The Business Times

‘Don’t want to move’ – residents in race to save Hanoi’s crumbling villas In 2015, two people died when a villa built in 1905 – and home to around 20 people – fell to pieces.

#BTLifestyle: All set for Christmas “Less is more” when it comes to decorating the home for the festive season in a tasteful, rather than tacky, way.

#BTLifestyle: Reliable zi char cooking at the newly revamped Kok Sen Despite its new digs and modern approach, its food will never get old. Just like this big prawn hor fun - a fire engine red bowl of nostalgia.

#BTOpinion: Taylor Swift’s ticketing fiasco shows vulnerability of investing in a monopoly Although Live Nation maintains that it plays in a “highly competitive” market, it needs to better demonstrate that it is not shut…

And the word of 2022 is ... No, it's not metaverse.

New private home sales sink further in November despite leap in launches Developers in Singapore have sold 259 units in November, down nearly 20% from October.

HK Bitcoin, Ether crypto ETFs raise $79 million in shadow of FTX Crisis Hong Kong pushes ahead with a plan to become a crypto hub even as the sector globally reels from the FTX collapse.

#Brunch: What good is a newborn baby? Quantum tech in its infancy, but industry watchers see plenty of potential Singapore’s investments into quantum technology 15 years ago have paved the way for a budding startup scene…

New Singapore Global Executive Programme helps companies attract, groom local talent The programme will provide resources to help local high growth companies enhance their human capital capabilities and attractiveness as…

SingPost to raise postage rates, cites cost increases This is in line with the GST hikes announced earlier this year, as well as “exceptional inflationary cost increases across manpower, fuel and electricity”, said SingP…

Ming Arcade sold to Singapore family office for record S$3,125 psf ppr The buyer is the Royal Group of Companies, a Singapore-based, single-family office founded by its chairman Asok Kumar Hiranandani.

Crypto firm Amber raises US$300m to tackle damage from FTX Singapore-based Amber had less than 10% of its overall trading capital on FTX when FTX became bankrupt. That proportion has since expanded as Amber’s overall tra…

These Wall Street companies are cutting staff as they prepare for a downturn Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse Group and Barclays have all either already fired staff or announced that they plan to do so…

GCB volumes next year expected to be similar to 2022 levels amid price gap All eyes are on the trio of Nassim Road bungalows, which, if sold at an expected record price, could raise prices across the GCB market, say agen…

BOE raises key rate a half point to 3.5%, highest since 2008 The Bank of England raised interest rates for a ninth time in a row to a 14-year high of 3.5%, pressing ahead with efforts to tame sky-high inflation.

Singapore exports fall again in November by 14.6%, more than expected Non-oil domestic exports to Singapore’s top 10 markets shrink overall in November, mainly due to mainland China, where exports are down 31.2%.

Festive F&B demand dampened by Singaporeans flying out “We are not expecting the year-end to be as amazing because the more affluent Singaporeans or expatriates, who are usually also the wine drinkers, are jumping on the…

Indonesia’s Parliament approves longstanding extradition, defence agreements with S’pore The agreement between Indonesia and Singapore will provide “legal certainty” for the two countries in carrying out extradition of f…

🎥SG watch collectors score all-expenses-paid trip to watch the World Cup Ballin' good times: Here's how VIP customers of Hublot were treated to an all-expenses-paid trip to watch the World Cup while also experiencing th…

Analysts favour US equities, dollar as Fed remains hawkish One analyst said Asian investors could position for US dollar strength through investments in quality US companies and USD-hedged investment grade bonds.

Grab to implement cost cuts, cites uncertain macroeconomic situation: CEO in memo “None of these decisions were easy, but are meant to help us get leaner and fitter, as we accelerate even faster towards sustainable, prof…

Branch wars: Banks woo customers with elaborately decked physical spaces After pushing customers to do as many transactions as possible online, banks are now competing to offer the largest and most elaborate physical spa…

Housing prices in Asia Pacific “misaligned” and at a turning point: IMF Housing affordability remains a “major concern” and is expected to deteriorate as interest rates increase, said the IMF.

US to blacklist over 30 Chinese companies Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin says the US has “politicised and weaponised economic cooperation”.

Job vacancies ease for second straight quarter: MOM The number of job vacancies fell to 108,200 in September while the ratio of job vacancies to unemployed persons also decreased to 2.2.

Malaysia to cut power subsidies for large businesses: Anwar He said that small- and medium-sized enterprises, as well as those involved in agriculture and food production, will not be affected by the subsidy cuts.

Federal Reserve pledges more rate hikes despite fears of US economy stalling The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by half a percentage point on Wednesday and projected at least an additional 75 basis points of incre…

New Singapore-EU pact to boost cooperation and establish common framework in digital realm Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced the EU-Singapore Digital Partners…

PM Anwar told A-G to review Pedra Branca issue for ‘meaningful’ talks with Singapore “Further, we do not want this to result in issues or problems in the relations of two neighbouring friends,” he said.