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Airports clogged with queues as travel rebound strains resources Passengers checking in at Sydney Airport this week have waited for hours in queues snaking outside terminals. Staff absences are running as high as 50 per…

Opec tells EU that Russia oil crisis is beyond its control Russian oil supply losses stemming from current and future sanctions or a boycott by customers could potentially exceed 7 million barrels a day, Opec chief Moham…

Singapore and Chongqing deepen collaboration in financial services, healthcare and other sectors Some 30 MOUs were signed at the 7th Joint Implementation Committee meeting for the China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstratio…

Shorter leases for commercial land unlikely to depress CBD Grade A office rents This according to property analysts who spoke to BT, in response to URA exploring rolling out more commercial sites with shorter-term leases…

Govt lays out more detailed plans for Keppel Club site, with 6k public housing flats in mind The first build-to-order (BTO) HDB flats on the Keppel Club site, which are expected to be highly sought after, are slated to l…

EY acquires Australia business consultancy company Blackdot As for its employees, 64 Blackdot staff will join EY globally, of which a team will join EY's consulting services in Singapore. On the addition to the Singapore…

The surprising joy and liberation of knowing your career limits After one's early 40s, our careers tend to stagnate, and our salaries begin to fall. How can we escape the 'death trap' of our professional decline? In BT's…

Mountbatten Road conservation bungalow up for sale with S$27m guide price The property, first built in the 1920s, is 1 of 15 conservation bungalows along the Mountbatten Road Conservation Area and offers prospective buye…

Condo resale volumes rebound, up 35.6% in March: SRX, 99.co All regions experienced price gains compared with the year-ago period, and the most expensive resale condo resold in the month was S$13.6 million for a unit at…

Cut coal loose, climate advocates tell banks A recent report by Singapore-based ESG risk and strategy consulting firm Area Research & Engagement (ARE) shows that most banks in Asia still have not quit coal. Even for thos…

MoneyOwl rolls out digital CPF investment service and 2 lower-cost funds A robo advisory platform complemented by human advisers, it is only the second robo firm to participate in the CPF Investment Scheme, after Endowus…

Corporate giving increases amid pandemic A survey by NVPC found that 67% of businesses gave back during Covid compared to 52% in 2017. Also, 12 per cent of businesses had increased their corporate giving during the pande…

Indonesia coal miners likely to gain from rising prices, supply disruptions Indonesia's coal production will likely grow on improving weather from the second quarter, thus addressing current coal shortages. However, a DB…

MAS may opt for aggressive tightening to tame inflation in April meeting Economists whom The Business Times reached out to unanimously agreed a further tightening is on the cards in the central bank's monetary policy sta…

New home sales up in March, expected to stay buoyant in coming months Last month, the top-performing project including ECs by sales volume was Normanton Park, which sold 84 units at a median price of S$1,885 psf. This wa…

Sentosa-Brani Master Plan to be refreshed amid pandemic as project's first milestone hits delay BT has learnt that a S$90 million linkway between the island's southern beaches and Resorts World Sentosa is now expected to…

PODCAST: How did the sponsor of Mapletree Commercial Trust and Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust save their proposed merger? Senior Correspondent Ben Paul gives his take and offers investment views on the two Reits i…

#BTOpinion: Wild ride by US-listed China stocks: Reasons go beyond delisting concerns In this week's #Mark2Market column, BT's Ben Paul cautions investors against attributing the recent turmoil in Chinese stocks entirely…

Singapore reopening to put wind in sails of real estate investment Analysts say that Singapore remains an appealing destination in the Asia-Pacific for investors on the back of its safe haven status and pro-business envi…

Maker of US$777,000 flying motorbike prepares for IPO in Japan Tokyo-based ALI Technologies was founded by Shuhei Komatsu as a drone maker in 2016 before moving on to more ambitious ventures, opening sales of its Xturism…

Billionaire Musk rejects Twitter's offer to join its board After taking up 9.2 per cent of the company's stock, he held discussions with Twitter's directors but the entrepreneur ultimately declined their offer of a board…

#Topline: Keppel DC Reit targets Asia-Pac data centre hubs BT's Annabeth Leow sits down with Anthea Lee, CEO of the manager of Keppel Data Centres REIT, to discuss her further plans following an active past year on an ac…

Freehold Joo Chiat commercial building for sale at indicative price of S$50 million It has an attic and basement carpark with six spaces, has a total existing floor area of approximately 24,714 sq ft and is fully tenante…

Earlier this month when he was in the US on a working visit, PM Lee Hsien Loong sat down for a discussion with the Wall Street Journal on a wide range of geopolitical topics. Here are a few stories culled from that conve…

New Zealand prime minister to visit Singapore, Japan "We must continue to reconnect with the world and I look forward to supporting our businesses across a range of sectors, and seeing my political counterparts in person…

Chechen chief Kadyrov says Russian forces will take Kyiv Ramzan Kadyrov, the powerful head of Russia's republic of Chechnya, said in a video posted on his Telegram channel that "There will be an offensive ... not only on…

GoTo rises 14.8% on Indonesia Stock Exchange debut Its shares, trading under the ticker GOTO, hit 388 rupiah, valuing it at about US$31.6 billion.

Apple buys UE BizHub Central in Ang Mo Kio for S$55m Market watchers say that following its acquisition of this property, Apple can cater to its near-term expansion plans in Singapore by taking over the rest of the space…

Thailand to scrap Covid-19 RT-PCR test for visitors The RT-PCR tests will be replaced with antigen tests at the airports, and vaccinated travellers will also no longer need to reserve a 1-night hotel accommodation to sec…

Landed home prices set to stay firm, if not trend upwards In this piece, List Sotheby's International Realty contributors Han Huan Mei and Cheong Choon Ghee predict that demand for landed property, especially in prime lo…