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SINGAPORE: Private home prices in Singapore rose 3.3 per cent in the first quarter of the year, topping flash estimates released earlier in the month. The private residential property price index increased to 162.2 points in the first quarter of 2021, up from 157 points in the last quarter of...

SINGAPORE: Resale prices in the public housing market rose 3 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 from the previous quarter, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) said on Friday (Apr 23). The resale price index, which provides information on the general price movements in the resale public ......

CEO Anthony Tan is in a rush to build Grab into a super app and achieve profitability, and the company’s listings will help him do that without too much public scrutiny, say IMD Business School’s Howard Yu and Angelo Boutalikakis.

A balance must be struck where over-commitments could lead to future constraints on the Singapore Budget and the Government’s ability to finance strategic initiatives, says NUS' Johan Sulaeman.

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday (Apr 22) offered inventors US$100 million in prize money to develop ways to fight global warming by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or ocean.

THE chairman of Citi Private Bank for South Asia Lee Lung-Nien has been a banker all his life, but don't let that one thing define him.

Consumer Reports said on Thursday (Apr 22) it was able to easily trick a Tesla into driving in the car's Autopilot mode with no one at the wheel.

Uncle Sam gave marijuana lovers more reason to celebrate this week as a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives passed a bill that would make it easier for cannabis companies to do business in states where sales are legal.

PARIS: Frost damage to French vineyards this month could reduce wine production by nearly a third compared with recent years, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Thursday (Apr 22), citing initial estimates from wine producers. The losses, subject to revision as the frost impact becomes clearer in ...

Japan's government is expected to issue a third state of emergency on Tokyo and three western prefectures that could last for about two weeks, according to media reports, underscoring its struggle to deal with a surge in new COVID-19 case numbers.