The Business Times

Five ways to position your portfolio for 2023 Go for businesses with pricing power as they can help offset the effects of inflation, such as Vicom or Starbucks, suggests this writer.

Testing times ahead, so need to stay united: PM Lee Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned of a troubled international outlook, and said Singapore must brace itself for the uncertainties ahead in the new year.

#BTLifestyle: The World Cup of luxury spirits: Best booze of 2022 It’s a global matchup for the titles in best new whiskey, gin, rum, nonalcoholic spirit, digestif and more.

#BTLifestyle: Design trends for 2023 Gone is the era of bling. Luxury in homes is now more understated and natural.

#BTLifestyle: Asia Grand makes a comeback with familiar Cantonese cooking For all the comforting familiarity, the food at Asia Grand Restaurant's newest location is largely underwhelming and needs improvement, says our r…

Covid-mutation risk drives rush to test travelers from China “With China’s lack of population immunity against Covid-19 there is the possibility that a new variant of concern could emerge,” says a spokesperson for the Ce…

US: Stocks sink in worst yearly performance since 2008 Key US indices saw their poorest performances since 2008, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both seeing double-digit drops over the past year.

Tourists from China not a Covid-19 threat to Singapore’s population: Infectious diseases expert “If travellers from China have the mindset that with a mild disease they will need to rush to the hospital, then that could…

Singapore ready to step up border measures if needed, MOH monitoring situation as China reopens As air travel with China is progressively restored, MOH will take a cautious approach towards increasing seat capacity on pl…

Pele was the most important soccer player of all time When he first emerged on the world stage, at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, the sport was still predominantly the preserve of white men.

Top 10 crypto busts of 2022 2022 was a turbulent year for crypto. Take a look at the top 10 crypto busts that happened this year

#Brunch: The sweet, futile search for productivity Productivity tips are not difficult to implement. But many of us can’t sustain them (much like New Year’s fitness resolutions) and we eventually fall off track.

Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi for 7 more years in final verdict A special court ruled that Aung San Suu Kyi failed to follow financial regulations in renting and buying a helicopter between 2019 and 2021.

Dalvey bungalow fetches eye-watering S$85,000 monthly rent That's S$1.02 million in annual rental expense for the good class bungalow, which is located near Botanic Gardens.

Rebates for 950,000 households to offset utility and conservancy bills from January Households living in one- and two-bedroom HDB flats will receive the largest rebate of S$190, while those living in three-room flats wil…

🌎Down to Earth: It's been a challenging year for ESG investing (and almost every other asset class), leaving policymakers and investors frustrated about the lack of standardisation in the sector amongst other issues. Ou…

Lower household electricity bills in Q1 next year as tariffs fall The average monthly electricity bill for families living in HDB four-room flats will decrease by S$2.63, before GST, said Singapore’s power grid vendor SP…

Singapore appoints first government chief sustainability officer As GSCO, Lim Tuang Liang will oversee the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment's Public Sector Sustainability Office and Sustainability Partnersh…

As Sora dips below 3%, what’s in store for mortgage rates in 2023? Do not overcommit on lock-in periods - you’ll want to be able to freely negotiate for the best terms, be it on floating or fixed rates, says this writer.

How Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and the world’s 500 richest billionaires lost US$1.4t in a year Russia’s richest people also collectively lost US$46.6 billion on Feb 24, the day Vladimir Putin orders his army to invade Uk…

Geopolitical tensions, sustainability goals to continue to drive M&A activity in 2023 Tensions between the United States and China are pushing companies to do more intra-regional M&A in Asia, says a market watcher.

Football star Pele, Brazilian legend of the beautiful game, dies at 82 Pele had been undergoing chemotherapy since he had a tumour removed from his colon in September 2021.

10 stocks to watch in 2023 As 2022 comes to an end, here's a list of companies that we are keeping in our sights for next year.

Minister draws flak for blaming Malaysian inflation on consumer spending habits Malaysia’s Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli said the main driver of inflation is the spending habits of consumers, and urged Malaysians to redu…

Pickier investors, reluctant borrowers could dampen Singapore’s debt capital market When interest rates are on the uptick – particularly at a rapid pace – investors tend to be reluctant to buy corporate debt, and issuers…

MTI appoints new deputy chairman at STB, board changes at CCCS All new appointments will take effect from Jan 1, 2023.

UOB Kay Hian’s ban from IPO, RTO sponsor activities significant but unsurprising: market watchers “The ball is in UOBKH’s court to put their house in order,” said David Gerald, chief executive of the Securities Investors…

China’s US$1.3t housing crackdown leaves few winners “I was frightened by home prices when I came to Shenzhen, and all the big policy changes didn’t give me any hope,” says a 31-year-old resident.