The Business Times

#BTOPINION: With Sers and Vers, HDB homes can trump private leasehold homes In this week's #THELEVELGROUND, BT writes that through the combination of Sers and Vers, land lease decay can be better mitigated for owners of…

Edtech startups bank on continuing demand for online learning Last week, news emerged that Temasek-backed unicorn Unacademy had let go of about 1,000 staff over the past few weeks. Has interest in online education tapere…

Indonesia, Malaysia see record trade surplus in March as commodity prices surge amid Ukraine war Among the most dramatic increases were Indonesia’s coal exports, which rose 150 per cent on a yearly bases to US$3.9 billio…

Singapore and New Zealand to collaborate on climate change, green economy: PM Lee, Ardern PM Lee said this new area of collaboration will see the 2 countries work on initiatives on energy transition technology, carbon ma…

UOB Malaysia appoints first female CEO Ng Wei Wei succeeds Wong Kim Choong, who will relinquish his current position as chief executive after leading the bank since 2012.

Rare freehold landed site in Orchard area expected to draw offers of over S$300m The bungalow is an iconic mansion steeped in rich heritage, where numerous notable figures in Singapore’s history have resided. The propert…

#BTOPINION: Time to double down on S-Reit investments amid MAS ‘double barrel’ policy tightening In the latest #HOCKLOCKSIEW, BT writes that investors seeking a hedge against inflation should take another look at Singapo…

Ferrero, Cargill among latest to suspend palm oil purchases from Sime Darby Sime Darby has attracted the ire of large companies such as Ferrero, The Hershey Company and General Mills due to alleged use of forced labour p…

China slowdown threatens Singapore trade as exports ease again in March While Singapore's trade sector is expected to stay above-water in the medium term, its pace of growth may slacken as an ongoing Covid-19 outbreak in…

SIA, CAAS post positive numbers as aviation sector recovers from Covid-19 impact In its March 2022 operating results, SIA also noted that the group’s passenger capacity measured in available seat-kilometres reached 51 pe…

Tesla plans to partly resume production in Shanghai plant soon To bypass the current restrictions in local districts or residential compounds, the company will issue a special certificate for those on call, and will arra…

Students learn to become the next investing powerhouse At a time of intense market volatility and mounting interest in alternative assets, some young people in Singapore are banding together to learn how to become the ne…

New private home sales rise 20.7% in March: URA Including executive condominiums (ECs), which are a public-private housing hybrid, sales reached 702 units, a 22.3 per cent rise from that of February.

SP Group to invest S$40-60m in Singapore's first brownfield district cooling system at Tampines This comes as owners of 8 of 14 buildings there – including CapitaLand, Ascendas Reit, Frasers Property and OCBC – have deci…