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Online application for Giro payments to benefit over two million taxpayers As DBS and Iras team up to expand eGIRO, individuals and businesses won’t have to fill up paper forms; Giro payments also open to more taxpayers.

Keppel unit awarded S$34 million for 2022 arbitration case against Cuscaden Peak It is not expected to have a material impact on Keppel’s net tangible assets per share nor earnings per share.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI to open Singapore office by year-end Singaporeans are ‘among the highest per capita users’ of ChatGPT globally, says the company.

Stocks to watch: Singtel, CapitaLand Ascott Trust, Keppel Singapore's emergency and business hotlines were disrupted after a hours-long Singtel landline outage on Tuesday; CapitaLand Ascott Trust has divested their Japan…

Start your day with BT ☕️: 1. Companies : Hong Kong stocks plunge more than 9%, biggest fall in 16 years 2. Singapore : Online application for Giro payments to benefit over two million taxpayers 3. Companies : (Opinion)…

Lee Kuan Yew’s daughter, Lee Wei Ling, dies at the age of 69 Dr Lee Wei Ling, the daughter of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, had been diagnosed with a rare, degenerative brain disorder four years ago.

Abu Dhabi tops trillion-dollar sovereign wealth league; edges out Oslo, Singapore Singapore, home to two major sovereign funds – GIC and Temasek Holdings – ranks fourth, managing over US$1.1 trillion in such assets.

Police, US authorities to recover over US$5 million from business e-mail scam Staff previously received an SMS and e-mail from a scammer posing as the firm’s CEO, instructing him to transfer money to a bank account based…

Singapore, South Korea to form strategic partnership by 2025; boost economic and defence ties Key initiatives include upgrading the Korea-Singapore Free Trade Agreement to better meet the demands of the digital economy,…

Singtel landline users report service outage; emergency hotlines 999, 995 affected Other public hotlines were also disrupted, including those operated by KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Changi General Hospital and Si…

High-tech, high trust: Singapore’s approach to AI amid growing global competition “AI is a lot of ‘high-tech’ – it can help us in a lot of things. But the more high-tech it is, I think there’s also a need for the ‘high t…

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Singapore property investment sales up 24.8% in Q3 to S$8.3 billion The sale of several Good Class Bungalows (GCBs) contributed to residential investment sales value, including a GCB at Tanglin Hill which was transacted…

Singapore PRs get visa-free entry to Indonesia’s Batam, Bintan Indonesia has introduced various initiatives – such as “second home” and golden visas for wealthy global citizens and foreign investors.

Samsung apologises for disappointing profit as it struggles in AI chips Its Q3 operating profit jumped nearly four-fold but missed analysts’ estimates, prompting a rare apology from the tech giant for lagging rivals.

Singtel must show results from NCS, Optus divisions to drive further share price growth: analysts While Singtel’s share price has risen significantly recently, analysts say that Singtel will need to show further consiste…

Interest rate cuts, end of remote work could make office S-Reits the ‘dark horses’ of 2025 “As rates are lowered, we expect more companies to invest in growing and expanding their business – hiring more employees and tak…

Stocks to watch: Silverlake Axis, OUE Healthcare Silverlake Axis loses free float and is likely to delist; OUE Healthcare unit signs alliance agreement with Shanghai hospital.

Start your day with BT ☕️: 1. Singapore: High-tech, high trust: Singapore’s approach to AI amid growing global competition 2. Companies: Interest rate cuts, end of remote work could make office S-Reits the ‘dark horses’…

#BTOpinion: Why the long-stay serviced apartments model should be ditched Many property groups seem to be giving the cold shoulder to the new category of long-stay serviced apartments labelled SA2.

Payments by Singapore businesses improve for 5th straight quarter Credit bureau survey shows slow payments fell to 3-year low in Q3.

#BTOpinion: Fed rate cuts will push liquidity across the globe, including to China, despite strong US jobs data China may be drawing funds from regional markets now, but global liquidity flows to Asia could be the prover…

Beng Kuang Marine strips non-core business units, pivots to asset-light model to chart turnaround Beng Kuang, which chalked up losses of S$21.8 million for FY2022, shuttered its ship chartering, hardware distribution and…

Sliver of hope for Singapore IPO market as karaoke chain, interior decoration firm mull Catalist listings Singapore is the worst-performing market for South-east Asia for IPOs this year, with just one IPO in the first th…

Withdrawals in retirement: Be flexible and have guard rails How much can you safely withdraw from retirement savings? Options like CPF Life and insurance offer solutions, but limitations persist.

Iswaran will not appeal sentence; accepts ‘full responsibility’ for offences In a statement hours before he surrenders to serve his sentence, Iswaran said: “I accept that as minister what I did was wrong under Section 16…

More Singapore telehealth players offer weight-loss drugs, despite risk of misuse by younger people Are telemedicine platforms fueling misuse of weight-loss meds in Singapore? Concerns grow as demand for GLP-1 drugs like…

HDB resale price growth remains strong even as volumes fall: SRX, 99.co Year on year, resale prices grew 10% from September 2023 levels.

Wealthy investors head online for private markets products as quality, access improve Self-serve online investment platforms are gaining traction among the well-heeled, who have historically been served by private banks…

HDB to launch BTO flats with waiting time under 3 years HDB said that the flats with shorter waiting times will be offered across three projects in Bukit Batok and Sengkang.