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SINGAPORE: Singapore must create new frontiers in the digital realm and seize opportunities in a growing green economy, said a government task force on how Singapore can chart its economic recovery in a post-pandemic world. The Emerging Stronger Taskforce also recommended that a new public-private ...

BANGKOK: Thailand's economy shrank in the first quarter from a year earlier as coronavirus outbreaks hurt consumption and tourism, but the fall was less than expected. Southeast Asia's second-largest economy contracted 2.6 per cent in the March quarter from a year earlier, data from the National ...

CITI on Monday announced that Lee Lung Nien will head its private banking business in South Asia, in addition to his existing role as chairman of the private bank for the region.

BEIJING: China's State Council announced new laws halting the teaching of foreign curriculums in schools from kindergarten to grade nine (K-9) and prohibiting the ownership or control of any private K-9 schools by foreign entities. The laws, which will come into effect on Sep 1, are the latest in ...

SYDNEY: Troubled Australian casino operator Crown Resorts rejected a takeover bid from US private equity giant Blackstone on Monday (May 17), saying the offer "undervalues" the gaming group. The casino operator, which is subject to multiple inquiries into allegations of money laundering and ties ...

Thailand's economy shrank in the first quarter from a year earlier as coronavirus outbreaks hurt consumption and tourism, but the fall was less than expected.

Real estate investment in China rose 21.6 per cent in the first four months of 2021 from a year earlier, cooling from a 25.6 per cent gain seen in the first three months, official data showed on Monday (May 17).

BEIJING: China's factory output growth slowed in April from the jump seen in the previous month while retail sales missed analyst expectations, indicating more pressure on the recovery in consumption. Industrial production grew 9.8 per cent in April from a year ago, slower than the 14.1 per cent ......

Mums might check out of the workforce or take a backseat at work after judgemental reactions. But it does not have to be this way, says NUS Business School’s Dr Rashimah Rajah.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy media group announced it was halting share trading on Monday (May 17), two days after authorities froze the assets of its jailed owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law. Next Digital, which publishes the Apple Daily newspaper, said it would ...