NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – The nightmare year of 2020 brought the airline industry’s first decade of sustained profitability to a shuddering halt. The coronavirus pandemic tore through in a tumultuous, […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Stocks on Wall Street hit record levels on Thursday (Jan 7) as investors bet a Democrat-controlled Congress will deliver more stimulus spending to help the US […]
While Covid-19 has made it necessary for many to embrace digitalisation, there are some who need help learning tools and skills of technology, and they should not be left behind, […]
Those below the age of 16 will not be getting the Covid-19 vaccination any time soon because not enough is known about the side effects for this group. Children and […]
DBS Bank has launched an in-house digital training institute to develop the skills of its nearly 5,000-strong tech workforce in application security, site reliability engineering, and data processing and analytics. […]
SINGAPORE – The number of Housing Board (HDB) resale flats sold for at least $1 million hit a new high last year amid a strong showing by the market despite […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore leaders have expressed shock at the violence that has broken out in the United States, after supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol. In […]
SINGAPORE – Two migrant workers who rescued a boy stranded on a third-storey ledge in Hougang have been lauded for their quick-thinking action. Landscape maintenance workers Das Dipto and Biswas […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Thursday, Jan 7. Woman shot inside US Capitol dies after pro-Trump protesters storm building The city is under curfew and […]
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – SoftBank Group Corp is preparing to take at least six more of its portfolio companies public this year, building on a 2020 turnaround that pushed the value […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – The Dow finished at a fresh record on Wednesday (Jan 6) as Wall Street largely shrugged off unrest in Washington after angry supporters of outgoing President […]
SoftBank SoftBank Group plans to sell its first bond in more than a year, joining a rush by companies globally to tap credit markets while borrowing costs are low. The […]
SHANGHAI • Chinese money managers are rushing to launch new energy funds, seeking to capitalise on investors’ green fever which has been fuelled by President Xi Jinping’s carbon-neutrality pledge. China’s […]
HONG KONG • China’s Alibaba Group Holding plans to raise at least US$5 billion ($6.6 billion) through the sale of a US dollar-denominated bond this month, four people with knowledge […]
SINGAPORE – Eight food and beverage outlets were ordered to close, with fines for 26 others and 51 people for breaches of safe management measures during the year-end festive period. […]
SINGAPORE – The case of the 14-year-old boy accused of murdering his own father has been adjourned to Feb 17 after the police said they needed more time to complete […]
SINGAPORE – About 40 per cent of sexual assault cases reported to the police from 2017 to 2019 involved victims below the age of 16. In those three years, there […]
SINGAPORE – The TraceTogether token and mobile phone app are used for contact tracing. They exchange short-distance Bluetooth signals with nearby users of the token or app to quickly track […]
SINGAPORE – A total of 440,000 people will be able to receive matching amounts of up to $600 annually for cash top-ups made to their Central Provident Fund (CPF) retirement […]
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 […]
