Business & Economy

A recent survey has shown that stress levels in Singapore are still as high as they’ve ever been, if not higher, than the global average. A whopping 86 per cent of Singapore’s respondents to the Global Well-Being survey are...

The current events in Malaysia seem to have sparked memes that joke about how some Singaporeans may be eagerly waiting for the exchange rate to change. On Monday (Nov 22) two specific news threads in an online Singapore news forum...

In response to Minister for National Development and Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration Desmond Lee's recent statement on the apparent moderation of private and public housing markets, Singaporeans are putting their two cents in. In recent news, Mr Lee cited...

The rise of cashless payment in Singapore has expedited the emergence of many Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services such as ShopBack PayLater, Atome and FavePay Later. With these BNPL schemes, you no longer have to wait for your payday...

In response to news of the wait time for two Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in Tengah being shortened due to the use of new construction methods, a few netizens have expressed their concern over what effects this will have on...

Eligible Singaporeans will receive up to S$700 worth of vouchers this December from the Singapore government to offset the upcoming GST hike and rising costs of living. The vouchers payable in December would come in two parts – the Assurance...

With inflation at an all-time high, people in Singapore are on the lookout for investment instruments with higher interest rates and low-to-moderate risks. After all, the stock market isn’t particularly stable in 2022. In this article, we are going to look...

Singapore’s core inflation rate in September reached 5.3%, up from 5.1% in August. The continuing upward trend threatens to crest towards the record-high 5.5% core inflation seen 14 years ago in November 2008. This is especially concerning as core inflation...

In October at the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, President Xi Jinping announced further moves toward “common prosperity,” which has sent entrepreneurs looking elsewhere for more welcoming locales, including Singapore.  Bloomberg called it an “exodus of wealth” in a Nov...

The SIA group has declared it will pay its first round of dividends after three years. The group has previously suspended their dividend payout during the COVID-19 pandemic after the aviation industry was gravely hit by global travel restrictions. What...