KPMG in Singapore will raise salaries by 20 per cent for its auditors who obtain the Singapore Chartered Accountant (SCA) qualification by July 1, 2020.
TOKYO: Japan's Cabinet on Friday (Aug 2) approved a plan to remove South Korea from a list of countries that enjoy minimum export controls, a move likely to escalate tensions fuelled by a dispute over compensation for wartime forced labourers. The decision to drop South Korea from the "white list"...
SINGAPORE: Singapore Post (SingPost) on Friday (Aug 2) announced a first quarter net profit of S$25.7 million, after posting a net loss in the previous quarter. For the quarter ending Jun 30, net profit attributable to equity holders jumped 37.2 per cent to S$25.7 million from the previous year...
LONDON: People connected to the government of Saudi Arabia have run a network of fake accounts and pages on Facebook to promote state propaganda and attack regional rivals, the social media giant said on Thursday (Aug 1). Facebook said it has suspended more than 350 accounts and pages with about 1...
Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos sold shares worth US$1.8 billion in the last three days of July, reducing the value of his stake in the world's third most valuable company to about US$110 billion.
Federal banking regulators had inspected Amazon.com Inc's Virginia facility earlier in April, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
UOB Group on Friday morning posted an 8 per cent year-on-year growth in net profit to S$1.17 billion for its second quarter ended June 30, on the back of strong loan growth and higher trading and investment income.
UOB Group on Friday morning posted an 8 per cent year-on-year growth in net profit to S$1.17 billion for its second quarter ended June 30, on the back of strong loan growth and higher trading and investment income.
SINGAPORE: Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) reported steady second-quarter profit, while its net interest income rose to a record, driven by growth in loans and margins. "Loan growth was sustained and net interest margin continued to improve. Fee income rose quarter-on-quarter, led by higher ...
NEW YORK: Earlier US tariffs enacted in President Donald Trump's trade war with China have dealt only a glancing blow to consumers, but those announced Thursday are different. "This hits consumers straight on," Steve Pasierb, president of the Toy Association, said in an interview. "This is ...
