The Business Times

Badminton: Singapore's Loh Kean Yew is world champion Loh's breakthrough will easily rank among Singapore's greatest sporting feats, which include swimmer Joseph Schooling's 100m butterfly gold at the Rio Olympics in 201…

#BTLUXE: The year of living positively A baby, a new home and business expansion – Love, Bonito's Rachel Lim has lots to be thankful for this Christmas. bt.sg/oR5b

#BTLUXE: Silent night, holy night As fears renew over the pandemic this Christmas, Endowus' Gregory Van and his family are choosing to appreciate what they already have. bt.sg/oR5u

#BTLUXE: Home for the holidays Beautifully-crafted, tactile and elegant, Hermes' collections for the home have both style and substance. bt.sg/oR5L

#BTLUXE: Passion for design It's the little details that matter for resort and home designer Christopher Chua. bt.sg/oR56

#BTLUXE: Timeless appeal Tissot prides itself on its lasting power and pioneering technology. bt.sg/oR5E

Alibaba pledges carbon neutrality by 2030 The company also pledged to cut overall CO₂ across all its businesses by 1.5 gigatonnes by 2035.

Former McDonald's CEO repays company US$105m The figure was returned in cash and stock to the company in one of the largest clawbacks in the history of corporate America. He was ousted by the company in 2019 for having a…

In pursuit of under S$100 Japanese dining Can you find cheap (relatively) and good Japanese cuisine at Yamato and Hanare by Takayama? We find out. #btlifestyle bt.sg/oR5Q

The artist who predicted the Internet age Nam June Paik envisioned Zoom, social media and how we would relate to digital images. #btlifestyle bt.sg/oR5d

Facebook exposes mercenary spy firms that targeted 50,000 people Meta's report said it was suspending roughly 1,500, mostly fake accounts run by 7 organisations across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Meta said the enti…

10 things to entertain you this X'mas When it comes to entertainment this festive season, you have plenty of choices. #btlifestyle bt.sg/oR5P

What does workplace sexual harassment do to a victim's career? A new AWARE study reveals some decidedly depressing realities for women who experience sexual harassment at the workplace — losing their jobs, taking leave t…

GIC eyes Chinese property assets, confident Beijing won't let things spiral "We continue to have confidence that it is a good investment market for us," said Lim Chow-Kiat, chief executive officer of GIC. "We are not mov…

Indonesian tech giant GoTo likely to IPO locally soon People familiar with the matter have revealed that the company has hired two banks as underwriters for a local IPO that could happen as soon as next quarter, which wi…

Vaccinated Singaporeans can fly to Sydney, Melbourne without quarantine from Dec 21 This development restores two-way travel without quarantine between Singapore and parts of Australia, after a three-week suspension. Und…

Alibaba sets ambitious US$100b GMV goal for Lazada The Chinese e-commerce leader is targeting a long-term goal of quintupling gross merchandise value (GMV), the sum of transactions across Lazada's platforms, to US$100 bi…

Presenting the 2021 winners of the #Enterprise50 awards, jointly organised by BT and KPMG: First place: Reachfield Security & Safety Management Pte Ltd Second place: AllAlloy Pte Ltd Third place: Utracon Overseas Pte Ltd…

#BTLUXE: The spirit of giving This Christmas, Jazz Li is opening a new art space to share his love of art with others. bt.sg/oRS4

#BRUNCH: Taxidermy: Breathing new life, after death The art and science of preservation is entering the mainstream in Singapore. What’s behind the allure of insect and animal carcasses? bt.sg/oRZ8

China's real estate billionaire tycoons have lost in excess of US$46 billion in wealth collectively this year This according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of the world's 500 richest people that started i…

#BTExclusive: SET looks towards attracting SMEs and foreign listings Sitting down for an interview with BT's Raphael Lim is Pakorn Peetathawatchai, president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The SET leads the SEA regio…

HSBC fined US$85m for anti-money laundering failings The regulator said HSBC had made a string of failings, including inadequate monitoring of money laundering and terrorist financing scenarios until 2014, and poor risk…

Gong Cha owner mulling sale or IPO; the bubble tea business could be worth US$600m The bubble tea chain currently operates more than 1,300 stores globally, including in Australia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the UK an…

Crypto billionaire Zhu Su in early stage of buying S$49m GCB as trustee for 3-year-old Zhu and wife were recently granted an option to buy the property on Yarwood Avenue as trustee for a nearly 3-year-old child. Regarded…

Hike in BTO supply may ease HDB resale price surge, but construction delays still a concern "One of the main reasons people turn to the resale market is because they can't afford the longer waiting time which comes with…

Omicron to be dominant in Europe by mid-January, EU warns European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Omicron case numbers appear to be doubling every 2 or 3 days. The bloc's leaders are meeting in Brussels t…

Vast study confirms rare heart risk from Moderna jab The study, done on the entire population of Denmark, found that "vaccination with mRNA-1273 (Moderna) was associated with a significantly increased rate of myocarditis…