Banks tussle for the brightest from the Class of 2017

Last year, Credit Suisse received over 13,000 applications across the region for internship and full-time graduate roles; more than 4,000 came from Singapore. The bank did not disclose the final number who were offered jobs this year. Last year ... ( read original story ...)

Planet Earth II ignores threats to Singapore’s last forests

In this sense, criticism of Planet Earth II misses the point, he told Eco-Business. Singapore is a leader in urban greening while so many other cities have been consumed by greyness, and Gardens by the Bay strikes an inspirational note at the end of the ... ( read original story ...)

Infineon upgrades its Singapore plant into smart factory

We can leverage a conducive research and development (R&D) ecosystem and supportive policies for high value-added manufacturing in Singapore." He told The Business Times that if the pilot phase for horizontal integration (involving the Singapore location ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's jobs market at its weakest since 2009

Average unemployment rate sits at 3%. The Singapore labour market might have slumped to its worst in the past year since 2009. Citing the latest figures from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Citi Research said headline, resident, and citizen unemployment ... ( read original story ...)

South African Engen agrees to export gas-oil to Singapore

SINGAPORE: SA’s Engen is set to export a gas-oil cargo to Singapore, according to trade sources and shipping data. The company has provisionally booked the Torm Horizon to transport 35,000 tons of gas-oil to Singapore from Durban, shipping fixtures showed. ( read original story ...)

DBS, POSB cardholders get access to EZ-Pay facility

SINGAPORE - EZ-Link, on Wednesday, announced a collaboration with DBS Bank that will extend its EZ-Pay facility to DBS and POSB card holders. The expansion will enable wider access to the payment service - launched back in Aug 2016 - by allowing more card ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Morning News For March 15

Singapore morning news by AEC News Today is your one stop source for Singapore news on matters of governance and policies affecting Asean business communities. Singapore Warns Investors about Trading Unregulated Binary Options The Monetary Authority of ... ( read original story ...)

Economists upgrade Singapore's 2017 growth forecast

The global economy took a turn for the better towards the end of 2016, which boosted Singapore's exports. The latest MAS survey found economists expecting non-oil domestic exports to grow 6.1 percent this year, higher than the 0.3 percent that they ... ( read original story ...)

Technology key to solving manpower crunch: Swee Say

SINGAPORE — While there are legitimate concerns in countries about technology putting workers out of jobs, such a worry would be largely unfounded in Singapore, said Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say yesterday, as he assured undergraduates who had the job ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Stock Market May Extend Tuesday's Losses

(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market on Tuesday ended the modest two-day winning streak in which it gathered almost 30 points or 0.9 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just below the 3,145-point plateau, and the market may take further damage ... ( read original story ...)