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CEA launches online consumer guide to buying overseas property
SINGAPORE - The Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) said in a statement that the guide was meant to help consumers make informed decisions when buying foreign properties.Get the full story from The...
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Health is top priority for Asia's emerging middle class
SINGAPORE - Health is the number one thing Asia's emerging middle class (EMC) are afraid of losing, a survey has found.Eden Strategy Institute and JANA mobile's study was conducted to learn more about...
View ArticleMerkel 'very impressed' with Italy PM's economic plans
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday she was "very impressed" with the stimulus and reform package of Italy's new centre-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.She appeared easygoing about...
View ArticleAmerican Express clinches $1.1B joint venture investment
NEW YORK - American Express Co said on Monday that four financial investors have committed a total of US$900 million (S$1.1 billion) to a business travel joint venture, in what would be the largest...
View ArticleEmployers to get $800m Wage Credit Scheme payouts by Mar 31
SINGAPORE - The Government will give out approximately $800 million in the first tranche of Wage Credit Scheme (WCS) payouts to employers by March 31, the Ministry of Finance said Tuesday.Over 74,000...
View ArticleRepublican lodges ethics complaint against rival over Herbalife
BOSTON - The Massachusetts Republican candidate for Democratic US Senator Edward Markey's seat on Monday filed an ethics complaint against his rival on the grounds he may have acted improperly in...
View ArticleAsian shares up after Wall Street rally
HONG KONG - Asian markets rose on Tuesday following a Wall Street rally as traders shrugged off growing tensions between the West and Russia following Crimea's vote for Kremlin rule.After the weekend...
View ArticleThai shares hit more than 3-month high
Thai shares rose to their highest in more than three months on Tuesday as investors built positions in selected large caps a day before the state of emergency in Bangkok is to be lifted, while...
View ArticleLand prices in Japan’s big cities rise for the first time in 6 years
TOKYO - Land prices in Japan's largest cities rose for the first time in six years in 2013 while declines slowed in the rest of the country, data showed on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's...
View ArticleAlibaba founder Ma’s buyout firm Yunfeng raising new $204m fund, says source
HONG KONG - Chinese private equity firm Yunfeng Capital, co-founded by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's Jack Ma, is raising up to CNY1 billion (S$204 million) in its second fund, a person with knowledge of...
View ArticleEconomists trim S'pore's 2014 growth forecast to 3.8%: MAS poll
SINGAPORE - Singapore's economy is likely to expand at a fractionally slower pace in 2014 than was expected three months ago, while the core inflation rate is seen to be slightly higher, a central bank...
View ArticleDollar rises in Asia ahead of Fed meeting
TOKYO - The dollar edged cautiously higher against the yen and euro in Asia on Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting, the first under new chair...
View ArticleJapan Display shares plunge on Tokyo debut
TOKYO - Shares in Japan Display - the world's biggest maker of screens for smartphones and tablets and a key Apple supplier - plunged on their Tokyo debut Wednesday, following a US$3.2 billion (S$4...
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More needy children to be covered by free insurance
SINGAPORE - NTUC Income's Income Family Micro-Insurance Scheme (IFMIS) provides families with a $5,000 payout when their main income earner dies or becomes totally and permanently disabled.Get the full...
View ArticleAsia business sentiment regains ground in Q1: survey
Business sentiment among Asia's top companies edged up in the first quarter, as solid improvement in the Philippines and South Korea outweighed weakness in China, India and Australia amid persistent...
View ArticleOfficial from Taiwan's Acer held over alleged insider trading
TAIPEI - An official from Taiwanese computer maker Acer was formally detained Wednesday on insider trading charges, a day after prosecutors searched the firm's headquarters.The prosecutors along with...
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