The Business Times

April 20 morning round-up: 1. BT Exclusive: Downturn strikes swift blow to startup employees bit.ly/2VKiwiT 2. Debt-hit Hin Leong's financials under spotlight as founder steps down from top posts bit.ly/2RQf98J 3. BT Exc…

Weekend interview: Linda Collins on global grief in time of pandemic There is loss felt by all in this Covid-19 crisis. The loss of job security, physical safety and personal freedoms. The collective mourning for the ove…

The Raffles Conversation: Winning customers in today’s age of woke advertising calls for more than a great product or service. More than ever now, brands need to have authentic stories with a social impact, says Nirvik S…

Singapore giant oil trader Hin Leong and units fight for 'survival' as creditors come knocking Weighed down by hefty debts to the tune of US$3 billion, Asia's largest oil trader and its sister company Ocean Tankers have…

#BRUNCH: Will we remember 2020 as the year we last went into the office? What will work look like in a post-Covid 19 world? Will the remote workstations we have fashioned for ourselves become a permanent fixture in our h…

Covid-19: A Creative Awakening Down but not out, Singapore’s creative industry fights back against Covid-19 as they find new ways of expression while giving aid and joy to those in need. #BTLifestyle bit.ly/2wN9ppd

April 17 morning round-up: 1. BT Exclusive: STI blue chips expected to cut dividends as pandemic slashes profits bit.ly/2Vefmoh 2. S-Reits get lifeline on cash flow, fund-raising bit.ly/2wQjGkw 3. P2P lender Validus sees…

Stocks to watch: DBS, Singapore Airlines, StarHub, CDL, Mapletree Industrial Trust DBS will pay shareholders their final dividend of S$0.33 per share after its April 30 virtual AGM; the SIA group of airlines' passenger n…

April 16 morning round-up: 1. Virus-battered smaller businesses flood banks with loan applications btd.sg/2RDrZHh 2. Trouble makes port call at Singapore's giant oil trader Hin Leong btd.sg/3bdngEb 3. Startups trade near…

April 15 morning round-up: 1. BT Exclusive: Covid-19 will shake up dorm market for workers, say analysts btd.sg/3cfQvGz 2. PIL among boxship operators in rough seas as pandemic turns off cash flow btd.sg/2yWsZ2N 3. IMF s…

OCBC CEO donates S$650,600 without tax break; total pay rises 3.5% Samuel Tsien saw his total pay increase by 3.5 per cent to S$11.1 million last year. In a separate announcement, OCBC said Mr Tsien has contributed more…

VIDEO: Can Singapore count on you to fight Covid-19? Stay At Home, Singapore - a remake of the NDP classic - by local artists in a tie-up with The Straits Times. Watch and share it here: str.sg/JgPy The project is also r…

April 14 morning round-up: 1. Opec+ deal fails to sustain oil price rally; pandemic still the key driver for markets btd.sg/2xrg094 2. Covid-19 putting Singapore on global deeptech radar btd.sg/2XJDBwD 3. Amazon seeks 75…

PODCAST: Our latest episode of Money Hacks is aimed at younger and savvier homeowners and buyers who want to explore "DIY" property transactions and save some money. Our guest this week is Lewis Ng, Carousell’s chief com…

Stocks to watch: SIA, GuocoLand, HC Surgical, DBS, UOB, OCBC, Datapulse Singapore Airlines gets SGX approval for its proposed rights issue; GuocoLand unit will sell a Shanghai hotel and carpark spaces for 1.44 billion yu…

Weekend interview: Karen Cheng, restaurateur Karen Cheng, co-owner of restaurants including The Gyu Bar and Ichigo Ichie, didn’t wake up one day and decide to go into the restaurant business. She might have had her first…

VIDEO: Can Singapore count on you to fight Covid-19? Stay At Home, Singapore - a remake of the NDP classic - by local artists in a tie-up with The Straits Times. Watch and share it here: str.sg/JgPy The project is also r…

Takeaway is the new fine dining: As Singapore hunkers down, Michelin chefs give home delivery a new haute meaning #BTLifestyle btd.sg/2JZ6pJ3

THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION: Kees Immink, pioneering visionary in digital consumer electronics, discusses the prospects of tapping DNA to tackle the looming data storage crisis. btd.sg/3a1sLED

HC Surgical doctor loses defamation suit over claims of collusion for sex with patients The defendant told other doctors that surgeon Dr Ong and psychiatrist Dr Chan were taking advantage of "vulnerable" female patients…

BRUNCH: Saving the senior exec's career Can reskilling and embracing tech prevent middle-aged, mid-career PMETs from being displaced? btd.sg/3b18SyM

April 11 morning round-up: 1. One-man-show 'directors' say they're losing out in wage support for self-employed btd.sg/2y43jAX 2. Home-Fix founder and brother face bankruptcy petitions 3. 'Circuit breaker' will take time…