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SINGAPORE: Transport operator SMRT is targeting to change its entire taxi fleet to electric vehicles within five years, with the first batch of 300 to arrive in Singapore progressively from July. The fleet could include models such as sedans, station wagons and multi-purpose vehicles to “meet the ...

SINGAPORE: Citi plans to hire up to 1,500 more employees in Singapore, as it looks to ramp up its consumer wealth management businesses amid a significant revamp. The new hires will support its plans to triple its assets under management and increase wealth clients by two and a half...

Proposal for breakaway group fails to grasp that clubs are more than for-profit businesses, says the Financial Times' Simon Kuper.

The overriding risk is that central banks will still do too little, rather than too much, about climate change, says Isabelle Mateos y Lago.

While the economy’s growth momentum looks strong at the moment, there are signs that China may risk tightening fiscal and monetary policy too soon, says Yu Yongding.

SINGAPORE: When Suzianna Mohd Sofiee tied up with homegrown multi-label retailer Naiise at the start of last year, sales went up more than when she partnered with other smaller retailers.  The platform’s strong presence gave her brand, Fen Perfumes, good exposure. It also provided a physical ...

Toyota, which pioneered hybrid cars, unveiled Monday plans for its first global line-up of battery electric vehicles as other carmakers have pulled ahead in electrification.

The United States said on Monday (Apr 19) it was reimposing sanctions on nine state-owned companies in Belarus after strongman Alexander Lukashenko ignored warnings to release political prisoners rounded up from democracy protests.

GameStop's George Sherman will step down as CEO in the biggest shakeup at the video game retailer, giving top shareholder Ryan Cohen more control as he leads the company's shift to e-commerce. The company's shares, which were at the heart of a Reddit-driven trading frenzy, jumped 9 per cent...

SINGAPORE: A forklift held together with make-shift wires and bales of scrap metal stacked unsafely were some of the lapses that led the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to issue a stop-work order to waste metal recycling firm Esun International on Monday (Apr 19). The company president was caught by ...