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Visitors from Singapore to South Korea using VTL spared new 10-day quarantine The South Korean embassy in Singapore said on Thursday (Dec 2) evening that the bilateral quarantine-free travel arrangement between the two c…

Transforming supply chains, bringing value to companies Two friends who met in church came together and spent a year working on a sophisticated enterprise software that helps companies link their procurement, payment and…

200 cups of gourmet coffee an hour? No problem for this robot barista Singaporean Keith Tan, who originally opened the F&B business Crown Coffee, also became an inventor and disrupted his own business when he created ELL…

#BTLuxe Christmas Issue 2021 ❄️ The holiday Issue finally arrives tomorrow. We'll be speaking with prominent business leaders as they reflect on an eventful year, highlighting places to go for a change of scenery and sha…

12-employee A*Star spin-off develops regenerative extract from stem cell technology to stimulate tissue repair Celligenics’ stem cells take on the best of their properties without the downsides. They have demonstrated ne…

Omicron variant lands in Singapore; 2 cases recovering in isolation wards Both cases arrived on a flight from Johannesburg on Wednesday, and are currently recovering in isolation wards at the National Centre for Infectio…

Is there speculation fever in Singapore's shophouse market? A seasoned local property investor has flipped conservation shophouses in Singapore on at least 3 occasions this year, crystallising price gains of between 19 p…

Razer execs offer to take firm private, valuing it at HK$24.70 billion The group led by chairman Min-Liang Tan and non-executive director Kaling Lim, who own around 57 per cent of Razer, are offering HK$2.82 a share for…

Top oil producers may freeze output amid Omicron concerns The Opec+ alliance led by Saudi Arabia and Russia has so far resisted US-led pressure to significantly boost output to rein in surging energy prices. Analysts pre…

Severity of Omicron infection questioned around the world As the Covid-19 Omicron variant spreads quickly globally, with cases popping up all over, countries are starting to roll back initial travel restrictions and ques…

From MyTeksi to US$40b: How Grab evolved over the years Ride-hailing giant Grab starts trading on Nasdaq tonight, after 10pm Singapore time. We take a look back at this timeline tracing its journey to this point.

#BTExplains: The fine print in the ongoing battle for the SPH listed company How much does SPH have to pay Keppel if it rejects its offer — which is what its directors are recommending shareholders do —and will Cuscaden…

South Korea to slap 10-day quarantine on all travellers, including those fully-vaccinated FYI to those of you with trips planned and booked on the VTL.

Binance's Singapore crypto hub plans in regulatory limbo The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange appears to be on the brink of giving up on Singapore and setting up its global HQ somewhere else, in light of delays in…

Singapore and Hong Kong no longer world's costliest cities: EIU Singapore remains the costliest city in Asia, joining Paris for second place and jumping 2 spots from last year. Hong Kong is also among the world's costlie…

Carro bags US$100m from Temasek, international investors The latest capital injection, which for Temasek's investment translates to a share price of about US$52.54, comes as Carro could be revving up to go public, potent…

La Ville sold for S$152 million in third bid at collective sale The high-rise development, which is situated along Tanjong Rhu in District 15, was put up for sale in October this year for S$148 million, but finally went…

Iras raising HDB property tax in line with spike in rentals Iras said it is revising the annual value of all HDB flats upwards by 4 to 6 per cent, with effect from January next year, and 65 per cent of three-room flat ow…

Chuan Park now in private talks following close of S$938m en bloc tender An ERA spokesperson told The Business Times that the condo had received some interest from developers. However, he did not confirm whether any bid…

#BTOpinion: I've already lived in the metaverse, and it was a little sad Is the metaverse really a new thing? Actually, it isn't. An objectively beautiful one, called Second Life, has existed since 2003, and our writer G…

BT’s Top Stories from Last Week: 1. Omicron variant may force Singapore to roll back easing of Covid safety measures: PM Lee bt.sg/ogDM 2. Any capital gains tax may hit Singapore mass-market condos the most: survey bt.sg…

Singapore's unemployment rate holds steady at 2.6% in October: MOM In all, 80,000 residents here were unemployed in October, including 72,200 citizens. Though unemployment rates continued to ease in October, MOM said the…

CPF top-ups hit new record of over S$4 billion It noted that more than 220,000 CPF members (double the number that did so last year) have topped up their own or their loved ones' retirement savings which has led to the a…

Singapore overtakes Netherlands as world's most globally connected country This per a preliminary assessment in DHL's latest Global Connectedness Index (GCI) report released on Tuesday. In third place is Ireland.

Air, land and sea transport players invest to reduce carbon emissions Under rising pressure to become greener and cleaner amid brisk shipping activities to meet explosive e-commerce demands, Maersk, Boeing and ComfortDel…

Keppel says waiving its walk-away rights is an extra plus for its SPH offer Based on market precedents, Keppel said, it is not common for an offeror with a MAE offer condition to waive it before shareholders have decided…

BioNTech CEO says vaccine likely to protect against severe Covid from Omicron "We think it's likely that people will have substantial protection against severe disease caused by Omicron," said BioNTech CEO and co-founder…

ComfortDelGro enters second JV with Engie to provide renewable, solar energy Through JV company ComfortDelGro Engie Solar, both sides intend to electrify ComfortDelGro's fleet of vehicles with renewable power and offer f…

Grab to debut on Nasdaq after shareholders approve SPAC merger 10 years on since its inception as MyTeksi, you can finally invest in Grab.