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Samsung ends Note series and bets big on foldables to tackle iPhone The company plans to discontinue its Note lineup of stylus-equipped phones and instead distribute that capability across its portfolio while pushing pre…

COMMENTARY: Is it time for Indonesia to end quarantine measures? The trauma of the impact of the Delta variant last year on the healthcare sector is still very much uppermost on the minds of policymakers. But the governm…

Midas Holdings' former CEO charged under the Companies Act "Chew had allegedly ceded control of his legal representative stamps for JMA and LYMA, which were then used to enter into loans or stand as loan guarantors in th…

#BTOPINION: GST hike: Businesses should prepare for impact As it's said, knowing is half the battle. The other half is just as important and, as far as GST is concerned, there is no better time to take action than now. B…

Keppel vs Cuscaden: A timeline of key events for the battle over SPH's assets Both parties had made surprise offers for the media and property group, which has since spun off its media assets into a company limited by gu…

Committee recommends Pritam Singh be further investigated, Raeesah Khan fined S$35,000 over lies in Parliament The committee further recommended that WP vice-chair Faisal Manap, an MP for Aljunied GRC, be similarly refer…

VIDEO: Stamp Duty Traps to watch out for In Dec 2021, the Ministry of Finance introduced measures to cool the residential property market. BT looks at some of the tricky situations that could arise from the increased Add…

#BTOPINION: Undervalued Reits: selling assets trumps mergers In the latest #HOCKLOCKSIEW, BT writes that Reits thinking of merging should take caution as the reaction of investors to the proposed merger of Mapletree Comm…

Quarz Capital decries 'value destructive' offer for MNACT in proposed merger with MCT "We urge MNACT's board and management to protect unitholders' interest and negotiate for a higher and fairer merger offer," Quarz said…

Easing pandemic curbs, possible Orchard Towers collective sale among potential catalysts for Hiap Hoe As travel restrictions are lifted, however, the group could enjoy a revival in its fortunes. A potential collective sa…

Futu becomes first online brokerage to receive approvals-in-principle for all SGX memberships Gavin Chia, managing director of Futu Singapore, said the AIPs, which come less than a year since it entered the Singapore mar…

ALog's manager spells out rationale for revised offer in merger with ESR-Reit ALog's manager emphasised that the "proposed transaction is intended as a merger and not a complete sell-out of ALog and/or its underlying ass…

Real estate tokenisation - what does it mean for investors? Analysts highlight certain aspects to consider before investing in this fast-developing trend that offers a faster and cheaper way of fund-raising and financing…

HDB resale prices climb for 19th straight month in January: SRX, 99.co The highest-transacted price was S$1,338,888 for a 5-room DBSS (design, build and sell scheme) unit at Natura Loft (Bishan).

Founder of Singapore-based Skycoin claims in suit he was extorted, kidnapped The creator of the cryptocurrency Skycoin claims a former consultant and others organised a plot to kidnap him and his girlfriend, and conspire…

No Signboard unit to pursue creditors' voluntary liquidation The group's board of directors said in a bourse filing on Tuesday night (Feb 9) that Hawker QSR, one of No Signboard's wholly-owned subsidiaries, has made a st…

Keppel to push on with arbitration proceedings against SPH despite termination notice The termination notice, among others, stated that the Securities Industry Council (SIC) had no objections to SPH's exercise of the rig…

Singapore plant-based milk startup sings a new Oat to joy As an executive in the food industry, Benedict Lim was obsessed with getting it perfect. Having spent about 2 years refining and producing the product, the former…

How a sleepy Singapore Reit crushed the market Investing can be made simple. But only if you choose to do so. Take Parkway Life Reit, a sleepy Singapore Reit (real estate investment trust) that the writer has owned since…

#BTOPINION: Lessons from history on technologies such as the metaverse In the latest #HOCKLOCKSIEW, BT writes on how an investor should adopt a longer-term view, while being discerning and diversified to reap the rewards…

REDAS hopes for project sales period extension under ABSD, formula tweaks to land ABSD "The quantum of increase in ABSD is hefty, especially the revised land ABSD rate of 35 per cent on developers who already work on thi…