Leadership
UK recruiter Hays annual profit drops 47% on extended hiring periods
Low confidence levels among both jobseekers and employers have extended the time taken to fill vacant positions, dealing a blow to recruiters’ profitsBritish recruiter Hays reported a 47 per...
Xiaomi will swallow EV losses to join Tesla in the big leagues
XIAOMI is willing to grow its nascent electric vehicle (EV) arm at the expense of profits for now, as it angles to join Tesla and BYD among the world’s...
Walmart’s doing so well in China it doesn’t need JD.com anymore
WALMART is flying so high on the strength of its Chinese operations that it’s exited a long-time local partnership, an outlier in a consumer landscape that’s increasingly hostile to...
AIA Singapore’s new business value rises 27% in H1; new recruits up by 13%
AIA Singapore’s value of new business (VONB) rose 27 per cent on the year to US$219 million for the first half ended Jun 30, from US$173 million in the...
AIA Singapore’s value of new business rises 27% in H1 to US$219 million
AIA Singapore’s value of new business (VONB) rose 27 per cent on the year to US$219 million for the first half ended Jun 30, from US$173 million in the...
Binance hiring 1,000 as compliance spending tops US$200 million
BINANCE Holdings is hiring 1,000 people this year with many earmarked for compliance roles as the crypto exchange’s annual spending to meet regulatory requirements, including United States oversight under...
Temasek prices 1 billion 10-year and 1.7 billion 30-year offshore Chinese yuan bonds
This comes after Temasek issued three offshore Chinese yuan bonds earlier this yearTEMASEK Financial (I), also known as TFin-I, priced one billion 10-year and 1.7 billion 30-year offshore Chinese...
LHN secures 250 more keys in Q3
THE real estate management services group said on Thursday (Aug 22) that it secured 250 more keys across projects in 260 Upper Bukit Timah Road and 141 Middle Road....
