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Investing post-pandemic: Start with these 3 sectors With borders reopening and economic growth creeping up, here are three sectors that should see a sustained recovery and can serve as a starting point for suitable inves…

What you need to know about Elon Musk's US$44 billion Twitter deal Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter at his initial offer price of US$54.20 a share in cash in a transaction valued at about US$44 billion. BT t…

Singapore Q1 GDP expected to be upgraded with better-than-expected March factory output On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis however, manufacturing output fell 12.6 per cent, while the figure is 6.1 per cent exc…

Short-term win for Malaysia's plantation sector from Indonesia's palm oil exports ban Analysts expect impact to be minimal as the ban is unlikely to exceed 4 weeks.

#BTOPINION: Expect volume to pick up in new home sales soon In this week's #THELEVELGROUND, BT writes to look out for launches in the suburbs and city fringe, where demand will come largely from locals buying their first…

Morgan Stanley Private Equity to acquire 59.8% stake in APAC Realty for S$129.5m from Northstar The offeror’s present intention is to “acquire as many shares as possible under the offer”. In the event that the trading of…

SIA, United Airlines expand codeshare agreement to 19 new destinations Under the new agreement, SIA customers will be able to connect on United’s flights out of Los Angeles to 10 new US codeshare destinations, namely Aus…

Singapore may need more fiscal, monetary policy action to check runaway prices: Analysts Singapore may have to defer manpower policies that will curb foreign worker inflows and raise local salaries, and “a supplementary…

#BTOPINION: Zilingo's story a reminder of differing standards in the private markets In the latest #HOCKLOCKSIEW, BT takes a look at the lack of disclosure and governance standards in the private market and how it has hu…

Deal momentum slows in en bloc market after cooling measures Market watchers say that the gap between the reserve price and the price that developers are willing to fork out has widened as developers grapple with the lat…

Here's a round-up of the developing Musk-Twitter deal so far: 1. Twitter set to accept Musk's US$43b offer 2. Twitter CEO tells employees company is in the dark over future under Musk 3. Doge surges after memecoin advoca…

Some Singapore firms want staff back at workplace, but experts warn against rushing into it Ms Jaya Dass, managing director of Randstad Singapore said: “In a fully remote arrangement, workers may lose some of their abili…

Decades of low rates, low inflation coming to an end: Gan Kim Yong "Going forward, governments will likely need to manage starker trade-offs between growth and inflation," Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong said, a…