In markets such as Singapore, smartphones packaged with basic subscription ... Customers buy online for convenience, but travel to physical retail outlets for the brand experience. Mobile is the only media today that can bridge the online shopper in ... ( read original story ...)
UOB Malaysia aims to increase local card base by 13%
UOB has partnered with Singapore Airlines, Expedia and Kaligo for its first-ever region-wide travel campaign. It aims to help customers stretch their vacation ringgit, especially in South-East Asian countries. Lim said currently Malaysian consumers chose ... ( read original story ...)
New Ninja VR Game Succeeds in Making 56 Year Old Feel Like a 'Cool Badass Killing Machine'
SINGAPORE, Dec. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Mixed Realms, Singapore has announced the early access release of its first game on Steam, 'Sairento VR' - a mission-driven, first-person hybrid shooter and sword fighting VR role-playing game set in a reimagined ... ( read original story ...)
Finance Ministry, Acra propose changes to Companies Act
SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Finance and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority have proposed law amendments to lessen the regulatory burden on businesses. Changes to the Companies Act and Limited Liability Partnerships Act were proposed on ... ( read original story ...)
Santander and HSBC backed a startup doing for global trade what Google did for advertising
The Spanish bank joins HSBC, American Express, and CreditEase, China’s biggest online lender, in backing the six-year-old company. What do they all see it? “What we do is a fairly new thing,” founder and CEO Christian Lanng told Business Insider in ... ( read original story ...)
Wanted: Feedback on proposed changes to business regulations
The proposed changes to improve business transparency include: (a) require companies (except listed companies and Singapore financial institutions) and LLPs incorporated/ registered in Singapore to maintain registers of beneficial owners (referred to as ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore dollar to weaken further in uncertain 2017: Analysts
SINGAPORE: The Singapore dollar may have recovered some lost ground after hitting multi-year lows against the greenback last week, but this momentum is unlikely to be sustainable when the new year comes around, analysts told Channel NewsAsia. Alongside ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore second most vegan-friendly city in Asia: PETA
SINGAPORE: Food paradise Singapore is the second most vegan-friendly city in Asia after Taipei, animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) announced on Tuesday (Dec 27). Chiang Mai, Thailand and Makati city in the Philippines ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore named second most vegan-friendly city in Asia by Peta
SINGAPORE - The Lion City has earned the No. 2 spot on ... where they're deprived of everything that's natural and important to them," Peta added in its news release. ( read original story ...)
Singapore stocks end up 0.51 percent
Singapore shares closed 0.51 percent higher on Tuesday, but trading was thin as most major markets were closed. Latest data showed China’s industrial sector profit rose 14.5 percent in November from a year earlier, suggesting the economy there was ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to tackle bacterial resistance to antibiotics
Singapore is developing a national action plan to tackle the problem of some bacteria becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. This is even as more Singaporeans reach out to such medication as a quick fix for their ailments. The Ministry of Health ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore ranked second most vegan-friendly city in Asia by PETA
Singapore has earned the second spot on People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (PETA) list of top 10 most vegan-friendly cities in Asia. The animal rights group said that Singapore has a "roaring vegan scene," with a wide range of offerings such as ... ( read original story ...)
Why does Singapore have an external debt of US$1.766 trillion?
Reader Lam Peck Heng wrote in to askST after senior correspondent Goh Eng Yeow answered a question about Singapore's foreign reserves. Mr Lam asked, citing information from a Wikipedia article: "Can you explain to your readers why Singapore had an external ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Economy to Face Strong Challenges in 2017
The Singaporean economy is slowing much faster than anticipated. The latest forecast by the Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore (MTI) projects 2016 Singapore GDP growth at 1.0-1.5 per cent — the slowest since the 2009 fallout from the Global ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore bond market faces S$22bn refinancing bill
"Primary issuance in the Singapore dollar bond market should be better in 2017, coming off this year's lows and, hopefully, no further big shocks will affect the SGD market," said Tan Kee Phong, head of capital markets at OCBC Bank. "This year, the ... ( read original story ...)
DBS: This Singapore Bank Has Another 22% Upside
It’s taken longer than expected, but Barron’s Asia’s tip to buy shares in DBS Group finally proved to be on the money. We advised depositing DBS (D05.SG) in your portfolio back in February when Singapore’s biggest lender was trading at under SGD14 ... ( read original story ...)