US bans imports from Malaysian glove maker YTY over forced labour allegations
KUALA LUMPUR : The U.S. customs agency has banned imports from Malaysian disposable glove maker YTY Industry Holdings Sdn Bhd (YTY Group) over suspected forced [more]
Australia seeks to join WTO talks on China-EU trade row
MELBOURNE :Australia will seek to be included in consultations about a trade dispute between the European Union and China launched by the EU at the [more]
Meta pauses new users from joining analytics tool CrowdTangle
Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms Inc has paused new users from joining its social media tracking tool CrowdTangle due to staffing constraints.Meta, which disbanded the [more]
Meet the Singapore couple bringing you Japan’s top beers and sakes
On weekends, friends and customers of Charles Ng and Joan Lim have a habit of messaging them screenshots of sake menus in restaurants, asking them [more]
Amazon accused of anti-union tactics in New York
SAN FRANCISCO: US labor authorities have filed a complaint accusing e-commerce giant Amazon of using threats and surveillance against its workers trying to organize a [more]
IN FOCUS: Opportunities and risks? Singapore creators ride NFT wave as new source of income
SINGAPORE: When 29-year-old Hafiiz Karim, known as The Next Most Famous Artist, first heard of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the jargon alone was enough to make [more]
Record growth for HDB resale market in 2021 as prices rise 12.7%
THE Housing Board (HDB) resale market reported record growth in 2021. According to a Friday (Jan 28) release, the HDB resale price index grew 3.4 [more]
Thai tycoon’s Lightnet sued in Singapore over crypto tokens allegedly owed to ex-staff
FORMER employees of fintech startup Lightnet have taken the company to court for its alleged failure to issue cryptocurrency tokens promised to them in their [more]
The buzz in booze-free beverages
WHEN Garage Project first opened its tap room in 2016, the New Zealand-based craft beer brewery challenged itself to develop a low alcohol beer. What [more]
Mapletree Logistics Trust posts 5.8% rise in Q3 DPU
MAPLETREE Logistics Trust (MLT) on Friday (Jan 28) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.02185 for the third fiscal quarter ended Dec 31, 2021, [more]
Alpina debuts on Catalist at S$0.32, 3.2% above IPO price
SINGAPORE-BASED contractor Alpina Holdings made its trading debut on the Singapore Exchange's Catalist board on Friday (Jan 28), 3.2 per cent or S$0.01 above its [more]
Ascott Residence Trust posts 14.1% rise in H2 DPS
SEEING how strongly the demand for longer stay assets had held up across the pandemic, Ascott Residence Trust (ART) is now intent on growing this [more]
CEO Fernandes unfazed by AirAsia’s ‘financially distressed’ label
EVEN though Capital A - the company formerly known as AirAsia Group - has been classified by Malaysia's stock exchange as financially distressed, its chief [more]
DBS to buy Citi’s Taiwan consumer banking business
DBS is acquiring the consumer banking business of Citigroup in Taiwan, Citi Consumer Taiwan, via a transfer of assets and liabilities. The transaction will see [more]
Salaries down for degree holders in Covid-19 years: MOM
THOUGH degree holders continued to see high employment rates during the pandemic, their incomes took a hit, according to the Manpower Ministry's (MOM) annual Labour [more]
Number of own account workers rise for second straight year: MOM
THE number of own account workers - self-employed persons who are not either employers or family workers - rose for the second straight year in [more]
Prices of Singapore non-landed private homes up 5.3% in Q4
THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said on Friday (Jan 28) that its private home price index rose 5 per cent quarter on quarter in Q4 [more]
Easier to produce COVID vaccine shows promise in trials; nasal spray vaccine booster works in mice
The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has [more]
French court upholds 100 million euro fine against Google for breaches linked to cookie policy
AdvertisementBusinessFILE PHOTO: The Google app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo 29 Jan 2022 [more]
French justice ministry hit by cyberattack, investigation ongoing – AFP
AdvertisementBusinessFILE PHOTO: A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. [more]
Valereum buys Gibraltar Stock Exchange to create crypto hub
LONDON : Blockchain company Valereum said on Friday it would buy 90per cent of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) to create the world's first bourse [more]
US appeals court upholds California net neutrality law
WASHINGTON :A U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday upheld California's net neutrality law, saying a 2017 decision by the Federal Communications Commission to reverse federal [more]
US appeals court will not block California net neutrality law
WASHINGTON :A U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday upheld California's net neutrality law, saying a 2017 decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reverse [more]
US FAA says Verizon, AT&T can turn on more towers for 5G deployment
AdvertisementBusinessFILE PHOTO: A contract crew from Verizon installs 5G telecommunications equipment on a tower in Orem, Utah, U.S. December 3, 2019. Picture taken December 3, [more]