The Business Times

#BTLuxe: 'Every area is Instagrammable': Inside Jamie Chua's new Sentosa Cove home “I wanted to bring the countries that I love so much into my home,” she says of the three-storey, 7,800-square-foot abode which includes…

#BTExplains: Who is Ong Beng Seng, the billionaire involved in the Iswaran-linked CPIB probe? The hotel and property tycoon is also known for being one of those responsible for first bringing the Formula 1 night race to…

Singapore narrowly avoids technical recession in Q2 as GDP grows 0.7% year-on-year, 0.3% quarterly GDP improved slightly from Q1’s 0.4% year on year growth.

[BREAKING] Hotel Properties’ Ong Beng Seng arrested, out on bail for Iswaran-linked CPIB probe Though no charges have been filed against Ong, he was issued a notice of arrest and has posted bail of S$100,000. Ong will be…

PODCAST: Is the worst over for investors despite a possible recession? Dr Neo Teng Hwee, chief investment officer and head of products and solutions at UOB Private Bank shares his insights. This episode is brought to you…

NTUC to beef up career mentorship programmes for youths and push for quality internships 78.7% of youth say they perceive mental well-being support in the workplace as important but “few have seen improvements in the way…

✍️Editorial: Union-like voice for platform workers levels the field against Big Tech algorithms Unlike other self-employed persons, platform workers lack the power to set prices and to push back against algorithmic decis…

GSK’s Tuas vaccine facility is Singapore’s largest after S$300 million investment: Gan Kim Yong The expansion of GSK’s facility at Tuas has earned it the title of Singapore’s largest vaccine production site based on a cu…

Record resale prices in 17 out of 26 HDB towns in year to date: OrangeTee & Tie Among the 17 towns, the highest prices were units at 1. Bukit Merah: S$1.5 million 2. Toa Payoh: S$1.42 million 3. Bishan: S$1.4 million Onl…

‘Inserting evidence between the lines’: Parties argue over claims of oral agreements Violet Oon’s daughter said that Group MMM director Manoj Murjani had threatened to sue the family and wind up Violet Oon Singapore if t…

Grab, Sea push Singapore to lift digital banks’ deposit cap Grab’s GXS Bank and Sea’s MariBank are approaching the S$50 million limit and have been lobbying MAS to lift a cap on deposits that they see as hamstringing the…

Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou’s mom to pocket US$54 million with coffee IPO Star Plus Legend Holdings, a low-carb coffee and drinks maker, which was founded by Jay Chou’s mother Yeh Hui-Mei in 2017, is selling 126.6 millio…

ComfortDelGro, FairPrice to link loyalty programmes in new partnership ComfortDelGro and FairPrice Group are linking their rewards programmes so customers can consolidate their spending on daily essentials and gain acces…

Commentary: Bank on hard token to secure your savings from Internet scammers Yes, a physical token is inconvenient and may be anachronistic in our adoption of digital banking - but that inconvenience is exactly why it is…

Swifties drive travel spike to Singapore for concert dates Swift hotel bookings: The pop star has triggered what is so far the biggest spike for the first half of 2024, with occupancy on the books for the period rising t…

‘We will not sweep anything under the carpet’ even if damaging: DPM Wong on Iswaran’s case DPM Lawrence Wong said that he and PM Lee Hsien Loong are “fully committed” to keeping and preserving the trust that the people h…

Singapore prime non-landed home sales ease to S$1.1 billion in H1 2023 Knight Frank noted that the lower number of foreign buyers will “characterise the slowing market for prime homes for the remainder of 2023”.

Singapore to allow union-like bodies to represent platform workers Ride-hailing and on-demand delivery workers in Singapore will be able to join representative bodies with similar powers to unions, under laws set to take…

#BTOpinion: Post-pandemic, connectivity and compact homes ensure quality offices and malls maintain relevance Despite fears over rising vacancy rates overseas, major office and mall landlords in Singapore are doing fine.

Temasek seeks talks with Ant on buyback valuation Temasek Holdings is set to hold talks with Ant Group to understand why it slashed its valuation before it decides whether to take part in a planned share buyback.

Conserved black-and-white bungalow on Lady Hill Road put on market with S$110 million price tag The property, with a freehold land area of 27,465 sq ft, is in the Nassim Road Good Class Bungalow Area.

‘He started to control my life’: Violet Oon testifies how she lost founder status for eponymous brand Chef Violet Oon asserted that the Violet Oon brand story was the “family legacy story”, which her business partner Man…

Minister of Transport S Iswaran assisting in CPIB probe Iswaran will take a leave of absence until the investigations are complete, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Investment bankers’ pay unlikely to be hit by market slowdown, momentum holds for junior hires The average annual salaries of fresh investment bankers, or at least those in major international banks, range between S$120,…

SIA is key to Temasek reaching its net-zero targets: Temasek CEO “Much depends on the airline,” said Temasek CEO Dilhan Pillay when asked whether Temasek, which owns 55% of SIA, is on track to halving its 2010 level of e…

Singapore office Reits expected to stay resilient despite headwinds for global office landlords One analyst notes that asset values are relatively stable due to safe haven appeal, as well as assumption of rental growth o…

First owners of executive condominiums make average gains of S$322,220 when selling: Huttons Asia The windfall for these first owners who are willing to wait does pay off as the average gross gains are more than S$500,00…