TOP STORIES
Integrated Shield scheme insurers nursing their results back to health
INSURERS in the Integrated Shield scheme (IP) significantly improved their...
'Ferrari woman' grants option to buy her GCB for S$47m
SHI Ka Yee, in her 70s and dubbed the "Ferrari woman" for a series of offences while...
Higher premiums work, but they're no magic pill
POLICYHOLDERS of Integrated Shield plans (IP), particularly those catering for private...
Certis' manpower plug: more tech and services
SECURITY firm Certis Group is leveraging technology and expanding its services in the...
F&B players get insights on how to innovate
SMEs in the food and beverage sector keen to learn how to innovate can look forward to...
Taking product packaging from cradle to grave
CUTLERY and packaging labelled as "biodegradable" have wormed their way into the local...
Hopes for trade war truce, looser monetary policy may be in vain
STOCKS rallied to the brink of new record highs last week amid hopes that the trade...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
CTBC eyes South-east Asia for overseas growth
CTBC Bank - Taiwan's largest privately-owned lender - is steering its expansion...
Gold sees further room for upward move
SINCE March 2014, gold has been resisting a move above the 1,400 price point, and has...
Q & M Dental embarks on Asian brand-building journey
GROWING up, Raymond Ang's favourite hangout was Singapore General Hospital, the 198-...
All eyes on Fed's Sept rate decision
THE US-China trade relationship has shown credible signs of thawing in the past...
TEE International controlling shareholder gets offers for his shares
MAINBOARD-LISTED engineering group TEE International announced late last Friday that...
Pace of director activity continues as market extends rebound
FOR the five trading sessions spanning Sept 6 to 12, the Straits Times Index (STI)...
REAL ESTATE
HDB looking at 3D-printing tech in Tengah, Bidadari estates
FOR the first time, 3D-printing could be used to build landscape furniture and...
India's 100b rupee housing fund seen not enough to spur sector
THE Indian government's decision to launch a 100 billion rupee (S$1.9 billion) fund to...
Harlem property investor who could've been rich may lose it all
GISELE Allard should be a multimillionaire by now. Instead she's worried she could end...
BANKING & FINANCE
US banks expect low interest rates to hurt profits
US President Donald Trump's attacks on the US Federal Reserve make financial markets...
Goldman uses JPMorgan's tactics against it in ETF battle
GOLDMAN Sachs Group is throwing everything but the kitchen sink at boosting its share...
CONSUMER
Streaming giants paying top dollar for TV classics
HOW many hundreds of millions of dollars would you pay for reruns of Friends, the...
Health buffs in US go bubbly over low-calorie alcoholic drinks
HEALTH-CONSCIOUS American millennials have found their drink of choice: alcoholic...
TRANSPORT
Blame game revs up over India's car woes
WHEN India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman claimed that a preference by...
Virgin Australia poised to buy back Velocity frequent flyer programme
VIRGIN Australia Holdings Ltd is in exclusive talks to buy back the 35 per cent of its...
Gabon's sole train a lifeline for people, economy
THE sky turns from indigo to ebony as the tropical night falls, and the train...
Baltic Exchange Shipping Insights
Overall it was a negative week for the Capesize market, with many routes losing ground...
GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
Iran dismisses US claim it was behind Saudi oil attacks, says it's ready for war
IRAN dismissed accusations by the United States that it was behind attacks on Saudi...
HK returns to violence with tear gas and Molotov cocktails
HONG Kong riot police fired tear gas and water cannons at hardcore pro-democracy...
Malaysian building materials to cost more by end-2019
BUILDERS, take note: Cement is expected to cost more in Malaysia by year-end, and the...
'Huge' progress being made in Brexit talks, insists Johnson ahead of EC meetings
BRITISH Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted on Sunday that "huge" progress was being...
WeWork IPO spells rough landing for CEO Neumann
ADAM Neumann showed he can capitalise on troubled times a decade ago, tapping into...
LIFE & CULTURE
Growing Singapore's pool of senior volunteers
MORNI SULAIMAN, a former teacher and banker, and Lily Chan, a retired educationist -...
Husband-and-wife duo help Singapore golfers to Causeway Cup draw
THE husband-and-wife pairing of Ken and Natasha Lye played a leading role in Singapore...
Multi-award winning chef feeds masses at street food fest
MAURO Colagreco, the multiple award-winning Italian-Argentinian chef, joined 80 of his...
VIEWS FROM THE TOP
The key to a successful digital future
THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: How do you rate Singapore's prospects in the global race to attract...
BREAKING NEWS
US$11b green-energy initiative takes shape in South Africa
[CAPE TOWN] A plan to establish the world's largest green-energy financing initiative is being threshed out in South...
Real-time surveillance will test the British tolerance for cameras
[CARDIFF, Wales] A few hours before a recent Wales-Ireland rugby match, police officers popped out of a white van,...
Amazon Web Services creates 500 jobs in Germany
[FRANKFURT] Amazon Web Services said on Monday it was creating 500 jobs in Germany and opening a new office in...
Petra Diamonds annual profit misses estimates on tepid diamond market
[BENGALURU] Petra Diamonds reported on Monday a 22 per cent fall in its annual profit, missing estimates, as the...
Europe: Stock markets fall at open
[LONDON] European stock markets fell at the start of trading on Monday, but London's losses were capped by strong...
South Korea: Stocks rise for 7th straight session
[SEOUL] South Korean shares rose to seven-week peak on Monday as refineries and shipbuilders rallied on oil price...
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