TOKYO: Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co plans to sell its remaining stakes in coal-fired power stations by the end of the decade as it shifts to gas from coal to help achieve its 2050 net zero emission target, its chief executive told Reuters. "We still own stakes in...
SINGAPORE: Enterprise Singapore announced on Monday (Oct 12) that it will enhance and extend several grants and loan schemes, as part of its continued efforts to support companies recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grants seek to support the transformation efforts of companies, as well as ...
Triller Inc, a budding competitor to popular short-video app TikTok, is in discussions with blank-check acquisition companies about a merger which would take the U.S. social media company public, according to people familiar with the matter.
European Union regulators are making a 'hit list' of up to 20 large internet companies, potentially including Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Alphabet's Google, that will be facing new and tougher rules aimed at curbing their market power, the Financial Times reported https://on.ft.com/34NZ3lW.
SINGAPORE: Singapore and Indonesia have agreed to set up a reciprocal green lane (RGL) to enable cross-border travel for essential business and official purposes between both countries. Applications for the RGL will open on Oct 26 and travel will commence soon after, Singapore's Ministry of ...
It will be tempting for firms to put any commitment to the environment in the back seat as they attempt to recover but this is short-sighted, say experts.
Singapore companies and workers have little choice but to swim with the tide brought upon by a pandemic-imposed new order, rather than continue to resist it.
Increasingly, Chinese companies are finding the region an appealing alternative to compensate for their loss in market growth elsewhere, say Dr Lau Kong Cheen and Dr Vanessa Liu.
SINGAPORE: After getting battered this year by COVID-19 travel restrictions, experts say the commercial aviation sector could look very different as it tries to build a post-pandemic future. “The global airline industry is facing an unprecedented crisis and airlines are in survival mode. Many ...
European Union regulators are making a 'hit list' of up to 20 large internet companies, potentially including Facebook , Apple , Amazon and Alphabet's Google, that will be facing new and tougher rules aimed at curbing their market power, the Financial Times.
