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SINGAPORE: A vessel that was chartered for a social gathering has been temporarily suspended from operating, after a group of people filmed “partying on a yacht” near Lazarus Island last month were found to have breached COVID-19 regulations. In a media release on Saturday (Jan 23), the Maritime ......

SINGAPORE: More than 50,000 local workers were hired under the Jobs Growth Incentive in September last year, one month after the scheme launched, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Saturday (Jan 23) in its 17th and latest Jobs Situation Report.  The Jobs Growth Incentive is a wage subsidy ......

Before uninstalling Whatsapp, consider how these alternatives stack up in terms of security and monetisation strategies, say NTU's Saifuddin Ahmed.

Diversions, political polarisation and conspiracy thinking have all contributed to this new era, says the Financial Times' Tim Harford.

Morgan Stanley Chief Executive James Gorman's annual pay rose by US$6 million in 2020, according to a regulatory filing released on Friday.

Wall Street's main indexes looked set to open lower on Friday after hitting record levels, as shares of blue-chip technology stalwarts Intel and IBM tumbled following their quarterly results.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday ordered the faster issuance of pandemic stimulus checks to needy families and increased food aid for children who normally rely on school meals, an effort to ease Americans' burdens while Congress negotiates over his proposed US$1.9 trillion economic stimulus ...

Private equity firm TPG has entered into exclusive talks to acquire a minority stake in AT&T Inc's satellite TV division, DirecTV, in a deal that would allow the U.S. wireless carrier to trim its net debt of close to US$150 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Friday....

Brazilian miner Vale SA and state authorities narrowed their gap in a potential settlement deal over the Brumadinho mining disaster to 11 billion reais (US$2 billion) before talks fell apart, a person close to the negotiations told Reuters on Friday.

United Airlines may make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for employees, and other companies should do the same, United Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby told workers at a meeting on Thursday, according to a transcript reviewed by Reuters.