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HDB rents hit new high in March; condo rents up 2.9%: SRX, 99.co ERA Realty Network head of research and consultancy Nicholas Mak said the continuing rise in rental rates and lower volume point to the delays in the compl…

30-year-old secondhand bookstore survives against the odds "My business is more of a social service, a goodwill effort to help customers who want to get good quality books at a lower price." Read the story of ANA Book St…

Hong Kong confirms it will ease Covid restrictions from Apr 21 The government said on Thursday up to 4 people could gather at any time from Apr 21, up from 2, and restaurants could stay open until 10 pm, extending openin…

Meta to take nearly half of sales made by its metaverse creators as fees The overall charge comprises of 30 per cent hardware platform fee for sales made through Meta Quest Store, where it sells apps and games meant for…

COE supply for May to July to increase by 14.3% In all, there will be 11,951 COEs across five categories, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in its regular quota announcement on Thursday (Apr 14). This is 1,499 more…

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Time is ripe for Malaysia to adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender: industry players A suggestion in Malaysian parliament last month was brushed aside by the country's deputy minister of finance, but it triggered advocate…

Major investors authorised suspension of Zilingo CEO Zilingo, which is backed by investors including Temasek Holdings and Sequoia Capital India, said in a statement that its shareholders and board members had received in…

200 ships received contaminated bunker fuel from Glencore, PetroChina: MPA Of these, about 80 ships have reported various issues with their fuel pumps and engines. According to MPA, the investigations revealed that the a…

Singapore's GDP grew 3.4% in Q1, falling below economists' expectations On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted basis, the economy grew 0.4 per cent in Q1, below economists' expectations of 0.9 per cent growth and sl…

[JUST IN] MAS has decided to further tighten monetary policy, in two ways. First, MAS will re-centre the mid-point of the exchange rate policy band at the prevailing level of the S$NEER. Second, MAS will increase slightl…

MAS tightens criteria for family offices to qualify for tax incentives From Monday (Apr 18), applications for funds managed and/or advised directly by a family office must have a minimum fund size of S$10 million at the…

Louis Vuitton, Dior sales jump, defying war and China gloom Despite shuttering its stores in Russia in early March, as well as facing the Shanghai lockdowns, revenue at LVMH's fashion and leather goods unit, which houses…

Joke no more: Shiba Inu is among 4 crypto tokens listed on Robinhood The platform popular with daytraders also added Solana's SOL, Polygon's Matic and Compound's COMP to its list of available trades in a possible appeal…

#BTOpinion: If you work for a listco your family controls, does pay incentivise you the way it would for an outsider? In today's #HockLockSiew, BT's Ben Paul examines the implications of pay structures in place for top e…

Every school to be installed with digital payment terminals by 2025 These terminals can accept payments made through POSB Smart Buddy smartwatches or cards, as well as other payment modes, such as the School Smart Card a…

BT’s Top Stories from Last Week 1. The pay's hot, but tech recruits flounder amid HR curveballs 2. An electric car can save you money, but only if you choose the right one 3. Appeal dismissed for duo who cheated Singapor…

Gojek joins new carbon-credit project rewarding EV fleets and charge-point operators Under a new programme dubbed the Electric Vehicle Accelerator, carbon credits are generated from every successful charge event on its p…

Upcoming units at Keppel Club site will attract keen interest from home buyers: analysts They're expecting 3-room flats to be anywhere between S$400,000 and S$520,000, and 4-room flats to go for S$600,000 to S$850,000, b…

Government didn't get every call right on Covid-19, but was prepared to revise, reverse its decisions: PM Lee "We had to judge what was best at that point with incomplete information, and act on that in the fog of war. I…

Peter Lim's son's ZujuGP football app brings aboard new team The community helmed by Kiat Lim has acquired the team behind Tokigames, which provides tech for sporting brands to engage with fans online. The new arm, zujuD…

Here's how much some of Singapore's STI company leaders earned in Financial Year 2021 From the list, the top gainer was CapitaLand Investment group CEO Lee Chee Koon, while the CEO seeing the largest decline in his pay i…

Singtel, KepCorp selling stakes in JV to Telechoice unit Each seller will pocket S$625,000 from the sale. Before the divestment, Radiance Communications will distribute dividends and return capital of about S$2 million e…

BT strengthens ESG focus with dedicated reporting team, new newsletter offering 🌱 Which companies are green, and not just greenwashing? 💲Where should ethical investors put their money? 🏛 How can we make sense of the g…

Boeing says 141 jet orders in limbo amid war in Ukraine Boeing said the accounting adjustment included 141 aircraft removed from its backlog due to the war in Ukraine. Most of the orders now in question were for Russian…

Manhunt under way for gunman in NYC subway attack that injured nearly 30 The suspect is believed to have set off a smoke bomb and opened fire in a New York subway car, injuring at least 17 people in a morning rush-hour a…

Singapore's Zilingo is said to suspend CEO amid investigation The company, which supplies technology to apparel merchants and factories, had been trying to raise US$150 million to US$200 million with help from Goldman Sa…

How attractive is Singapore property on a global stage? Two analysts at Knight Frank predict that despite our cooling measures, Singapore will remain one of the world's most attractive cities for businesses and investors…

China nudges listed firms, investors to buy stocks to stabilise market The government will also facilitate corporate financing in Covid-hit areas and urge state shareholders of listed firms to actively buy undervalued st…