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Huggs Coffee goes further in offices, hospitals with B2B line Huggs Professionale, automated brews “It is a natural extension – looking outside of the CBD and into hospital spaces,” said Clarissa Choo, brand director of…

OPINION: There won’t be another Warren Buffett because no one will have his advantages Some maintain that the fact that Berkshire never paid a dividend settles the long-running debate about whether investors should seek…

No material impact from tariffs on bookings for now: SIA CEO He adds that the group has the nimbleness and agility to manage uncertainties.

#Brunch: Home-based eateries have taken off, but are they here to stay? Despite their burgeoning popularity, constraints and regulations mean that scale may be limited.

#BTLifestyle: Heman Chong’s monuments to memory and forgetting His new show at the Singapore Art Museum is a survey of what we remember – and choose to forget.

Many Singapore family businesses unprepared for succession; some prefer to sell: HSBC While 81% of Singapore’s entrepreneurs would like to keep their business in the family, only 55% have prepared a concrete plan for lea…

China’s Pop Mart-loving Gen Z fuels big gains for investors The country’s younger generation of shoppers is on a spree of what analysts call emotional consumption, defying a wider malaise in China’s economy.

E-commerce sales in South-east Asia to more than double to US$410 billion by 2030: DBS report Increased consolidation among top platforms, such as Shopee, Lazada and Grab, have seen them gain market share from smaller co…

Cariflex expands capacity in S-E Asia with launch of world’s biggest polyisoprene latex plant in Singapore The facility in Jurong Island is the first of its kind in the Republic, creating 80 skilled jobs.

#BTLifestyle: Violet Oon serves up more of the same at new Dempsey Hill outlet The visually stunning eatery appeals with good pricing and ambience, but the food is hit-and-miss.

US medical packaging firm Oliver Healthcare Packaging opens 120,000 sq ft facility in Johor-Singapore SEZ The new plant is the company’s largest in the region.

Singlife leases former Prudential space of 73,300 sq ft in Marina One East Tower Singlife will exit two buildings in Shenton Way: SGX Centre 2 and OUE Downtown 2. Its leases in both buildings are said to end in the first…

As US, China reach a trade truce, these are the stocks to buy or avoid Sectors such as Malaysian gloves will take a hit; overall positive outlook kept for one-year horizon by analysts.

No plans for layoffs; HK$1.5 billion investment in Greater China to continue: OCBC’s Helen Wong This is despite uncertainties stemming from US tariffs.

Singapore not revising GDP outlook even if US-China talks are ‘encouraging’: DPM Gan Singapore-US talks on potential pharmaceutical tariff concessions may involve conditions such as smoother goods flow.

More attractive land prices for Singapore tenders ahead, says Citi, giving its top developer pick The group has a target price of S$9.20 set at a 40% discount to its restated net asset value of S$15.34.

Mapletree Industrial Trust divests three Singapore industrial assets for S$535.3 million They are sold to Brookfield at a 2.6% premium over market value.

A S$7 million Pagani supercar, a 20-carat yellow diamond, an S$8 million home: accused nickel fraudster Ng Yu Zhi shows you how to spend it Ng is said to have spent more than S$21 million in total on about 20 luxury cars…

Despite weak earnings and CEO exit, Genting Singapore shares are undervalued: Morningstar The group has reported a 41% fall in net profit to S$145 million.

HPL surges 5%; SGX RegCo requests explanation Founder Ong Beng Seng has travelled for medical and work-related purposes between Apr 28 and May 16.

Singapore’s April key exports surge 12.4%, beating forecasts Shipments to majority of Singapore's top markets expand.

DPM Heng Swee Keat hopes to spend time with family, travel, ‘not do any work’ in first year of retirement “I hope to spend time travelling to all my favourite places, to read my favourite books and listen to my music, so…

Start your day with BT ☕️: Stocks to watch: SIA, MIT, Sats, Netlink NBN Trust, Japfa, Amara, LHN Top Stories: 1. Singapore: Many Singapore family businesses unprepared for succession; some prefer to sell: HSBC 2. Compani…

Shares of Genting companies in Malaysia slide as investors react to Genting Singapore’s leadership change, weak results CEO exit at Genting Singapore and renewed scrutiny over a related-party deal with Empire Resorts fue…

SIA staff to get 7.45 months of bonus for FY2025 It is marginally lower than the 7.94 months for FY2024, but higher than the 6.65 months for FY2023. SIA posts 65% rise in net profit to S$2 billion for H2 FY2025 on non-ca…

US-China tariff rollback: marginal gains for Singapore amid lingering uncertainty Any benefits to Singapore’s economy are likely to be limited and short-lived, say economists.

April new home sales dip 9% month on month to 663 units, but are double year-ago levels These are driven by two major launches in city-fringe locations in the Rest of Central Region.

☕️ BT Club’s The Art of Coffee: One Pour at a Time on May 24 @ Cheerful Goat A hands-on two-hour coffee masterclass led by expert baristas from Cheerful Goat, plus a complimentary tasting session of their coffee cocktail…

‘I just want to lie down’: Rise of momcations in Singapore - no kids no guilt “My kids were confused at first. ‘What do you mean you need a break? A break from us?’ Even my husband was worried. He asked ‘Is there another…

#BTOpinion: DBS, OCBC and UOB should review dividend policies amid the deteriorating business outlook While investors happily collect dividends, they should carefully monitor the elevated levels of profitability at the t…