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Capacity, demand for flights to and from Singapore hold up through March 2022 "In the near term, significant pent-up demand for travel, especially during the holiday season, likely meant that bookings were already relati…

#BTOpinion: Can the Reit IPO market rev up to help investors build retirement savings? In today's #TheLevelGround, BT's Leslie Yee examines whether Reits, including new ones coming onboard, could open up more opportuniti…

Malaysia's palm oil sector under pressure amid operational disruptions, yield losses from floods If floods continue, Malaysia’s crude palm oil supply could be disrupted — any impact on Malaysia's palm oil supply will lik…

Singapore firms become slightly better paymasters in Q4: SCCB This after 2 consecutive quarters of deterioration, with all sectors recording a decline in slow payments on a quarter-on-quarter basis. This has been attribu…

Public raises more than S$70,000 for badminton world champion Loh Kean Yew This on a public fundraising page started by Pine Garden managing director Wei Chan, after members of the public approached him expressing keenne…

Chip shortage may turn into oversupply in 2024 for Asian foundries: Morningstar It's predicted that the the shortage will ease after the automotive-related backlog is addressed in the first half of 2022, but despite tren…

Asia, Europe manufacturing grows as Omicron keeps spreading North Asia's export hubs led the recovery as they enjoyed better-than-expected industrial production and robust demand for their tech products. The IHS Markit m…

California's residential market pricey? In 2021, it got even pricier As for home prices overall, they far outpaced the national median price. In October, the median sale price of a single-family home in California was US…

#BTOpinion: Merits of Mapletree merger must be seen through longer-term lens Some Mapletree Commercial Trust unitholders are not pleased about the proposed merger with Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust, which has bee…

Digital banks seen debuting strongly in 2022, but 'long and difficult' path to profitability Industry watchers expect the well-capitalised debutants to compete strongly in Singapore, but turning a profit could take well…

US flight cancellations top 2,800 as Covid-19, snow pummel airlines Already, about 8,200 flights have been grounded since the start of this year. Airports in the north-eastern US led cancellations as a winter storm with…

INFOGRAPHIC: Climbing a wall of worry From company restructurings to new Covid-19 variants, we look back at the events that moved the Straits Times Index in 2021. bt.sg/Jp5z

Singapore's GDP up 7.2% in 2021; strong Q4 growth brings upside risks to 2022 forecasts Higher vaccination rates and a less severe Omicron wave could make for a faster reopening of regional borders, and aid regional econ…