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Bridging the skills gap: Is education the key?
AS the hand-wringing and finger-pointing continue amid a deepening recession and...
Nanofilm IPO shares priced at S$2.59; subscribed 19 times
NANOFILM Technologies, the spin-off company of Nanyang Technological University (NTU...
Malaysian PM seeks king's nod to declare state of emergency, sources say
MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is reported to have asked the king to...
Q3 private home prices up; new home sales double over previous quarter, but rents are down
A SHARP rebound in private home sales in both primary and secondary markets in the...
Office rents fall in Q3 amid cutbacks, work-from-home ops
THE pandemic took its toll on office rents in the third quarter as souring business...
Decline in retail rents accelerates in Q3
AS ECONOMIC headwinds prevail, rentals of retail space in Singapore's central region...
Inflation could return to positive territory before year end: economists
SINGAPORE'S deflationary pressures continued to ease in September, with the...
Chief Justice grants leave to probe DPPs for misconduct in former maid Parti Liyani case
THE Chief Justice has given the go-ahead for investigations into two Deputy Public...
Singapore, Germany to start green lane for business travel
SINGAPORE and Germany have agreed to start a reciprocal green lane allowing travel for...
Presidential hopefuls square off over Covid-19, climate, racism
PRESIDENT Donald Trump turned in a more composed and disciplined debate performance...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
iFast eyes expansion in Malaysia, China as Q3 profit more than doubles
FINANCIAL services provider iFast Corporation will take advantage of booming demand...
Bukit Sembawang's pivot to recurring income will boost dividends: DBS
DBS Group Research on Friday said Bukit Sembawang Estate's move to pivot its business...
Goldman recast as villain of Wall Street with damning 1MDB pact
GOLDMAN Sachs Group, pilloried after the 2008 financial crisis, just saw a decade of...
Singapore hits Goldman Sachs with US$122m payment, warning over 1MDB scandal
GOLDMAN Sachs Singapore has been charged by the Singapore authorities to pay US$122...
Construction works on Oxley's projects may take up to six weeks more to complete due to Covid-19
OXLEY Holdings said that the completion of construction works in its properties is...
Philippine stocks top the world this week as foreigners return
PHILIPPINE stocks are beating global peers this week after having spent much of the...
Growth stock rally leaves even more room for disappointment
AS NETFLIX shareholders found out to their dismay this week, lofty global growth stock...
Eat Just, maker of plant-based eggs, eyes US$2b valuation
EAT Just Inc, a startup that makes plant-based eggs, is seeking funding in what may be...
Singapore shares track Wall St gains, end week in the black
LOCAL shares finished the week on a high, in tandem with Wall Street stocks that rose...
Corporate digest
GL LIMITED, a UK hotel sector player, recorded an unaudited net loss of US$22.5...
REAL ESTATE
HDB resales jump to 10-year high in Q3 as prices rise 1.5% over quarter
THE Housing Board resale market staged a stunning rebound in the third quarter of 2020...
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WeWork default is a real possibility, Fitch Ratings warns
FITCH Ratings downgraded troubled co-working company WeWork, and warned that the once...
US existing home sales rise to 14-year high
SALES of previously-owned US homes rose more than expected in September to the highest...
TRANSPORT
Will airline bailouts fly?
AS AIRLINES and hotels with backs to the Covid wall plead with governments for help,...
GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
Making a new start in a business of their own
IN April, Dave Summers lost his job as director of digital media productions at the...
LIFE & CULTURE
Football feast to savour in Europe as top teams collide
WE are a little over a month into the new European football season, and the matches...
A restrained telling of the rise and fall of WeWork's Neumann
IT took reading 50 pages of Billion Dollar Loser, Reeves Wiedeman's new book about...
Ditch your basic bookshelf speakers and stream in high-fidelity instead
I'D originally set my sights on some refined, time-honoured hardware. A hand-built...
THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
On the green power train
CHANGE starts at home.
WEALTH & INVESTING
The hidden dragon of 2020
BATTLING through a turbulent year, investors have come to terms with dramatic changes...
The relentless pursuit of better investment options
MY courtship with Vanguard funds started 16 years ago in 2004. Providend was licensed...
Hong Kong connection opens China ETF market to global investors
CHINA'S fast-growing $157 billion market for exchange-traded funds became directly...
The sustainable debt market has become unsustainable
THE European Union has offered its first social bond - as in the middle initial of ESG...
Music lessons are the best investment for your kids
WHEN I was about eight years old, an uncle gave me his old folk guitar after a...
Gold prices drift with no US stimulus agreement
GOLD futures generally spent the week drifting and reacting to sentiment that shifted...
OPINION
Trump's disappearing populism goes on full display
ONE of the most quietly significant moments in Thursday night's presidential debate...
BREAKING NEWS
AstraZeneca resumes US Covid-19 vaccine trial; J&J prepares to do the same
[CHICAGO] AstraZeneca has resumed the US trial of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine after approval by regulators,...
Tesla to recall 30,000 cars from China over suspension defects
[BEIJING] US electric car manufacturer Tesla will recall almost 30,000 vehicles imported into China due to...
Oil falls about 2% on Libyan output, Covid-19 demand concerns
[NEW YORK] Oil fell nearly 2 per cent on Friday, finishing lower for the week, in anticipation of a surge in Libyan...
Europe: Stocks rebound with banks in the lead
[BENGALURU] European stocks rose on Friday, boosted by positive earnings updates from Barclays and a surge in Airbus...
US: S&P, Nasdaq close higher as stimulus talks in spotlight
[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed modestly higher on Friday in choppy trading, with investors keeping a...
US early vote total crosses 50 million, signaling a record-smashing turnout
[WASHINGTON] More than 50 million Americans have cast ballots in the presidential election, an early-voting expert...
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