Tag: business

Singapore's health ministry has said it is not able to test all migrant workers in dormitories and has been isolating some symptomatic patients first, a method that a government health adviser said ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong-listed Esprit will shut its Singapore stores as part of Asia-wide closures that exclude mainland China, the company said in ... ( read original story ...)

As Singapore extends its semi lockdown circuit breaker to June 1st in the face of spiking coronavirus cases, local biotech firms are racing against time to work on solutions that can help curb the ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s strict measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 are affecting entrepreneurs who work from home, especially over Ramadan and the Hari Raya Puasa festival. ( read original story ...)

China's March crude oil imports from top supplier Saudi Arabia fell 1.6% from a year earlier, while purchases from No.2 supplier Russia rose 31%, Reuters' calculations based on customs data showed on ... ( read original story ...)

Second, the countries participating in the joint initiative of New Zealand and Singapore will not apply export prohibitions or restrictions on the specified medical products. Third, the participants ... ( read original story ...)

China is set to issue more crude oil import quotas to non-state refiners in its second batch of allowances for 2020, several sources at five independent refineries told Reuters on Tuesday. China’s ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore Food Agency was formed in April 2019 under the Ministry of the Environment & Water Resources to oversee food safety and security. The import of livestock and poultry, for instance, are ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports accelerated 17.6 per cent in March from a year ago, boosted by a spike in gold shipments, ... ( read original story ...)

Coronavirus cases in Singapore soared past the 5,000 mark as authorities detected more infections among foreign workers. ( read original story ...)

and The Business Times Budding Artists Fund (BTBAF). In less than a week, more than $94,000 from over 480 donors has been raised for the two charities, which help children and youth from low-income ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s exports unexpectedly surged in March from a low base in the previous year, despite disruptions to global supply chains as the coronavirus spread across the world. Non-oil domestic exports, ... ( read original story ...)

Those holding COSCO Shipping International (Singapore) (SGX:F83) shares must be pleased that the share price has rebounded 31% in the last thirty days. But unfortunately, the stock is still down by 27 ... ( read original story ...)

Most of Singapore's new cases were foreign workers who are housed in dormitories, at which several infection clusters have been found. ( read original story ...)

On a recent Friday afternoon, dozens of people sat hunched over laptops at TheDesk’s six-story co-working space near Hong Kong’s Central business district, while others chatted over snacks at tables ... ( read original story ...)

A replacement airline with fresh practices, modern labor contracts and perhaps the benefits of an Asian shareholder’s low overhead costs will pose more threat to Qantas than Virgin Australia ever will ... ( read original story ...)