SINGAPORE Singapore's total bank lending rose 6.33 percent in March from a year earlier, on the back of increased lending to general commerce and professional and private individuals, central bank data showed on Friday. Loans and advances by domestic ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered Marathon Runner’s Death Due to Natural Causes: Coroner
A 28-year-old Briton runner who collapsed during the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) last December had suffered a sudden cardiac death due to natural causes, a Coroner’s Court found on Thursday (4 May). Mr John Ying Wah Gibson a British ... ( read original story ...)
Pool D: Australia make changes for Paris
Australia head coach Andy Friend will enter the penultimate round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2016-17 in Paris with three changes to his 13-man squad that finished fourth in Singapore last month. Alex Gibbon, Boyd Killingworth and Dylan Pietsch ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to be LNG bunker-ready by 2020
SINGAPORE: Singapore has emerged as the preferred Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading hub, according to a survey firm Deloitte. A poll of senior energy sector leaders found that four out of five voted Singapore as the country most likely to become ... ( read original story ...)
Wanted Thai Red Bull heir Vorayuth 'not in Singapore'
These are external links and will open in a new window Singapore authorities say the Thai heir to the Red Bull empire Vorayuth Yoovidhaya, who is wanted in Thailand, is not in the city-state. Thai police said he had travelled to Singapore from Bangkok last ... ( read original story ...)
Is The Singapore Stock Market Expensive Or Cheap Right Now?
Singapore’s stock market benchmark, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), ended April at 3,175 points. That was a whisker away from the 52-week high of 3,188 back then. With this as a backdrop, many of you may be wondering if stocks in Singapore are cheap ... ( read original story ...)
To Singapore: Another Awesome Apple Pay Promotion for May 2017
2 half-boiled eggs and medium size Kopi/Teh at all Toast Box Singapore outlets, excluding Marina Bay Sands, Resort World Sentosa and Tea Loft at Suntec City. Apple Pay POSB/DBS Promotion: Toastbox Receipt showing 90 cents only Each Qualified Cardmember is ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq's fuel oil exports soar despite OPEC supply cut
Refiners in Singapore, U.S. among end-users of the fuel By Roslan Khasawneh DUBAI, May 3 (Reuters) - Iraqi fuel oil exports have soared since January despite a reduction in the country's crude production in line with OPEC supply cuts, industry sources said ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore March exports up 16.5% in strongest growth streak since 2011
SINGAPORE —Posting the strongest growth streak in more than six years, non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) grew for the fifth straight month in March, expanding by 16.5 per cent compared to the same period last year. The better-than-expected showing ... ( read original story ...)
Asian jet fuel profits plunge on record China, India exports
SINGAPORE The Asian jet fuel margin dived to its lowest level in nearly nine months as the supply of the aviation fuel outpaced demand in the region, multiple trade sources said on Tuesday. Record exports from China and India are pressuring the margins ... ( read original story ...)
US jails Singapore man for plot to export bomb parts to Iran
WASHINGTON - A Singaporean man was sentenced on Thursday to 40 months in a US prison for his role in exporting to Iran radio frequency modules, some of which were later found in bombs in Iraq, the US Justice Department said in a statement. Lim Yong Nam ... ( read original story ...)
AAM Awarded APSEA Export Award for Singapore 3D Map
May 1, 2017 -- AAM was recently awarded the highly esteemed Export Award at the Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards (APSEA) for industry leading work to generate a 3D national map of Singapore in support of the city state’s Smart Nation agenda. ( read original story ...)
Banks in Singapore makes it easier to open a new account
Banks in Singapore have made it easier for consumers to open a new account. Prospective customers of the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) and United Overseas Bank (UOB ... ( read original story ...)
Small Singapore has big ideas about innovation culture
When it comes to innovation, there is no such thing as status quo – you either improve or decline relative to everyone else, and sitting in a comfort zone for too long could prove costly. That is the philosophy of Steve Leonard, the CEO of SGInnovate ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market Likely Rangebound On Thursday
(RTTNews.com) - The win streak for the Singapore stock market has hit three sessions, collecting almost 65 points or 2 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,235-point plateau and it is expected to be stuck in neutral on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Press Holdings launches SPH Content Lab
It has developed content marketing solutions for Canon, Cathay Pacific, Citibank, ExxonMobil, Health Promotions Board, G2000 and MCC Singapore. “With technology moving so fast, strong narratives have become more critical to how we form attachments to ... ( read original story ...)