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PODCAST: This week's 102nd episode helps you understand the reasons behind the changing regulatory climate in China and how to act on them while taking fewer risks, brought to you by OCBC Securities: www.iocbc.com BT's d…

Bangkok among more Thai tourist spots set for October reopening The reopening of capital city Bangkok and Chiang Mai, as well as beach resorts Pattaya, Cha-Am and Hua Hin from Oct 1 will be modelled after an initiative t…

September 6 evening round-up: 1. OK Lim's Second Avenue bungalow on sale by public tender bt.sg/oksp 2. Boeing 737 MAX planes to return to Singapore skies after CAAS lifts ban bt.sg/oksG 3. At least one in three across A…

Singapore's Covid-19 cases 'doubling every week'; testing to be ramped up: Lawrence Wong The government does not plan to tighten Covid-19 restrictions for now but will instead ramp up testing and contact tracing more agg…

BT Explains: Singapore's love-hate relationship with foreign workers The topic of Singapore's foreign manpower and whether we should relax or tighten restrictions regarding their inflow resurfaced recently with discussio…

Singapore's unemployment rates rise in July, ending eight-month streak of improvement The MOM said that "other labour market indicators" suggest that the rise in unemployment rates could be due to a temporary easing of m…

Will responsible investing create a better world? The ESG theme is a powerful mobiliser of capital, but governments - not bankers and investors - ought to take the lead in bringing about change bt.sg/okWb

Binance to halt Singapore products after MAS warning Binance said in a blog post that it would be ceasing Singapore dollar trading pairs and payment options, as well as removing the app from Singapore iOS and Google Play…

September 6 morning round-up: 1. Stricter pre-departure testing for some travellers into Singapore bt.sg/okWX 2. Earnings recovery stalls for Singapore-listed companies in Q2 bt.sg/okWB 3. Construction raw material price…

Goodbye, prejudice. Hello, Miss Universe Singapore Organisers and contestants are dragging the age-old pageant kicking and screaming into the woke era. #btlifestyle bt.sg/okg2

Singapore creativity on the international stage Borders may still be closed, but that isn't stopping local brands from heading overseas. #btlifestyle bt.sg/okMG

Shades of Hong Kong-style dining at Pi Food Beef brisket noodles features springy slices of meat that are fun to chew. Pi Food's cha chaan teng menu offers a promising mix of cafe favourites. #btlifestyle bt.sg/okMp

In tomorrow’s #BTWeekend: Since businessman Koh Choon Hui stepped down as chairman of Singapore Pools, the social services veteran looks back on decades of involvement in charity and the business of giving in The Raffles…

#BRUNCH: Power trip: Mapping the transition to Singapore's clean-energy future If Singapore needed any reminders that clean energy ought to be front and centre of its evolving energy policy, that jolt manifested recently…

Vaccine booster shots to start in September for immunocompromised, those 60 and above Seniors are at risk of severe infections, and may develop a lower immune response from their two-dose vaccination regimen. This is cou…

Rapid Covid-19 self-tests must become ‘a way of life’ in Singapore: Govt taskforce The latest measures are geared at “making testing a new norm and making testing more pervasive”, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong. Not…

Singapore remains in preparatory stage, no further loosening of Covid-19 curbs for now Singapore is now in a new phase with a high level vaccination protection, Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong said. “And so…

September 3 evening round-up: 1. Troubled contractor Greatearth files to wind up company, a week after shock BTO sites closures bt.sg/okQR 2. National Wages Council to recommend new minimum wages for some jobs by end-Oct…

Singapore real estate agents' transaction data now available for all residential properties Prospective buyers and sellers can view information on both resale and rental deals of HDB flats, as well as new sales, resales…

COMMENTARY: Why closing Yale-NUS is bad for business This runs counter to Singapore's spirit of openness - with deleterious effects for the country's economic vision and its reputation as a destination for international…

September 3 morning round-up: 1. Goodbye, prejudice. Hello, Miss Universe Singapore bt.sg/okgA 2. OCBC CEO comes full circle, with a China lens bt.sg/okgd 3. Singtel's JV company to sell 4,000 telecommunication towers to…

In tomorrow’s #BTLifestyle: 👑 We look at how the organisers of Miss Universe Singapore are taking the beauty pageant into a new era. Find out how they plan to make it less of a flesh parade and more of a celebration of…

Temasek's Heliconia invests in luxury art collectibles maker XM Studios In 1997, Ben Ang and his brother Seng took S$1,000 meant for polytechnic school fees and invested it in Xenomorph, a collectible toy store in Bras B…

September 2 evening round-up: 1. Former LTA deputy group director jailed five-and-a-half years for S$1.24m graft case bt.sg/okxU 2. SGX to allow SPAC listings from Friday, with minimum market cap of S$150m bt.sg/okxw 3.…

Seven in 10 Singaporeans consume SPH content and many are willing to pay: survey Nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) of the population agreed that SPH news publications produce reliable news and content, and 71 per cent…

MAS flags Binance.com on Investor Alert List Binance Asia Services (BAS), the Singapore unit of Binance, operates as a separate legal entity and does not offer any products or services via Binance.com. It runs the Binanc…

Are Singaporeans ready for retirement? Retirement planning has been a longstanding challenge in Singaporeans, compounded further by Covid-induced uncertainties, inflation and longer life expectancies. The Business Times…

September 2 morning round-up: 1. Family KTV operators make formal appeal to Gan Kim Yong to reopen from Sept 15 bt.sg/okGv 2. Wing Tai, GuocoLand boards should do more to address their stock price's big discounts to book…