Kopi With YP: Your Minimalist Morning Briefing, 10 Mar

Get up to speed and stay smart with the latest business, tech, and local news in under 2 minutes

Business

HDB resale prices dipped by 0.3 per cent last month as compared to January. Overall sales fell by 8.5% as well.

DBS to team up with global Cloud accounting platform, Xero to help SMEs better manage their cash flow and access capital.

Oil prices dropped below US$50 for the first time in 2017. Saudis’ OPEC warned that “they should not assume they would extend output curbs to offset rising production from US shale fields”.

World

It’s Judgement Day for South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye as the local court rule on her impeachment.

Local

Jalan Rajah Golden Staircase gets appreciated by government as the Town council decided to hold off washing the stairs “so as not to damage the work”.

Healthcare screening cost as much as a cup of coffee. Basic health screening for only $5 at clinics under the new Screen For Life programme. This is in line with the Community Health Assist Scheme.

GrabFamily. GrabCar Passengers will be able to travel safely with their children by paying an extra $2 for a booster seat.

GrabCar drivers get CPF boost. Grab is working closely with the government as they become the first ride-hailing company to provide drivers Medisave contribution.

Tech

Messenger Day, more like Facebook has no time to come up with a better name for their new app that looks exactly like Snapchat.

It’s been long, Google. Google announced a series of upgrades to its online file storage service to make it more business and enterprise-friendly.