The Business Times

OCBC’s Q4 profit up 34% at S$1.3 billion; final dividend at S$0.40 The final dividend of S$0.40 per share brings the total dividend for FY2022 to S$0.68 per share – up S$0.15 from the previous year.

MPs worry about impact of higher resale grants, suggest more support for families MP Gan Thiam Poh was concerned that the increase in CPF housing grants for first-timers may mean a sudden rise in resale prices, which wou…

Grab’s FY2022 losses drop 51% to US$1.7b, brings forward adjusted Ebitda breakeven guidance Grab CEO Anthony Tan said Grab focused on "capturing the rebound in mobility demand, optimising our costs, reducing our cost-to-…

Watchfinder cuts prices 15% as Rolex and Patek Philippe values slide “There is pain for sure. You see supply going up significantly for models that we would literally have killed for just a couple of months before,” said…

#BTOpinion: Smart money is on Singapore Airlines to build on its stellar results The carrier, flush with cash of S$15.4 billion, appears likely to redeem the mandatory convertible bonds issued in 2021 - and may even be a…

Singapore CEOs likely to get even richer after being forced to reveal pay “The result of disclosure has been a ratcheting up in pay - companies copy the pay practices of other companies as they fear being left behind wit…

Labour MPs suggest more support for the self-employed, unemployed MP Yeo Wan Ling said that self-employed persons face a paradox: they must upskill to earn more, but doing so takes time and eats into their income.

Make more profitable companies pay more in taxes, says NCMP Hazel Poa This is in contrast to the current situation, where those with the highest profits pay the lowest percentage of their profits as tax, said Poa.

IHH Healthcare chief Kelvin Loh’s surprise resignation follows slew of boardroom changes The 49-year-old healthcare veteran was believed to have been on leave since early January prior to his “voluntary resignation”, sou…

Singapore inflation higher in January; headline at 6.6%, core at 5.5% The month-on-month step-up in core inflation for January, due in part to the one-off increase in price levels following the GST hike, was expected.

About 200 granted PR under Singapore’s Global Investor Programme in last three years GIP investors brought in more than S$5.46 billion in total business expenditure via direct investments, and generated more than 24,000…

High business, parenting costs among MPs’ top concerns on first day of Budget debate Several MPs wondered if changing the Working Mothers Child Relief to a fixed dollar amount would discourage some middle-income women fr…

SPH Media Trust committee should be given ample time for thorough investigation: Josephine Teo “With no direct impact to public funding, the decision on whether to share its full investigation report with the public resi…

#BTProperty2023: Homing in on luxury condominiums For luxury condominiums costing at least S$10 million, foreign buyers dominated with 85% of all transactions in 2021 and 2022, where Chinese buyers surpassed all buyer gr…

UOB to ride on Citi acquisition to drive growth in 2023; posts S$1.2b Q4 profit UOB has declared a dividend of S$0.75 per share for the period, up from S$0.60 in H2 2021.