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Deals of the week: GIC backs life sciences company, biotech Engine Biosciences gets S$57m Catch up on funding announcements from the past week: bt.sg/4Ctc #btgarage Stay updated through the Garage weekly newsletter: bt.s…

JUST IN: Singapore expands testing, contact tracing, vaccination drive in new normal 1. Singapore can ease curbs after June 13, if situation improves and community cases fall: PM Lee 2. Faster, more extensive testing, co…

Last Week in Opinion: 1. Singapore should get ready with a carbon border tax 2. The Israel-Palestine war : Who 'won', who 'lost'? 3. Commodity transfer pricing under extra scrutiny 4. How global tax changes can impact Si…

The Winding Road: My phone, my life Leaving this gadget behind has made me realise just what an impact it has on our mental and emotional welfare. 📱 bt.sg/4C9h

The super rich are choosing Singapore as the world's safest haven ICYMI: Money is sloshing around Singapore like never before. Family offices, Bentley sales and real estate prices are booming. 💲🚘✈️ bt.sg/4C9m

In case you missed it: 1. Grab's base fee hike drives debate over competitiveness 2. GIC backs Esco Lifesciences in oversubscribed US$200m Series A round 3. Indonesian brands bank on BTS, Song Joong Ki, to win on home gr…

DESIGN: Sharing Spaces The Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Biennale's Architecture Exhibition highlights distinctively Singaporean living spaces. #BTLifestyle bt.sg/4CHe

The Raffles Conversation: Alliance maker Marianne De Backer, head of business development & licensing at Bayer, tells us how she spent the year sewing up deals. #rafflescon bt.sg/4CVd

FIT TO LEAD: Being a jack-of-all-trades pays off for Black Dot's Nicholas Fang Balancing between multiple sports that require very diverse skills and approaches to training and competition is what keeps the blood pumping…

Michelin meals to go: Affordable one-starred comfort food in the privacy of your own home. #BTLifestyle 🥟🍔 bt.sg/4CHn

May 29 afternoon round-up: 1. Retailers welcome rental, wage relief, as Heightened Alert 'almost like a circuit breaker' bt.sg/4C9W 2. The super rich are choosing Singapore as the world's safest haven bt.sg/4C9m 3. Satur…

#BRUNCH: The great corporate bond binge Companies are taking advantage of ultra-loose monetary policy to binge on debt. But where is the money going, and will rising inflation and diminishing support from central banks p…

S$800m Covid-19 support package for affected firms and individuals, no draw on past reserves The S$800 million package will be funded by reallocation from development expenditure - as some of the latter will be capitalis…

Pandemic batters football clubs' valuations The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the world's top football clubs hard, knocking 15% off their valuations in the 2019/20 season; broadcasting and matchday takings were hurt the most…

Eco-friendly watches take the stage: Will collectors buy into this new movement in watchmaking? #BTLifestyle ⌚ bt.sg/4CHs

May 28 morning round-up: 1. Ready, set, restructure: Singapore large caps clean house to woo investors bt.sg/4CHx 2. Pandemic puts Malaysia's underemployment problem under the spotlight bt.sg/4CHN 3. Pandemic batters foo…

Record bid for Tengah EC site, 15 bids for Ang Mo Kio condo plot signal developers' hunger for land View the full list of bidders that took part in this week's record-smashing state land tender. bt.sg/4CK5

Fare or foul? Grab says that its S$1 base fare hike is meant to help drivers, but some question the timing. Observers are also watching the impact on Grab's peers. bt.sg/4Czv

ICYMI: SASS AND THE CITY: With Covid-19, a new playbook on resilience This pandemic's biggest lesson is in defining our generation's mental grit, for our own version of survival. #btsass bt.sg/4C7H For more of Sass and t…

Commentary: Crypto carnage, and a cautionary tale 'Notwithstanding the recent spectacular surge in its price, Bitcoin will remain an asset without intrinsic value whose market value can be anything or nothing.' bt.sg/4Cb…

Indonesian brands bank on BTS, Song Joong Ki, to win on home ground With BTS and Blackpink as brand ambassadors for the Indonesian giant Tokopedia, South-east Asia’s largest economy is looking to use the strong base of K…

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From used chopsticks to sustainable furniture Canadian startup ChopValue's first international franchise in Singapore will serve as the flagship and training facility for the upcycling company's regional expansion. bt.sg…