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Start your day with BT ☕️: Stocks to watch: Sats, Keppel, Sembcorp, Food Empire Top stories 1. Property: BlackRock close to buying 299-unit Citadines Raffles Place for S$300 million 2. Companies: BYD to self-import luxur…

BlackRock close to buying 299-unit Citadines Raffles Place for S$300 million The asset management company is said to have completed due diligence for the hospitality asset, which is within the CapitaSpring building in Ma…

StarHub broadband service restored after outage on Tuesday StarHub recommended that customers reboot their routers if they were still facing connection issues.

Latest semiconductor results show that the sector is still stumbling Why hasn’t semiconductor recovery reached Singapore-listed firms? Several, including AEM and UMS, reported steep earnings declines. ➡️BT breaks down th…

‘Not overly generous’ jobseeker support will mainly help the lower-income: observers The purpose of the six-month duration cap is “to avoid the moral hazard of staying unemployed for longer”, with the scheme clearly not…

#BTOpinion: Tighter HDB loan limit will cool resale flat prices; choice units should still see firm demand Being forced to borrow less can be a blessing when a homeowner loses a job or enrols in a full-time course to ret…

7-Eleven billionaire heirs would see big payday from shock offer Is Seven & i, owner of 7-Eleven convenience stores, poised for a massive payday in a potential record foreign takeover?

HDB, condo rents rise in July; condo leasing volumes surge 35.1%: SRX, 99.co Year on year, rents for HDB flats are up 4.7% while condo rents decreased 5%.

About 10% of buyers with HDB loan may be affected by new measures to cool market Buyers who take loans at higher LTV ratios disproportionately buy larger flats and pay higher prices. They pay S$20,000 to S$60,000 more th…

Ex-Citi, Julius Baer bankers charged in money laundering case were stars in the race for China’s rich It raises questions about how some of the world’s most sophisticated banks vetted their customers – and how they scree…

Government funding of parental leave may not fully address operational concerns, say businesses With their small staff strength, many SMEs only have a few decision-makers in key positions, which “may get the company into…

NTU’s wooden building of the future has a mould problem "It makes me feel a little grossed out,” said a student on NTU's Gaia building which was constructed from sustainably harvested timber beams and panels and has sinc…

Looking to buy your first home? Here's how the Enhanced CPF Housing Grants can help families and singles.

Start your day with BT ☕️: Stocks to watch: Keppel, Japfa Top stories 1. Singapore: ‘Not overly generous’ jobseeker support will mainly help the lower-income: observers 2. Singapore: Government funding of parental leave…

[BREAKING] Government tightens HDB loan limits to tame resale market, extends more support to lower-to-middle income first-time buyers The loan-to-value ratio for HDB loans will be lowered from 80% to 75%, in line with t…

#BTOpinion: Rallying the nation with hope, not fear Lawrence Wong’s first National Day Rally eschewed technical policy justifications in favour of a personal framing.

UOB Malaysia on track to better 2023’s record profit this year, says CEO With more than 73 years in Malaysia, UOB Malaysia stands as the leading foreign bank and the sixth-largest commercial bank in the country.

Money laundering syndicate based in JB busted by Singapore and Malaysia police One of the people arrested, Besmond Huan Yu Kang, 22, was extradited to Singapore on Aug 18 and charged in a district court here on Aug 19.

#BTOpinion: Property groups should sell low-yielding investment properties, go slow in raising debt Is borrowing for low-yield properties wise? Perhaps property groups should consider asset divestment and housing develop…

Two-thirds of Singapore consumers optimistic about local economy, but over half lack financial preparedness: survey Gen Zs aged 18 to 25 were particularly ill-prepared in insurance and legacy planning - only 17% had crit…

🚂 Whoosh-ing through Indonesia 💨 Is Whoosh, Indonesia's first high-speed rail, the path to future success? It cuts travel time between Jakarta and Surabaya from three hours to just 35mins. Check out BT's infographic:

🚀Fancy heading to space? Be prepared to pay US$600,000 At least two Singaporeans have signed up for this out-of-the-world experience on Virgin Galactic’s sub-orbital flights.

#BTOpinion: CEO change at DBS unfolding at an uncertain time As an investor, I would be wary of betting on DBS continuing to deliver peer-beating returns as Gupta bows out, says BT's Ben Paul.

F is for fake: investors on why founders cry Ivy League Are Ivy League degrees vital for startup founders? Depends, says a Singapore-based VC firm. “It makes investors ask: Have you not done anything over the past 10 yea…

#NDR2024 Commentary: Balancing between a ‘reset’ and policy continuity As prime minister, he needs to lead the country forward, taking into account increasingly complex global challenges and Singaporeans’ changing aspira…

Start your day with BT ☕️: Stocks to watch: Keppel, Jardine C&C, Yoma, Memiontec Top stories 1. Companies: SIA leads buyback consideration; Multi-Chem CEO trims stake 2. Companies: (Opinion) CEO change at DBS unfolding a…

#NDR2024: ‘Major reset’ of policies, mindsets needed to realise Singapore’s new ambitions “Realising our new ambitions will require a major reset – a major reset in our policies, to be sure, but also a reset in our attit…

#NDR2024: BTO priority to be extended to singles and their parents buying flats near or with one another “I think we shouldn’t limit this to married children. After all, many single children also want to stay close to th…

#NDR2024: New parents get extra 10 weeks of paid leave, to share; mandatory paternity leave rises to four week With the changes, parents of Singaporean children will get a total of 30 weeks of paid parental leave from Ap…

#NDR2024: New jobseeker support of up to S$6,000 in total, over a period of up to six months It will provide temporary financial support to workers who “become involuntarily unemployed, for example when they are retrench…