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Standard Chartered slashes its Singapore office space by half The London-based bank is giving up 9 of the floors it leases at Marina Bay Financial Tower 1 in the business district, according to people familiar with the m…

China's U-turn does not eliminate audit quality risks US regulators may soon be allowed full access to auditing reports of the 200-plus Chinese firms listed in New York, but experts who spoke to BT say auditing in China…

KPMG relocating to Asia Square, ByteDance in talks at Capital Tower KPMG has leased 4 levels totalling about 125,000 sq ft in Asia Square Tower 2; this comprises space formerly occupied by Allianz and space currently occ…

“The right to lead cannot be inherited”: Lawrence Wong The newly-appointed leader of PAP’s 4th-generation of ministers responds to PM Lee’s announcement, calling it a “privilege”.

Lawrence Wong endorsed as leader of PAP's 4G team This decision was endorsed by all government MPs in a party caucus, a statement from PM Lee on his Facebook page added.

#ThePitch: In this brand new podcast, NUS Alumni Ventures co-founder Vanessa Ho speaks to Karl Mak, Co-founder & CEO of Hepmil Media Group, the entity behind social media channels SGAG, MGAG and PGAG. Find out how Hepmil…

HDB rents hit new high in March; condo rents up 2.9%: SRX, 99.co ERA Realty Network head of research and consultancy Nicholas Mak said the continuing rise in rental rates and lower volume point to the delays in the compl…

30-year-old secondhand bookstore survives against the odds "My business is more of a social service, a goodwill effort to help customers who want to get good quality books at a lower price." Read the story of ANA Book St…

Hong Kong confirms it will ease Covid restrictions from Apr 21 The government said on Thursday up to 4 people could gather at any time from Apr 21, up from 2, and restaurants could stay open until 10 pm, extending openin…

Meta to take nearly half of sales made by its metaverse creators as fees The overall charge comprises of 30 per cent hardware platform fee for sales made through Meta Quest Store, where it sells apps and games meant for…

COE supply for May to July to increase by 14.3% In all, there will be 11,951 COEs across five categories, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in its regular quota announcement on Thursday (Apr 14). This is 1,499 more…

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Time is ripe for Malaysia to adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender: industry players A suggestion in Malaysian parliament last month was brushed aside by the country's deputy minister of finance, but it triggered advocate…

Major investors authorised suspension of Zilingo CEO Zilingo, which is backed by investors including Temasek Holdings and Sequoia Capital India, said in a statement that its shareholders and board members had received in…

200 ships received contaminated bunker fuel from Glencore, PetroChina: MPA Of these, about 80 ships have reported various issues with their fuel pumps and engines. According to MPA, the investigations revealed that the a…

Singapore's GDP grew 3.4% in Q1, falling below economists' expectations On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted basis, the economy grew 0.4 per cent in Q1, below economists' expectations of 0.9 per cent growth and sl…

[JUST IN] MAS has decided to further tighten monetary policy, in two ways. First, MAS will re-centre the mid-point of the exchange rate policy band at the prevailing level of the S$NEER. Second, MAS will increase slightl…