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#BTOpinion: Does foreign ownership matter? Marina Bay Sands’ success benefits Singapore greatly Is it a pity that MBS’ stellar profits are flowing to a New York Stock Exchange listed company and not a local company, asks…

Rolex’s highly popular ‘Pepsi’ model soars in secondary market Speculation about the famous Pepsi model is rife, and purchase requests for it have surged more than 500% over the 2025 average in the first week of March.

PODCAST: AI can feel overwhelming for SMEs, but what if it could be a competitive advantage instead? Howie Lim speaks with Eelen Lim (UOB FinLab and Ecosystems) and Elson Low (Events Partner) on how SMEs are turning AI a…

Would a subsidy clawback of 20% or more for top HDB BTO projects be excessive? Some analysts expect BTO units at Pearl's Hill to come under the Prime category and have a subsidy recovery rate of 18 to 20%.

Singapore’s general insurance premiums hit record high of S$6.09 billion Despite "stable" accident rates, motor insurance claims are up 11% year on year.

With ‘no place to hide’, traders spend sleepless nights as Iran war roils markets “I don’t like rollercoaster rides ... the opening was ugly, so I cut portfolio positions to roughly 30%. When there’s uncertainty, you red…

Jardine Cycle & Carriage appoints Freddy Lee as CEO from May 1 Lee will vacate his current role as the company’s finance director but continue to serve as executive director.

Why the Mac Mini is out of stock: A look at Singapore's OpenClaw buzz OpenClaw, a new AI agent has taken the world by storm - and driving Apple’s Mac mini M4 shortages in Singapore. BT's visuals team looks at whether thi…

Singapore prices S$1.5 billion of 30-year green bonds at 2.57% The proceeds will finance expenditures under the Singapore Green Plan 2030, including two new MRT lines.

Indonesian tycoon Tanoto family’s Pacific Eagle Real Estate seeks S$118 million for Bukit Timah mixed-use property Pacific Eagle had earlier acquired the site in a 2021 collective sale for S$53.9 million.

Indonesian billionaire Low Tuck Kwong sues motoring tycoon Peter Kwee for S$8.5m over alleged material defects Indonesian coal mining billionaire Low Tuck Kwong and his company are suing Peter Kwee and another individual…

Tarte by Cheryl Koh closing after Apr 26 A spokesperson of Les Amis Group, which owns the patisserie, told The Business Times that the decision was made “after a strategic review of the current economic landscape”.

‘Gold doesn’t always perform in crises’: Sell-off shows liquidity trumps safe-haven appeal “While gold has historically demonstrated resilience and tends to be among the first few asset classes to recover following marke…

'It could get far more treacherous': Hit on S-E Asia tourism from Middle East crisis may worsen, say analysts However, as airlines shun the Gulf region, key airports in South-east Asia could also capture more transit tra…

Petrol prices are rising sharply across most of South-East Asia, as the Middle East crisis upends global energy markets. What are regional governments doing to conserve supply and tighten flows? Read more:

Cornering the market? Charter yacht operators fear potential price hikes following SUTL’s Keppel Bay acquisition “95% of charters operate from these two marinas. If (SUTL) takes over both, it can charge whatever it wants…

Nasdaq Composite confirms correction amid war uncertainty; worries about tech stocks in focus The Nasdaq dropped 2.4% on Thursday, leaving the tech-heavy index down nearly 11% from its record-high close on Oct 29 and con…

Start your day with BT ☕️: Stocks to watch: Keppel, Shangri-La Asia, GuocoLand Top stories: 1. Companies: ‘Gold doesn’t always perform in crises’: Sell-off shows liquidity trumps safe-haven appeal 2. Asean: S-E Asia tour…

Trump extends pause on strikes against Iran’s energy sites to April 6 Trump said that he would extend, by 10 days, his pledge to refrain from attacks on Iranian energy sites, offering a brief calm to global energy market…

Fuel supply stable, but Govt keeping watch on need to intervene amid price hikes: Jeffrey Siow “Currently, the fuel market is liquid. Our stockpiles are also not being eroded, and our supply lines remain open,” said Acti…

Couple sues ERA, agent and law firm for S$731,212 over alleged misrepresentation in ‘99-1’ property deal at One Pearl Bank This is the latest in a string of lawsuits over the past year involving property buyers suing rea…

Tiger Beer, brewed in Vietnam – but still Singaporean? If Tiger Beer is no longer brewed here at scale, its link to Singapore may come to rest more on history than on reality. When that happens, it could begin to lose so…

Plastic bag shortages, WFH, pricier wine: Indirect, everyday hits from the Iran conflict In Indonesia, civil servants are set to have a minimum of one work-from-home day per week. Over in South Korea, consumers are rushi…

Mapletree Investments winds down fund as US$1.4 billion student dorm bet sours Mapletree Investments will liquidate a property fund that once had assets above US$1.4 billion, after its bets on college accommodation in th…

Tourism-reliant Thailand at risk of losing 3 million visitors if Middle East war persists The drop in tourism could cost the economy 150 billion baht (S$5.86 billion) – about 10% of the nation’s total foreign tourist rec…

Ring the bell: Could Singapore be a victim of its own S-Reit success? What’s in the pipeline of new Reit listings is a welcome sign, but SGX’s deeper challenge is far harder to solve, says BT's Jude Chan. What SGX really…