Oil rose further above US$67 a barrel to its highest in over three months on Thursday, buoyed by a report showing lower U.S. crude inventories, by hopes of an end to the China-U.S. trade dispute and OPEC-led efforts to constrain supply.
SINGAPORE: Cooling systems in industrial facilities in Singapore will have to adhere to new energy efficiency requirements from December next year, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a news release on Thursday (Dec 26). The introduction of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for ...
SHANGHAI: A company run by Bruce Lee's daughter is suing a Chinese fast food chain for allegedly using an image of the late martial arts film star without permission. Shannon Lee's Bruce Lee Enterprises accuses restaurant chain Kungfu Catering Management of having used her father's image for 15 ...
BEIJING: The former chairman of China's troubled Hengfeng Bank was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, a local court said on Thursday (Dec 26). Jiang Xiyun was convicted of corruption, receiving bribes, illegally issuing financial notes, and illegally destroying accounting vouchers and ...
Asian equities were largely subdued in mixed morning trade on Thursday, as recent gains held with investors still optimistic about US-China trade ties.
US political clouds coupled with wider climate and digital transformations point to a tricky 2020 for the world economy, although experts say a lurch back to crisis is improbable.
China will maintain its environmental protection goals and will not ease off on trying to achieve them even as the economy slows, an environment ministry official said on Thursday.
BEIJING: China Southern Air Holding, the parent of China Southern Airlines , has set up a cargo company with registered capital of 1 billion yuan (US$143 million), as it looks to consolidate its air cargo assets through state-led reforms. The move from Dec 24 was disclosed by a filing approved...
BEIJING: China warned earlier this week that a destructive pest that has threatened the country's grain output is expected to hit more crops across wider areas in 2020, including the key corn-growing region in the northeast. Fall armyworm, first detected in China's southwestern province of Yunnan ...
UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has teamed up with Prudential Singapore and Nickelodeon Asia to enhance its existing UOB KidSmart Programme for parents to better understand their children’s strengths, and chart a financial plan to support their development.
