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Pay transparency: What to do after finding out a colleague’s salary is higher than yours

Would you reveal your salary to your colleagues? What to do if you are underpaid?

My second crib: They own homes in Singapore. So why are they renting abroad?

‘A pinch-me moment happens every day’: S’porean woman on 10-month campervan adventure in Australia

Me & My Money

He saved $8k as a teen, but lost it in bad investments. Now he champions Islamic finance

askST Jobs: My colleague and I are up for the same promotion. Can we still work well together?

The key is to compete for the opportunity, not against the person, said Tan Weixi, managing partner at Workplace Asia.
The key is to compete for the opportunity, not against the person, said Tan Weixi, managing partner at Workplace Asia.

How Singapore investors are using brokerage AI tools to analyse portfolios, gain insights

Brokerage firms such as Moomoo, Tiger Brokers (pictured) and Longbridge are offering AI-powered features to help investors digest news and headlines, analyse earnings data and gain insights into their portfolios.
Brokerage firms such as Moomoo, Tiger Brokers (pictured) and Longbridge are offering AI-powered features to help investors digest news and headlines, analyse earnings data and gain insights into their portfolios.

‘They don’t simply open doors and earn five figures’: How much do property agents really earn?

Property agents Mervyn Ong from PropNex (left) and Semantha Soon from ERA like the entrepreneurial side of property sales, among other things.
Property agents Mervyn Ong from PropNex (left) and Semantha Soon from ERA like the entrepreneurial side of property sales, among other things.

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Money Mentor

Me and My Money

How 60-cent cups of kopi inspired a luxury watch shop owner’s approach to money

Desmond Pang has grown his business’ inventory value from about $400,000 to around $2.5 million.

Desmond Pang is the owner of KB Luxury Watch and Jewellery.

Headstart On Record Podcast

Invest in stocks and ETFs because your friend says so? Why friends and finances don’t always mix

Me & My Money

He goes from living on $1 bread to running his own mocktail business

Young & Savvy

Why I’d rather spend on holidays than save for a house

Work Bestie

From Little Red Dot to Silicon Valley: S’pore start-up founded by poly grads makes it to Y Combinator

Jamie Yau and Kazel Koh share how they made it to the Harvard for start-ups.

Singapore Polytechnic graduate Jamie Yau (left) and Ngee Ann Polytechnic graduate Kazel Koh are co-founders of Singapore-based start-up Collar AI.

‘I study them, then strike’: This ex-soldier now wages war on pests

askST Jobs: Is it okay to share my salary online, even anonymously?

University of the Arts Singapore marks first batch of graduates

Life Guide

Singapore’s first rooftop batting cage opens at SAFRA Tampines

iBat is opened daily from 10am to 10pm, and participants must be aged 13 years and above.

iBat by Urbanytes features automated lanes for baseball and softball.

Young & Savvy

Small clicks, big comfort: Why it’s okay to love keycap keyrings and other collectibles

No lesson slots at driving school? Try Bukit Batok centre at weekend but be prepared to pay more

The age of maxxing has a hidden cost

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