WASHINGTON • Boeing’s ousted chief executive officer Dennis Muilenburg is leaving the company with US$62 million (S$84 million) in compensation
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Myanmar eyes Unesco listing for ancient beauty regime
Business is brisk at Mr Aye Saung’s souvenir shop in downtown Yangon’s Bogyoke Aung San market, where candy-coloured tubs of
Boy, 11, kills teacher, self in Mexico school
MEXICO CITY • An 11-year-old boy armed with two guns entered a school in northern Mexico, shot dead a teacher
N. Ireland parties agree to power sharing after 3-year gap
BELFAST • The main Irish nationalist and pro-British unionist parties in Northern Ireland have agreed to return to a power-sharing
Australians come together in long, hot and fiery summer
This has been a strange summer in Sydney. For weeks, Australia’s largest city has been surrounded by ferocious blazes. Though
Prince Harry’s wife Meghan returns to Canada amid royal storm
LONDON • Prince Harry’s wife Meghan has returned to Canada following the couple’s bombshell announcement that they were quitting their
The 3-D Printing Revolution
Industrial 3-D printing is at a tipping point, about to go mainstream in a big way. Most executives and many
How to Get a Low Interest Rate on a Personal Loan
THE AVERAGE INTEREST rate on a two-year personal loan is 10.7 percent, according to the Federal Reserve. But depending on
Wall Street climbs on solid jobs data, trade hopes
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Wall Street ended solidly higher on Friday (Dec 6) as a strong jobs report and optimism
SPH Reit secures $191m to buy stake in Aussie mall
SPH Reit has obtained A$205 million (S$190.8 million) in secured loans from Australian bank Westpac to finance its proposed acquisition
Saudi Aramco raises $34.8b in world’s largest IPO
RIYADH • State-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) will be the biggest in history, but will fall
US gains a robust 266k jobs, jobless rate dips to 3.5%
WASHINGTON • Hiring in the United States jumped last month to its highest level since January as employers shrugged off
Oil prices slip despite output cuts by Opec+
TOKYO • Oil prices edged lower yesterday as investors awaited a meeting of Opec (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)
Growing appetite in South-east Asia for dairy
South-east Asia is a rapidly growing market for dairy produce, which is why American suppliers, processors and traders are being
15,000 solar panels to power Singapore Airshow
The Singapore Airshow in February will be fully solar-powered for the first time in its 12-year history. The biennial aviation
Asia governments go on stimulus offensive
Asian governments are starting to do their bit to revive economic growth as central banks gradually pull back on monetary
Polar Water uses recyclable cartons for new drink
Polar Water Distributor has opted for fully recyclable packaging instead of plastic bottles for its new drink. Purewater comes in
STI rises 0.7% amid slight optimism
Regional investors dared to conjure up a measure of optimism yesterday after slight gains on Wall Street and a merciful
World Briefs: All 39 bodies in UK truck tragedy back in Vietnam
All 39 bodies in UK truck tragedy back in Vietnam HANOI • The remains of all 39 Vietnamese found dead
Dark side of K-pop
There will be no Internet trolls in heaven. Rest in peace. This message, left by Facebook user Jin Baek in
Famed US climber falls to death in Mexico
MEXICO CITY • Mr Brad Gobright, an acclaimed American free solo climber, has died after falling nearly 305m while rappelling
HK seniors take to the streets to back students
HONG KONG • Secondary school students and retirees joined forces to protest in Hong Kong yesterday, the first of several
Malaysia drains crowdsourced fund to repay 1MDB debt
KUALA LUMPUR • Malaysia’s Hope Fund has been exhausted as the government used all RM205 million (S$68 million) it raised
US citizen charged with helping N. Korea evade sanctions
NEW YORK • A US digital currency specialist living in Singapore has been arrested and criminally charged with helping North
All eyes on Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at ICJ
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will this month personally defend her country at the United Nations’ top court against