The Business Times

🎧 Hope for your disrupted supply chain With analysts claiming that a ‘normal’ supply chain is unlikely for 2022, how can your small business build a resilient, diversified and green supply chain? Correspondent Howie Lim…

Need for speed as the world moves towards net zero Asia-Pacific is home to half of the world's largest carbon-emitting countries. “If Asia doesn’t get the transition right, the world doesn’t,” says Blackrock.

Singapore not expected to face technical recession despite downward revision of Q2 growth Still, given the weakened global economic environment, it should not be surprising to “see some negatives” for quarter-on-quarter…

JPMorgan gold traders found guilty in Chicago spoofing trial "They had the power to move the market, the power to manipulate the worldwide price of gold," said the prosecution in the US Justice Department's biggest case…

Thailand hikes rate for first time since 2018 to tame hot inflation The Bank of Thailand, which had been among Asia’s least hawkish central banks, finally joined most of its peers in raising rates as consumer inflation h…

Singapore’s tax revenue surges 22.4% to S$60.7b on low year-ago base The rise in corporate and personal income taxes reflected stronger earnings, as well as the deferment of tax payments in FY2020/21 to help businesses c…

Condo, HDB rents continue climb in July, but growth slows: SRX, 99.co All room types experienced rental price increases. 3-room, 4-room, 5-room and executive rents respectively rose 19.7%, 17.4%, 20.9% and 15% year on ye…

Hospitality hiring intensifies as visitors return to Singapore – but staff are hard to find The number of job listings at Hilton, Pan Pacific, Four Seasons, Accor and Marriott ranged from 81 to 229 across their respectiv…

Grab commits US$1m for scholarships, adds new centre for merchants The programme will cover tuition and study-related expenses for underprivileged children to attend primary, secondary or vocational schools as well as un…

Singapore secured S$6.3b in fixed asset investment commitments in Q2 When these projects are fully implemented, they are expected to generate S$6.1 billion of value-added and create more than 5,100 jobs in the coming yea…

Singapore upgrades 2022 trade forecast again amid higher forecast for oil and electronics trade Total merchandise trade is now projected to grow 15-16% in 2022, instead of 8-10%.

MTI narrows Singapore’s full-year growth forecast; Q2 growth revised down to 4.4% “Since May, the global economic environment has deteriorated further,” said MTI. Downside risks in the global economy “remain significant”…