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SGAG owner bags US$10m from Quest, Temasek unit to push into e-sports territory "We were probably the first in the world to be meme salespeople." Hepmil (try reading it backwards) made a name for itself with the "sponsor…

Economists expect further monetary policy tightening in April, 6 months after last round The news of Singapore hitting a record headline inflation rate in October caught many economists by surprise, according to a Bloomb…

Registration expected for private vehicles under VTL(land) to Malaysia when the time comes, says Gan "I think it will take some time before we would allow private vehicles to travel across... If we were to do that, there…

Singapore's total Covid job losses far outstrip past recessions, despite resident employment recovery By the third quarter of 2021, Singapore's total employment had fallen by 196,400 cumulatively. Of this, 113,500 or mor…

BT’s Top Stories from Last Week: 1. Cuscaden raises SPH bid to S$2.36 all cash, or S$2.40 in cash and SPH Reit units bt.sg/oUUW 2. Temasek slashes stakes in Alibaba and Didi, exits Baidu amid crackdown by Beijing bt.sg/o…

[JUST IN] Details for the land-based Singapore-Malaysia Vaccinated Travel Lane starting Nov 29, 2021 are now available. A total of 64 bus trips will ferry 1,440 people up and another 1,440 down daily to begin with. More:…

#BTEditorial: Delicate balancing act for Singapore, Malaysia as borders finally reopen On the soon-to-commence Vaccinated Travel Lanes via air and land between Singapore and Malaysia, here’s BT’s editorial statement on i…

New Zealand to reopen to foreign travellers from April 30, 2022 Fully vaccinated New Zealanders and other eligible travellers from all other countries can start travelling to New Zealand without quarantine from Feb 13.

Building owners, tenants, regulators must come together to reduce carbon footprint Asia is still lagging its global counterparts on the ESG front, but Allianz Real Estate is hoping to inspire its regional peers to catch…

#BTOpinion #TheLevelGround: Can prime HDB flats 'sleigh' the Orchard Road ennui? BT's Leslie Yee notes the declining investor confidence in the success of the Orchard Road shopping belt (especially compared to heartland…

Singapore's growth forecast at 'around 7%' for 2021, 3-5% for 2022 This is at the high end of the previous forecast range of between 6 and 7 per cent. Prospects remain strong for outward-oriented sectors, info and comms,…

HDB issues S$1b 5-year bonds at 1.645% The notes, rated "AAA" by Fitch Ratings, were issued on Nov 23 and will mature on Nov 23, 2026. They are in denominations of S$250,000 and offered by way of placement to investors.

DBS, POSB customers face digital banking service outage Is DBS's ibanking app still down for you this morning? Many users reported intermittent downtime throughout the day on Tuesday, Nov 23 as DBS continued to struggle…

68,500 travel passes granted for travellers from 18 VTL countries as at Nov 22 Of these, 7,959 vaccinated travel passes (VTPs) were granted on Tuesday for travellers from Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Finland and Sweden. M…

Temasek's 5-year bond upsized to S$500m; institutional bids amount to 6.2 times final placement size The offer received S$1.542 billion in bids from institutional, accredited and other specified investors — amounting to…

New HDB estate in Mount Pleasant may come under prime location model: analysts The new estate will offer middle-income households the opportunity to live in an area that has been “quite exclusive to high-income groups, a…

Shell to build Asia's largest pyrolysis oil upgrader unit that will transform plastic waste to chemicals The unit will be the largest in Asia and Shell's first such unit globally, with a capacity of about 7.8 billion pla…

Singapore's headline inflation rises to 3.2%, highest in more than 8 years The authorities said headline inflation was driven by higher private transport costs amid rising car prices, while core inflation reflected a pic…

Chipmakers racing to expand capacity; warn of continued shortages, price hikes Demand for semiconductors is soaring, but the world's top chipmakers have struggled to capitalise on the situation due to a supply chain crun…

K-pop kings BTS are first Asians to win Artist of the Year at American Music Awards The septet also scooped awards for Favorite Pop Duo or Group and Favourite Pop Song for their hit "Butter" at the glitzy Los Angeles cer…

Elizabeth Towers up for collective sale with S$630m reserve price The freehold site is slated for residential use with a building height of up to 36 storeys and a gross floor area of 252,438 sq ft, "a trophy corner plot…

GE Aviation to hire over 300 in 2022, in addition to some 510 hired this year The company had to let go of about 600 staffers last year in the pandemic, but is now seeking to expand in areas such as additive manufacturin…

PODCAST: In this eighth episode of WealthBT, wealth editor Genevieve Cua talks about the various investing approaches or strategies that today, fall under the sustainable label. This episode is brought to you by Prudenti…

Asean inflation below global levels, but region still vulnerable to rising prices With China’s producer price index hitting a 26-year high last month, the concern of inflation hitting Asean has come into question. But ec…

Crypto Blockchain Industries sells NFTs linked to DJ star Guetta, shares surge Shares in Crypto Blockchain Industries jumped 21.7 percent to 43 euros (S$66) in early trading, compared to their debut price of 2 euros, giv…

How might a capital gains tax or an inheritance tax affect the Singapore property market? In a poll by NUS+RE, senior executives in the real estate sector expected sales of suburban condominiums to be the hardest hit if…

BTO demand-supply mismatch jumps to 70,000 in 2020 Even though there were more flats launched in 2020 compared to the two years prior, demand has surged by way more — there were 87,800 applications for only 16,800 flats…

CanningHill Piers' S$1.18b of sales in one weekend underscore hot demand for luxury condos Homebuyers snapped up a total of 538 units — or 77 per cent — out of the 696 units at an average selling price of around S$3,000…