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THE lack of suitable sustainable investment products and limited investor knowledge are major barriers to sustainable investing in Singapore, an HSBC survey showed on Thursday.

It turns out that the fashion industry produces more carbon emissions than the airline and shipping industries combined. The programme Talking Point finds out if it is possible to dress affordably and more sustainably too.

US treasury secretary Janet Yellen has called for a global minimum corporate tax, but this will disadvantage certain countries and is probably unworkable, says an accounting professor.

Coinbase made a rousing debut on Wall Street on Wednesday (Apr 14), with shares of the digital currency exchange rising as high as US$429, briefly giving it a market value over US$100 billion. Coinbase Global‘s initial public offering happened with cryptocurrency chatter seemingly everywhere, even ...

With no end in sight, the military coup will only derail Myanmar’s economic and political trajectory, says a research fellow.

OCBC's new chief Helen Wong starts in her top role today, having been plucked from HSBC to steer Singapore's second-largest bank.

ERROR-PRONE Toshiba has yet another chance to get things right.

Big business has ratcheted up its objections to proposals that would make it harder to vote, with several hundred companies and executives signing a new statement opposing “any discriminatory legislation".

Economic gains have been highlighted but political considerations may have also contributed to the East Coast Rail Link re-routing, says ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute’s Kevin Zhang.

The tiny red hearts that appear under Instagram photos of kids, kittens and sandwiches can be a source of stress for many users, an insidious way of measuring self worth and popularity.