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Only about 50 per cent of Malaysian workers have returned to Singapore for work since cross-border travel resumed five months ago. Various trade associations told The Straits Times that industries … Read More
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – As United States President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office this week, his administration and the Federal Reserve are pointed towards a singular economic goal: Get the … Read More
ZURICH (REUTERS) – Switzerland will likely meet the criteria for the country to be identified as a currency manipulator by the United States in an upcoming report from the US … Read More
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Around half of Singapore consumers prefer to shop at local businesses to help them recover from the business fallout of Covid-19, according to a study … Read More
LONDON (NYTIMES) – The British department store Debenhams can trace its history back 242 years to a shop on Wigmore Street in central London. On Tuesday (Dec 2), it finally … Read More
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s overall trade and non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) are forecast to grow in 2021, in line with predictions that the global economy will expand over the next year … Read More
Temasek has signed an agreement with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) to establish the Food Tech Innovation Centre, a facility to accelerate the commercialisation of food technologies. … Read More
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – The US presidential election result may still be in doubt, but whoever emerges victorious will need to unite the country to adapt to challenges of globalisation and … Read More
WASHINGTON — The number of laid-off Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 787,000, a sign that job losses may have eased slightly but are still running at historically … Read More
A potentially sharp rebound from the gloom and doom of the circuit breaker may prompt a revision of the official full-year growth forecast this week, but experts still think 2020 … Read More
LONDON (REUTERS) – Britain’s unemployment rate rose by more than expected to 4.5 per cent in the three months to August, up from 4.1 per cent in the three months … Read More
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The effects of climate change since 2000 will slow US economic growth slightly over the next 30 years, adding another drag on an economy that will struggle … Read More
