STI, regional bourses edge up on back of Wall Street optimism
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - Singapore stocks took the cue from Wall Street's overnight gains and rallied in league with...
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Jacqueline Poh appointed as new managing director of EDB
SINGAPORE - Ms Jacqueline Poh has been appointed the new managing director of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), effective...
Corporate governance improves at S’pore-listed firms but new areas of concern emerge amid pandemic
SINGAPORE - Companies listed in Singapore continued to improve their corporate governance standards this year, with smaller firms making the...
O.K. Lim’s daughter Lim Huey Ching charged with obstruction of justice
SINGAPORE - Lim Huey Ching, the daughter of former oil tycoon Lim Oon Kuin and an executive director of insolvent...
Singapore’s tech start-ups raised $5.3b in first half of 2021, up from $3.4b in 2020
SINGAPORE - Tech start-ups in Singapore raised $5.3 billion in the first half of this year, up from $3.4 billion...
OCBC, UOB cautiously optimistic on growth outlook as Q2 earnings beat forecasts
SINGAPORE - Local banks OCBC and UOB remained cautiously optimistic on their growth outlook despite the surge in Covid-19 cases...
South-east Asia’s factory powerhouses hit by Covid-19 vaccination woes, Delta variant
BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Fresh outbreaks of the Delta coronavirus variant in South-east Asia have crippled its factory sector, disrupting global...
Tencent boss Pony Ma loses $18.9 billion in China crackdown, more than Jack Ma
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Turns out even the most compliant Chinese billionaires aren't immune to the regulatory onslaught sweeping the...
Singapore ranked joint 4th best country in the world for unicorn start-ups
SINGAPORE - Singapore came in joint fourth in the world for how fast its start-ups turned into unicorns, according to...
BlackRock joins Citi to study plans to shut coal plants in Asia early
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) - BlackRock and other major financial institutions are working on plans to accelerate the closure of coal-fired power...