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Laying the foundation for the future of cleaning The cleaning sector has been grappling with a worsening labour crunch over the years, but the demand for cleaning services has been steadily increasing. Homegrown robotics…

Reimagining the future of security solutions Security consultants Ron Efron and Effie Chen founded BluOcean Security, which evolved over just three years to focus on creating novel cloud security systems — where they bel…

Building and connecting offshore renewable energy projects Gerald Tan started a company that builds and places large structures in the sea to generate renewable energy and channel it back to land for use. These offshore…

Daily ART tests for all VTL travellers; seven more countries added to high-risk category The tests are all self-administered, and travellers will be required to submit the results of their ARTs online using a link that w…

#BTLUXE: Bonding over food As an avid cook with Cantonese and French cuisine under his repertoire, it's no wonder Qi YuWu has built his dream kitchen decked out with luxury appliances from Sub-Zero and Wolf. Qi and his a…

DBS chief apologises for recent banking services outage, review being done "Our customers have the right to expect more from us, and I share their frustration and their pain," Gupta said on Friday (Dec 3). He added that…

Entities linked to Chip Eng Seng, SingHaiyi make S$650m bid for Peace Centre “We have been persistent over the years and never gave up. We have finally come to this stage and successfully found a buyer on our fifth attem…

Lessons from troubles besetting listing of Eagle Hospitality Trust As an attractive location for Reits to list, Singapore was a natural choice for Eagle Hospitality Trust, which had 18 hotel properties in the US. But les…

Apple tells suppliers iPhone demand has slowed as holidays near The company has told its component suppliers that demand for the iPhone 13 lineup has weakened, people familiar with the matter said, signalling that some c…

Can hybrid working cut emissions and save businesses costs? A white paper from UK-based IWG projects that employers can save "at least" S$15,005 annually for every employee who spends half the year working from home.

Grab's founders fortunes slide after shares sink 20.5% on first trading day Anthony Tan’s 3.3 per cent stake was briefly worth US$1.1 billion with Grab’s opening price of US$13.06. But the subsequent slide wiped out abou…

Reinfections three times more likely with Omicron: South African research The findings, based on data collected by the country's health system, provides the first epidemiological evidence about Omicron's ability to evade…

Business travel rebounds but not as fast as leisure travel The reopening of borders in the West and Singapore's string of quarantine-free VTLs had earlier sparked hope that firms would be more willing to resume cross bor…

Ion Mobility launches Singapore's first electric motorcycle On Thursday (Dec 2), the homegrown electric motorbike company unveiled the Mobius, a battery-powered bike that it will build and sell in Indonesia in the first…

Boss of Singapore Lamborghini dealership arrested, out on bail In a bourse filing, luxury car distributor EuroSports Global said its former CEO Goh was asked to be at CAD's office at 3pm to be arrested, but was released…