The Business Times

#BTOpinion: Investing and gambling in the Year of the Tiger In this week's #Mark2Market column, BT's Ben Paul contemplates the subtleties of investing as opposed to gambling, and posits that among today's hottest investm…

Surge in Singapore retail properties put up for auction in 2021: Knight Frank Among the mortgagee-sale listings, a 1-bedroom condominium unit at D'Oasia changed hands at S$700,000 in Q4 last year. In the luxury segment,…

Corporate gifting grows during Covid-19, businesses expect higher sales this Chinese New Year Local gift companies polled by The Business Times said order volumes from corporate clients have either held steady or grown s…

Cautious optimism about Singapore's economy in 2022 despite uncertainty over Omicron and China: PM Lee While the Omicron wave has gone up quickly in the developed world, it looks like it is coming down quite fast, he add…

CEO Fernandes unfazed by AirAsia's 'financially distressed' label "If you look at the classification, it is purely accounting and in fact, the solution has nothing to do with liquidity," said Fernandes at a press confere…

Latest EDB board movements include Labour MP Desmond Choo joining, exits of Grab co-founder & Patrick Tay Apart from being assistant secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), Desmond Choo is the tru…

Hong Kong's growth slows as Omicron outbreak weighs on economy Gross domestic product expanded 4.8 per cent last quarter from a year earlier, weaker than the 5 per cent median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of 12 economi…

Singapore property firms deepening presence in Vietnam The Vietnamese posh apartment segment in particular has surged in popularity and caught the eye of developers as the nation's affluent class grows, and Singapore fir…

#BTOpinion: The law exodus: Where is the Promised Land? It seems like a really good time to be a lawyer. But young associates are quitting in unprecedented numbers. Is it simply a matter of too much work, or is there a d…

Marriages back to pre-Covid levels; smaller than expected fall in birth numbers: PM Lee In 2020, the total number of marriages registered saw the biggest drop since 2000, down 10.9 per cent year on year to 22,651. The De…

Young lawyers find fulfilment, balance as they strike out on their own Many of them (some as young as 29) hailed from prominent firms, and some were even on track to be made partners at the time they left — but they tell…

Skills mismatch could constrain Singapore's labour market recovery: economists Even for sectors such as financial services and information communication which have continued expanding their headcount over the last 2 year…

Abandoned by power retailers, SMEs zapped by electricity bill shock One engineering firm owner saw his December electricity bill from SP quadruple to S$8,000 after iSwitch tapped out. Another, who runs a sewing workshop,…

More contracts with fixed prices to be offered to large electricity consumers: EMA The authority said it has received feedback that some large businesses are facing difficulties in renewing their contracts or obtaining n…

Royal Caribbean cancels cruise sailings on Jan 31 and Feb 3 after Covid-19 outbreak Those scheduled to sail on Jan 31 will receive a full refund plus a 100 per cent credit for future bookings. Those booked on the Feb 3 s…

OCBC completes arrangements for full payouts to all 790 SMS phishing victims; S$13.7m in losses The bank decided to make the full payout as a "one-off gesture of goodwill" given the circumstances of this scam. "We also t…

#BTLuxe: Architect couple Lyndon Neri and Rosanna Hu bring West and Asia into their global work Born in Asia, lived and worked in the US and now in Shanghai, the founders of Neri&Hu Design and Research Office tell BT how…

#BTLuxe: These timepieces bring charm and ephemeral splendour to your wrist Be captivated by Van Cleef & Arpels’ latest collection of timepieces, showcasing exquisite craftsmanship inspired by romance, flora and fauna, a…

More volatility ahead with huge divergence in global monetary policies "On one hand, we have the Fed that's ready to embark on an interest rate upcycle. And at the same time, China announced that they're going to be easi…

Goldman Sachs lifts CEO Solomon's pay to US$35m Solomon's total pay includes an annual base salary of US$2 million and a variable compensation of US$33 million, 70 per cent of which is in the form of goal-based stock com…

Oil hits 7-year peak on political risks, supply crunch Major producers in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies led by Russia, collectively known as OPEC+, have struggled to raise their product…

Is Omicron the variant that will end the pandemic? Senior physician at the Singapore Medical Specialists Centre Dr Chong Yeh Woei examines the Omicron variant and how it compares with Delta, as well as the benefits of bo…

#BTLifestyle: Your Spotify playlist of Tiger songs You may or may not have been looking for a list of songs about tigers to get you ready for the Year of the Tiger, but here's one for you anyway — you're welcome.

Philippines to re-open to vaccinated foreign tourists The reopening will take place on Feb 10, nearly two years after closing its borders to contain Covid-19. But the list of 157 countries on visa-free entry excludes Chi…

Google invests US$700m in Singtel associate Bharti Airtel to boost India push Alphabet, which owns the Google search engine, will acquire a 1.28 per cent stake in Bharti Airtel at 734 rupees per share.

Thai tycoon's Lightnet sued in Singapore over crypto tokens allegedly owed to ex-staff The two former executives, Ilya Zusman and Crystal Ma, are claiming an aggregate amount of US$1.37 million and a declaration that the…

ComfortDelGro sells 60% stake in China driving school for S$0.5m, expects delay for UK acquisition completion Nanjing Xixia, a company incorporated and domiciled under the laws of China, is in the business of operating d…

#BTLuxe: It’s never too late to dress up for the Year of the Tiger Check out these elegant Tiger-year-ready pieces specially curated by renowned celebrity stylist Daniel Goh, and spruce up your newly-springcleaned wardro…

Rare Botticelli painting sells for US$45m at New York auction Works by Sandro Botticelli in private collections are much rarer because the majority are displayed in galleries. After a 7-minute bidding battle among 3 buye…

Taxi fares in Singapore poised to rise in March ST reports that market leader ComfortDelGro, which controls 60 per cent of the total taxi fleet of around 15,000 cabs in the Republic, has signalled to the authorities its…