The Business Times

Government hand in property rental might dent interest in Malaysia properties A proposed Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) in Malaysia was supposed to be tabled by Malaysia's Housing and Local Government Ministry in March. B…

#BTOpinion: 'Tech wreck' looks more like another dotcom bubble bursting Despite a tepid bounce over the past week, the Nasdaq Composite index has already fallen nearly 20 per cent in 2022. In dollar terms, the tech-heavy…

#BTOpinion: Is Putin another Hitler? BT contributor and political consultant Derwin Pereira argues that in waging war against Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is displaying two psychological characteristics Adolf Hitler's world v…

Kimly drops 2 convicted consultants after stakeholders raise concerns But Kimly noted that Lim and Chia's shareholdings in the company amounted to 41.3 per cent, and that their interests are "aligned" with other sharehol…

#BTLifestyle: Instead of buying NFTs, Metakovan now commissions them Metakovan made history in March 2021 with his US$69 million purchase of an NFT artwork by the artist Beeple titled "Everydays: The First 5,000 Days" at…

Should we fear stagflation? With inflation raging and likely to be pushed higher by surging global energy and commodity prices owing to war, sanctions, and the threat of supply disruptions, it is little surprise that the…

#BTLifestyle: A dotty love affair A chance encounter with Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Dots artwork displayed as part of an exhibition at the Louis Vuitton boutique at Ion Orchard would get Singaporean assistant bank manager…

Why do some people never get Covid? "The unpredictability of the coronavirus has made clear just how much we don't know... I wondered why young men without identifiable risk factors had become critically ill while their…

Ahead of Vietnam's planned reopening on Mar 15, many question marks remain "No one believes that (the borders) will fully reopen that day," said Miguel Angel, the head of human resources and quality at the Vietnam Touris…

Berkshire rejects shareholder call to replace Warren Buffett as chairman The company, run by Buffett since 1965, also said the 91-year-old received US$373,204 in compensation for 2021, down from US$380,328 a year earlier…

Rihanna's lingerie company weighs IPO at US$3b valuation Savage X Fenty is working with banks including Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley on a listing that could happen as soon as this year, people familiar with the…

Many Nike stores remain open in Russia over a week after closure announcement The company said the stores that were open are owned and operated by independent partners, and that it will soon update its store locator onli…

At least 280 victims lose S$1.2m to phone call phishing scams The scammers, who called from unknown numbers with a "+" prefix, would ask victims to identify them by saying "Guess who am I?" or "You can't remember me?", a…

EU eyes more Ukraine arms aid, big Russia sanctions The EU's executive put forward a proposal to double its financing for sending weapons to Ukraine to one billion euros as the West scrambles to back Kyiv's forces in the…

YouTube expands block of Russian state media to apply globally YouTube's guidelines "prohibit content denying, minimizing or trivializing well-documented violent events, and we remove content about Russia's invasion in U…

Shipping companies ask crew to abandon ships stuck in Ukraine More than 1,000 seafarers are estimated to be onboard ships stranded in Ukraine, some with cargo still onboard. The vessels — which include tankers, bulkers,…