ANDY Grove, the Silicon Valley elder statesman who made Intel into the world's top chipmaker and helped usher in the personal computer age, died on Tuesday at age 79, Intel said.

VOLKSWAGEN Group Singapore has a new boss and he wants to focus on his customers in 2016.

SINGAPORE's apex business chamber is calling on the government to set up a one-stop government agency to look into how local enterprises can innovate, as the country looks for new growth engines to drive a transitioning economy.

SMRT will launch a probe into how two of its maintenance employees were killed – apparently hit by an oncoming train – along the track near Pasir Ris MRT station on Tuesday.

A SERIES of explosions ripped through Brussels airport and a city metro station on Tuesday, killing at least 34 people in the latest attacks to target Europe.

APPLE went small on Monday – cutting prices as well as screen size – as it unveiled a new iPhone and iPad aimed at first-time buyers and customers in emerging markets.

SIM-ONLY plans have yet to catch on in Singapore, even as they are the most current and innovative plans in mobile flexibility today. And it's for good reason, The Business Times has learnt.

THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is looking at taking a carrot-and-stick approach to get companies to file sustainability reports every year.

THE plunge in local interest rates to a five-month low has led to a rush of companies selling debt, including the year's first retail bond offering.

THE realities of low oil prices have forced Malaysia's oil-and-gas (O&G) industry to undertake extensive cost- cutting, in addition to deferring projects demanding large capital expenditure, although national oil company Petronas has braved the global headwinds to press on with two multibillion-dollar projects.