INSURER Manulife has appointed Benoit Meslet, the current chief executive officer of its Japan office, to head its Singapore ...

Mr Meslet takes over from Mr Khoo Kah Siang on June 1, pending regulatory approval. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NET foreign direct investments (FDIs) remained positive in November but were markedly lower compared to the previous month ...

With more people working from home and rising transport costs, fewer are going out to drink after work and bars are suffering ...

Shipping costs for liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes have tumbled to five-year lows as newly built carriers added to the ...

SINGAPORE: Credit card billings continued to ... Its general manager, Tan Huey Min, told The Straits Times that she has seen an uptick in the number of borrowers who came forward to seek credit ...

Singapore's single family offices climbed to 2,000 last year, minister says January 14, 2025 ... news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business ...

with business... Japan’s demand for foreign workers remains high, but sustaining this pace is uncertain amid regional competition from Singapore and South Korea, which... BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor ...

Responding to queries from The Straits Times ... the virus. Japan also recorded the first human-to-human transmission of a viral infection linked to ticks in 2024. The study in Singapore also ...

Singapore aims to extend cuts to greenhouse gas emissions through 2035, though warned progress will depend on successful ...

RESEARCH and development (R&D) are crucial to a country's innovation, knowledge economy and economic growth. The R&D systems ...

SINGAPORE--A week ago Japan ... squeeze households by increasing import costs. News reports, including from Reuters, foreshadowed the Bank of Japan’s landmark exit from negative interest rates ...