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SINGAPORE: A total of 9,500 trainees have been placed in SGUnited jobs programmes within 2,500 companies by the end of February, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Monday (Apr 12). The initiatives - SGUnited Traineeships and the SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme - were launched in mid ...

Shares in tech giant Alibaba surged nine percent Monday as the ecommerce titan reassured investors that a record $2.78 billion antitrust fine imposed by China would have little impact on its operations.

Equities fell in Asia on Monday as investors awaited the next earnings season with high hopes for strong reports and outlooks as the recovery progresses, while the head of the Federal Reserve reiterated his view the economy was improving but warned the virus still posed a risk.

HONG KONG: A growing number of Chinese tech start-ups are cancelling plans to list on Nasdaq-style markets at home with some eyeing Hong Kong share sales instead, as regulators tighten scrutiny of IPO applicants after the halting of Ant Group's US$37 billion float. More than 100 companies have ......

SHANGHAI: Alibaba Group will introduce measures to lower entry barriers and business costs faced by merchants on e-commerce platforms, CEO Daniel Zhang said on Monday (Apr 12), after an antitrust probe found the firm had abused its dominant market position. China on Saturday imposed a record 18 ...

LONDON: Confidence among big businesses in Britain about their profits in the year ahead has hit a record high, helped by the country's coronavirus vaccinations and hopes for less Brexit disruption, a survey of chief finance officers showed. After the biggest hit to Britain's economy in more than ......

Employees are playing hard to get, underlying the reality that most do not want to return to the office, says the Financial Ties' Henry Mace.

The problem goes beyond a lack of financial literacy taught in school. The world of financial planning has transformed since our parents’ generation, making our relationship with money more complicated, says Grace Yeoh.

But as companies inevitably bow out amid this war of attrition in the years ahead, there are signs that this era of cheap mobile plans may not last, several experts said.

SINGAPORE: A day after it was announced that more employees in Singapore will be allowed back at the workplace from Apr 5, Clean Lab received an urgent request for a deep-cleaning service.  “The company asked if we can do a deep clean of their office carpet immediately,” said Clean...