OAKLAND: More than 1,600 workers at Alphabet Inc are petitioning its Google unit to stop selling email and other services to police departments, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. The workers in a petition seen by Reuters expressed disappointment with Google not joining the ...
FRANKFURT AM MAIN: The German government leapt into action on Monday (Jun 22) to rescue a proposed nine-billion-euro (US$10.1 billion) coronavirus bailout for Lufthansa that has run into resistance from a billionaire shareholder. Economy Minister Peter Altmaier and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz met ...
SINGAPORE: Property agents are gearing up to serve more home buyers who want to view showrooms and resale residential units in person, in Phase 2 of Singapore’s post-“circuit breaker” reopening. Potential buyers were unable to do so for more than two months due to COVID-19 restrictions, prompting ...
SINGAPORE: The Emerging Stronger Taskforce is working “very quickly” to identify the risks and threats to each sector of Singapore’s economy, and facilitate opportunities for businesses and workers, said the task force’s co-chair Desmond Lee. “If you look at what’s happening to economies because ...
THE collapse in oil prices and the Covid-19 outbreak are exposing questionable practices in the Singapore oil trading industry that could exact a heavy toll on borrowing costs as banks get burnt.
ASSET managers are turning to new ways to raise funds to get around travel bans, and hosting virtual due diligence sessions with investors in place of face-to-face meetings.
COUNTRIES should resist the temptation to retreat behind respective borders, even as Covid-19 has revealed how dependent - and vulnerable - countries are on global supply chains, said Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday.
THE Network for Electronic Transfers (Nets) on Monday said it has appointed Lawrence Chan as its group chief executive officer (CEO), effective June 22.
T-Mobile on Monday launched a stock offering to facilitate SoftBank Group Corp's plan to sell a portion of its stake in the telecom operator.
A U.S. prosecutor on Monday urged a judge to keep a former Green Beret and his son locked up as Japan prepares to formally seek their extradition on charges that they helped former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn flee the East Asian country.
