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Can your friendships survive a salary gap?

[SINGAPORE] Months ago, while I was still scouring through LinkedIn for a job, I got pulled into a birthday dinner. The attendees: three fresh-out-of-university friends – two in finance, and one very ...

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I took an AI course so you don’t have to 

[SINGAPORE] A while ago, my friend proudly announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) literacy certification on her LinkedIn. I’ll admit, as a native ChatGPT user, the idea of spending time on a cou...

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Is this trending app revealing how lonely we are?

[SINGAPORE] The question “Are you dead?” popped up on my screen the other week – not as a text from a friend I’d unintentionally ignored, but as a headline.

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I’ve made investing my resolution for years. Here’s my plan to finally do it

[SINGAPORE] Last year, I made the commendable decision to add investing to my 2026 resolutions. Commendable, if not for the fact that I did the same in 2025. 

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The big questions for 2026

[SINGAPORE] Last year wasn’t the easiest for fresh graduates entering the workforce.

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Thrive’s top newsletter picks of 2025

[SINGAPORE] Tariffs were back in the headlines in 2025, with trade tensions flaring on and off, causing real effects for Singapore’s open economy. Artificial intelligence (AI) was everywhere – talked ...

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Hospitalisation insurance 101 and how the new rules change things

[SINGAPORE] If you’ve been keeping up with headlines, chances are, you’ve stumbled upon “Integrated Shield Plan” and something called a “deductible” in your news feed. 

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I stacked six internships. Here’s what I learnt actually matters

[SINGAPORE] I used to collect stamps when I was five. My interest died down a few years later, but in my early 20s, I found a new collectible: internships.

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Does a tech degree still pay?

[SINGAPORE] It was clear from the start of junior college that a computer science degree would not be on the cards for me. I had already set my sights on an arts degree early on. 

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