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🎙 PODCAST: Toasting fine wine’s resilience Wines’ clear capital preservation during the pandemic and its outperformance in 2021 may mean wine could very well be your hedge against inflation. But what's its outlook for t…

Policy reforms needed to reverse ringgit’s weakness, say industry observers Structural reforms are more crucial than resorting to capital controls or re-pegging of the ringgit, said Bank Negara previously.

Japan Foods unit suspended from applying, renewing work passes on MOM investigation The investigation relates to “certain past hiring and payroll practices”, which have since ceased, said the company.

Local firms’ payment performance worsens slightly in Q3: SCCB The slight deterioration in payment performance overall is no surprise and any further improvements would likely be gradual in the coming months, says SCCB.

As Opec+ meeting looms, expectations heighten over big output cuts OPEC+ is said to be weighing its biggest output cut - by more than 1 million barrels per day - since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Affordability of new HDB flats much better than comparable cities: Desmond Lee If the first-timer household is earning about S$5,000, which is slightly less than the 30th percentile of resident household incomes, the pri…

90% of re-employment disputes ‘amicably resolved’ in mediation: MOM The remaining 10% were either escalated to the Minister for Manpower or to the Employment Claims Tribunals.

MAS to seed S$5m blended finance innovation grant amid call to scale up transition funding Blended finance programmes are too few and too small, with global annual flows averaging less than US$10 billion since 2015, says…

#BTOpinion: Going after stock manipulators is great but just as vital is for MAS, SGX to foster a vibrant market While effective law enforcement and tough penalties are needed, fostering an ecosystem of competent busines…

DBS raises fixed home loan rates further to 3.5% Based on DBS’ website on Tuesday (Oct 4) morning, the revised interest rate now applies across all four of the bank’s fixed rate packages with commitment periods ranging f…

Singapore’s multicultural cuisine a rising treat in Vietnam Fancy Mao Shan Wang durian ice cream in Vietnam? Now you can, thanks to food distributor L’earth who has brought Udders - and 20 other Singapore F&B brands - in…

#BTOpinion: After epic F1 weekend, Singapore shows the world it is firmly back in business One news report that went viral was about an American entrepreneur who splashed out in excess of US$30,000 for a week-long stay i…