WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Wednesday (Jan 13) asked Tesla to recall 158,000 Model S and Model X vehicles over media control unit […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – Standard Chartered’s investment banking head Simon Cooper has emerged as the internal contender to replace chief executive officer Bill Winters, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday (Jan […]
NEW YORK (Bloomberg) – Affirm Holdings almost doubled in its public market debut, the latest multibillion-dollar technology company to start trading significantly higher than its initial public offering price. Shares […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – As spending remained high amid the coronavirus pandemic, the US budget deficit surged by 61 per cent in the first three months of the 2021 fiscal year, […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Singapore’s Sea Ltd, the tech start-up that’s become South-east Asia’s most valuable company, has acquired Indonesia’s Bank Kesejahteraan Ekonomi, according to people familiar with the matter. Sea […]
A World Health Organisation (WHO) team of international experts is due to depart Singapore today for the Chinese city of Wuhan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) […]
SINGAPORE – Registration for the 2022 school year at 43 Ministry of Education (MOE) kindergartens will open from 9am on Feb 5 to 4pm on Feb 9, said MOE on […]
SINGAPORE – While watching a movie together on a computer screen at their workplace, a male hospital employee molested his female colleague. When the 20-year-old woman pushed the offender’s hand […]
SINGAPORE – Those hunting for a new home can now get pricing and loan information of Housing Board (HDB) flats on a new platform which aims to streamline the process […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore and Malaysia will continue to work closely to keep supply chains going amid the movement control restrictions and state of emergency declared in Malaysia, said Minister for […]
SINGAPORE – During his years as a secondary school teacher, Mr Kenneth Chua frequently spoke to his students about the joys of learning, the importance of upskilling, and the value […]
SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – South Korea’s jobless rate hit a 10-year high in December as the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak forced businesses to slash hiring. The unemployment rate reached 4.6 per […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Blackstone Group is looking to purchase Lucasfilm’s state-of-the art facility, The Sandcrawler, named for the classic Star Wars transport that inspired its design. The US private equity […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Equities tied to the US economic recovery led stocks higher on Tuesday (Jan 12) as markets bet on more government stimulus and coronavirus vaccines in 2021. […]
NEW YORK • The decision by Amazon.com’s cloud unit to pull the plug on social media service Parler highlighted the e-commerce giant’s often-overlooked role in powering much of the Internet. […]
SINGAPORE – A man accused of trespassing into the premises of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary last year and defacing a statue of Mary was […]
SINGAPORE – Dr Oon Chiew Seng, one of Singapore’s first obstetricians and gynaecologists, has received an honorary degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) for her lifelong dedication to […]
SINGAPORE – Office workers at 9 Penang Road were surprised by some unexpected wildlife guests on Monday (Jan 11). A group of 13 smooth-coated otters were seen trooping through the […]
SINGAPORE – Companies here need to continue to innovate for Singapore to successfully capture new economic opportunities in electronics and manufacturing created by advances in technology such as artificial intelligence […]
SINGAPORE -The fight against Covid-19 shows international collaboration is crucial if the world wants to continue making scientific breakthroughs, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat told young scientists at a […]
