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SINGAPORE: Uplifting lower-wage workers is not as easy as just setting minimum salaries and Singapore must be careful about “unintended…

COLOMBO: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka pleaded on Friday (Sep 23) for a swift agreement with its international creditors to clear the way…

LONDON: British government bond yields surged by the most in a day in over three decades on Friday (Sep 23),…

SINGAPORE: Southeast Asian startups are enjoying a boom in fundraising exercises by venture and buyout funds that are chasing bigger…

NEW YORK: Stock markets retreated on Thursday (Sep 22) after the US Federal Reserve and central banks in Europe unleashed…

WASHINGTON: A planned Western price cap on Russian oil is already making a difference, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said…

TOKYO: Japan intervened in the currency market on Thursday (Sep 22) to buy yen for the first time since 1998,…

WASHINGTON: Tesla is recalling nearly 1.1 million US vehicles because the window automatic reversal system may not react correctly after…

Singapore’s GIC has bought a majority stake in Mediterranean luxury beach resort Sani/Ikos Group (SIG), valuing the company at 2.3…

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s central bank hiked its key interest rate for the second month in a row Thursday (Sep 22) to…