As bacterial infections become ever more challenging to cure, we should explore and contextualise incentives for antibiotic development, say NUS professors Hsu Li Yang, Wee Hwee Lin and Joanne Yoong.
Daily Cuts – A para-athlete’s marathon journey
The Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon is back next week and Arnold Gay and Susan Ng speak with Zac Leow about his upcoming attempt at the Guinness World Record for this!
Singapore stocks slip on Monday even as most regional markets gain
SINGAPORE stocks closed lower on Monday (Nov 20), bucking a regional trend where most markets ended positive. Read more at The Business Times.
Singapore’s Digital Money Revolution: Wholesale CBDC Takes Center Stage
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has unveiled a digital money strategy focusing on wholesale CBDC, tokenized bank liabilities, and regulated stablecoins, excluding retail CBDC. Local banks OCBC and ...
Interview with Citibank CEO – Citibank CEO Jane Fraser discusses overhaul in exclusive interview with CNA
Citigroup's recently-announced overhaul is taking shape. The broad aim, trim down the bureaucracy for a more nimble, client-focused institution. While the strategy is in place, investors are yet to ...
Van Thinh Phat chairwoman manipulates lender SCB in $44B scam
Truong My Lan, chairwoman of disgraced property developer Van Thinh Phat, allegedly committed a VND1-quadrillion (US$44 billion) scam using lender SCB over 10 years.
Winking Studios opens 2.5% above IPO price at 20.5 cents
SINGAPORE - Shares of Winking Studios began trading a20.5 cents on the Catalist board of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Monday. This is 2.5 per cent above its initial public offering (IPO) price of ...
Interview with Citibank CEO
Citigroup's recently-announced overhaul is taking shape. The broad aim, trim down the bureaucracy for a more nimble, client-focused institution. While the strategy is in place, investors are yet to ...
Lessons from Singapore
Singapore’s impressive GDP per capita growth has led to it soaring from $3,611 in 1960 to an impressive $67,359 in 2022. In 1960, Singapore had a GDP per capita that was 9.7 times that of Pakistan, ...
Mild Rebound Predicted For Singapore Shares
The Singapore stock market on Friday ended the two-day winning streak in which it had gathered almost 30 points or 0.9 percent. The ...
Billionaire Wee Cho Yaw’s UOL Sells Over Half Of Singapore Residential Project During Weekend Preview
UOL Group and its unit Singapore Land sold more than half of its residential project during a private preview on Saturday in the upscale Bukit Timah enclave in the western central region of the ...
HSBC and Saxo forge strong Asia Pacific ties
In the world of finance, partnerships often hold the key to success. The relationship between HSBC and fintech innovator Saxo proves the case.
Zac Leow overcame paralysis, now he is aiming for a world record at Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon
He has already overcome paralysis after a serious accident. Now, Dr Zac Leow is aiming to break a world record at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon.
Banks and fintechs must cooperate to build better products for customers: Bill Winters
THE best digital financial products will come out of the combined efforts of banks and fintech companies, said Standard Chartered group chief executive Bill Winters. Read more at The Business Times.
79% of Singapore business leaders struggle with ESG data collection: new UiPath study
Greater IT-sustainability team synergy key to improving ESG reporting with only 36 per cent of business leaders in Singapore seeing occasional collaborations between IT and sustainability ...
Man finds $500 gone after forgetting to remove cash from ATM; CCTV shows woman suspected to have taken money
He'd absent-mindedly forgotten to take the $500 he'd just withdrawn from the ATM machine. When he went back about two minutes later, the money was gone. The incident happened at Yew Tee MRT station on ...