Healthcare staff receive fruits from local restaurant on last day of 2020
SINGAPORE – On the last day of what has been a gruelling 2020, healthcare staff at 20 hospitals here received some cheer in the form of cartons of fruit, packed […]
SINGAPORE – On the last day of what has been a gruelling 2020, healthcare staff at 20 hospitals here received some cheer in the form of cartons of fruit, packed […]
SINGAPORE – A man was charged on Thursday (Dec 31) with attempted murder after a woman was found injured the day before. Lim Song Chua, 59, who was charged in hospital, […]
BEIJING (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Zhong Shanshan is a private billionaire who’s rarely quoted in the press. Now, after an improbable career spanning journalism, mushroom farming and healthcare, he’s become […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China’s central bank has pumped enough cash into the banking system to convince government bond investors that the worst is finally over. Over the past month, the […]
BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Gold prices edged higher on Wednesday (Dec 30), as the prospect of increased fiscal aid pushed the US dollar to its lowest in more than two years, […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The Singapore dollar, euro, Aussie and New Zealand dollars all posted more than two-year highs against the struggling greenback as investors bet on more US fiscal […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks resumed their holiday season rally on Wednesday (Dec 30), shrugging off the dimming chances of more US stimulus being enacted while another coronavirus […]
SINGAPORE – The gas tariff for households will increase slightly, by 0.23 per cent, for the next three months compared with the quarter before, City Gas said on Wednesday (Dec […]
SINGAPORE – The Singaporean who spied on the United States for China has been arrested by the Internal Security Department on his return to Singapore on Wednesday (Dec 30). Dickson Yeo […]
SINGAPORE – The Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) pioneer engineering batch of 1985 on Wednesday (Dec 30) launched an endowment fund in honour of the late Emeritus Professor Chen Charng Ning. Prof […]
SINGAPORE – A karaoke outlet has been ordered to suspend operations for 20 days for failing to comply with Covid-19 safe management measures on Christmas Day. MZS Family Karaoke in […]
SINGAPORE – The minimum legal age for the purchase, use, possession, sale and supply of tobacco products will be raised from the current 20 years to 21 on Jan 1, […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – Cryptocurrency XRP slumped 19 per cent on Tuesday (Dec 29) after Coinbase, a major US virtual coin exchange, said it would suspend trading in the digital currency. […]
MUMBAI (BLOOMBERG) – AirAsia Group, hit by the coronavirus pandemic that’s decimated passenger demand, is selling its 32.7 per cent stake in AirAsia India Ltd. to its partner Tata Sons […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street closed lower on Tuesday (Dec 29) after the Senate blocked a move to boost federal stimulus cheques to US$2,000 (S$2,600), sending indices retreating from […]
PHNOM PENH • Cambodia has begun extracting its first crude oil from fields in the Gulf of Thailand, in a venture between Singapore’s KrisEnergy and the government, both parties said […]
Single-owner plots and older central business district (CBD) offices are now in the spotlight as residential property developers eye strong residential sales. Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) expects more buzz in […]
SINGAPORE – Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) announced on Tuesday (Dec 29) that it will be promoting Dr Quek Lit Sin to chief executive officer with effect from Jan […]
SINGAPORE – Police had to disperse a crowd which gathered outside a uniform shop in Ang Mo Kio on Tuesday morning (Dec 29), many of whom were there to buy […]
SINGAPORE – At the end of a very unusual and challenging year, with Covid-19 causing serious economic and social disruption, Singapore needs “all hands on deck” to overcome the crisis […]