SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Singapore has fallen one rung to fourth place in this year’s Global Fintech Rankings. And while it still takes the top spot among countries in the Asia-Pacific, the Republic faces stiff competition from countries like Australia, China and Japan, which have moved up the leaderboard this year. The second annual index, produced by fintech analytics […]
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Changes to the travel green list and plans to open up more holiday hot spots to the double-jabbed are not enough to save the summer for the travel sector, ministers have been told. Business leaders lined up to accuse the government of an overly cautious approach as destinations including Spain’s Balearic Islands, Malta, Madeira and Barbados were added to the […]
Read moreMobile phone operator is the first to bring back the charge since the start of Brexit trade deal Last modified on Thu 24 Jun 2021 12.28 EDT The BT-owned mobile operator EE is to start charging UK customers to use their phones in Europe, having previously said it had no plans to reintroduce roaming costs after the Brexit trade deal […]
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Financial markets remain delicately poised as they await the US Federal Reserve’s next move. Tightening too early runs the risk of choking off an economic recovery, while tightening too late runs the risk of asset bubbles developing. This week US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell moved to calm the horses, saying the Fed would not raise interest rates too quickly. […]
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MIAMI — Belkys Peñate began selling off her and her husband’s furniture ahead of the federal government’s eventual lifting of its months-long COVID-19 eviction moratorium. “We are both sick. We don’t have the physical strength to take things with us if we are turned out on the street,” said Peñate, 54, who stopped paying rent when her leukemia and chronic asthma […]
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Search and rescue personnel work in the rubble of a 12-story residential tower that partially collapsed on June 24, 2021 in Surfside, Fla. It is unknown at this time how many people were injured as search-and-rescue effort continues with rescue crews from across Miami-Dade and Broward counties. (Photo: Joe Raedle, Getty Images) Images capture the extensive destruction Thursday from the partially-collapsed […]
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EXCLUSIVE: A slew of stars including Rosanna Arquette, Taye Diggs, Gael Garcia Bernal and Maya Hawke, are to portray famous figures across history in a new podcast series from Playboy and Audio Up. The two companies are launching Playboy Interview, an audio series that features teleplay-style re-enactments of the most iconic Playboy interview conversations. Other stars also include Shea Whigham, […]
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Delaware's minimum pay rate may increase to $15 per hour by 2025 once a new law is signed by Gov. John Carney. The state is the latest to join the push for a higher pay, even as efforts to change the federal minimum wage have stalled in Congress. While Delaware's move isn't expected to accelerate the trend toward a higher […]
Read moreNew orders for U.S. manufactured durable goods rebounded in the month of May, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Thursday, although the increase fell short of economist estimates. The report said durable goods orders surged up by 2.3 percent in May after falling by a revised 0.8 percent in April. Economists had expected durable goods orders […]
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