The Singapore stock market has climbed higher in three straight trading days, gathering more than 20 points or 0.6 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,235-point plateau the market is expected to extend its gains on ... ( read original story ...)
bizEDGE NZ – NZ IP specialist expands to Asia with IPOS partnership
The multi-year co-operation between EverEdge and IP ValueLab aims to support Singapore in its goal to help enterprises scale up and drive economic growth. IP ValueLab is a subsidiary of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). EverEdge and IP ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore must be more transparent in shark fin trade: Report
The recorded export and import values of shark fin in Singapore was S$50.4 million and S$65 million, respectively, during that period, second only to Hong Kong's S$57.2 million for export and S$215.4 million for import trade, the report said. Traffic and ... ( read original story ...)
UOB takes credit for attracting investment to Myanmar
Most of the investment has come from multinational and regional companies based in mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore or Thailand. UOB has provided corporate loans and other financial solutions such as project financing, cash management and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For May 25
Singapore’s government gave an upbeat outlook on the economy, saying it will probably expand more than 2 percent this year as exports continue to strengthen. Auto giant General Motors (GM) has reported that it will be slashing headcount in its Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Logan Property turns to Singapore in its bid to diversify
Drawn by the city-state’s stable operating environment and low tax system, Logan Property Holdings marked its maiden foray into Singapore with a record $1.003 billion bid for a prime residential site in Stirling Road with Nanshan Group, reported The ... ( read original story ...)
Q&A: DBS Bank CIO on Measuring Digital Transformation
group CIO and head of technology and operations at Singapore-based DBS Bank. “It’s a total mindset shift at the company,” Mr. Gledhill said on ( read original story ...)
Sea Files $1B IPO In US – Growth Step For The Brand But Another Point Lost For SGX
According to CNBC, the Singapore-based startup quietly filed for an IPO worth $1 billion with the US Securities & Exchange Commission. The listing is tentatively set for 2018, but no final decision have been made. If it goes through, Sea would become the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Sees Growth Exceeding 2% in 2017 as Exports Climb
Singapore’s government gave an upbeat outlook on the economy, saying it will probably expand more than 2 percent this year as exports continue to strengthen. The Ministry of Trade and Industry maintained its GDP growth forecast for 2017 at 1 percent to 3 ... ( read original story ...)
DBS India to take mobile-only bank account to desktops too
Mumbai: DBS India plans to widen the scope of the country's first mobile-only bank account to include desktop banking. The Indian arm of Singapore's largest bank had recently unveiled the country's first open architecture platform for distributing ... ( read original story ...)
Property: Is housing in Singapore affordable?
Affordable housing is an ongoing debate, which probably goes as far back as the moment public housing was invented. It’s not uncommon, especially in Singapore, for the affordability of homes to be a hot topic. You may be wondering why we can never come ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For May 24
Minister of Communications and Information, Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim (above) outlined four four frontier technology focus areas for the development of Singapore’s digital economy in his speech at the the Infocomm Media Business Exchange (imbX) opening ceremony. ( read original story ...)
Internet speeds in Singapore among world’s fastest: Report
SINGAPORE: Singapore has some of the fastest Internet speeds in the world, both on mobile and broadband, according to a Speedtest market report released on Wednesday (May 24). Singapore logged an average fixed broadband download speed of 180.61 Mbps and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore fines ex-trader over Malaysia’s 1MDB saga
Singapore (AFP) - A former stocks trader was fined in Singapore Wednesday for his role in an international money-laundering scandal involving Malaysia's state fund 1MDB, the latest person to be penalised over the saga. Singapore, a regional financial ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines : to retire four A380s by 2Q18
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) will retire four of its A380-800s by March of next year, ahead of the expected delivery of three new aircraft of the same type. The fleet change plans were highlighted in its annual report which was released last ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and China’s common interest ‘greater than any occasional difference of views’: DPM Teo
SINGAPORE: The common interest of Singapore and China in building a peaceful and growing region is much greater than any occasional difference of views, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean on Wednesday (May 24). He described the bilateral ... ( read original story ...)