Exxon and Chevron ride plastics boom to cash-flow bonanzas
HOUSTON (BLOOMBERG) - Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp swung to their biggest profits since pre-pandemic days amid surging demand...
Year: 2021
How Scottish boy Jacob Smith has won Indians over with his debut act in Bollywood’s ‘Mimi’
The child actor, Jacob Smith, who got the Bollywood movie by fluke, was travelling the world and India happened to...
URA awards tender for plot at Lentor Central to GuocoLand; to be developed for mixed use
SINGAPORE - Property giant GuocoLand has won the tender for a 99-year leasehold plot at Lentor Central after lodging the...
Keppel swings back to $300 million first-half profit, quadruples dividend
SINGAPORE - Keppel Corporation has bounced back into the black for the first half with all its key business units...
SIA trims quarterly losses to $409 million
SINGAPORE - Sequential improvement in passenger numbers and a robust cargo performance saw Singapore Airlines (SIA) cut its first quarter...
Filmmaker Trisha Das reveals she was sexually harassed at workplace multiple times
National Award-winning documentary filmmaker and author Trisha Das revealed in an interview that she was sexually harassed at her workplace...
Sheng Siong H1 profit down 11.9% as grocery frenzy eases
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - Mainboard-listed supermarket operator Sheng Siong Group saw a more subdued first half, after the year-ago...
Robinhood closes more than 8% down in grim stock market debut
NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Robinhood Markets' shares closed more than 8 per cent lower at US$34.82 per share on their...
Amazon forecast falls short as Covid-19 online shopping bump fades
SEATTLE (BLOOMBERG) - Amazon.com emerged as the essential store for homebound shoppers during the coronavirus pandemic, propelling its sales and profits...
Blasphemy, violence and live turtles: 10 plays that shocked the world
Sensationally vulgar, this musical take on the TV host was taken to court for blasphemy. Featuring tap-dancing members of the...