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#Brunch: 'Mumfluencers' milk social media to sell parenting content One mumfluencer was profitable within the first month of starting an online coaching service, with revenue crossing S$100,000 after one and a half years…

New travel requirement for Singaporeans travelling to Europe from 2024 Travellers aged 18 to 70 would need to pay 7 euros (S$10) for the document, which is otherwise free for others outside this age range.

Singapore hotel and airfares for March 2024 spike ahead of ticket sales for Taylor Swift concerts A single room at the four-star Parkroyal on Beach Road will cost S$478 during that period – 22.6% more than the S$390 rate…

Golden girls (and guys): Here's how these affluent seniors are living it up "Will you still need me when I'm sixty-four?" Not for these well-heeled seniors, who are making the most of their golden years travelling, fine…

Singapore hotels’ overall room revenue at year-to-date high in May Singapore hotels’ overall room revenue hit S$398 million in May, up 9.1% from April’s S$364.7 million – marking the highest room revenue to date this yea…

URA launches Marina South, Media Circle sites for sale The first “white” site to be put up for sale in the Marina South precinct is now up for tender, along with a plot for housing at Media Circle in the Buona Vista area…

Higher household electricity bills ahead as tariffs rise in Q3 For families living in Housing and Development Board four-room flats, the average monthly electricity bill will rise by S$1.14 or 1.1% before GST.

Intangible asset valuation guidelines will bring clarity, boost Singapore’s IP standing: analysts This comes as intangible assets becomes an increasingly important driver of business value, especially with the rise of th…

Volkswagen to remove Audi CEO after slide in brand’s performance This comes after a number of mishaps and slow progress on innovation that has seen the luxury brand fall behind competitors BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

Frozen food manufacturers grapple with soaring electricity costs amid global energy crisis “It can be in the low S$100,000 (one month), and it can actually go all the way up to S$300,000 to S$400,000 (in another),” said…

Temasek tops 200 sovereign and pension funds in governance, sustainability and resilience practices It joined four other global investors at the top, all of whom scored full marks based on the governance, sustainability…

Singapore stocks: Keep calm and get dividends Within the industrial sector, dividend yields for large-cap stocks go as high as 6% and could be a source of alpha generation – especially companies that benefit from tight e…

How to work the ‘quiet luxury’ trend into your office attire More timeless, understated pieces of superior craftsmanship, and less of big designer logos and ostentatious or trendy pieces.

E-commerce may not work for all heartland enterprises – and that’s okay Since Singapore's reopening, many heartland businesses have quietly abandoned their e-commerce efforts, which for some, have been a burden.

📍High inflation, aggressive interest rates: Is the Singapore market still a good place to hunt for income? Join The Business Times’ senior correspondent Ben Paul and a panel of experts from OCBC Bank, RHB Singapore and…

#BTOpinion: Let independent directors hold shares and wear multiple hats within reason While one can earn several hundred thousand dollars a year from serving as an ID of a few listed groups, being an ID also comes with…

#BTLifestyle: Five new one-starred restaurants raise Singapore’s Michelin-starred restaurants to 55 “The Michelin star has been a dream of mine since I was 16 years old, so I’ve always been pushing for this," says Steve…

Jollibee takes bite of Tiong Bahru Bakery, Common Man Coffee Roasters and other Singapore brands Jolli Good Times: It sees great opportunities in Singapore as it is a "world-class city" that attracts a very high level of…

Temasek sells 1.85% stake in Singapore Airlines, remains top investor Temasek will continue to be a major shareholder in SIA with a 53.5% stake.

Fresh, higher-quality deal opportunities sprout during funding drought Questions are being asked now, ranging from revenue to costs, from cash flow to supplier concentration – questions that used to raise eyebrows or cau…

Are the good times over for Singapore’s listed watch retailers? Consumer behaviour is reverting to pre-pandemic norms, with a “sense of balance and moderation returning to the high-end watch industry,” notes an industry…

UBS preparing to cut over half of Credit Suisse workforce Bankers, traders and support staff in Credit Suisse’s investment bank in London, New York and in some parts of Asia are expected to bear the brunt of the cuts, wi…

Ridout rents at S$26,500 and S$19,000; reviews by CPIB, SM Teo find no wrongdoing A CPIB review of state-owned bungalows being rented to two ministers found “no evidence of corruption or criminal wrongdoing”, while one b…

Pinetree Hill at Mount Sinai to start preview at prices from S$2,236 psf Two-bedroom units from 700 sq ft will start from S$1.6 million.

Condo rents fall, HDB rents rise in May on lower leasing volumes: SRX, 99.co Condo rents slid 0.6% month on month while rents for HDB flats continued to rise, gaining 1.1% from April.

Malaysia central bank to intervene in FX markets as ringgit losses ‘excessive’ The ringgit is trading near a seven-month low and has lost close to 6% of its value against the US dollar this year, declining more than its…

SIA’s Goh Choon Phong sees total annual pay jump 86% to S$6.7 million CEO Goh Choon Phong’s pay has risen 86% compared with his S$3.6 million compensation from a year earlier, according to the company’s annual report.

CDL, Hong Leong, Frasers Property, CapitaLand units among 9 bidders for Plantation Close EC site Developers are "very hungry" for executive condominium (EC) sites, says an industry player. “Only 747 new EC units are avai…

Task force set up to persuade more to take up accountancy and change ‘boring’ tag Deputy PM Lawrence Wong said the number of accounting degree students at universities here has fallen by more than 10% over the past five…

MAS proposes to raise deposit insurance cap to S$100,000 MAS says the move is not in response to stresses faced by some foreign banks this year.