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SHANGHAI: The Shanghai Half Marathon, scheduled for Sunday (Apr 18), has scrapped plans to provide runners with Adidas-branded T-shirts, according to messages sent to participants, as the German firm remains under pressure in China over comments it made on cotton from the country's western Xinjiang ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group reported a decline in overall passenger carriage for March by 90.2 per cent year-on-year, as border controls and travel restrictions continue worldwide. "Although many key markets have started the mass roll-out of COVID-19 vaccinations, the recovery in ...

SINGAPORE: BHP Group said on Thursday (Apr 15) it completed its first refuelling of a ship with biofuel this month in a trial run that is part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions. It was also the first time that a ship has been refuelled with biofuel in Singapore,...

More than 20 Chinese tech giants have made a public pact to abide by anti-monopoly guidelines, after regulators told them to note "the warning" of a record fine against e-commerce giant Alibaba.

SINGAPORE: Sales of new private homes doubled in March amid fresh interest in luxury properties, with one analyst expecting appetite for what she called "trophy properties" to continue growing. Developers sold 1,296 homes last month, excluding executive condominiums, compared with 645 units in ...

SINGAPORE: Homegrown multi-label retailer Naiise has shuttered due to financial difficulties, with brand partners and trade creditors still owed payment. Naiise founder Dennis Tay on Thursday (Apr 15) also said that he will be filing for personal bankruptcy. “It has been an extremely difficult ...

THE lack of suitable sustainable investment products and limited investor knowledge are major barriers to sustainable investing in Singapore, an HSBC survey showed on Thursday.

It turns out that the fashion industry produces more carbon emissions than the airline and shipping industries combined. The programme Talking Point finds out if it is possible to dress affordably and more sustainably too.

US treasury secretary Janet Yellen has called for a global minimum corporate tax, but this will disadvantage certain countries and is probably unworkable, says an accounting professor.

Coinbase made a rousing debut on Wall Street on Wednesday (Apr 14), with shares of the digital currency exchange rising as high as US$429, briefly giving it a market value over US$100 billion. Coinbase Global‘s initial public offering happened with cryptocurrency chatter seemingly everywhere, even ...