The Business Times

SingHealth Duke-NUS’ AI spin-off inks MOUs with Roche, ST Engineering to improve healthcare operations Possible uses for the Enigma platform include accelerating clinical trial recruitment, checking specialised data.

CapitaLand Ascendas Reit to buy Tai Seng data centre, Science Park building for S$700.2 million The deals will be partly funded by a proposed private placement of new units, which aims to raise gross proceeds of at least…

Heritage bakery Old Seng Choong heads to China despite economic uncertainty It will be supplied by manufacturer Foodgnostic, which also supplies the group’s other Singapore brands such as Cat & the Fiddle.

Singapore households’ debt up, but assets growth more than keeps pace There has not been a situation in the last 20 years where a typical family has more debts than assets, which is when household net worth turns negativ…

Singapore Savings Bond demand falls short; 10-year average return drops to 2.56% The June tranche receives a total of S$302.9 million in applications for the S$500 million on offer.

Two in five businesses expect economy to worsen in the year ahead: SBF survey Domestic-oriented hotels, restaurants and accommodations sector are most pessimistic.

Government may remove 15-month wait-out period when HDB resale prices begin to moderate: Chee Hong Tat The temporary measure was introduced in 2022 to moderate demand and prices for resale flats.

Singapore’s real wages rise at faster rate of 3.2% in 2024; more firms give salary bumps: MOM Real wage growth in 2024 is highest since Covid-19.

‘A GPS for stem cells’: TargaZyme’s Singapore CEO wants to cure cancer “Unlike other areas in medicine, which primarily treat side effects of the disease, I really wanted to cure patients without all the toxic side effec…

Asian ports reported to be congested; average waiting time in Singapore is up to 1.5 days Singapore’s berthing times are averaging 12 to 36 hours because of vessel bunching and congestion, says liner Hapag-Lloyd.

Not contradictory for individual Asean members to engage US on tariffs: PM Wong While Asean may not be ‘uppermost’ on the US’ mind, the bloc will welcome engagement by the US when it is ready, he says. Asean to push bila…

Start your day with BT ☕️: Stocks to watch: OCBC, Amara, Valuetronics Top Stories: 1. Singapore: Not contradictory for individual Asean members to engage US on tariffs: PM Wong 2. Companies: Asian ports reported to be co…