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SINGAPORE: Despite having worked with his current employer for almost a year, it was Mr Ariff Ab Bakar's first time on Monday (Apr 5) meeting his colleagues - in person.  He joined the company in April last year, just a few days after Singapore’s “circuit breaker” period began, and...

SINGAPORE: About three-quarters of adult Singaporeans have not used their SingapoRediscovers vouchers, which will expire at the end of June. As of Mar 28, more than 760,000 Singaporeans have used the tourism vouchers at least once. About 2.2 million Singaporeans have not redeemed their vouchers ...

The U.S. Supreme Court handed Alphabet Inc's Google a major victory on Monday, ruling that its use of Oracle Corp's software code to build the Android operating system that runs most of the world's smartphones did not violate federal copyright law.

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s factory activity expanded for the ninth consecutive month, data released on Monday (Apr 5) by the Singapore Institute of Purchasing & Materials Management (SIPMM) showed.  The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) posted an increase of 0.3 points from the previous month to post a ...

SINGAPORE: The Government is in discussions with several pharmaceutical companies to manufacture vaccines and therapeutics in Singapore, with a US$130 million facility in the pipeline, said Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing on Monday (Apr 5). "Singapore has a globally competitive ...

:Cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd said on Monday it would require mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all guests and crew when it restarts trips from U.S. ports in July.

SINGAPORE: A ruling on a request to freeze the assets of Lim Oon Kuin and his two children following the collapse of Lim's oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading will be made at a later date, following a whole day's hearing at the Singapore High Court, four sources said on...

Struggling tour operator Air Transat is in talks with the federal government on aid but may not reach a deal by an April debt deadline, a source close to the situation said, putting pressure on Quebec to ride to the rescue of another troubled aerospace brand in the province....

REUTERS: Activist investor Carl Icahn's investment firm, Icahn Enterprises LP, named Aris Kekedjian, a former General Electric Co executive, as its president and chief executive officer on Monday. (Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)

SINGAPORE: Parliament on Monday (Apr 5) passed a Bill proposing changes to laws on postal services, meant to facilitate the deployment of a nationwide parcel locker network. Plans to set up about 1,000 locker stations under such a network were announced in March last year, in a bid to...