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SINGAPORE: Even with inflation nudging up, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will be in no hurry to tweak monetary policy when it holds its semi-annual meeting next month, economists said. This is because the Singapore economy, which marked its worst ever recession in 2020 due to the ......

Emails are problematic not when they use the wrong sign-off but when they waste time and attention, says the Financial Times’ Tim Harford.

While the ship in the narrow Suez Canal may be cleared soon, the financial repercussions and serious discussions of alternatives are just beginning, says NUS’ Associate Professor Goh Puay Guan.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said in a statement it would not ask the Supreme Court to review its appeals court loss against Qualcomm Inc.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai told the European Union's antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, on Monday that she has a "strong desire to develop a more positive and productive" trade relationship with the EU, USTR said.

The S&P 500 was nearly flat in Monday afternoon trading, with bank shares falling amid warnings of potential losses from a hedge fund's default on margin calls, while optimism over the economy limited the day's declines.

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday struggled in a case involving Goldman Sachs Group Inc over how judges should determine when shareholders can collectively sue publicly traded companies for fraudulent statements that keep their stock prices artificially high.

Boeing Co asked a Delaware court to throw out a shareholders' lawsuit over the safety of its 737 MAX, saying the board engaged in "robust and well-established" oversight of the design and certification of the plane.

Citigroup Inc said it will consolidate three of its investment banking groups into one in a push for environmental sustainability, an area that has become critical for investors.

U.S. planemaker Boeing Co said on Monday it sold 100 new 737 MAX-7 jets to long-time customer Southwest Airlines, in its biggest order win since the aircraft's safety ban was lifted in the United States late last year.