The Business Times

#BTOpinion #SenseandCents: Home improvement is largely consumption that generates little return on investment Ever since the pandemic begun, habits changed and people have learned to work, shop and socialise from home, m…

Investors, foreigners, en bloc hopefuls to bear brunt of new property cooling measures These curbs will help improve affordability for first-time homebuyers, prevent affluent buyers from purchasing additional properties…

Work from office capacity may never hit 100% again Victor Mills, chief executive of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, said that 50 per cent capacity "is probably about right as I doubt very much we will ev…

Brokerages offering free shares and commission-free trades in tussle for younger investors Syfe's offering will allow users to buy dollar value fractions of any US stock or exchange traded fund (ETF), from as little as U…

Singapore property developers will face 'immense' pressure from higher ABSD: Redas Redas hopes the government will consider giving some leeway in "certain deserving cases". "The property market should be allowed a bit mo…

Six women workers sue Tesla over sexual harassment allegations The six separate new suits filed on Tuesday in a California court alleged that co-workers or supervisors made sexual propositions to the women, graphically c…

MND increases confirmed list private housing supply (including ECs) by 39% but clips reserve list supply The government has decided to increase the supply of private housing on the confirmed list to 2,785 units for the H…

Google says employees will eventually be fired if they do not follow vaccination rules: CNBC A memo circulated by Google's leadership said employees had until Dec 3 to declare their vaccination status and upload document…

#BTOPINION: Winds of change in tax collection in a post-pandemic landscape With tax revenue collection accounting for 73.6 per cent of the Singapore government's operating revenue in 2020, it is no wonder that seeking ne…

Thomson Medical's digital arm in JV to launch telehealth app for women, children The JV between Thomson X (helmed by Lim Wee Kiat, son of billionaire Peter Lim) and WhiteCoat will in 2022 launch a mobile application that…

Government to increase BTO, GLS programme supply together with cooling measures "We will ramp up build-to-order (BTO) supply to launch up to 23,000 flats per year in 2022 and 2023 to meet demand from Singaporean househol…

SGX rolls out mandatory climate reporting for financial, energy issuers from 2023 These sectors have been prioritised for mandatory climate reporting in subsequent years, even as all issuers must provide climate reportin…

How might fresh cooling measures affect Singapore's property market? Late last night, the government announced changes including higher ABSD rates and a tighter TDSR threshold. "The new measures may impact investors more…

Italy bans tourists from Singapore till Jan 31 next year Travellers from countries on the list may enter Italy only for work, health or study reasons, out of absolute urgency or to return to their homes and must self-iso…

Hot stocks: Property plays in the red on new housing cooling measures Shares of Straits Times Index (STI) property developers City Developments Limited (CDL) and UOL dropped as much as 3.6 per cent and 3 per cent respect…

3 more people tested preliminarily positive for Omicron variant The first two cases, a couple that returned from the US on Dec 8, tested PCR positive on Dec 11 and 14. They dined at four restaurants at Ngee Ann City, Pal…

WP leaders issued summons after failing to produce documents requested by privileges committee On Wednesday (Dec 15), the committee said it had, on various occasions between Dec 10 and Dec 14, asked WP chief Pritam Singh…