FWD expands headquarters in biggest 2025 Hong Kong office lease
Insurance companies are the most willing to upsize their office space in the city Richard Li’s FWD Group Holdings signed a decade-long deal with Swire Properties to expand its…
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IVAS expands valuation programme across Asia, develops new global standards for intangible assets
The Institute of Valuers and Appraisers, Singapore (IVAS) signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with two educational institutions to provide training support for the Chartered Valuer…
Business valuation body signs MOUs with training partners, develops new standards for intangible assets
The Institute of Valuers and Appraisers, Singapore (IVAS) signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with two educational institutions to act as training partners for the Chartered Valuer…
Malaysia makes contingency plans for agriculture exports under EU deforestation rules
Malaysia has contingency plans in place to remain competitive in European markets as it works to avoid being classified as a “standard risk” country under the European Union’s new…
An 83-year-old pizza mogul returns to save 3,500 Domino’s
Billionaire Jack Cowin built a fast-food empire by bringing fried chicken to 1960s Australia. Now, at 83, he’s back to attempt a turnaround of the biggest Domino’s Pizza franchisee outside…
China’s soy crushers may be facing a winter without US beans
Just days before the start of the US export season for soybeans, the world’s top importer does not appear to have bought a single American cargo for the coming year. The impasse between…
SD Guthrie plans industrial park in Malaysia’s data centre hub
SD Guthrie, the world’s biggest oil palm planter by acreage, is positioning itself to tap into the data-centre boom as it looks to develop a green-energy powered industrial park in…
Some FEMA staffers put on administrative leave after signing dissent letter
Some employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who signed a public letter of dissent earlier this week were put on administrative leave Tuesday evening, according to documents…
Gold edges lower as US dollar firms, but Fed turmoil limits losses
Gold prices edged lower on Wednesday (Aug 27), pressured by an uptick in the US dollar, although renewed concerns over the US central bank’s independence after US President Donald Trump’s…
Prudential H1 new business profit up 12% at US$1.26 billion
The growth is supported by higher annual premium equivalent sales and margin expansion Prudential on Wednesday (Aug 27) announced that its new business profit – a measure of profitability…
Prudential H1 new business profit rises 12% to US$1.26 billion; Singapore second-largest contributor to growth
Prudential on Wednesday (Aug 27) announced that its new business profit – a measure of profitability for insurance businesses – rose to US$1.26 billion for its first half ended Jun 30.…
Stocks to watch: Prudential, OCBC, Keppel, Seatrium, SingPost, Wing Tai
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Aug 27): Prudential: Its new business profit rose to US$1.26 billion for its first…
Wala Wala Cafe Bar to stay on in Holland Village
There is good news for fans of popular local nightlife hot spot Wala Wala Cafe Bar at Holland Village – it is no longer closing. In June, its owner Stanley Yeo had told The Business Times…
UN creates artificial intelligence advisory panel
UN General Assembly on Tuesday created an artificial intelligence advisory body to help countries make decisions about the revolutionary technology. Member states said they…
EU rejects Trump’s claim of unfair digital rules targeting US tech
The European Commission rejected on Tuesday US President Donald Trump’s criticism that EU digital services rules unfairly target US tech companies and denied they amounted to censorship.…
Oil falls 2% from nearly three-week high; focus on tariffs, Russian supply
Oil prices fell 2 per cent on Tuesday, erasing gains from the previous session, as investors watched developments around US tariffs, the war in Ukraine and the potential disruption of…
Trump's concern over South Korean church raids sparked fears of 'Zelenskyy moment'
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said his staff feared that President Trump would ambush him about his government's raids on churches and turn his Oval Office meeting into a "Zelenskyy…
Trump's law enforcement surge is alienating D.C. residents, senior officers say
A pair of senior Washington, D.C., police commanders acknowledged Tuesday that the ongoing federal law enforcement surge in the nation's capital is alienating the population and damaging…
The Inherent Strangeness of Trump’s Executive Order on Flag-Burning
Typically, presidents who push the constitutional envelope like to insist that they are doing no such thing. Here, that instinct has been reversed. Source link
Trump explodes over lack of progress on Ukraine talks: 'It's all bull----'
President Trump expressed disgust Tuesday over the lack of meaningful progress on bilateral talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin,…
Trump sets record for his longest televised appearance with three-hour Cabinet meeting
President Trump on Tuesday set a record for his longest televised appearance by presiding over a three-hour-and-17-minute Cabinet meeting at the White House. Source link
Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role
A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election…
FBI whistleblowers' settlement finalized by Justice Department, bureau
Nearly a dozen FBI whistleblowers who say they endured retaliation during the Biden administration inked agreements on Monday with the FBI and Justice Department to have their security…
Trump's order on flag burning could return the question to the Supreme Court
The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that if it were up to him, he would jail "every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag," But the…