RISING security risks amid mounting global terror threats have made enhancing security at buildings and installations a necessary fact of life.
REC to invest S$250m to scale up its solar capacity
SINGAPORE'S largest cleantech player, REC, has unveiled S$250 million in investments in the form of an expanded solar-energy manufacturing facility, and a joint research and development (R&D) project to develop the next-generation solar panel.
Panel discussion by BT at Deloitte's budget seminar
DELOITTE'S Singapore Budget Seminar 2016 will feature a panel discussion organised by The Business Times and moderated by its associate editor Vikram Khanna.
DBS takes 'sensible' approach to adding AUM
DBS'S integration with Societe Generale's private banking business in Asia may have breezed past the bank's targets, but the bank's chief will not chase assets wilfully.
Yellen spurs global stock rally as oil rebounds, dollar tumbles
STOCKS jumped around the world on Wednesday after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen reasserted on Tuesday the US central bank's gradual approach to raising interest rates. Commodities climbed as the dollar extended its worst month in more than five years.
Scheme to help seniors will be piloted soon
March 31, 2016 5:00 AM
A new programme to better coordinate support services for the elderly will be piloted in three to five precincts over the next few months, and then be scaled up if successful.
TODAY’s brief, Thursday, March 31
2016 Nuclear Security Summit
United States President Barack Obama is hosting the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC on Thursday and Friday which will see the attendance of representatives from more than 50 countries and international organisations….
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Crowdfunding helps woman raise money to treat eczema in India
SINGAPORE – Living with atopic eczema and the stigma that comes along with it has been a painful lifelong struggle for Ms Eu Huiling. The red, flaky skin and weeping wounds associated with severe eczema has led to her being ostracised by strangers, with many…
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Avoiding a nightmare for S.E. Asia’s dreams of nuclear power
When the Government said earlier this year that it was reviewing whether to lift curbs on food imports from Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, it prompted a ripple of concern among the public, who wondered if it was too soon.
A radiation leak at the Fukushima…
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