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BEIJING (REUTERS) – Factory activity in China contracted at the fastest pace on record in February, highlighting the damage from

NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks suffered another downbeat session on Friday (Feb 28) to conclude the worst week

Local shares faced heavy selling yesterday and clocked up their worst weekly performance since August 2011 as the virus outbreak

GIC yesterday announced the retirement of Dr Chia Tai Tee as chief risk officer (CRO), and said his deputy Jin

Fears that the coronavirus outbreak could turn into a worldwide pandemic sparked panicked selling across the region yesterday. The local

Wing Tai Retail – the local firm that manages retail brands such as Dorothy Perkins and Uniqlo – is axing

Development charge (DC) rates for non-landed residential use have been cut again amid a weaker economic outlook and muted Government

Starhill Global Real Estate Investment Trust (SGReit) is rolling out rental rebates and marketing assistance for tenants at its two

SAN FRANCISCO • The United States Federal Reserve may need to move aggressively to cut borrowing costs to cushion the

Bank lending dipped by 0.2 per cent last month compared with the month before on a drop in loans to

The Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick, has attacked critics of facial recognition technology for using arguments she has claimed are

Prime Time: Heng Chee How’s response to Budget 2020 manpower initiatives 12.53 mins Synopsis: In Career 360, Bernard Lim speaks to

SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – The Porcelain Hotel, a 138-key boutique hotel in Chinatown, is up for sale via expression

SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Singapore’s services businesses closed off 2019 with another jump in their takings, helped by a

HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Standard Chartered on Thursday (Feb 27) said its key profit target would take longer to meet

TAIPEI (BLOOMBERG) – Foreign investors are cutting their exposure to Asian markets at the fastest rate in years, as the

NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Goldman Sachs boosted its gold forecast to US$1,800 an ounce as the coronavirus, depressed real rates,

SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – The Bank of Korea downgraded its growth forecast for the year on Thursday (Feb 27) amid mounting

SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday

SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Real estate agency PropNex on Thursday (Feb 27) posted a net profit of $8.2 million

SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – Stocks in Asia retreated along with US equity futures after US health authorities said they found the

As Lent begins this week with Ash Wednesday, Christian leaders and ministers from various theological streams are commenting on its

DUBAI • Candidates affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards looked on course to win a parliamentary majority yesterday, reportedly leading the

A plan by the Selangor state government – which is controlled by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition – to turn

Malaysian opposition party Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) has threatened to organise a big rally if the government retains Attorney-General Tommy