Company insolvencies are surging in the UK after the Labour government reduced tax breaks and increased levies on owners. Read more at The Business Times.

LUI Che Woo, the Hong Kong tycoon whose fortune grew alongside neighbouring Macau’s casino industry, has died. He was 95.

Nestle’s KitKat brand has signed a global sponsorship deal with Formula 1 as new chief executive Laurent Freixe seeks to change the way the world’s biggest food company markets its core, multi-billion ...

WALL Street’s main indexes opened at record highs on Monday (Nov 11) as optimism on proposed tax cuts and expectations of an easier regulatory environment after Donald Trump won the US presidency ...

Short sellers of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related stocks have suffered heavy losses since Nov 6, after bitcoin surged to record highs, on optimism US President-elect Donald Trump would implement ...

THERE is no “one-size-fits-all” solution to energy transition, and the Singapore International Energy Week (Siew) must remain an “open platform” for participants to share different perspectives, said ...

TOM Homan, US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar”, said on Monday (Nov 11) he would prioritise deporting immigrants in the US illegally who posed safety and security threats as well ...

[HONG KONG] A nearly 1 km stretch of black sand beach on Lantau Island – which is roughly a 30-minute drive from the only bridge that links Hong Kong with mainland China – has become a hot spot for a ...

ABN Amro Bank is offloading a portfolio of about 3 billion euros (S$4.25 billion) of infrastructure loans, according to people familiar with the matter. Read more at The Business Times.

THE financed emissions for UOB in 2023 has gone down in four high-emitting sectors it has set decarbonisation targets for, with the exception of steel. Read more at The Business Times.

Japan’s new economic stimulus package will feature cash handouts to help low-income households deal with inflation and extra ...

Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang, who is on a two-day visit to Singapore, had separate meetings with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong on ...