Yesterday
Singapore to charge billionaire Ong for scandal over ex-minister
Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng worked with the disgraced former minister S. Iswaran to bring the Formula 1 Grand Prix to the city state.
- Low De Wei
September
China tests ballistic missile in Pacific in ‘provocative’ move
China fired an intercontinental ballistic missile with a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean, its first such major missile launch in years.
- Alistair Gale
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
Blockchain revolution won’t wait for Labor to catch up
Blockchain needs to be regulated properly before more investors take the plunge. Yet, the Albanese government is still missing despite its earlier pledges.
- Simon Kennedy
- Exclusive
- Australian economy
Kelty condemns Labor failure on economic growth
Trailblazing former union leader Bill Kelty says the Albanese government has no plan for economic growth and no appetite for the big reforms to secure Australia’s future.
- Jennifer Hewett
Oliver Curtis rides the AI wave to make a $447m fortune in Singapore
The former investment banker went down in a high-profile insider trading scandal. But with data centre cooling technology, he’s back and richer than ever.
- Jessica Sier
- Opinion
- Global economy
What Taylor Swift and Oasis can teach us about the economy
The music industry’s shift from product to performance foreshadows a widespread move towards intangible assets in the wider economy.
- Andy Haldane
Sun Cable undaunted as Indonesia cuts in on Singapore exports
Singapore has granted conditional approvals for several Indonesian clean electricity export ventures, but also increased its target for imports.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
‘Singapore washing’: China’s new back doors into western markets
Companies such as Shein, ByteDance and BYD are setting up shop in a host of non-aligned third countries, including Singapore, to get around tariffs and barriers.
- James Kynge, Jude Webber and Christine Murray
London and Sydney workers slow to return to office: study
London workers spend 2.7 days in the office and Sydney 2.8 days, well behind Paris, New York and Singapore.
- Irina Anghel
AirTrunk’s $23.5b AI pay day
Blackstone emerged as the winning bidder in the year’s biggest merger and acquisition deal, netting its founder Robin Khuda a $1 billion-plus payday.
- Paul Smith and Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Why has a long-term understanding with Asia eluded us?
Even as Australia has become more multicultural, the best we can manage is a pragmatic relationship punctuated with fits of enthusiasm.
- James Curran
August
Lendlease, Warburg Pincus in $1.8b life sciences buy
As it goes through a messy turnaround, Lendlease needs to convince investors it is on the right track. This deal aims to do that.
- Michael Bleby
Why this start-up thinks it can succeed where Uber failed
Drive Mate says it has had a 39 per cent increase in vehicles listed to rent on its platform since news broke of Uber’s plan to close its car sharing service.
- Paul Smith
Cars, building materials held up ‘for weeks’ in WA port strike
Unions are warning a looming 48-hour strike at Western Australia’s largest container port could only be the beginning of ongoing industrial action.
- Tom Rabe
China’s exports slow in warning sign for economy
Exports rose 7 per cent in July in dollar terms from a year earlier, falling short of economists’ median forecast of a 9.5 per cent gain.
- Yujing Liu
Pfizer invests $150m in Melbourne to fight superbugs
The US pharma giant says the federal government must do more to ensure Australians can access new drugs designed to fight deadly superbugs.
- Michael Smith
July
In tougher job market, aspiring bankers skip class to ‘stack’ internships
Goldman Sachs had 31.5 per cent more internship applications in Singapore this year, and graduate recruitment is now so competitive that “internships are where you can get the foot in the door”.
- Bernadette Toh
The ups and downs of flying business on Singapore Airlines
Great food and privacy in a large bed – if you can find a spot for your feet.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
Australia goes missing as Red Sea crisis deepens
The Houthis have been remarkably persistent in disrupting global trade. But there is a deeper strategic cost to Australia as well.
- Jennifer Parker
- Exclusive
- Private equity
Viral beauty brand Coco & Eve snares $100m American PE investment
The company, marketed as vegan and cruelty-free, was founded in 2018 by Emily Hamilton and sells a range of hair, self-tan and body care products.
- Carrie LaFrenz