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[BT Exclusive] Not enough Nautilus 5811 for everybody: Patek Philippe’s Thierry Stern Don’t call the boutique yet to place your order just yet. “Not everybody will get it in the first year," says Patek Philippe’s Thierry…

Chinese junk bonds set record low as property crisis spreads In his speech to open the 20th Communist Party congress, President Xi Jinping gave few signals of any major changes regarding housing market policies and Covid…

Luxury condo sales hold strong in Q3 even as top-end GCB market softens 110 luxury condos priced at S$5 million and above were sold in Q3 2022 - the priciest being a penthouse at Les Maisons Nassim for S$68 million or $6…

UK PM Truss ‘sorry’ for economic ‘mistakes’ but vows to stay on “I do want to accept responsibility and say sorry for the mistakes that have been made... we went too far and too fast,” she said in a broadcast interview.

HDB launches new five-year green senior bond at 4.09%, capped at S$1.2b Offered in denominations of S$250,000, the unsecured bond will pay out its interest on Apr 26 and Oct 26 every year, starting from Oct 26 this year.

[BT EXCLUSIVE] Patek Philippe unveils new white gold Nautilus 5811 and rare left-handed split-seconds monopusher chronograph Patek Philippe drops surprise Nautilus Ref. 5811, the highly anticipated follow-up to the disco…

DBS launches AI-driven working capital solution for SMEs DBS has launched DBS Quick Finance, which enables SMEs “almost instant” access to financing of up to S$300,000.

Investments into semiconductor centre, industry tie-ups to power manufacturing transformation Singapore will be pledging an initial investment of about US$85 million into setting up the National Gallium Nitride Technolog…

Singapore needs twin strategy of staying open and developing local: DPM Wong Wong warned against populism and economic nationalism and proposals that are “too good to be true”, noting that Singapore too is not immune to…

Singapore, Australia sign Green Economy Agreement with 17 initial projects With the Green Economy Agreement (GEA) being the first of its kind, the hope is that it will “be a pathfinder” for other countries, says Prime Mi…

Singapore, Australia to explore ‘new areas of cooperation’ such as supply chain resilience: PM Lee This includes strengthening the security and resilience of supply chains – including for food and energy – as well as bot…

#BTOpinion: Optus hack shows companies must take timely reporting of cybersecurity breaches more seriously It would be well for boards to disclose their cyber incident response plans to shareholders and provide greater d…

SIA could be biggest winner as larger airlines lead gains from air travel rebound Singapore Airlines was flagged by analysts for its stronger financials, intact pilot force and fleet, and moderate dependence on mainland…