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Start your day with BT ☕️: Stocks to watch: Seatrium, Kimly Top stories 1. Singapore: Hiring sentiment in Singapore remains soft, but most sectors still looking to boost headcount: survey 2. Companies: Top 20 China-linke…

#BTOpinion: Tough stance on board renewal has helped to spur recruitment of more women directors Of the record 71 first-time directors appointed last year, there was one woman director for every two male directors.

Refresh of Peace Centre to entail development of strata offices, 367 apartments The project in Sophia Road received planning approval in late 2023, and will be completed by 2028.

New CEO, new board members but legal and shareholder challenges abound for Cordlife | Journalist reacts In May, MOH extended Cordlife’s suspension from collecting new cord blood by up to three months, dealing another blo…

PM Wong to make introductory visits to Brunei and Malaysia PM Wong will meet the Bruneian royal family and Malaysia's prime minister during the visits.

#BTOpinion: Make ABSD less punitive for younger local singles and PR couples trading owner-occupied homes While married locals enjoy various advantages over singles in the housing market, helping singles matters as singl…

Stable teams could become greater differentiator in private markets “The team, the quality of the people, the ethics of those firms, their history (are all) important – as important as looking at return,” says an industr…

Court lets Fullerton Health co-founder David Sin leave Singapore for 2 months to visit family in China The former president of Fullerton Health was granted approval to visit China from Jun 11 to Aug 10, where his wife an…

Su Jianfeng gets 17 months jail, the longest sentence among the ten money launderers Su Jianfeng and his wife Chen Qiuyan have agreed to forfeit to the state at least 95% of the around S$187 million worth of assets in th…

Singapore banks probe rich clients, train staff to spot money laundering tricks At Citi, wealth bankers are given a month to complete training that covers money-laundering red flags, according to sources. ➡️ Which banks…

Singapore handled 16.9 million 20-foot equivalent units of container volumes in first 5 months of 2024: MPA More vessels have been arriving at Singapore ports since the start of 2024 due to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebe…

Start your day with BT ☕️: Stocks to watch: SingPost, Sabana Reit, Q&M Dental Top stories 1. Companies: Stable teams could become greater differentiator in private markets 2. Economy: Q&M is ready to reap its investments…

#BTLifestyle: From the stunning multisensory triumph of Refuge by Singapore band The Observatory, to the Venice Biennale 2019 top prize winner Sun & Sea making its debut on these shores, we review the Singapore Internati…

#BTOpinion: Creating an AI-ready workforce for Singapore and beyond A new report by Google and Access Partnerships shows that Singapore businesses could gain S$193.3 billion in economic benefits in terms of cost savings,…

Asme partners Nanyang Polytechnic to help SMEs develop sustainability, AI, cybersecurity capabilities The three-year partnership will allow the association’s member companies to gain access to the school’s suite of resou…

Online car portal Motorist’s cross-country rally takes it to Japan next; target is 9 overseas markets by 2026 After Japan, Motorist is looking at expanding into Taiwan and South Korea in 2025, and Australia and Indonesia…

StanChart banks on international ties amid demand for cross-border wealth needs: James Lye StanChart’s global head of international banking expects to leverage the four wealth hubs – in Jersey, the UAE, Hong Kong and Sin…

Meme stocks are back – but you shouldn’t chase them When market interest fades and speculative bubbles burst, their values can plummet quickly.

Human capital for the age of generative AI Adoption of the technology could help suitably qualified workers climb the wage ladder.

#BTLifestyle: Disillusioned with the company’s leadership and beset by anxiety attacks, Claire Tan quit her job of nearly 20 years. The banker booked a trip to South America, where she spent a month exploring remote vill…

#BTOpinion: Shareholders should question the rationale for share buybacks However, famed US investor Warren Buffett – obviously one of the “wealthy investors” – said in his 2023 letter to shareholders that anyone who cri…

#BTLifestyle: If you can’t be too rich or too thin, then you can’t have too many artisanal pizza joints either. And that’s where Fortuna finds itself – the flavour of the week/month in a market of still-hungry carb-lover…

If AI can do your job, maybe it can also replace your CEO Chief executives are vulnerable to the same forces buffeting their employees. Leadership is important, but so is efficiency – and cost-cutting.

Should you buy expensive stocks? Buying the likes of Alphabet, Amazon and Nvidia would have made you a lot richer than fretting about valuations.

BTO scheme led to early marriages but also more divorces: research It is evident, the professors said, that the BTO scheme spurs early marriages, but “financial conditions of young couples may take a toll on the marriage…

China’s Luckin Coffee is back from the brink and beating Starbucks It also presents a lesson on how global giants, if not careful, can quickly find themselves on the back foot in the world’s second-largest consumer marke…

A recent survey found that Singapore parents see children as a "great investment" for financial support during their retirement. Yikes.💀 In thrive's newsletter this week, we find out if there's an expectations mismatch…