Why China is sentencing a tycoon to death
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – The bigamy conviction got a lot of the attention but Lai Xiaomin received a death sentence on Tuesday (Jan 5) over a much more serious issue […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – The bigamy conviction got a lot of the attention but Lai Xiaomin received a death sentence on Tuesday (Jan 5) over a much more serious issue […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Oil held gains in early Asian trading on Wednesday (Jan 6) after surging to a 10-month high on a surprise Saudi Arabian pledge to cut an extra […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks advanced on Tuesday (Jan 5) following better-than-expected US economic data as markets monitored Georgia elections that will determine control of the US Senate. […]
MOSCOW/LONDON/DUBAI (REUTERS) – Saudi Arabia pledged additional, voluntary oil output cuts of one million barrels per day (bpd) in February and March as part of a deal under which most […]
Ride-hailing firm Grab Holdings has been assigned a B3 corporate family rating (CFR) by ratings agency Moody’s, to reflect the company’s leading position in key regional markets but also uncertainties […]
SINGAPORE – When Mr Das Dipto arrived for work at Block 244, Hougang Street 22 on Sunday (Jan 3) at 7.35am,the landscape maintenance worker did not expect to be involved […]
SINGAPORE – Police have hauled in more suspected members of unlawful societies, announcing on Tuesday (Jan 5) that they had arrested 52 men between Dec 30 and Jan 3. The […]
SINGAPORE – A youth who left a policeman with a spinal cord injury and superficial bite wounds was on Tuesday (Jan 5) sentenced to two years’ probation. As part of […]
SINGAPORE – Participants attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Singapore this May will have to abide by strict public health requirements, said Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin […]
SINGAPORE – Overall electricity demand in Singapore is expected to have fallen by between 2 per cent and 4 per cent last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but energy […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Bitcoin fizzled in trading on Monday (Jan 4) as the famously volatile cryptocurrency pulled back after a spectacular new-year rally. Prices fell as much as 17 […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – For more than two decades Chinese companies have turned to the US stock market for capital and international prestige, raising at least US$144 billion (S$190 billion) […]
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – OCBC will again lower the interest rates on its flagship savings account, marking its fourth round of revisions since May last year. From Feb 1, […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks stumbled on Monday (Jan 4) in the first session of 2021 on anxiety over the Georgia Senate runoffs and worries about a slower […]
BEIJING • The recent death of a Pinduoduo employee renewed criticism of the long hours commonly practised at China’s tech companies, which are already under scrutiny by regulators for anti-competitive […]
SINGAPORE – Visitors to Gardens by the Bay will get to enjoy the full suite of its light and sound show from this Friday (Jan 8) as Singapore moves into phase […]
SINGAPORE (TNP) – Selected karaoke outlets may be allowed to reopen without their customers needing to take a Covid-19 swab test as part of the pilot programme, said the Ministry of […]
SINGAPORE – Parliamentary proceedings will be live-streamed for the first time on Monday (Jan 4), said the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) in a statement. The live streaming will […]
SINGAPORE – A new bus terminal for Bukit Panjang will open from Jan 23, according to a Facebook post by the Land Transport Authority on Monday (Jan 4). The Gali […]
SINGAPORE – Amid a Covid-19 pandemic which has disrupted learning, students from Singapore who sat the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma exams last November have managed to outshine their global counterparts […]