The Business Times

More than 800 Maybank Singapore junior staff to receive one-off payouts The payment includes S$1,250 for 200 unionised executives, along with additional quarter-month bonuses for more than 600 junior employees.

Boutique wellness player Trapeze Rec Club to close after five years; owner says ‘not sustainable’ to carry on The 8,000 sq ft club at Tanjong Pagar is owned by Grant Wee, the youngest child of UOB CEO Wee Ee Cheong.

Singapore to review COE categories for cars: Jeffrey Siow Siow noted that the price difference between Category A and Category B has been converging in recent times as car manufacturers have been adjusting specifications…

Beauty salon becomes first sub-tenant to sue Hao Mart over alleged breach of Taste Orchard sublease Beauty salon operator Belovie said it had spent approximately SS$445,607.70 in fitting out and preparing its salon at Ta…

Premiums for all COE categories rise; big cars lead with S$9,000 jump, beating mainstream cars Category B is up 8.6% at S$114,002.

How should Singapore decide which jobs are to be filled by foreign workers? Every job a good job? Amid efforts to broaden the range of good jobs, foreign worker flexibility tweaks suggest that certain roles may never be…

[JUST IN] HDB to roll out 60-storey BTO blocks in plan to ‘build more, faster, higher’ The government is scaling up its public housing building programme with plans to “build more and build faster” as well as much taller…

Middle East conflict likely to raise global energy and Singapore electricity prices: EMA Singapore relies on imported liquefied natural gas to generate 95% of its electricity – including supply from Qatar shipped through…

Former oil tycoon OK Lim granted jail term cut in US$111.7 million case appeal The High Court rejects OK Lim’s appeal against conviction, but allows his appeal against a 17.5 year sentence.

STI drops 2%, Asia-Pacific indexes slump as Iran worries continue to plague investors Local bank counters were a sea of red in the morning, with DBS falling 1.2% to S$54.95 and OCBC declining 1.2% to S$20.85. UOB was dow…

Mandating advance retrenchment notice may hasten layoffs, discourage negotiations: Tan See Leng “If we mandate advance notifications, this may inadvertently push companies to finalise retrenchments more quickly, discoura…

Start your day with BT ☕️: Stocks to watch: DFI Retail Group, GuocoLand, Wilmar, iFast, Q & M Dental Top stories: 1. Singapore: Assets seized in connection with Chen Zhi’s transnational scam syndicate total over S$500 mi…

Sea Q4 earnings up 72.9% at US$410.9 million; targets 25% GMV growth in Shopee The increase in net profit was driven by a strong performance by Sea’s e-commerce platform Shopee and its digital financial-services arm Mone…