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Iswaran rejects charges against him, reiterates innocence “I resigned as Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament, and as a member of the PAP because I believe it was the right thing to do,” he said.

Retail rents rebound on spending recovery, expected to rise further in 2024 The inflationary pressures and the 9% Goods and Services Tax (GST) are unlikely to dampen retail spending and push rents downwards.

DBS extends weekly hawker meal subsidies amid rising living costs The bank will spend S$7.5 million to subsidise an additional 2.5 million hawker meals.

Marina Bay Sands to invest US$750 million in Phase 2 of reinvestment programme This is on top of the US$1 billion which the integrated resort committed in Phase 1.

Iswaran’s 27 charges: the details From accepting tickets to the musical “Kinky Boots” to corruptly obtaining 50 tickets to the 2022 F1 Singapore Grand Prix, here are the details of the 27 charges former Transport Ministe…

Iswaran’s alleged graft case: a timeline of events Former transport minister S Iswaran is the first political officeholder in Singapore to be charged for corruption in close to five decades. Here’s a recap of how the cas…

Iswaran charged for corruptly obtaining money, ‘valuable things’ from Ong Beng Seng This includes a charge that alleges Iswaran corruptly obtained gratifications valued at S$145,434 as inducement for advancing Ong’s busi…

Chee Hong Tat, Grace Fu take over Iswaran’s portfolio following graft charge He officially replaces Iswaran, who faces 27 charges, mainly for corruption. Chee, who has been promoted to full minister, will also be appoint…

BREAKING: Former Transport Minister S Iswaran arrives at State Courts six months after arrest by CPIB Iswaran, 61, was arrested by CPIB on Jul 11, 2023, following its investigation into a separate matter. He was then rel…

NTUC offers support for retrenched Google staff An NTUC affiliate, the Tech Talent Assembly, has also contacted members who listed Google as their employer to offer career-support services.

Temasek-backed Climate Impact X lays off ‘a few’ employees CIX neither revealed the number of staff that were affected nor the roles they were in. BT understands that a few senior employees were laid off towards the last…

Cordlife to send all affected tanks’ samples to third-party lab by Thursday; testing takes 3 to 6 weeks Samples from the remaining unaffected tanks will also undergo testing in due course, and affected clients will be no…

Passenger car COEs rocket by up to S$27,000 after recent lows and motorshow demand Category B saw the largest increase, shooting up 31.7 per cent or S$26,990 to S$112,000.

China’s Cyberspace Administration is conducting review of Shein: WSJ This comes as Shein seeks Beijing’s nod to go public in the United States and could potentially complicate the fast fashion retailer’s listing plans, w…

#BTOpinion: In newsrooms’ fair-use fight, everything else is fair play The news-tech tussle isn’t truly about the finer points of “fair use” or the definition of “transformative” work. It is a more practical matter: How…

Singapore key exports down 1.5% in December, reversing from previous month’s growth The December figure was a reversal of the previous month’s 1 per cent rise, and in contrast from the 3 per cent growth that private-sect…

Election-related spending in Indonesia fuels country’s economic growth Local media reports estimate that the government had spent 23.4 trillion rupiah (S$2 billion) as at December 2023, to cover expenses related to the p…

Google lays off hundreds of employees in advertising team: Business Insider Last week, the company had said it would lay off several employees in its Voice Assistant units, hardware teams responsible for Pixel, Nest and…

Rising AI entrepreneur Jon Lee - aka Dennis Lee - admits to faking his Cambridge PhD “I actually did not have a PhD,” said Jon Lee. “After today, it will be a relief for me. I have no more secrets to hide.” Despite this…

GIC seeks to sell Hilton hotel in Japan for over 85 billion yen The Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk hotel is located on the coast of Fukuoka – one of Japan’s major cities – and has an asking price of around 85 billion (S$777.6 m…

Some interest seen in new spot Bitcoin ETFs but S'pore brokerages tread with caution “Without fundamental support, we believe crypto is fuelled by sentiment, and the current rally is therefore on thin ice," said the GM o…

#BTOpinion: Lagging China stocks may be an opportunity Maintaining some exposure to battered down China stocks could improve the risk adjusted returns of an investment portfolio.

Singapore SMEs brace for another year of rising costs Rental charges of commercial and industrial spaces will likely tick up in 2024.

From hours to just 20 minutes: JB-Singapore RTS Link passengers to enjoy ‘seamless’ end-to-end trip Travel time for the 4 km journey is five minutes, with customs and immigration taking 10 to 15 minutes, says Malaysia’s…

Maybank becomes first foreign bank to offer fixed deposits for CPF funds The bank is promising a fixed deposit rate of 2.9% per annum for a minimum placement of S$20,000 in OA funds for 12 months.

Trump cruises to Iowa Caucus victory shortly after voting begins The win cements his status as the clear Republican frontrunner in the race.

Red Sea crisis, Panama drought slow Singapore’s logistics growth with cost spikes, disruptions For Asia-US trade, the major alternative route through the Panama Canal has not been smooth sailing either due to a drought.

December downtime brings developers’ 2023 new home sales to weakest in 15 years The slump in sales was not unexpected as developers held back on new project launches last year in the aftermath of successive market coolin…