"Late-stage transactions will continue, with investors placing larger but safer bets on companies with proven business models and the strongest path to profitability," he added. Singapore recorded 17 VC deals totalling US$205 million (S$271 million ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore cuts monthly COE quota for small cars by 7.3%
Singapore Business Review previously reported that the government will freeze vehicle growth for cars and motorcycles, or those in categories A, B, and D, starting February 2018. The move is in line with the expansion of the city's road network. ( read original story ...)
Keep an ear out for Singapore’s first business radio station
SPH Radio's Money FM89.3 starts on Jan 29; it will tackle personal finance in a talk-show format Singapore will soon have its first radio station dedicated to business news and personal finance. To be launched on Jan 29, Money FM89.3 targets general ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exchange to boost listings with dual-class shares
SGX, a global listing hub for business trusts and real estate investment trusts, has been considering the move for about a year on the recommendation of a key Singapore advisory panel. “Singapore is making huge efforts to transition into the new economy ... ( read original story ...)
HMS Industrial Networks opens in Singapore
HMS Industrial Networks on 12 January announced the opening of their new sales and support office in Singapore. This new office will help expand the market presence and local business of HMS in the growing South East Asian market. HMS has been doing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s 99.co buys UrbanIndo, Indonesia’s largest independent property site
99.co, a Singapore-headquartered property listings site with prominent investors, has acquired UrbanIndo, one of the largest property sites in Indonesia, a person familiar with the deal told Tech in Asia without revealing the exact terms of the transaction. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Technologies Engineering : ST Engineering’s Electronics Arm Secures S$742m Contract Wins in 4Q2017, Totalling S$2.24b for 2017
S$498m worth of Advanced Electronics and ICT contracts were secured from various local and overseas customers. This includes a contract worth US$72m (about S$98m) from Israel-based company, Arad Technologies for the supply of a smart sensor network system ... ( read original story ...)
Three arrested for importing fake goods
Three people were arrested after they attempted to import counterfeit items at Tuas and Woodlands checkpoints on Jan 3, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and Singapore Police Force said in a joint statement yesterday. In the first of two ... ( read original story ...)
The Singapore Market This Week: Venture Corporation Ltd Leads the Pack Higher
The Singapore stock market, as represented by the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), ended the week at 3,550 points, inching up 0.8% from last Friday. Of the 30 index components, 19 made gains. Venture Corporation Ltd (SGX: V03) was the largest winner ... ( read original story ...)
How to Prepare Yourself for the Next Stock Market Crash?
Worried about the overall state of the market? Do you know the 1 thing you should never do in the stock market? The Motley Fool Singapore's new e-book lays out a plan to handle market crashes, details the greatest advantage you have as an investor ... ( read original story ...)
Why one man in Singapore was not allowed to adopt his child
These are external links and will open in a new window Gleaming Singapore is every bit the modern city, but the struggles of one father to adopt his child has shown how modern values are butting up against traditional concepts of family, writes the BBC's ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Horse Racing Sunday Preview
Big day of racing in Singapore with an 11 race card. Singapore backs up Tuesday Night for the first ever Tuesday meetings. Brought to you by Knightsbridge, the home quality bloodstock. Some very well bred horses but not much of a race but THE ONE (3 ... ( read original story ...)
NSE asks Singapore to delay single stock futures launch
The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., operator of the country's biggest bourse, is asking Singapore Exchange Ltd. to delay the ... crackdown on foreign access to the country's derivatives market. The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange, the Middle ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: DBS, UOB, OCBC funding coal projects, compromising on global warming issue
A logo of the United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) Reuters While global banks avoid putting funds for any kind of coal projects due to pollution and climate concern, Singapore's top banks DBS, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) and United Overseas ... ( read original story ...)
Najib says Malaysia-Singapore jousting is over. Is it really?
In a different era, the tempestuous weather that gripped Singapore and Malaysia this month would have been the perfect metaphor of the bilateral relationship between the two neighbours. For decades after the end of their acrimonious post-independence union ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines to pull out A-380 from Mumbai route for two months
Three airlines — Singapore Airlines (SIA), Emirates and Etihad — had ... follow and that this great aircraft will be built well into the 2030s." Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. Download The Times of India news app ... ( read original story ...)