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Healthtech use surges amid pandemic; now to put the brakes on costs
THE Covid-19 pandemic has prompted greater adoption of technology in the healthcare...
Sea's Forrest Li credits Singapore in Businessman of the Year win
THERE is a stereotype that business leaders come to Singapore only after they have...
Relook training, job design, to address workers' Covid-19 stresses: DPM
SINGAPORE business leaders will need to focus on redesigning jobs and reskilling their...
Pines' case rests on whether club owner has right to amend the club's rules, says court
WHETHER some 162 unhappy members of The Pines, a country club, can successfully claim...
CIMB Singapore names three new business heads to replace axed trio
CIMB Singapore on Tuesday announced replacements for the three banking heads who were...
MAS launches grant to drive adoption of sustainable financing
SINGAPORE is driving up corporate interest in sustainability, with a new grant on...
DoctorxDentist culls at least 9,700 doctors' names from its platform
DOCTORXDENTIST, a medical-review and consumer-education Web site, has removed the...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
Maybank KE upgrades Singapore, Malaysia tech stocks on 5G, IoT wave
MAYBANK Kim Eng (MKE) has upgraded its recommendation on the tech sector in Singapore...
Broadway Ind surges 34% on US$50m offer for its hard disk business
SHARES of Broadway Industrial hit a near 3.5-year high on Tuesday after the precision...
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Investors would be better served if IFAs were to widen the scope of their advice
DELOITTE & Touche Corporate Finance, as the independent financial adviser (IFA) on...
Prominent businessman Ameerali Rajabali Jumabhoy dies at 94
AMEERALI Rajabali Jumabhoy, prominent businessman and founder of Scotts Holdings...
Singapore, other Asian markets up on progress in Biden transition
SINGAPORE shares advanced on Tuesday following news of President Donald Trump giving...
US dollar falls on Biden transition, vaccine hopes
THE Australian dollar rose to a two-and-a-half-month high and the euro gained on...
REAL ESTATE
Mapletree to invest over S$550m in jumbo logistics site in Japan
PROPERTY giant Mapletree Investments has entered the Kyushu logistics market by...
Asia-Pac's stubbornly-high property prices may correct next year
THERE are growing concerns that a market correction may be on the cards next year for...
BANKING & FINANCE
Biden expected to pick former Fed chair Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary
US PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden is expected to nominate Janet Yellen, the first woman to...
TECHNOLOGY
UK law may fine carriers 10% of sales for breaching Huawei ban
THE UK government has proposed a law that will fine phone companies as much as 10 per...
TRANSPORT
Qantas passengers must be vaccinated when vaccine is available
INTERNATIONAL travellers will need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to fly with...
Thanksgiving travellers give US airports busiest weekend since March
MORE than three million airline passengers passed through US airports over the weekend...
IMO's stance on greenhouse gases angers environmental lobby
SEVERAL environmental organisations fumed in a joint statement following a key meeting...
GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
Time is ripe to produce new generation of MNCs: Chan
SINGAPORE has a "historic opportunity" to turn more local companies into global...
Over 12,000 openings in ICT sector; 95% of them in PMET roles
WITH keen competition for talent from the infocomm technology (ICT) sector, it is...
LIFE & CULTURE
Met Opera seeks 30% pay cuts in exchange for pandemic salaries
THE Metropolitan Opera has offered to start paying many employees who have been...
WEALTH & INVESTING
Bright future for tech stocks in post-Covid world
ON NOV 9, 2020, Pfizer announced a wonderful development for mankind. Trial results...
Will digital banking licences increase credit access here?
SINGAPORE is expected to issue up to five digital banking licences by the end of the...
Value investing in Asia set to outperform in near term
VALUE investing in Asia is set to outperform in the near term, as progress on the...
Look beyond traditional 60/40 portfolio into alternative assets, says JP Morgan study
CENTRAL bank intervention through the Covid-19 crisis is likely to prove successful in...
Spotlight on private stock deals in China
AN INCREASINGLY popular fundraising tool in China is offering a potential lifeline for...
OPINION
E-payments the key to powering a smart nation
FINTECH is thriving in Singapore. Enabled by a supportive regulatory environment and...
China's move on digital currency secures it an edge, but ...
WILL China's central bank digital currency (CBDC) experiment be a success? Offering 50...
Scepticism, independence essential qualities for sponsors, issue managers
THE recent announcement by the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) that issue...
Making the most out of every drop of Singapore's water
SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector has emerged as a regional economic powerhouse,...
Collaborators make Trump's subversion efforts alarming
LAST Thursday, Rudy Giuliani, a Trump campaign lawyer, alleged a widespread voting...
Subsidies better for Covid-19 prevention than lockdowns
MANY European governments are trying to combat the second wave of the Covid-19...
BREAKING NEWS
Boeing's 737 MAX gets tentative nod from European regulator
[BRUSSELS] Europe's aviation safety regulator kicked off the process of bringing Boeing's 737 MAX back into service...
Green is good for power traders chasing US$430b market
[LONDON] The itch is back for Paul Mead. After almost a decade investing in vineyards and startups in his native New...
Dairy's latest entrant in snack wars: ice cream with vegetables
[NEW YORK] The dairy industry is working hard to make milk cool again and turn around years of weak sales.
Seven new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, all imported
[SINGAPORE] There were seven new coronavirus cases announced as of Wednesday noon, all of which were imported.
East Coast pre-war bungalow for sale with S$19m guide price
A CONSERVATION bungalow at 25 Chapel Road has been put on the market via private treaty with a guide price of S$19...
Seoul: Stocks slip from record high on profit-taking, snap five-day rally
[SEOUL] South Korean shares on Wednesday slipped from a record high, ending their five-day rally, as investors...
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