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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday (Dec 29) said it has published fee benchmarks for anaesthetist fees and inpatient attendance doctor fees for the private sector.  These include recommended fee ranges for anaesthetists for about 190 procedures, as well as inpatient attendance ...

PARIS: French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, hailed for his visionary creations but also for bringing stylish clothes to the masses, died on Tuesday (Dec 29) aged 98, his family told AFP. Cardin, who was born to a low-income family in northern Italy but became a France-based fashion superstar ...

Lauren Taylor's small mattress factory in northern Indiana has managed to survive during the coronavirus pandemic, with the help of a federal emergency loan and a surge of purchases by cocooning customers after early shopping restrictions lifted.

China's Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co Ltd said on Tuesday it had signed a deal to supply battery-grade lithium hydroxide to U.S. electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Inc for the next five years.

U.S. stock index futures scaled all-time highs on Tuesday as bets that fiscal aid will speed up a vaccine-led recovery in the economy boosted sentiment in the final days of the year.

Cary Kochman kicked off a sale process for U.S. printing services provider InnerWorkings Inc just as lockdowns to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus took effect in March.

SINGAPORE: The Government will provide an additional S$84 million to the aviation sector to cushion the blow of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers and businesses, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said on Tuesday (Dec 29).  This is on top of the S$112 million Aviation Sector ...

The average hedge fund underperformed the wider stock market in 2020 but saw less volatility while stock-picking funds got a lift from technology and stay-at-home shares in a year beset by a pandemic and uncertainty around the U.S. election.

The U.S. Federal Reserve's response to the coronavirus pandemic began on Feb. 28 with a 44-word statement of faith in the economy from Chair Jerome Powell, an old-school measure aimed at calming nosediving financial markets.

An unusual battle in Congress over President Donald Trump's demand for US$2,000 coronavirus aid checks for Americans shifts on Tuesday to the Senate, where Republicans opposed to higher spending are under pressure to approve the additional relief.