight' on Malaysia's glove makers
AMBANK has maintained its "overweight" call on Malaysia's glove sector and raised its...
Samsung's earnings surprise shows confusion in tech sector
SAMSUNG Electronics's second-quarter earnings seem like good news. But it's really not...
ASL Marine unit wins jobs for floating fish farms
OFFSHORE and marine group ASL Marine said on Tuesday that its wholly-owned unit has...
SPH files amended defence and counterclaim in StreetSine litigation case
SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) on Tuesday said that it has filed an amended defence as...
Boustead Singapore's H2 net profit rises 11% to S$18.5m
MAINBOARD-LISTED Boustead Singapore has reported S$434.5 million in revenue for its...
Temasek JV Reefknot eyes at least 3 more investments
REEFKNOT Investments, a 50:50 joint venture between Singapore's state investment firm...
Teo Tong Lim's family office, Roxy-Pacific to acquire Melbourne office tower for A$145m
MAINBOARD-LISTED property developer Roxy-Pacific Holdings and the private family...
GS Holdings looks to scrub out cleaning, dishwashing business
GS HOLDINGS is proposing to sell two wholly-owned subsidiaries for S$2, in a move that...
Corporate digest
THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) rejected an application from Tee International for an...
Indonesia's Telkom unblocks Netflix as it amps digital push
INDONESIA'S state-owned telecommunications firm Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) said...
STI takes a breather; snaps 5-day winning streak
SINGAPORE shares closed lower on Tuesday, snapping a five-day winning streak with the...
Risk currencies ease after rally and virus flare-ups
RISK currencies such as the Australian dollar took a breather from recent gains on...
REAL ESTATE
End to Australia's apartment binge clouds outlook
THE hit to Australia's population growth from closing its international borders is...
Zara founder had 15b euros in real estate assets globally in 2019
THE investment vehicle of Amancio Ortega - founder of fashion empire Inditex and one...
New York luxury condo developer tries hand at Reit investing
A DEVELOPER of some of Manhattan's newest ultra-luxury condos has started a more down-...
Winds of change blowing through London's immigrant enclave
SAJA Shaheen is walking the aisles of Nour Cash & Carry, explaining the eclectic...
BANKING & FINANCE
Malaysia cuts rates to record low, warns of downside risks
MALAYSIA'S central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) to...
Malaysian funds with over RM1t seek gains overseas
MALAYSIA'S three key state funds are looking to increasingly invest their more than...
Australia's central bank sits tight as second-wave risks mount
AUSTRALIA'S central bank stayed on the policy sidelines on Tuesday despite a setback...
Wirecard collapse puts spotlight on growing regulatory blind spots
WIRECARD AG's collapse displayed a growing blind spot for the guardians of the world's...
Wall St investors scored emergency government loans amid pandemic
REPRESENTATIVES of several venture capital firms that were listed as small-business...
WB, IMF to hold annual meetings online
THE World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold their annual meetings...
ENERGY & COMMODITIES
One-time heart of shale may never boom again with Dakota Access shut
IT WAS once the centre of America's shale boom - a vast reservoir of crude unleashed...
TECHNOLOGY
US tech giants in HK suspend processing of government requests for user data
FACEBOOK, Google and Twitter have suspended processing government requests for user...
Palantir moves toward stock listing with confidential filing
PALANTIR Technologies Inc said it filed confidentially with US regulators for a public...
Covid-19 is turning San Francisco's inequality gap into a chasm
THE coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating wealth and racial inequalities around the...
CONSUMER
B&O sees return to growth after near 30% slide in sales
STRUGGLING Danish TV and stereomaker Bang & Olufsen (B&O) reported a slide in...
TRANSPORT
More collaboration needed for cleaner hulls, cleaner waters
A COUPLE of days ago I watched a television programme which explained how indigenous...
GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
UK, EU under pressure to strike trade deal, but several issues impede agreement
THE pressure is on for the European Union and the United Kingdom to strike a trade...
Eurozone set for deeper recession, less steep rebound
THE eurozone economy will drop deeper into recession this year and rebound less...
Taiwan warns of countermeasures if new HK law causes 'damage'
TAIWAN'S President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday warned of "countermeasures" should a...
Indonesia imposes 10% VAT on tech giants
INDONESIA imposed a 10 per cent value-added tax on sales by technology firms including...
LIFE & CULTURE
Hullo to a souped-up, virtual ChildAid 2020
WHEN the curtain rises on ChildAid 2020 on July 15, audiences will be treated to a...
ChildAid raises funds for over 10,000 kids a year
SINCE 2005, ChildAid has been raising money for two Singapore Press Holdings charities...
WEALTH & INVESTING
Why digital economy deserves a place in every portfolio
IN TODAY'S world, there is no doubt that the digital economy has become an...
Bond investors struggle to see reasons to be upbeat about UK
INVESTORS are so worried about the United Kingdom's prospects that they're ignoring...
Panic buying drives China-focused ETF's biggest gain since 2009
A US$3 billion exchange-traded fund tracking Chinese equities surged the most in a...
OPINION
Replacing the liberal international order
MANY analysts argue that the liberal international order ended with the rise of China...
Has the US lost its exceptionalism in the face of Covid-19?
ONCE again, the United States is standing out as a world leader, but not for any...
Will America ditch rhetoric and go for governance and expertise?
THE populist revolt that has swept the world in recent years has been driven in part...
Will working from home sound the death knell for offices?
ONE key aspect of the coronavirus pandemic has been the sudden evacuation of offices...
Borders won't protect countries from coronavirus
THE coronavirus has hit the poorest the hardest, but until recently, they have mostly...
Singapore spearheads global digital trade gateway with NTP
SINGAPORE is spearheading global efforts to create a centralised, digital hub for...
BREAKING NEWS
Interactive Brokers opens Singapore office, offers access to local stocks
NASDAQ-LISTED Interactive Brokers Group on Wednesday announced the addition of its Singapore entity, Interactive...
GS Holdings says difficult to sell assets of subsidiaries as consisted of software
GS HOLDINGS has responded to queries from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) about the sale of its subsidiaries for S$2,...
Japan's service sector sentiment rises 23.3 points in June
[TOKYO] Japan's service sector sentiment index rose in June, a Cabinet Office survey showed on Wednesday, and the...
AirAsia in trading halt after auditor notes 'going concern' doubts
[BENGALURU] Shares in Malaysia's AirAsia Group Bhd were halted on Wednesday after its auditor said there were...
Australia looking to restrict return of citizens amid coronavirus outbreak
[SYDNEY] Australia will likely slow down the return of its citizens from abroad, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said...
Venture fund backing firms worth US$206b eyes China
[HONG KONG] David Chao, a venture capitalist who has been on the ground floor of Asian companies worth a combined US...
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