Nestle SA has entered exclusive negotiations to sell its skin health business to a consortium led by private equity firm EQT Partners in a deal worth 10.2 billion Swiss francs (US$10.12 billion), the world's biggest packaged food group said on Thursday.
FRANKFURT: Air taxi startup Lilium has staged a successful maiden flight of a five-seater prototype that it hopes to bring into service by 2025 to whisk passengers between cities without the hassle of an airport check-in. The battery-powered aircraft, operated by remote control, took off ...
FITCH Solutions Macro Research said 2019 will be a challenging year for the banking sector given that global outlook risks may spill over to the small and open economy of Singapore.
SINGAPORE: Commuters will be able to use their Visa contactless cards to pay for their public transport fares from Jun 6, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Thursday (May 16). This move comes after the launch of SimplyGo in April that allowed commuters to use their Mastercard contactless ...
WINDWHISTLE, New Zealand: At Dave Harper's family farm in New Zealand's scenic Canterbury region, a painstakingly bred flock of lambs is grazing, not on grass, but on a field of herbs selected to unlock healthy omega-3 fatty acids in the animals' meat. Known as Te Mana lambs, they are...
Elon Musk's SpaceX postponed its planned Wednesday night blastoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first cluster of satellites for his new Starlink internet service, citing excessive winds over the Florida launch site.
CITI is aiming for its new digital consumer payments business to be live in 20 markets across all regions, including Asia, by the first quarter of 2020, the US financial services giant said on Thursday.
State fire investigators have formally determined that Pacific Gas & Electric Co transmission lines caused the deadliest and most destructive wildfire on record in California, a blaze that killed 85 people last year, officials said on Wednesday.
Oil prices edged up on Thursday to extend gains into a third straight session, as tensions in the Middle East stoked fears of potential disruptions to supply.
ASSET-BASED finance (ABF) software company HPD LendScape has opened its first Asian office in Singapore.
