The Business Times

What’s this? A handbag for ants? The bag is smaller than a grain of sea salt and narrow enough to pass through the eye of a needle. “I almost hope somebody eats it,” says the group behind it.

Major banks cut China 2023 GDP forecasts as recovery falters Sources say China will roll out more stimulus to support a slowing economy this year, but authorities are likely to focus on shoring up weak demand in the cons…

#Brunch: When Boss/Dad/Mum learns to let go A man who toiled six days a week, built a successful business, but died before his succession plan was finished. His business eventually split and is now “worth a fraction”. He…

New fee benchmarks unlikely to affect private healthcare players; insurance premiums may increase: analysts Since the benchmarks – which are not mandatory – were introduced, close to 90 per cent of doctors have been char…

Too early to bet against Singapore amid wave of casino openings in Asia: analysts Maybank’s top picks in the casino space are Bloomberry as a Philippine consumer play, Genting Singapore as a stock that could benefit from…

Singapore says it takes climate action ‘seriously’, following ESG blacklist by asset manager THE Singapore government has reiterated its efforts against climate change, after Dutch asset manager Van Lanschot Kempen black…

Binance.US cuts jobs in anticipation of costly SEC fight In a Wednesday letter to employees, the company said the board had asked the management to shrink the size of teams across the company, because of its “preparation…

SIA, Scoot flew 2.8 million passengers in May, up 66% on year Scoot itself flew over one million passengers in the month, more than double from 418,700 passengers in the same month last year.

Regional markets mixed as US Fed pauses rate hikes but further increases loom Ray Sharma-Ong, investment director of multi-asset investment solutions at Abrdn, said markets are currently not priced for what the Fed has s…

Singapore key exports surprise with larger-than-expected 14.7% contraction in May Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) were down a surprising 14.7% in May, a steeper slide than April’s 9.8% contraction.