Online insurance platform Policybazaar aims to go public in 2021 at a valuation north of $3.5 billion, potentially becoming the first of India’s mega start-ups to debut as its digital economy booms. ( read original story ...)
SoftBank-Backed Fintech Startup Seeks $3.5 Billion Value in IPO
Online insurance platform Policybazaar aims to go public in 2021 at a valuation north of $3.5 billion, potentially becoming the first of India’s mega-startups to debut as its digital economy booms. ( read original story ...)
Best Brokerage Accounts To Start Your Investment Journey In Singapore
The first step to investing in the financial markets starts from opening a brokerage account. But as for that step before the first step, you’ll have to invest in the best choice of brokerage account ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore petrochemical exports fall by 29% in June, NODX set to improve in H2
"Barring an exacerbation of Covid-19 infections across Singapore’s key trading partners, we are now hopeful for a potential positive growth in NODX for the year," UOB Global Economics & Markets ... ( read original story ...)
Construction sand mining a new WA export as first shipment heads to Singapore
With a shortage of sand for building, Singapore will import more than one million tonnes of "socially and environmentally responsible" construction material from Western Australia. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May Snap Losing Streak On Monday
The Singapore stock market has finished lower in two straight sessions, sinking more than 30 points or 1.1 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 2,620-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Why “Economically Free” Singapore Stands Alone
“Singapore has become a byword for excellence, whether it be in education, in commerce, in high technology, in your city administration and plans for traffic management which others are ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank-Backed Insurer Aims for 2021 IPO in India Tech’s Debut
Online insurance platform Policybazaar aims to go public in 2021 at a valuation north of $3.5 billion, potentially becoming the first of India’s mega-startups to debut as its digital economy booms. ( read original story ...)
Sheldon Adelson’s Singapore Casino Ends Suit With $6.5 Million Payment
The Singapore casino run by billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp. has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a former patron, meeting his demand for a S$9.1 million ($6.5 million) payment ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore GE2020: Population debate should not be about picking a number
In 1980, when Singapore was still a developing country, its population was 2.4 million. Suppose the government of the day had announced a target for the population to more than double to 5.7 million ... ( read original story ...)
Recreating Singapore’s chicken satay
For a city so scorched by the sun, Singapore can feel cold, a crisp urban maze of pristine and ordered streets, soaring and faceless concrete and glass, and hyper-air conditioned subterranean ... ( read original story ...)
Getz and UOB collaboration helps lower food delivery costs for F&B
UOB and Getz collaboration dishes up lower food delivery costs for F&B businesses and helps them build their online storefronts quickly UOB clients who take up Getz’s solution will enjoy lowered trans ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Singapore reports 257 new infections; Bugis+ cinema hall among places visited by cases
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed another 257 of COVID-19 infections, taking Singapore’s total to 47,912. ( read original story ...)
Attempts to hack into Singapore media sites more than double: Study
Criminals more than doubled their attempts last year to hack into media websites here to access personal and financial details of users, a new study has reported.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore researchers discover antibodies that neutralise coronavirus
The search for antibodies that can neutralise the coronavirus in a Covid-19 patient can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, but researchers in Singapore have prevailed.. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)
The rise of personal finance bloggers, out to save financially illiterate millennials
How do you make personal finance shareable for the Instagram generation? Replace jargon with relatable comics and a conversational tone to ensure ... ( read original story ...)