The Business Times

World’s worst-performing stocks have Vietnam investors on edge While some foreign investors see a buying opportunity, the crisis is punishing for Vietnamese launched into the middle class since 2002.

Singapore platform workers set to get same levels of CPF, injury coverage as employees Full CPF regime will be voluntary for platform workers aged 30 and above in the first year of implementation; contribution rate to be…

HP to cut up to 6,000 jobs over three years as PC demand falters HP, which makes most of its money by selling computers, has been navigating a sustained downturn in PC demand.

Holland Rise GCB site up for sale again with S$106m asking price The same site was put up for sale in January 2021 for S$68 million, pointing to a 55% jump in asking price in under two years.

#BTOpinion: Investors should watch inflation and regulatory impact amid Grab’s cost cuts Grab is still burning through a great deal of cash. It used up US$783 million in net cash from operations for the nine months to Se…

Singapore core inflation in October eases to 5.1%, MAS and MTI sticks to outlook Bucking the trend was food prices, which saw inflation edged up to 7.1 per cent in October, from 6.9 per cent previously.

Nearly 10,000 flats launched in November BTO exercise The flats are spread across 10 projects in both mature and non-mature estates in Kallang Whampoa, Queenstown, Bukit Batok, Tengah and Yishun.

FTX has US$1.24b cash balance ahead of bankruptcy hearing It was reported that Bankman-Fried secretly used US$10 billion in customer funds to prop up his trading business, with at least US$1 billion of those deposits van…

Global banking sector well capitalised amid uncertainty, but China is still a risk factor for Apac players China’s economic uncertainty will be a crucial factor determining the health of the Asia-Pacific banking sector.

Manchester United owner weighs sale of historic football club as Ronaldo exits It was reported in August that the Glazers would consider selling a minority stake in Manchester United and that a deal could value the club…

BlackRock becomes substantial shareholder of Keppel With the acquisition, BlackRock’s stake in Keppel was lifted to 5 per cent from 4.99 per cent.

Singapore’s 2023 growth forecast at 0.5-2.5%; 2022 forecast narrowed to ‘around 3.5%’ This follows the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s previous forecast for growth to slow to a pace that is “below trend” in 2023.