The Business Times

⚽️Catch Lion City Sailors take on Tottenham Hotspur and more in the Singapore Festival of Football Fancy watching a home-grown team take on a top English Premier League club? BT is giving away four pairs of Silver Ticket…

#BTOpinion: Temasek should offer more information on its activities, investments in emerging tech fields Its stakeholders are likely to be more forgiving of any headline-grabbing failures if they also constantly hear of…

Few major launches, so new private home sales down in June Developers sold 278 private residential units in June 2023, a 73.2% fall from May - and the lowest number of private homes sold this year.

[BREAKING] Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin, MP Cheng Li Hui resign due to ‘inappropriate relationship’ “I think it’s simply inappropriate to have a Speaker having a relationship with one of the MPs... It saddens me to discover tha…

#BTExplains: Is it worth conserving black-and-white bungalows if they cost so much to maintain? “Spending $200,000 to S$500,000 is barely patching up to basic habitable condition, not transforming them to luxurious or pa…

Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, BMW lead Singapore car sales in H1; two EV brands in top 10 Toyota has topped overall passenger car registration figures for Singapore with 2,867 units in the first six months of 2023.

Singapore key exports down 15.5% in June in ninth straight month of decline Singapore's exports fell 15.5% year on year in June on the back of declines in both electronic and non-electronic shipments.

Softer earnings expected for S-reits in first half, with funding cost among headwinds Analysts expect most S-Reits to be able to keep earnings above three times interest expense, with the exception being office and US of…

More than half of Grand Dunman’s 1,008 units sold on launch weekend at average S$2,500 psf Two-bedroom units yielded the highest sales, with 77% of the available units sold at a starting price of S$1.55 million.

#BTLuxe: Anurag Srivastava: Serial entrepreneur is constantly evolving The 56-year-old serial entrepreneur is one of the most respected voices in the VC community here, having ventured successfully into various industrie…

#BTLuxe: Walk on the wild side of South Africa To go on an African safari is to get up close and personal with majestic animals - it can be difficult to remember sometimes that these animals are dangerous.

#BTLifestyle: Mondrian’s hotel dining gets celebrity push Star of Netflix’s Chef’s Table, Tuscan butcher Dario Cecchini lends his name to Bottega di Carna, but the solid cooking stands well enough without it.

#BTLuxe: Dr SK Tan: At 76, aesthetics doctor still going strong “I encounter patients, listen to their problems, and strive to find solutions. It’s a challenge that never tires me," says Dr SK Tan, dubbed the “grandfathe…

Rolls-Royce Spectre review: A S$2.25m slice of heaven The Spectre, Rolls-Royce's first electric car, is "almost disorientingly silent at first, whisking you down the road without a whisper."

#BTOpinion: The days of the rock star research analyst are long gone Two decades of scandals, complaints about overly rosy ratings and regulatory tinkering have taken their toll.

#BTLuxe: 'I don’t know what success is': Iron Lady Yeo Yann Yann makes it to Hollywood She’s battled everything from bad school grades and criticism over her looks, to ageism and postpartum depression, to finally find ma…

Former GIC investment chief Ng Kok Song ‘deliberating’ bid for Singapore presidency Ng Kok Song retired from GIC in 2013 after 27 years with the sovereign wealth fund.

S’pore has never had a PM who prevented CPIB from doing its work: Tharman on Iswaran probe “We’ve never had a Prime Minister (who) prevents the CPIB from doing its work. If ever the day comes, the president will be there…

#Brunch: No buffets needed: Today’s investor is more savvy, more challenging for companies to engage First came the online trading platforms. Then the robo-advisers and virtual meetings. The digitalisation of the stock m…

‘Almost impossible’ for Oon family to make decisions; defence questions lack of protest when signing deal Violet Oon's son cites difficulties due to fear of being threatened, eviction from board and not being responded t…

Singapore GDP growth likely to remain tepid after avoiding technical recession in Q2: economists While the recovery in tourism may support services sector, growth is expected to ease with fading reopening tailwinds and s…

[BREAKING] Both Iswaran and HPL’s Ong Beng Seng arrested on Jul 11, out on bail in CPIB probe Both Transport Minister S Iswaran and Hotel Properties Limited managing director Ong Beng Seng were arrested on July 11, CPIB…

Singapore, Malaysia set up task force to study special economic zone The Johor-Singapore special economic zone (JS-SEZ) will build on “the strong growth of Johor and significant investments in the region by Singapore”.

More COEs available in next three months A total of 11,019 COEs will be available in the August-October quota period, 5.6% more than the current three-month supply – a development which should continue to cool an overhea…

Singapore semiconductor manufacturers not affected by China’s metal export curbs “We do not currently see any potential major impact on (our) material supplies as we source these materials from a number of countries,” sa…

MAS tax exemption tweaks may not move the needle for most single family offices: industry watchers “The first reaction of the companies is that there are too many changes, too soon. It is becoming difficult to keep track…

#BTOpinion: Singapore is being too picky about its billionaires The real value of the super rich is that they attract other talented people. In the face of Hong Kong's friendly tax regime, Singapore may lose out if it is…

Singapore tourist arrivals grow in June, surpass one million for fourth straight month Singapore's international visitor arrivals climbed to 1.13 million in June, recovering from May’s slight dip.