The Business Times

More time needed to ramp up bus services between Singapore and Johor: Iswaran His comments come as there have been no updates so far about when exactly public bus services between Singapore and Malaysia will resume. The…

Toll charges waived at Johor land immigration checkpoints between Apr 1 and 7 The exemption is for Malaysians and other users — which would include Singapore-registered vehicles — who reload or renew their Touch 'n Go st…

Hackers steal over US$600m in major crypto heist The team at Sky Mavis, maker of battle and trading game Axie Infinity, discovered the security breach on Tuesday after a user was unable to withdraw ether, according to th…

Singapore, Malaysia aviation sectors near recovery to pre-Covid levels: UOBKH This comes on the premise of pent-up travel demand, the progression of Covid-19 towards endemic status and smooth cross-border flows within th…

Analysts say Shopee's India exit raises Sea's prospect of profitability CGS-CIMB estimate at least US$60 million in savings per quarter from the India exit, assuming a conservative US$2 Ebitda loss per order for the nasc…

Deep tech finds hope in emerging sectors after heavy pandemic blow SGInnovate's executive director of investments Tong Hsien-Hui told BT that deep tech startups faced limitations during the pandemic. As their work requir…

BT’s Top Stories from Last Week: 1. Singapore mortgage rates may rise up to 0.75 point this year following Fed hikes, consultants say bt.sg/3Ujx 2. Mandatory CPF, job stigma keep food delivery riders up at night: study b…

Retail markets in Singapore aim for a physical comeback as Covid-19 curbs ease Usually held for a limited time, these markets provide booths where small and micro businesses can sell their wares. As such vendors already…

Avocado prices surge to a 24-year high An index tracking avocado from the Mexican state of Michoacan, by far the biggest source in the country, climbed 81 per cent this year to 760 pesos (S$52) per 9-kg box, the highest…

#BTOpinion: Debate over CPF for gig workers masks real problem of fair wages In this piece, BT's Sharanya Pillai argues that the discussion over requiring gig workers to contribute to CPF is less about arguing that rider…

Sembmarine records 3 straight years of losses, but meets criteria to avoid watch list The group's 6-month average daily market capitalisation was S$2.6 billion as at Mar 28, which means it still doesn't need to be placed…

Old Chang Kee weathers pandemic with 'zero retrenchment', thanks to JSS As at March 2022, the company has 441 retail staff members, 101 factory workers and 54 employees in administration and other departments, said chief…

Singapore property developers expect little impact from Shanghai lockdown This, of course, assuming the lockdown is not extended, they told BT. Fiona Lam reports on their plans in the interim:

NTU to work with partners to explore hydrogen-storage solutions The university will work with Japan's Chiyoda Corporation and mainboard-listed Sembcorp Industries, among others, to extract hydrogen from liquid organic hy…

Singapore CBD Grade A office rents book fastest quarterly growth since recovery: JLL Tay Huey Ying, JLL's head of research and consultancy, said demand for this area was driven by occupiers' preference for newer and good…

Nanofilm's Shanghai operations could be disrupted from Friday The company has 2 plants in Shanghai, the second of which commenced operations on Feb 8, 2021. It had earlier said that the second plant, approximately twice…

Singapore hopes United States will deepen ties with Asia-Pacific: PM Lee Biden reaffirmed America's commitment to the region, while PM Lee said he hoped the US could substantially deepen its relationships with Asean coun…

Singapore, US sign expanded infrastructure development MOU that now covers green projects The MOU will foster collaboration through information sharing, deal facilitation, capability building initiatives, and by supporti…

Russia promises to drastically scale down operations; Ukraine proposes neutrality Ukrainian negotiators said they had proposed a status under which their country would not join alliances or host bases of foreign troops,…

Cathay plans world's longest passenger flight, avoids Russian airspace It intends to reroute its New York to Hong Kong service over the Atlantic instead of the Pacific and avoid Russian airspace, with the flight path cov…