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Right physical asset balance key to success of grocery delivery players
COMPETITION in Singapore's online grocery delivery sector is intensifying, as more vie...
Singapore F&B sector braces for labour, cost squeeze from MCO
MALAYSIA'S latest Movement Control Order (MCO) will exacerbate a manpower shortage and...
Analysts expect Malaysia's MCO to be extended
MALAYSIA'S Movement Control Order (MCO), in effect from Wednesday for two weeks, is...
Sea can pass on S-E Asian deal frenzy
MERGER and acquisition talks are swirling around South-east Asia's hot technology...
Malaysia's latest curbs to have limited impact on Singapore: economists
SINGAPORE may not be too greatly affected by Malaysia's state of emergency and its...
State of emergency suspends KL parliament for first time since 1969; allows Muhyiddin election breather
MALAYSIA'S King declared a nationwide state of emergency for the first time in more...
Labour recovery from Covid-19 needs coordination: Tharman
HANDLING the labour market shock wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic requires "high-...
Innovation centre to develop Singapore as base for advanced manufacturers
AN innovation centre aimed at boosting the competitiveness of Singapore's electronics...
Sheldon Adelson, founder of Las Vegas Sands, dies at 87
SHELDON Adelson, who built the largest casino company in the world and used his wealth...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
Oil and gas firms likely to be spared steep impairment that ravaged them in 2020
IT's too early to say if oil's robust start in 2021, led by output cuts and vaccine...
GIC retains position as most active state-owned investor: report
SINGAPORE'S GIC retained its position as most active state-owned investor (SOI) for...
Sunpower inks steam supply deal in China
MAINBOARD-LISTED Sunpower Group is buying four sets of boilers for 100 million yuan (S...
Corporate digest
Enviro-Hub Holdings
SGX RegCo announces enhanced rules for auditors, valuers
SINGAPORE Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) on Tuesday announced enhancements to rules...
Clients' liquidity, viability top worries for audit committees: poll
DIGITALISATION and the Covid-19 pandemic added to the workload of audit committees (...
Singapore stocks extend losses on Tuesday, STI down 0.23%
SINGAPORE stocks ended in the red on Tuesday, with the Straits Times Index (STI) down...
US dollar holds firm as Treasury yield jumps
THE US dollar held onto its recent gains on Tuesday after a spike in US Treasury...
REAL ESTATE
Singapore resale condo market robust despite pandemic, with prices up 1.4% in 2020
WITH the breathless pursuit of property in Singapore despite the Covid-19 pandemic,...
Blackstone to buy Sandcrawler building in Singapore for S$176m
US PRIVATE equity giant Blackstone Group is planning to buy Lucas Real Estate...
Investors have a new default worry in China's debt market
INVESTOR confidence in China Fortune Land Development Co is tumbling as concerns grow...
Former Trump property aims to be Palm Beach's most expensive ever
PALM Beach real estate is on a hot streak attributed variously to Covid-19, the state...
BANKING & FINANCE
Bad debt surge threatens India's financial stability: RBI
INDIA'S central bank expects banks' bad loan ratios to almost double this year and...
Trump's long-favoured banks pull back amid riot fallout
TWO of Donald Trump's favoured banks are pulling away from the billionaire president...
China plans to let banks sell soured personal loans to ease risks
CHINA plans to allow some commercial banks to start selling soured personal loans to...
Markets search for China's 'red line' as yuan starts year with jump
THE yuan's hot start to 2021 has been met with unease from Chinese authorities,...
UBS lowering threshold to charge depositors for negative rates, closing 40 Swiss branches
UBS Group plans to lower the threshold for customer deposits that will be subject to a...
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft, Facebook, Google to halt political donations after US riot
FACEBOOK, Google and Microsoft said they would pause political contributions after a...
CONSUMER
China make-up ad pulled for victim-blaming
A CHINESE advert for make-up wipes which linked a woman's appearance to the likelihood...
TRANSPORT
Indonesia finds black box from Sriwijaya Air's plane crash
INDONESIAN authorities have retrieved one of the black boxes from a Sriwijaya Air...
Is cruising set to bounce back?
OF ALL of shipping's sectors the cruise ship business has been the hardest hit. With...
Ford to close Brazil manufacturing operations after more than a century
FORD Motor Co is ceasing manufacturing operations in Brazil after more than 100 years...
GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
Thailand unveils 210 billion-baht stimulus to counter virus impact
THAILAND unveiled stimulus programmes including cash handouts worth 210 billion baht (...
APAC firms have shown 'remarkable resilience' amid pandemic: Vodafone
THE new Covid-19 variant will amplify the differences in economic performances, but...
China puts 5 million in Hebei under lockdown to eradicate Covid cluster
CHINESE authorities sealed off a city of almost five million people and imposed strict...
LIFE & CULTURE
Simon Rattle to leave London Symphony Orchestra for Munich
SIMON Rattle, the acclaimed British-born conductor, returned to his home country...
From the music hall to ballet royalty: A British tale
EDOUARD Espinosa, a London dance teacher, once said in 1916 that "it is absolute...
WEALTH & INVESTING
How to position your stocks for success in 2021 and beyond
AS we welcome the new year, many of are eager to leave 2020 behind. Last year proved...
Asia-Pacific can lead in race to save the ocean economy
"UNPRECEDENTED" might be judged the most used adjective of 2020, and too often for...
Tilting towards value equities in 2021
WE maintain a bullish outlook for global equities in general for 2021. However, we are...
ESG investments to drive growth for asset managers: IMAS survey
ENVIRONMENTAL, social and governance (ESG) investments are expected to drive growth...
Cash piles, hostile bids set stage for a wild Japan M&A year
JAPANESE dealmaking was resurgent in the second half of 2020, with acquisitions...
OPINION
Wake up the mob . . . at your own risk
RENOWNED Irish philosopher and statesman Edmund Burke once wrote: "Anger and madness...
'Global Britain' campaign postponed on Covid-19 resurgence
FOLLOWING last month's EU-UK trade deal, Prime Minister Boris Johnson had planned to...
The Brexit boon to Europe and the US
MOST Europeans are happy that Joe Biden will be the next president of the United...
2021's key trends in healthcare management and delivery
IF 2020 is to be remembered as the year the world came to an almost complete...
Four key trends in Asia's banking sector in 2021
THE year 2020 was a challenging year for the banking sector in Singapore, with years...
How advisory boards can raise the bar on ESG advocacy
THE board of directors of a large family-owned conglomerate in Asia was intensely...
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