The Business Times

#BTOpinion: Golden Energy’s big deal: IFA evaluation of exit offer warrants closer examination by regulators If the authorities do nothing, future delistings could be packaged with extraneous elements to enable independe…

Orchard Towers collective sale falls through In February 2022, Orchard Towers' collective sale committee recommended setting a reserve price of S$1.6 billion for an en bloc sale - possibly the most expensive collective s…

Launched: Programme that prepares women in technology for board roles The programme is expected to build a robust pipeline of board-ready women in technology and encourage more women professionals to take up board appoin…

#BTOpinion: Is there relative value with suburban landed homes? A new 99-year leasehold semi-detached house at Seletar Hills for S$4.4 million would mean a fairly palatable price of about S$1,000 psf - compared to about…

Armed with new retail brands, Malaysia malls go all out to court shoppers “I couldn’t believe it. I waited nearly an hour to get a table," says a 33-year-old customer who visited a newly-opened Paris Baguette cafe at Kua…

Singapore’s fresh grads see higher salaries, full-time employment rates in 2022 Information and digital technology graduates continue to have the highest median salary – of S$5,625, up from S$5,000 in 2021 – and full-tim…

Critical illness cover: Thumbs up for innovation Multi-pay critical illness riders pay out up to five times for recurrence and relapse. Now there is even cover for ‘emerging CIs’ - where flexibility is a key feature.

Ho Bee Land’s twin-engine growth strategy propels high ROEs "We’ve proven over the different cycles that we are nimble, we always do what’s best for the company, and sometimes we take difficult decisions to pivot," says…

Singapore firms gloomier about H1 after poorer Q4 performance: BT-SUSS poll The transport and communications sector, which was named the “star performer” in Q4 2022, was the most optimistic on business prospects for the…

10-year bond yields to rise on Fed hike expectations, but still likely to end year lower: analysts Maybank expects bond volatility to persist, with inflation and recession driving yields in opposing directions.