Singapore has attracted high-tech manufacturers with incentives and a well-educated workforce but growing demands for highly skilled labour and government moves to curb numbers of foreign workers may ... ( read original story ...)
Why Indian Startups Love Singapore
No wonder Indian startup entrepreneurs, besieged by Angel tax notices (reluctantly withdrawn) and a slew of clearances needed to set up an enterprise, are choosing to take their business to countries ... ( read original story ...)
Charlie Munger: ‘If you want one mantra, it comes from’ Singapore’s first prime minister
Berkshire Hathaway’s vice chair, Charlie Munger, said Saturday that the one mantra he followed in life came from Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore who governed for three ... ( read original story ...)
Teresa Kok : Take advantage of CPO export duty exemption
SINGAPORE (May 2): Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok has urged exporters to take advantage of the seven-month-long extension of the export duty exemption on crude palm oil (cpo) from May 1, 2019. ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Regulator Recognizes Potential of Blockchain for Cross-Border Payments
Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), said that blockchain has potential for cross-border payments but the agency “does not see much” in retail ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore factory growth drops in April with electronics continuing to shrink
SINGAPORE - Manufacturing growth slipped to a more than two-year low last month after a brief uptick in March as the electronics sector continued to shrink. Singapore's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI ... ( read original story ...)
UOB cautious about outlook as loan margins shrink
Net profit for UOB, the smallest of Singapore's three banking groups, rose 8% to 1.05 billion Singapore dollars ($770.4 million) in the first quarter ended March. The results were slightly better ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia minister lambasts Singapore’s ‘sad’ stance on palm oil
Singapore Zoo has on several occasions created sensationalised ... and managing incidents of fire in and around palm oil plantations,” she told Eco-Business. Clarke said she was opposed to bans on ... ( read original story ...)
Use AmEx points for free business class or first class upgrades
business class, or first class using points, or a combination of points and cash. Flights on about 20 airlines are eligible, including Aeromexico, Air Canada, Etihad, Norwegian, Qantas, SAS, Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore International Foundation Builds Capacity Amongst Indian Social Entrepreneurs to Make The World a Better Place
Since 2010, the YSE programme has nurtured a youth network of global changemakers with innovative business ideas focused on social good. Over a four-day workshop held in Singapore in March, the tenth ... ( read original story ...)
The Business Times
The Business Times (BT), a member of the Singapore Press Holdings group, is South-east Asia's leading financial daily. BT brings its readers daily corporate, financial, economic and political news, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to Send Money From Ex-Goldman Banker Back to Malaysia
(Bloomberg) -- Singaporean authorities are preparing to return about S$35 million ($26 million) surrendered by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Roger Ng and his family in connection with the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Canada complete blockchain trial for cross-border payments
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Bank of Canada have completed "a successful experiment" on cross-border payments using central bank digital currencies, tapping distributed ledger ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s SGX mulls triple listing of steel derivatives
SINGAPORE, May 3 (Reuters) - Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) is considering a triple listing of steel derivatives, aiming to offer investors easier access to the highly fragmented ferrous market via a ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Gold-Lower prices, festive demand boost purchases in India, Singapore
MUMBAI/BENGALURU, May 3 (Reuters) - Gold demand was robust in India and Singapore this week as a correction in prices ahead of a key gold-buying festival boosted purchases even as major centres like ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC is cutting jobs in Asia. Here’s how to beat the axe
But this doesn’t mean that joining HSBC in Hong Kong or Singapore will give you an unusually secure job – far from it. Speaking earlier today, HSBC CFO Ewen Stephenson said Asian economies had ... ( read original story ...)