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Brand new ball game
"We decided that instead of spending on advertising (to get people to sell or buy cars...
Four Budgets may help avert 5 percentage point output loss
SINGAPORE'S four Budgets this year may help it avoid an annual average output loss of...
Why China may call the world's bluff on Hong Kong
CHINA long depended on Hong Kong to be everything it was not. The city's freewheeling...
Government committed to rebuilding reserves: Heng Swee Keat
THE Singapore government is committed to rebuilding the country's reserves, even...
Economic transformation must speed up for Singapore's survival beyond Covid-19 crisis
DESPITE Singapore's best efforts to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the...
Diversifying operations and talent pool helps medtech firm find new income streams amid Covid-19
EAGER to tap Singapore's growing reputation for healthcare innovation and to spread...
Circuit breaker sends April retail sales into sharpest fall in 30 years
SINGAPORE'S retail sales tumbled 40.5 per cent year on year in April - the sharpest...
Secondment of construction workers to be reviewed
ORIGINAL plans for the secondment of construction workers will be reviewed, following...
Business formation to stay subdued, cessation to pick up
NEW business formation is expected to stay subdued, while cessations may pick up in...
Singapore building vaccine manufacturing capacity in Covid-19 fight: PM Lee
SINGAPORE is building up its vaccine manufacturing capacity even as researchers around...
Marina Bay Sands casino probed over money laundering controls
THE Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino - owned by American billionaire Sheldon Adelson's...
UOB seeks to maintain dividend policy despite Covid-19 woes
UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) is targeting to maintain its 50 per cent dividend payout...
Costs of safe management measures will pay off: Chan Chun Sing
IMPLEMENTING safe management measures at the workplace will incur some added costs and...
Malaysia rolls out RM35b in additional stimulus
MALAYSIA has unveiled RM35 billion (S$11.4 billion) in additional stimulus to help the...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
High yield stocks provide bright spots in gloomy economy: analysts
EVEN as many companies suspend or cut dividend payments to deal with the Covid-19...
MAS, police launch probe into EHT current, former directors over disclosures
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD)...
Keppel O&M, Borr Drilling defer delivery of 5 jackup rigs to 2022
KEPPEL Corp on Friday said its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Offshore & Marine (...
Geo Energy fails to get noteholders' nod to ease notes terms
INDONESIAN coal miner Geo Energy Resources said on Friday that no amendments will be...
Oil trader Winson takes OCBC to court over Hin Leong deal
THE spectacular collapse of Singapore oil trader Hin Leong Trading has sparked another...
CapitaLand proposes scrip dividend scheme; opens star attraction at Chongqing mall
PROPERTY giant CapitaLand has proposed a scrip dividend scheme which will allow...
Singapore shares end higher for fifth straight session, up 1.6%
THE Straits Times Index (STI) ended higher on Friday for the fifth straight session at...
Corporate digest
SIA Engineering on Friday said it is not aware of any information not previously...
REAL ESTATE
Govt aware of risk that rental help may prolong exit of unviable businesses: Shanmugam
THE focus of extending more rental relief is more on supporting businesses that, even...
Virus boosting demand for flexible offices
THE coronavirus outbreak may have sent most office workers into their homes, but...
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ENERGY & COMMODITIES
Oil honchos hit pay dirt as their companies go broke
FOR Whiting Petroleum Corp chief executive officer Brad Holly, filing for bankruptcy...
LIFE & CULTURE
Video games are the new kings of communication
VIDEO-GAME platforms like Fortnite and Roblox have already become go-to spots to...
For every budding baker, there are plenty of hapless home cooks
WHEN she began self-isolating in her apartment in College Station, Texas, in March,...
Our eyes: Our first defence
SGSecure, a national campaign launched in Singapore four years ago for crisis...
THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
Eye, robot
BACK in January, when the world was blissfully unaware of the disruption Covid-19...
WEALTH & INVESTING
High yield can be the white knight of the income crisis
DIVIDENDS - the darling of income investors, are now in lockdown. The biggest demand...
This dead cat has nine lives
A MONTH ago, we worried about a dead cat bounce, but it turned out that this...
The demise of the business-to-consumer model
THE INTERNET of Things (IoT) refers to an interconnected system whereby objects or...
Virtual blockchain summit attendees set to get at least US$1m in Bitcoin payouts
CRYPTO mania is back in full force and the latest iteration of excitement during these...
Optimism over global recovery weakens gold despite weaker dollar
GOLD prices started the week on a strong note buoyed by a weak US dollar in early...
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
Silence on race no longer an option for corporations
MTV went dark for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Goldman Sachs pledged US$10 million "...
OPINION
Brave new news world
SOME years ago, when I was in Washington DC, I visited the Newseum, an institution...
BREAKING NEWS
Silver Lake invests another 45.5 billion rupees in Reliance's Jio
[MUMBAI] A group led by Silver Lake Partners agreed to invest another 45.5 billion Indian rupees (S$839.8 million)...
China warns against travel to Australia, citing discrimination
[MELBOURNE] China on Friday advised the public to avoid travelling to Australia, citing racial discrimination and...
Twitter, Facebook disable Trump video tribute to Floyd over copyright complaint
[WASHINGTON] Twitter, Facebook and Instagram disabled US President Donald Trump's campaign tribute video to George...
US sues Chinese firm over half-million 'fake' N95 masks
[WASHINGTON] The US Justice Department sued a Chinese company for selling nearly a half million fake and substandard...
'We were wrong': NFL commissioner regrets stance on player protests, condemns racism
[NEW YORK] National Football League (NFL) commissioner Roger Goodell said the league made mistakes in not listening...
Petronas CEO to resign after five years: state media
[KUALA LUMPUR] The president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd, Wan Zulkiflee...
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