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The final hearing of a trial that will decide whether Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee returns to jail for alleged bribery began in a Seoul court on Wednesday.

Hong Kong developer Hang Lung Properties said it was unable to complete the purchase of a property owned by the U.S. consulate as scheduled on Wednesday because it involved foreign affairs between China and the United States.

JAKARTA: Indonesia and a unit of South Korean firm LG Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a US$9.8 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery investment deal, the head of Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board said on Wednesday. The deal was signed on Dec. 18 and includes ...

SINGAPORE: The electricity tariff for households will fall by about 3.2 per cent for the January to March period next year, compared with the previous quarter, due to lower energy costs, said SP Group on Wednesday (Dec 30). Excluding Goods and Services Tax (GST), the tariff will decrease from 21...

CORPORATES' financial woes, the Hin Leong saga, working from home and startups' struggles - these themes were among the most popular with The Business Times (BT) readers this year.

A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday dismissed Apple Inc's copyright infringement claims against a Florida startup whose software helps security researchers find vulnerabilities in Apple products including the iPhone.

Even if you resent China for being the epicentre of Covid-19, you've got to admire Beijing's leadership skills. Less than a year after the pandemic erupted, life is back to normal, while Europe and the US are still struggling. The country is now the world's shining economic...

SINGAPORE: A karaoke outlet at Orchard Road has been suspended from operations after 51 people were found drinking alcohol at the premises at 12.05am on Christmas Day. Operations at MZS Family Karaoke, which is located at 21 Cuscaden Road, have been suspended for 20 days after COVID-19 safe ......

SINGAPORE will renew its loan commitments totalling US$3.58 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Ratings for Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel topped all news and basic cable channels for a fifth straight year in 2020, according to Nielsen data released on Tuesday.