Business Times media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places Business Times as leaning right. We have seen it on 238 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Business Times biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Business Times as leaning right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Business Times left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Business Times as leaning right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Business Times reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Business Times are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Business Times has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Business Times’s own report linked underneath.
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Monday, buoyed by stabilising technology and AI stocks and a sharp drop in crude oil prices. Hopes for a US-Iran peace deal were cited as a factor in the oil price decline.
Business Times reported it asUS stocks open higher as AI trade steadies, oil falls (opens Business Times in a new tab)
Iran's army has warned that any new US attack would spread the conflict to a wider geographical area. The warning comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert further hostilities and as both the US and Israel hold crucial elections.
Business Times reported it asIran threatens wider US strikes even as talks make progress (opens Business Times in a new tab)
The US Federal Communications Commission will vote on November 19 to ban China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom from direct access to US phone numbers. The move aims to enhance national security and prevent scam-related robocalls.
Business Times reported it asUS plans to ban Chinese telecom firms from direct access to US phone numbers (opens Business Times in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
Business Times reported it asBinance halts withdrawals as suspected hack spurs crypto sell-off, vows to ‘cover all losses’ (opens Business Times in a new tab)
Japanese consumers are increasingly seeking out discount supermarkets and changing their shopping habits due to rising inflation. This shift is impacting convenience stores, which have seen customer numbers fall for 15 consecutive months, and raises concerns for the broader economy.
Business Times reported it asJapan's beleaguered shoppers are a worry for convenience stores and the economy (opens Business Times in a new tab)
US Vice President JD Vance sent a letter to Iran's top security official, Mohsen Rezaei, in an effort to restart peace negotiations and prevent potential US bombings. President Donald Trump has denied directing Vance to initiate these talks.
Business Times reported it asTrump downplays Vance’s outreach to Iran as move to offer medical supplies (opens Business Times in a new tab)
US stock indexes, including the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, opened higher on Tuesday. Easing oil prices and anticipation of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision influenced market sentiment, alongside a focus on corporate earnings, particularly those related to artificial intelligence.
Business Times reported it asUS stocks: Wall Street ends higher on revived AI momentum (opens Business Times in a new tab)
HSBC announced a 32% rise in third-quarter pretax profit to $9.6 billion, alongside a share buyback programme of up to $1 billion. Revenue reached $18.6 billion, slightly below forecasts, while net interest income increased.
Business Times reported it asHSBC’s third-quarter profit jumps 32%, launches buyback of up to US$1 billion (opens Business Times in a new tab)
Asian stock markets saw a significant rise following Anthropic's initial public offering filing, which disclosed strong revenue growth alongside substantial losses. Meta Platforms' large equity fundraising also contributed to the positive sentiment.
Business Times reported it asAsian stocks surge as Anthropic IPO lifts sentiment ahead of earnings, central banks (opens Business Times in a new tab)
Asian stock markets saw a significant rise following Anthropic's initial public offering filing, which disclosed strong revenue growth alongside substantial losses. Meta Platforms' large equity fundraising also contributed to the positive sentiment.
Business Times reported it asAnthropic’s IPO filing shows explosive growth, risks and staggering costs (opens Business Times in a new tab)
China's Communist Party began its Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee in Beijing on October 26. President Xi Jinping opened the meeting, which is scheduled to last four days and focuses on enhancing party discipline and self-governance.
Business Times reported it asChina’s Xi opens Communist Party plenum, aims for firm governance measures (opens Business Times in a new tab)
The Labor Department will issue the September JOLTS on Tuesday, weekly unemployment claims on Thursday and the October hiring report on Friday, while major companies such as Clorox, AMD and Booking Holdings report earnings, all amid the November 3 midterm elections.
Business Times reported it asWhat different US midterm outcomes could mean for markets (opens Business Times in a new tab)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
Business Times reported it asLula, Brazil's iconic working class president, wins fourth term in dramatic comeback (opens Business Times in a new tab)
Saudi Arabia and Singapore have agreed to a memorandum of understanding for storing Saudi crude oil in Singapore's Jurong Rock Caverns. The arrangement, set to begin in the second half of 2027, aims to bolster Singapore's energy security and the resilience of Saudi crude supply in Southeast Asia.
Business Times reported it asSingapore faces energy risks with ‘resource nationalism’ that undermines contracts: Tan See Leng (opens Business Times in a new tab)
French protest groups and unions have called for more demonstrations and a nationwide strike following Saturday's rallies. The Interior Ministry reported 410,000 participants, with authorities deploying 70,000 police. While arrests and injuries were lower than the previous week, calls for further action persist.
Business Times reported it asFrench protest groups demand more rallies as Macron faces tough choices (opens Business Times in a new tab)
President Donald Trump announced that Audi will invest $4.2 billion in its first U.S. factory in Georgia. The plant, planned for Middle Georgia Megasite, is expected to create 4,500 jobs and begin production in the early 2030s.
Business Times reported it asAudi to build multibillion-dollar US car factory: Trump (opens Business Times in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump stated that the US has "knocked the hell out" of Iran and indicated the possibility of further military action. This comes amid reports of US and Israeli military preparations to disrupt Iran's nuclear rebuild.
Business Times reported it asTrump says US may do another military operation against Iran (opens Business Times in a new tab)
Tom Barrack said a US attack on Iran could happen within two days, but President Donald Trump told reporters he did not know of any such plan and recalled his October pledge not to strike before the midterm elections.
Business Times reported it asTrump says US may do another military operation against Iran (opens Business Times in a new tab)
Fast-fashion giant Shein has agreed to pay $100 million to resolve a US Federal Trade Commission probe. The settlement follows over 12,000 consumer complaints regarding purchases and comes amid increasing regulatory pressure in Europe and the US.
Business Times reported it asFast-fashion group Shein agrees to pay US$100 million to settle US FTC probe (opens Business Times in a new tab)
Volvo Cars announced it will eliminate approximately 2,500 jobs worldwide, with about 2,000 of those positions in Sweden. The company cited a third-quarter net loss, attributing it to US tariffs and declining sales in China.
Business Times reported it asVolvo Car to deepen job cuts as China sales slump (opens Business Times in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckleanRightCheck it
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- SPH MediaMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- SPH Media TrustIndependentparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Singapore, Singapore
- Official site
- businesstimes.com.sg
- Seen publishing on
- businesstimes.com.sg
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 238
- Reports listed
- 256
- We could read
- 23
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
233 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 23 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 30 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Business Times ran the story anyway.
Across the 238 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Business Times’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 27 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Business Times, also publishing from Singapore, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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