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Singapore richer, healthier than most English-speaking countries?

SINGAPORE: Singapore is getting so accustomed to superlatives that...

Singaporeans more open to talking about death, but few take concrete steps to prepare

SINGAPORE: A recent survey by the Singapore Management University...

‘This is daylight robbery’: Toast Box patrons upset with difference in menu pictures and actual items

SINGAPORE: Some Toast Box patrons have raised concerns over...

TikToker draws mixed reactions after questioning Singapore’s ‘cleanest city in the world’ tag

SINGAPORE: A TikToker has drawn mixed reactions online after...

Business

SeaMoney becomes Monee in rebrand, CEO calls it ‘simple and cute’

SINGAPORE: Sea Limited, owner of popular e-commerce platform Shopee,...

My wife’s office manager keeps spiking her drink, yet the company still keeps the manager around

SINGAPORE: A concerned husband took to an online forum...

Why does my mum’s former employer keep “accidentally” crediting salary and CPF to her and then ask her to pay back?

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman has found herself in a...

Man asks how jobseekers stay sane and survive months of unemployment in today’s Singapore job market

SINGAPORE: After noticing that more and more locals are...

Singapore Politics

Singaporeans weigh in with wish list for next Cabinet, the next Minister for Defence has big shoes to fill

SINGAPORE: We are all guessing on the upcoming Cabinet...

Ng Chee Meng asks PM Wong to exclude him from government role in new leadership lineup

SINGAPORE: Jalan Kayu MP and National Trades Union Congress...

Australian think tank piece says GE2025 results mean Singaporeans have become ‘incredibly savvy voters’

SINGAPORE: The Lowy Institute, a think tank based in...

PM Wong confirms Pritam Singh to remain as leader of the opposition

SINGAPORE: In a Facebook post on May 5, Prime...

SGX

Great Eastern Q4 profit falls 14% to S$134.8M due to medical insurance provisions

Olam to sell 44.58% stake in Olam Agri to Saudi firm SALIC for S$2.35B; remaining shares to be decided 3 years later

DBS may cut 4,000 temp jobs over next 3 years as AI takes over, with reductions to come from ‘natural attrition’

Raffles Medical Group’s shares jump 6.1% following new dividend policy and 100M shares buyback plan; H2 2024 profit rise to S$31.6M

UOL unit QRJ and China Jinmao acquire Shanghai residential site for S$1.66B

Billionaire investor Ryan Cohen raises Alibaba stake to US$1B as Chinese tech stocks boom

Seatrium announces 1.5 cents dividend after posting S$157M profit, first full-year gain since 2017

Singaporean asks if they should return to company that fired them 6 months before

Singapore biotech firm’s assets frozen amid lawsuit by Danish conglomerate

SingPost reports 23.8% drop in operating profit amid rising costs and weakening demand