SINGAPORE - De Beers, the world's leading diamond company, is testing a new service of selling third-party polished diamonds to other businesses through its online auction platform. The service is being launched from Singapore, where De Beers' Auctions Sales business...
To rent three units to run his workshops at Sin Ming Industrial Estate, Mr Mike Keh now pays $6,000 a month per unit. From early next year, he may have to pay $8,800 per unit at the new Sin Ming...
SINGAPORE - Tan Tiong Cheng will step down as executive chairman of Knight Frank Singapore on March 31 next year. However, this will not mark the end of his career with the property consulting group, where he has been for...
Another car parallel importer has failed to deliver vehicles on which deposits have been paid - the second such case in less than a month. TLC Cars Singapore, one of several small motor firms in Turf City, off Bukit Timah...
More cases of disguised retrenchments - workers getting laid off without their employers treating it as a retrenchment to avoid paying a fair package - are surfacing. There has been an increase in disguised retrenchment cases, said NTUC assistant secretary-general...
Budget airlines Tigerair will come under the Scoot brand name in the second half of next year, Budget Aviation Holdings Pte Ltd announced on Friday (Nov 4). The company, which owns and manages SIA Group's Scoot and Tigerair, said it...
At 3am on Oct 11, a devastating blaze in the Jurong West area destroyed blocks 493 and 494, taking with it two coffeeshops and a wet market. As well as the livelihoods of the hawker stall owners. Although the arson suspect...
The full moon on Nov 14 will be the biggest since 1948, say scientists. It will also be the closest and brightest supermoon in 2016, astronomy professor Robert Berman told Space.com. The Nov 14 moon is the closest full moon to...
As more sectors transform themselves and seek workers with relevant skills, the training and adult education sector here - which plays a crucial role in building up a skilled workforce - has to upgrade itself too. The sector "has to...
SINGAPORE - Two workers from Bangladesh died after they were run over at a Mandai construction site on Thursday (Nov 3). A tipper truck reversing towards a work area within the Mandai Depot that is under construction ran over them,...
