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Cuscaden waives walk-away right from SPH bid; gains final regulatory approval The consortium also announced on Thursday night (Dec 2) that it has received the requisite regulatory approval from the Foreign Investment Rev…

Grab shares plunge 33% on Nasdaq debut day Grab rang its opening bell on Thursday (Dec 2) evening at the Shangri-La Hotel here in Singapore, in a first for Nasdaq hosting a bell-ringing ceremony in Southeast Asia. Its sh…

Visitors from Singapore to South Korea using VTL spared new 10-day quarantine The South Korean embassy in Singapore said on Thursday (Dec 2) evening that the bilateral quarantine-free travel arrangement between the two c…

Transforming supply chains, bringing value to companies Two friends who met in church came together and spent a year working on a sophisticated enterprise software that helps companies link their procurement, payment and…

200 cups of gourmet coffee an hour? No problem for this robot barista Singaporean Keith Tan, who originally opened the F&B business Crown Coffee, also became an inventor and disrupted his own business when he created ELL…

#BTLuxe Christmas Issue 2021 ❄️ The holiday Issue finally arrives tomorrow. We'll be speaking with prominent business leaders as they reflect on an eventful year, highlighting places to go for a change of scenery and sha…

12-employee A*Star spin-off develops regenerative extract from stem cell technology to stimulate tissue repair Celligenics’ stem cells take on the best of their properties without the downsides. They have demonstrated ne…

Omicron variant lands in Singapore; 2 cases recovering in isolation wards Both cases arrived on a flight from Johannesburg on Wednesday, and are currently recovering in isolation wards at the National Centre for Infectio…

Is there speculation fever in Singapore's shophouse market? A seasoned local property investor has flipped conservation shophouses in Singapore on at least 3 occasions this year, crystallising price gains of between 19 p…

Razer execs offer to take firm private, valuing it at HK$24.70 billion The group led by chairman Min-Liang Tan and non-executive director Kaling Lim, who own around 57 per cent of Razer, are offering HK$2.82 a share for…

Top oil producers may freeze output amid Omicron concerns The Opec+ alliance led by Saudi Arabia and Russia has so far resisted US-led pressure to significantly boost output to rein in surging energy prices. Analysts pre…

Severity of Omicron infection questioned around the world As the Covid-19 Omicron variant spreads quickly globally, with cases popping up all over, countries are starting to roll back initial travel restrictions and ques…

From MyTeksi to US$40b: How Grab evolved over the years Ride-hailing giant Grab starts trading on Nasdaq tonight, after 10pm Singapore time. We take a look back at this timeline tracing its journey to this point.

#BTExplains: The fine print in the ongoing battle for the SPH listed company How much does SPH have to pay Keppel if it rejects its offer — which is what its directors are recommending shareholders do —and will Cuscaden…

South Korea to slap 10-day quarantine on all travellers, including those fully-vaccinated FYI to those of you with trips planned and booked on the VTL.

Binance's Singapore crypto hub plans in regulatory limbo The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange appears to be on the brink of giving up on Singapore and setting up its global HQ somewhere else, in light of delays in…

Singapore and Hong Kong no longer world's costliest cities: EIU Singapore remains the costliest city in Asia, joining Paris for second place and jumping 2 spots from last year. Hong Kong is also among the world's costlie…