SINGAPORE: The Government is easing restrictions to allow new work permit and S Pass applications across all sectors into Singapore in order to alleviate the manpower shortage faced by businesses. “The Ministry of Manpower (MOM), in consultation with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of National ...
Top mutual fund manager Vanguard Group on Monday said it will continue pressing companies to make their boards and workforce more diverse, but stopped short of setting specific targets as rivals have done.
WASHINGTON: U.S. banks are scrambling to persuade Washington policymakers to extend the Dec. 31 expiry of an accounting waiver that has allowed lenders to give struggling borrowers more leeway on their loans, several bankers and lobbyists said. If Congress fails to extend the relief as part of ...
SINGAPORE: November saw a 97.7 per cent year-on-year fall in overall passenger carriage for the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group, with demand for air travel still "weak" amid border controls and travel restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19. Announcing its November operating results, the SIA ...
SINGAPORE: Singapore and Vietnam have agreed to "expeditiously conclude ongoing discussions" on a "green lane" agreement for essential business and official travel, said Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Tuesday (Dec 15). MFA's permanent secretary Chee Wee Kiong and Vietnam's Vice ...
Natural disasters like wildfires which devastated parts of the United States and a record number of hurricanes in the Atlantic caused US$76 billion in insured losses during 2020, Swiss Re said on Tuesday.
June Caloroso has a real problem with someone at work named Lindsey.
Lloyd's of London and Parsyl Inc. have launched a groundbreaking insurance initiative to protect and support the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines as a global vaccination programme to halt the deadly virus gathers pace.
China's central bank has called for wider acceptance of cash in economic activities and vowed to punish those who refuse to accept cash payments in the wake of a widening gap in access to digital services.
Shares in Volkswagen rose as much as 3.7per cent on Tuesday after the carmaker said its CEO had the full support of its supervisory board, temporarily ending a power struggle over the measures to accelerate the push towards electric cars.
