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JAKARTA: Gojek has secured a US$150 million investment from network service provider Telkomsel, as part of a partnership to grow Indonesia’s mobile first market and accelerate digital transformation.  The collaboration marks an expansion of Gojek and Telkomsel's multi-year partnership that has ...

A GROWING number of Singapore banks will make flexible work arrangements a permanent fixture for staff, as they make firm strides to new ways of working in the "new normal" brought about by Covid-19.

At flavour maker Givaudan's innovation centre near Zurich, veteran chef Sam Brunschweiler serves up a lamb shawarma dish that looks and tastes appropriately meaty but is made from pea protein.

SINGAPORE: A tripartite advisory was issued on Tuesday (Nov 17) to provide guidance and resources on mental wellness to Singapore’s workforce. The Tripartite Advisory on Mental Well-being at Workplaces was developed by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and ...

Investors are weighing the chances the Federal Reserve will increase its purchases of U.S. government debt in coming weeks to counteract the economic fallout of a COVID-19 resurgence, an intervention that could reverse a recent rise in Treasury yields to multi-month highs.

DUBAI: Saudi Aramco began marketing a five-tranche U.S. dollar-denominated bond sale on Tuesday, a document from one of the banks arranging the deal showed. The world's biggest oil producer gave initial price guidance of around 140 basis points (bps) over U.S. Treasuries (UST) for a 3-year tranche ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund will offer dedicated industry funds in a bid to drum up US$15 billion investment and deepen access to global capital by Southeast Asia's biggest economy, finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told Reuters. The structure, outlined in a briefing by top ...

Pfizer has launched a pilot delivery programme for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in four American states, as the United States drugmaker seeks to address distribution challenges facing its ultra-cold storage requirements.

WASHINGTON: The US Chamber of Commerce said on Monday (Nov 16) it was concerned the United States was being left behind after 15 Asia-Pacific economies on Sunday formed the world's largest free-trade bloc, cementing China's dominant role in regional trade. The Chamber welcomed the trade ...

Chinese search engine leader Baidu Inc booked a 1per cent rise in quarterly revenue, beating market estimates, and said it will buy streaming platform YY Live from social media firm JOYY Inc for about US$3.6 billion to help diversify revenue sources.