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Football frenzy: The Beautiful Game descends on North America

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World Cup lull could be investors’ chance to score SGX stocks: DBS 
Companies & Markets

Singtel gets funding boost from government to strengthen AI push, create high-value roles

Property
SINGAPORE PROPERTY

Lian Beng Group’s Ong family members pick up two bungalows in Belmont Road for S$60 million

Companies & Markets

Seeking a job in finance? Internships are crucial for fresh grads, say observers

Companies & Markets

Anext Bank’s new CEO leverages CTO stint to grow SME lending by financing AI hardware

Vinhomes’ growth may also underscore the broader economic trajectory in Vietnam, where GDP expanded 7.8% in the first quarter.
Asean Business

Vingroup’s shares surge 1,000% to overtake regional heavyweights including Singtel and JD.com

Gift City has increasingly drawn business from Asia’s more established financial centres such as Hong Kong and Singapore.
Banking & Finance

Talent fight heats up in India finance hub as DBS, Standard Chartered chiefs quit

Property

URA lifts ban on new hotels, hostels and serviced apartments in Boat Quay, Beach Road areas

Opinion & Features
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Jardines has survived wars and market collapses. Can it survive the digital age?

BREAKING NEWS

Singapore

Singapore must act firmly when others seek to divide it: Edwin Tong on blocked online content

International

Hong Kong Monetary Authority says it’s implemented new bank rules for opening accounts

Singapore

Singapore blocks online posts targeting Indian community; content likely from China-based platform

Companies & Markets

Indonesian officials vow again to steady rupiah, draw funds

International

Thailand may seek Thaksin bankruptcy over 17.6 billion baht tax debt

Companies & Markets

Boeing studying boost of 737 Max plane production to highest-ever rate

Lifestyle

England’s World Cup opener is set to cause power spike

International

Anwar’s battle against allies shapes up as key Malaysian states call polls

COMPANIES & MARKETS

Companies & Markets

Indonesian officials vow again to steady rupiah, draw funds

Companies & Markets

Boeing studying boost of 737 Max plane production to highest-ever rate

Companies & Markets

Tech sell-off, Bitcoin drop test retail investor strength ahead of SpaceX IPO

Companies & Markets

Japan spent billions to prop up the yen. Why is it still weak?

Companies & Markets

Anext Bank’s new CEO leverages CTO stint to grow SME lending by financing AI hardware

Companies & Markets

Oil prices fall on mounting hopes for de-escalation in US-Iran War

OPINION & FEATURES

Opinion & Features

The hidden dangers of sovereign debt

Anoop Singh

Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Why oil prices have defied US$200 forecasts despite Hormuz closure

Mohan Kuppusamy

Mohan Kuppusamy

Opinion & Features

Why SMEs are being left behind in the AI integration race

Eric Lam

ASEAN BUSINESS

Market participants warn that the effects of index exclusions can quickly feed through to capital flows and funding costs.
Asean Business

Indonesia’s sector stalwarts are growing, yet many are disappearing from global indices

GLOBAL ENTERPRISE

Foreign-based parents of companies have long invested in India pocketed nearly US$5 billion through secondary-offering IPOs – or offer for sale (OFS).
Global Enterprise
NEWS ANALYSIS

Global firms exploit India’s IPO boom to take profits back to home countries

INSIDE THE C-SUITE

President for international Benjamin Hung says Standard Chartered is “in a compounding phase of growth”.
Banking & Finance

StanChart sees growth opportunities as firms reduce ‘single points of vulnerability’

SGSME

Third-gen owner Edmond Wong is not concerned about “vanity” metrics, and instead aims to “sustain a good business”.
Singapore

Profit with purpose: Kim Choo Kueh Chang’s pivot from public listing to protecting heritage

PODCASTS

The AI theme appears "impervious to war worries," driving Asian stock indices to record highs.
Podcasts

Peace hopes, profit-taking and a Bitcoin plunge: making sense of a rollercoaster week

War, oil, AI, crypto — markets are moving fast. Where should the smart money go? Howie Lim speaks to Thomas Rupf of VP Bank to find out.

Podcasts
SPONSORED

AI adoption: pain points, payoffs and where to start

Podcasts

Marco Polo Marine powers on: A conversation with its CEO

Podcasts

Liquidity: the anxiety antidote

Podcasts

AI-fueled stock surge meets oil’s 10% drop: Is the energy crisis over?

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DINING OUT

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