Singapore plays premium data centre game as Johor, Batam take on scale

Singapore digital banks want more than just your deposits; credit cards are the next battleground

HOT STOCK

Frencken shares drop 8.3% after S$100 million placement

Economy & Policy

Singapore cannot assume economic growth will create as many jobs amid AI shift: Gan Kim Yong

Transport & Logistics

Aster marks third Singapore deal with Changi Airport fuel infrastructure stake

The Vietnam International Financial Centre is being developed as “one centre, two destinations” across Da Nang (left) and Ho Chi Minh City.

THE FINANCIAL HUB RACE

Vietnam pitches its real economy, not a Singapore replica, in two-city IFC push

Nvidia’s size means that even relatively modest moves translate to market value changes worth tens of billions of dollars.

Global Enterprise

Nvidia adds US$442 billion after robust forecast sparks second-biggest stock surge ever

BEHIND THE NAME

What’s luck got to do with it? Everything, says Malaysian jewellery king Tomei’s chief

GuocoLand H2 net profit down 70% at S$9.8 million

GOOD TO BE ODD
Luck and then some: What makes a good investor?
EARNINGS REPORT
Prudential posts 8% rise in H1 new business profit
SIMPLIFYING OPS
HSBC mulls restructuring Singapore units
FINANCIAL RESULTS
SingPost Q1 operating profit up 55.2%
CARBON TRADING
Temasek-backed CIX to merge with UK carbon trader
GOLD
Family offices welcome MAS lifting precious metals cap
INDUSTRIAL HUB
Woodlands Gateway takes shape near RTS Link
FUNDAMENTALS INTACT
S’pore property market: Looking past the headlines
LEGAL BATTLE
UOB awarded S$76.1m in Marina Collection case
WHO’S WHO IN PRIVATE BANKING
Ensuring family and wealth longevity
STI 60TH ANNIVERSARY
The moments that made the Straits Times Index
SPACE CONSTRAINTS
S’pore can run the global AI race on its own terms

BREAKING NEWS

International

Hormuz oil flows rise as Gulf producers boost volumes, keeping prices in check

2026-08-28T04:47:40.000Z

UPDATED 12 seconds ago

Singapore launches liquid cooling standard for data centres in tropical climate

2026-08-28T04:41:17.000Z

Transport & Logistics

Shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz slips below 10-day average, data shows

2026-08-28T04:20:58.000Z

Australia’s delisting wave puts public-market pressures in Asia, including Singapore, into focus

2026-08-28T04:05:54.000Z

Global Enterprise

‘Everybody should be on edge’: US Fed officials warn on inflation as Jackson Hole symposium opens

2026-08-28T03:56:50.000Z

THE BROAD VIEW

Why a pay raise won’t stop your best staff from leaving

2026-08-28T03:33:49.000Z

Property

China pullback leads drop in Thailand’s foreign condo demand

2026-08-28T03:24:28.000Z

GuocoLand H2 net profit down 70% at S$9.8 million

2026-08-28T03:19:41.000Z

COMPANIES & MARKETS

International

Hormuz oil flows rise as Gulf producers boost volumes, keeping prices in check

2026-08-28T04:47:40.000Z

UPDATED 12 seconds ago

Singapore launches liquid cooling standard for data centres in tropical climate

2026-08-28T04:41:17.000Z

Transport & Logistics

Shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz slips below 10-day average, data shows

2026-08-28T04:20:58.000Z

Australia’s delisting wave puts public-market pressures in Asia, including Singapore, into focus

2026-08-28T04:05:54.000Z

GuocoLand H2 net profit down 70% at S$9.8 million

2026-08-28T03:19:41.000Z

Advent, Stripe abandon US$50 billion pursuit of PayPal: Bloomberg

2026-08-28T03:10:40.000Z

OPINION & FEATURES

Singapore’s hub success faces a new trust test

Ramkishen S Rajan

Energy security cannot be the forgotten pillar of the energy transition

Flemming Gronnegaard

THINKING ALOUD

Singapore’s new data centres must use renewables. Can they overcome the hurdles?

Sharanya Pillai

ASEAN BUSINESS

CIMB has been engaging with the Securities Commission Malaysia on the development of tokenised capital-market products.

Malaysia’s CIMB completes US$342.7 million tokenised sukuk pilot

GLOBAL ENTERPRISE

A retail store in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2026. Japanese companies that buy foreign goods are looking for ways to insure against further yen weakness.

Global Enterprise

NEWS ANALYSIS

Japan Inc seeks new hedges for a long era of yen weakness

INSIDE THE C-SUITE

“I consider myself lucky. I don’t consider myself successful,” says Ng Yih Pyng, the second-generation leader of Tomei Consolidated.

BEHIND THE NAME

What’s luck got to do with it? Everything, says Malaysian jewellery king Tomei’s chief

SGSME

Wiselink Technology’s executive directors Janice Lim (left) and Janelle Lim, at the company’s warehouse.

SGSME

ENTERPRISE 50

From distributor to strategic partner – Wiselink’s role in Asia’s electronics supply chain

PODCASTS

From right: Johnson Poh of IMDA; Dr Melvin Heng of Thomson Medical Group; Mokaneswary A/P Mogan of Thomson Medical and Claressa Monteiro of The Business Times.

Technology doesn’t replace the human touch. It should create more room for it

How digitalisation is reshaping healthcare, giving clinicians time back to focus on what matters most: providing more meaningful, human-centred care.

Lifting the hood on changing needs of home buyers and tenants

2026-08-24T21:00:00.000Z

Singapore stocks aren’t boring anymore — here’s the proof

2026-08-23T21:00:00.000Z

Stress cracks in bonds are reshaping the AI and EM story

2026-08-21T09:46:00.000Z