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News Corp said on Wednesday it had signed a three-year partnership with Alphabet Inc's Google to sell its news products for Google's curated news platform, Google News Showcase.

SINGAPORE: Experts and consumers are uncertain if the Government's move to extend the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to low-value items imported via air or post will make a push towards buying local. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said in his Budget speech on Tuesday (Feb ......

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates civil aviation authority has authorised Boeing 737 MAX planes to resume flying, state news agency WAM said on Wednesday (Feb 17). The plane was grounded globally in March 2019 after two fatal crashes in five months killed 346 people. Emirati carrier flydubai is a...

HSBC will soon announce a new Singapore chief executive (CEO) to succeed Tony Cripps, who will be leaving for the Saudi British Bank (SABB), says an internal memo signed by the bank's deputy chairman and chief executive Peter Wong and seen by The Business Times.

Vestas said on Wednesday it would reduce its production capacity in United States, which entails cutting 450 positions in three factories across Colorado, as the company cited lower near-term demand.

U.S. retail sales rebounded sharply in January after households received additional pandemic relief money from the government, suggesting a pick-up in economic activity after being restrained by a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections late last year.

SINGAPORE: Personal information of about 129,000 Singtel customers was stolen after a recent data breach of a third-party file sharing system, the local telco said on Wednesday (Feb 17). Singtel has completed initial investigations into the breach and established which files on the Accellion file ...

SINGAPORE: “I was shocked,” said courier Simon Har of his reaction on Tuesday (Feb 16) when he heard that petrol duties would be increased in Singapore with immediate effect. On Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced during his Budget speech that petrol duty rates would be raised...

Even women who make it to the top ranks of U.S. corporations face a persistent pay gap compared with men in leadership roles, a new study of corporate filings found.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk's SpaceX completed an equity funding round of US$850 million that sent its valuation to about US$74 billion last week, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the financing.