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GLOBAL financial messaging network Swift and Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have partnered to accelerate trade digitalisation around the world.

Danimer Scientific has agreed to go public by merging with blank-check acquisition company Live Oak Acquisition Corp , in a deal that values the U.S. bioplastics company at around US$890 million, according to people familiar with the matter.

Alphabet Inc's Google has extended its deadline for Indian app developers to comply with a new billing system for commission fees by six months, it said on Monday, days after local startups voiced anger about the charges.

The brokerage arm of Japan's Nomura Holdings Inc will send new-graduate employees to work at its call centre for their first year to expose them to dealing with customers over the phone, two people familiar with the matter said.

TOKYO: Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday (Oct 5) uncertainty over the country's economic and price outlook remained "very high" as the coronavirus pandemic continued to inflict pain on global growth. Kuroda said the world's third-largest economy was emerging from a severe ...

Rovio Entertainment said on Monday that Chief Executive Kati Levoranta will leave the maker of the Angry Birds game series at the end of the year.

SINGAPORE: Pandemic-hit micro and small businesses will be able to tap on a new programme for simpler, faster and cheaper ways to restructure their debts or wind up, should a new Bill introduced in Parliament on Monday (Oct 5) be passed. The Ministry of Law has tabled the Insolvency,...

A NEW bill will be introduced in Parliament in October to establish a Simplified Insolvency Programme (SIP) to help micro and small companies restructure their debts or wind up their business in a quicker, simpler and cheaper way.

CERTAIN small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and individuals facing cash flow pressures will be given more time to resume full loan repayments, as part of a slate of measures aimed to soften their landing from the Covid-19 fallout.

SINGAPORE: Retail sales in Singapore fell by a slower pace of 5.7 per cent year-on-year in August, amid strong demand for new and used cars, said the Department of Statistics (SingStat) on Monday (Oct 5). This is an improvement from July’s 8.5 per cent decline. Excluding motor vehicles, retail...