TOP STORIES
Slow recovery for Singapore companies with China operations amid outbreak
WHILE production has resumed for the manufacturing sector in China, analysts are...
Digibank contender Sheng Ye eyes Singapore homecoming
HONG Kong-listed supply chain financing company Sheng Ye Capital might be an unknown...
FLT-FCOT merger: Will market ethos trump fairness?
A FORTNIGHT ago, this column took a close look at the proposed merger of CapitaLand...
More may be prepared to speak up on corporate malfeasance
IN Singapore, where whistleblowing is not a culture and faith in management is...
Universal whistleblowing law: Market mixed over need for it in Singapore
SINGAPORE does not have an over-arching whistleblower protection law, but...
The millennial bug: Redefining consumption in Indonesia
THEIR presence is felt everywhere: in cafes, shopping centres, sweating it out in gyms...
US feels the ripple effects of Covid-19 as indexes dip
BULLS and bears are grappling over a question that may decide the fate of the...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
Experian eyes growth in Asia-Pacific
GLOBAL information services company Experian is ramping up growth in the Asia-Pacific...
Gold glitters as viral gloom shines new light on rise in price since mid-Dec
GOLD has been enjoying a startling rise in price since the mid of December last year....
Hong Leong Asia given more time to release results on Covid-19 fallout
HONG Leong Asia has been granted a time extension by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to...
Budget provides slight reprieve but virus fears linger
LAST Friday, Singapore's Straits Times Index fell 17.65 points or 0.55 per cent to...
US dollar dented as Feb PMI disappoints
THE US dollar fell across the board on Friday after a survey of purchasing managers...
Eight companies buy back S$8 million in shares
FOR the five trading sessions spanning Feb 14 to 20, the Straits Times Index (STI)...
REAL ESTATE
Singapore is Reit hub with most foreign IPOs
SINGAPORE may be tiny by geographical size, but its sway in the property management...
More singles securing HDB flats after 2013 rule change
MORE two-room build-to-order (BTO) flats will be offered in the non-mature towns of...
BANKING & FINANCE
Monese serves those shunned by big banks
AMONG Britain's digital app-based banks that are attracting moneyed urban millennials...
Covid-19: Millions of Chinese firms face collapse if banks don't act fast
BRIGITA, a director at one of China's largest car dealers, is running out of options....
'Massive risk' drives ESG deadline at top Finnish funds
TWO of Finland's biggest pension funds, with combined assets of US$108 billion, are...
CONSUMER
At Uniqlo, sustainability is in its jeans
AS one of the largest apparel retailers in the world with new stores opening at a fast...
Covid-19: Chinese restaurants starved for cash
IT IS lunch time in Beijing, but the only diner in Cindy's Cafe is an employee having...
Intuit nears deal to buy Credit Karma for US$7b: WSJ
INTUIT Inc is close to buying Credit Karma Inc for about US$7 billion in cash and...
New Zealand moves to ban vaping ads, sales to minors
NEW Zealand's government said on Sunday it will introduce laws banning all...
TRANSPORT
Johnson under pressure to scrap third runway
HAVING backed Britain's proposed high-speed railway HS2, Boris Johnson is under...
Covid-19 hits shipping, spreading global economic strain
SEA freight transport, the lifeblood of trade and a bellwether of the global economy,...
Baltic Exchange Shipping Insights
The Capesize market found little to cheer about this week as it again endured...
GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
G-20 calls for coordinated virus response; IMF trims forecasts
THE world's top economies called for a coordinated response to the coronavirus...
New coalition said to be in the making in Malaysia under Mahathir
A NEW governing coalition could be in the making in Malaysia following a collective...
Spike in Covid-19 cases in Italy, South Korea, Iran
INTERNATIONAL concern about the spread of the Covid-19 disease outside China grew on...
Covid-19: No new cases reported; two more discharged from hospital
THERE are no new cases of the coronavirus disease, said the Health Ministry (MOH) on...
LIFE & CULTURE
UK pianist Alexis Ffrench bids to change image of classical music
BRITISH composer and pianist Alexis Ffrench, a rising black star in the overwhelmingly...
DBS delivers care packages to hospitals, communities
DBS is collaborating with social enterprises supported by DBS Foundation and vendors...
UOB, Pathlight School team up to assemble care packs
UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has donated 1,000 care packs to disadvantaged families to...
Creator of iconic Lego figure dead at 78
JENS Nygaard Knudsen, who designed the iconic Lego minifigure with interchangeable...
VIEWS FROM THE TOP
Silver bullets from the Budget
THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: Will Singapore's 2020 Budget measures go far enough to cushion...
OPINION
Clearing the air on QR and disclosures
ON Feb 7, when the Singapore Exchange (SGX) revealed the 112 companies that have to do...
BREAKING NEWS
Hong Kong: Stocks start week with another sharp drop
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong suffered more big losses Monday as investors fret that the coronavirus could become a global...
Europe: Stocks fall sharply at open on virus alarm
[LONDON] European stock markets sank at the start of trade on Monday, with the heaviest falls in Italy as alarm...
WHO says no longer uses 'pandemic' category, but virus still emergency
[GENEVA] The World Health Organization (WHO) no longer has a process for declaring a pandemic, but the Covid-19...
Afghanistan confirms first case of coronavirus from three suspected
[KABUL] Afghanistan on Monday identified the country's first case of coronavirus as reported cases outside China...
Primark owner warns coronavirus threatens clothing supplies
[LONDON] Primark owner Associated British Foods warned on Monday there was a risk of supply shortages on some lines...
S Korea's thirst for US crude to keep growing in 2020
[SEOUL] South Korea is on track to overtake Canada as the top buyer of US crude oil in 2020 as a mix of steep price...
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