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SINGAPORE: Close to S$10 million worth of Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) payouts were denied to 444 employers, either partially or in full, after "unacceptable practices" were observed, said the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) on Friday (Oct 2). Some of these practices include employers ...

Investments by China's Huawei are not regular market transactions but rather "predatory actions" and all countries should ban them, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a newspaper interview on Friday.

Investments by China's Huawei are not regular market transactions but rather "predatory actions" and all countries should ban them, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a newspaper interview on Friday.

SINGAPORE: The Lim Chu Kang area is set to be transformed into a high-tech agri-food cluster, in a move that will strengthen Singapore’s food security and also create jobs for Singaporeans. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) announced the master plan exercise on Friday (Oct 2), saying that the ......

FROM next April, Central Provident Fund (CPF) members under the Dependants' Protection Scheme (DPS) will get a higher sum assured of S$70,000, up from S$46,000 at "more attractive premiums", CPF said in a press statement on Friday.

LONDON: For Roger Morton and his wife living in France - and many other UK expats across the European Union - Brexit is causing the closure of their British banking services. Morton, a 78-year-old retired photographer, laments a letter from Barclaycard, informing him that their credit account will ...

WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Thursday (Oct 1) approved a US$2.2 trillion Democratic plan to provide more economic relief from the COVID-19 pandemic, as a bipartisan deal continued to elude House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House. Objections from top Republicans are likely ...

Google has postponed the Australian roll-out of News Showcase citing regulatory complications, just three months after announcing the product, as the U.S. internet giant grapples with one of the most audacious attempts to police its activities.

India's contracting economy rebooting from coronavirus blow

HONG KONG: Japanese stocks edged up Friday (Oct 2) as they reopened after being shut down all the previous day by a technical fault, though markets across Asia were mixed in holiday-thinned trade with investors keeping an eye on stimulus talks in Washington. After September's sell-off, Wall Street ......