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No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021: data But only 3.4 per cent of the surveyed cities met the standard in 2021, according to data complied by IQAir, a Swiss pollution technology company that monitors air qu…

Goldman Sachs to offer over-the-counter crypto options trading The move marks the first such transaction by a major bank in the US, Galaxy said. It expects the trade to "open the door for other banks considering OTC as a…

SPH shareholders vote in favour of Cuscaden takeover offer The consortium offered each SPH shareholder the option of an all-cash offer of S$2.36, or S$2.40 per share comprising S$1.602 cash and 0.782 of an SPH Reit unit…

Singapore mortgages may rise as much as 0.75% this year following Fed hikes, consultants say Mortgage advisors are expecting the 3-month compounded Singapore Overnight Rate Average, or Sora, which has hovered around 0.24…

Singapore could potentially include nuclear in energy supply mix: report The Energy 2050 Committee report focused on a scenario-based approach for Singapore to steer the energy sector in 2050, depending on the pace of ho…

Singapore economy likely to grow in 2022 but don't rule out recession, stagflation: Lawrence Wong "It may well be that we can still continue to grow, which is still our assumption today... But there is also the likelihoo…

Singapore's productivity grew 3.9% per annum from 2019 to 2021 despite Covid-19: DPM Heng In the 3 years prior to the introduction of Industry Transformation Maps, Singapore's productivity growth stood at 2.3 per cent pe…

Managing a remote team through flexibility and trust With team members spread across the globe, Mondelez's Kris Giswold trusts herself and her staff to both get their jobs done and take time for themselves.

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Nordic Group obtains S$151.6m worth of contracts The contracts come from new and repeat customers in Singapore, Malaysia, China and the Middle East. Nordic's cleanroom, air and water engineering solutions division bagged…

The GLP example: how technology aids its ESG strategy "While there are new and improved technologies to capture data, what you do with the data is just as important as capturing it accurately," says Meredith Balenske, he…

Singapore's Q2 net employment outlook strongest in a decade but lower than global average: survey Large organisations with over 250 staff reported the strongest hiring intentions, while medium-sized ones with 50-249 empl…

Ex-Goldman banker's wife created shell entity after 1MDB deal Jurors at Ng's bribery trial were shown a raft of emails Monday that the US said is proof Ng's wife, Hwee Bin Lim, "played a central and crucial role" in help…

Koufu offeror exercises right of compulsory acquisition, plans delisting In a midday bourse filing on Monday (Mar 21), UOB, which is acting as the financial adviser to Dominus Capital, said the company will become a whol…

S$840m in wage credits to be disbursed to over 99,000 employers by end-March For this upcoming payout, the Singapore government will co-fund 15 per cent of qualifying wage increases given in 2021, 2020 and 2019 to more t…

Malaysia logistics firms may have to pass on cost of Covid-19 tests to Singapore customers Malaysian logistics firm Tiong Nam Logistics Holdings has engaged a clinic to offer PCR tests at their offices for drivers who wi…

Ukraine rejects Putin's ultimatum to surrender besieged Mariupol The Kremlin's military command had warned authorities in Mariupol had until "5 am... on March 21" to respond to 8 pages of demands, which Ukrainian officia…

Travel is back - bigger and better than before Hilton Asia Pacific signed deals for 247 new hotels and opened 100 new hotels in 2021 for the region alone. This equates to a new hotel opened every 4 days on average.

#BTOPINION: What may be lost with restriction on strata subdivision for commercial properties The chance for the merely rich to own a strata lot may get increasingly difficult with this ban. This restriction will also li…