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Beyond the 3 Rs: How can Singapore move forward on sustainability?
GETTING people to care about the environment is an uphill battle that advocates around...
Travel startups targeting domestic travel market
ONLINE travel agencies (OTAs) and travel startups are now shifting gears to capture...
Consumer loans dive in April as circuit breaker kicks in
CONSUMER loans in Singapore continued to dive in April, with credit card loans...
Goldbell, Oddle join hands to offer cash advances to F&B firms
ONLINE food ordering platform Oddle and Goldbell Financial Services (GBFS) have...
Startups team up with corporates for slice of the food-delivery market
STARTUPS in the food-and-beverage (F&B) industry are now collaborating with large...
Singapore confirms 611 Covid-19 cases; working from home to remain as default
A TOTAL of 611 new coronavirus cases were preliminarily confirmed on Friday, including...
Hong Kong tells US to keep out of national security legislation debate
HONG KONG told the United States to keep out of the debate over national security...
China can live with a less special Hong Kong
HONG KONG'S unique brand of autonomy has been a gift for China. The city has been a...
Japan's factory, retail sectors slump as pandemic hits auto sector
JAPAN'S factory output slid faster than expected and retail sales tumbled the most in...
Singapore courts to resume hearings for most cases on June 8
THE courts are set to resume hearings for most cases from June 8 - a week after...
US consumer spending falls by 13.6% in April, a new low
US CONSUMER spending suffered another month of record decline in April as the Covid-19...
Renault to cut 14,600 jobs worldwide in race to slash costs
RENAULT plans to eliminate about 14,600 jobs worldwide and lower production capacity...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
Global economic recovery likely to be swift, but stock markets might have run too far
AS lockdowns are lifted and restrictions to curb Covid-19 are eased, global economic...
Broadway shares jump 24.5% in intra-day trading on proposal to sell hard disk business
SHARES of Broadway Industrial Group surged 24.5 per cent on Friday after the company...
ThaiBev dismisses media reports it plans to sell Vietnam businesses
THAI Beverage Public Co (ThaiBev) has dismissed reports it is seeking a buyer for its...
Endofotonics raises S$12m in Series B funding, led by Singapore Medical Group
CANCER diagnostic company Endofotonics on Friday said it has raised S$12 million in a...
Singapore's market cap eases marginal 0.3% in May
WITH March's horrendous rout in its rear-view mirror, the Singapore bourse went on to...
CapitaLand to deploy disinfection technology in malls
CAPITALAND will deploy tech solutions such as disinfecting robots and air disinfection...
Ascott Residence Trust sets precedent in skipping first call on perpetual
ASCOTT Residence Trust (ART) will not be redeeming its S$250 million, 4.68 per cent...
Singapore stocks end Friday on a mixed note
SINGAPORE stocks ended the holiday-shortened week on a mixed note, amid concerns about...
Corporate digest
KEPPEL Corp has priced US$300 million worth of notes due 2025 at 2.459 per cent per...
REAL ESTATE
ARA-backed crowdfunding platform Minterest raises S$2.7m
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Long odds: China's bet on Reits draws sceptics
CHINA'S plans to introduce real estate investment trusts (Reits) mark a crucial step...
Reits (May 30-31, 2020)
Highest-yielding real estate investment trusts
TRANSPORT
Fixing safe bubbles is harder than it seems
AS THE COVID clouds teasingly pass and suddenly gather again, states and national...
LIFE & CULTURE
The new abnormal and where we shouldn't zoom to
MANY have enthused at, by turns, the ingenuity, innovation, inspiration and spirit of...
Fitness industry poised for post-Covid boom: Ritual CEO
CONSTRUCTION of Ritual Gym's fourth and newest branch in Singapore - a 2,800 square...
Pandemic paradox
I WOKE up with a start on Monday thinking I'd be late for work. Only it wasn't Monday...
Goodbye, circuit breaker!
IT started innocently with Dalgona Coffee, the foamy Korean beverage that went viral...
The point of slow return
CTRL-ALT-DELETE. We might not be under an actual lockdown, but the circuit-breaker...
THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
Banking on leadership
IN his 27-year career as a banker, Standard Chartered Singapore's chief executive...
WEALTH & INVESTING
During a crisis, investors should make it a point to think the unthinkable
INVESTING in Asia for 30 years has shown me that crises profoundly change the market...
Crisis and resilience - Navigating a sustainable recovery
THE Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in tragic human cost and catalysed a global...
Conducting due diligence amid Covid-19 restrictions
WHILE Singapore, and many other countries, have begun easing off circuit breaker...
Signs of a tech bounce - if you know where to look
BURIED in a set of little-known data are early signs that the hardware side of the...
New York gold traders drown in a glut they helped create
THE New York gold market has been flipped on its head in just a couple of months, with...
OPINION
Exorcising the ghost in the Wills Act
INGENIOUS lawyers all over the Commonwealth are dreaming up rigmaroles for the signing...
BREAKING NEWS
506 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, including 2 Singaporeans and PRs
[SINGAPORE] A total of 506 new coronavirus cases were preliminarily confirmed on Saturday afternoon, including two...
Malaysia headed for recession in six months, statistician says
[SINGAPORE] The Malaysian economy is about to feel the full brunt of the coronavirus pandemic.
Merkel a 'no' for Trump's in-person G7 summit: report
[WASHINGTON] German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an in-person summit of G7 leaders that US President...
Fed chief Jerome Powell fears second coronavirus wave, reiterates crisis-fighting pledge
[WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Friday said a potential surge in US coronavirus infections...
Goldman says options show top US bank dividends may fall 30%
[NEW YORK] Options are pricing in odds that the seven top US banks will cut their dividends by an average of 30 per...
Japanese bathhouses awash with post-lockdown customers
[YOKOHAMA] Masazumi Kato sighed deeply as he lowered himself into a tub at a public bathhouse in a Tokyo suburb,...
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