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SGX looking into listing of special purpose acquisition companies
THE Singapore Exchange is looking into the possibility of listing special purpose...
AGC reviewing training for prosecutors
TRAINING and guidance for prosecutors are being reviewed to strengthen the...
Ten startups to watch in 2021
The Business Times picks out ten companies to keep an eye on.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng overhaul could offer investors more opportunities
GIVEN the historical anomaly that Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index (HSI) is skewed - with...
Continued global cooperation key to recovery: Heng Swee Keat
THE Covid-19 pandemic has given the world common cause to work together, and building...
Calls for Malaysia to have stronger Covid strategy
MALAYSIA'S latest Movement Control Order (MCO) needs to be supplemented with...
New Senior Counsel appointed from public, private and academic sectors
THREE Senior Counsel have been appointed for the new legal year, including a managing...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
Government bailouts of national carriers: not all are strategic assets
IRISH budget carrier Ryanair has challenged the European Commission over its decisions...
Singapore Airlines readies debut US-dollar bond; bookrunners circulate term sheet
A TERM sheet for Singapore Airlines (SIA)'s first US-dollar bond has been circulated...
Fortress Minerals soars 19.6% on earnings jump, proposed acquisition
SHARES of Fortress Minerals surged 19.6 per cent during the late morning trading...
Chip Eng Seng warns of FY2020 loss due to adverse Covid-19 impact
CHIP Eng Seng is expecting to report a FY2020 net loss in mid-February 2021 as opposed...
Corporate digest
THE High Court will hear winding-up applications against two of mainboard-listed...
Changing hands
Tracking fund flows in the Singapore stock market
Industrial Reits set to continue bullish run in 2021: analysts
DESPITE having outperformed their Singapore real estate investment trust (Reit)...
AEM launches bid to take CEI private
FRESH from a 70.8 per cent price gain on the market last year, electronics services...
DBS upgrades Riverstone to 'buy', lowers target price
DBS Group Research has upgraded Riverstone Holdings to "buy" from "hold" and lowered...
UOB Kay Hian raises target price for Singapore Medical Group on potential offer
UOB Kay Hian has maintained its "buy" call on Singapore Medical Group (SMG) with a...
Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care picks banks for US$300m IPO
RAMSAY Sime Darby Health Care has picked arrangers for an initial public offering in...
Singapore, other regional bourses end session lower; STI down 0.31%
FOLLOWING its outperformance last week, the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI)...
Euro slips to two-week low as US yields rise
THE US dollar gained broadly on Monday as widening US Treasury yields and expectations...
REAL ESTATE
Covid-19 pandemic speeds up Barcelona's urban-greening plan
ONE of Barcelona's largest parks, named after Spanish painter Joan Miro, is just a...
Top global oil exporter Saudi Arabia launches car-free city
SAUDI Arabia, the world's top crude exporter, announced on Sunday the launch of an eco...
New York City's High Line park to get US$60m link to brand-new train station
FOR more than a decade, the High Line, an elevated park that stretches for nearly 2.4...
Half of Swiss hotels, restaurants risk bankruptcy
NEARLY half of Switzerland's restaurants and hotels risk bankruptcy within months, on...
Renovation boom in pandemic augurs well for profits, says building materials supplier
BUILDING materials supplier SIG said on Monday it expects losses for 2020 to be at the...
BANKING & FINANCE
Worst Bitcoin plunge since March shakes faith in crypto boom
THE white-knuckle Bitcoin ride took another twist on Monday as the worst two-day...
KKR raises US$3.9b in biggest Asia-Pacific infrastructure fund
KKR & Co raised US$3.9 billion for its first Asia-Pacific infrastructure fund,...
NZ central bank says it was not specific target of cyberattack
NEW Zealand's central bank said on Monday a cyberattack that breached its data systems...
Hedge funds head for cover as dollar rebound gathers pace
THE US dollar rebound is picking up pace, with signs that speculative traders are busy...
RBI squeezes money markets to spur sell-off in shorter bonds
INDIA'S key money market rates and yields on short-term debt rose after the central...
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung surges after Intel is said to consider chip outsourcing
SAMSUNG Electronics Co rose the most in almost 10 months after Intel Corp was said to...
CONSUMER
China consumer prices rise in December ahead of Chinese New Year
CHINA'S consumer prices rebounded in December, official data showed on Monday, as food...
TRANSPORT
Ship orders slump to 20-year low with owners unsure which green fuel to use
SHIP owners facing looming deadlines to use less-polluting fuels have slashed the...
China's Baidu to create a smart EV company with automaker Geely
CHINA'S search engine giant Baidu Inc said on Monday it will set up a company to...
GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
China to push tech giants to share consumer credit data, say sources
CHINA plans to push tech giants including Ant Group, Tencent and JD.com to share...
WHO to probe virus origins in China as infections rise globally
A WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) team will finally reach China this week to start...
China's biggest daily Covid-19 case jump in 5 months
MAINLAND China saw its biggest daily increase in Covid-19 cases in over five months,...
Indonesia approves China's Sinovac vaccine; begins nationwide inoculations
INDONESIA gave Sinovac Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine its first emergency use approval...
North Korea in show of force after lambasting US
NORTH Korea appeared to stage a military parade as part of a grand party congress that...
LIFE & CULTURE
Can immersive art remain afloat when money is the object?
EVEN as the pandemic takes its toll on tourism, immersive museums and experiential art...
New hongbao notes generate 330 tons of emissions - MAS pushing for e-gifting
SINGAPORE'S tradition of gifting new bank notes during the Lunar New Year celebrations...
SME
Business opportunities aplenty in Africa: SBF
AFRICA is a vast continent that is often deemed too distant and unfamiliar to many...
OPINION
Black Wednesday at the Capitol: What Trump and Trumpism have wrought
THE events that took place on Jan 6, 2021, when a mob, incited by US President Donald...
Digital bonds: It all comes down to trust
SGX's recent 'digital bond' issuance hints at the possibilities for debt markets of...
Bitcoin eyes gold's role and cryptos are here to stay
INVESTORS in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have enjoyed a phenomenal run, but...
Building a safe, secure, sustainable agriculture sector in Asian countries
ASIA'S food consumption is undergoing dramatic changes driven by the region's...
US Capitol violence obscures serious foreign cyber-hacks
LAST week's siege of the US Congress by what US President-elect Joe Biden has called "...
What next for the 'Make America great again' insurrection?
WHEN people stormed the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789, their purpose was to free...
BREAKING NEWS
Yellen says aid to jobless, small firms 'biggest bang' for buck
[WASHINGTON] Janet Yellen told lawmakers Tuesday that help for the unemployed and small businesses would provide...
China defends early actions on Covid-19 after panel report
[GENEVA] China on Tuesday defended its early actions taken to fight the Covid-19 outbreak, saying that it...
GM, Microsoft lead US$2b round for self-driving startup
[DETRIOT] General Motors and Microsoft are leading a US$2 billion investment round in self-driving car startup...
FedEx to cut up to 6,300 jobs in Europe on TNT integration
[MEMPHIS] FedEx is planning to cut as many as 6,300 jobs in Europe as the courier completes the process of...
US: Wall St opens higher ahead of Yellen speech, spotlight on earnings
[NEW YORK] Wall Street's main indexes rose on Tuesday after upbeat earnings from big US banks and Halliburton, while...
Frasers Hospitality Trust expects properties in countries with domestic travel market to recover faster
FRASERS Hospitality Trust (FHT) is banking on its properties in countries with a predominant domestic travel market...
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