The Business Times

Omicron's global spread prompts renewed lockdowns, delayed reopenings Omicron infections are multiplying rapidly across Europe, the United States and Asia, including Japan where a single cluster at a military base has gr…

Rising interest rates and their impact on mortgages in an open economy like Singapore How should investors and property buyers in Singapore view the impact of rising interest rates on mortgages? Analysts say that even wh…

#BTOpinion: The big market questions for 2022 Inflation: if not transitory, then what? Will US equities keep rising? What is the outlook for Europe? What next for China and emerging markets? Analysts share their take on…

China Mobile to raise up to 56b yuan in Shanghai listing The world's largest mobile network operator by total subscribers said in a prospectus that it plans to sell up to 845 million shares at 57.58 yuan apiece, raising…

En bloc hopefuls push on with tenders despite cooling measures The latest cooling measures may "take the heat out of the en bloc market" and prompt some collective-sale candidates to possibly give up or at least decide t…

#BTOpinion: Should more Singapore property groups venture to the US? In this week's #TheLevelGround, BT's Leslie Yee points out that Singapore's property developer giants are active in the region and even in the UK and A…

Global M&A activity smashes all-time records to top US$5t in 2021 Technology and healthcare, which typically account for the biggest share of the M&A market, led the way again in 2021, driven partly by pent-up demand fro…

US banks tighten Covid-19 precautions as Omicron variant spreads Most major US banks have had staff working in offices since the summer, but some are now choosing not to host holiday parties and others are strongly recom…

MOM extends foreign worker levy rebate, waiver of foreign worker levy during SHN The extension of the levy rebate, which was due to expire in December 2021, is expected to help about 15,000 firms, MOM said. It noted that…

One click to debt: 'buy now, pay later' is fintech's flavour of the year "Buy now, pay later" or BNPL is emerging as a new payment model adopted by more and more players, and many online retail platforms now offer the op…

Employers to receive over S$400m in JSS payouts from Dec 31 This brings the total amount of JSS support to more than S$28 billion since the scheme was introduced in February 2020. The December payout is estimated to supp…

#BTOpinion: Grab's asset-light model acquiring more of a physical flavour In today's #HockLockSiew, BT correspondent Benjamin Cher notes the ride-hailing giant's moves toward increasing the amount of physical assets it o…

StanChart fined £46.6m for misreporting liquidity position The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) said the fine related to reporting errors Standard Chartered made between March 2018 and May 2019 when it was subject t…

Suspected Omicron cluster found at Anytime Fitness in Bukit Timah Shopping Centre The 3 cases found so far are 2 men, aged 21 and 24, and an 18-year-old Ngee Ann Polytechnic student who was last in school on Dec 15. None…