A man posed as a woman online to lure a 17-year-old boy into having commercial sex with him. Muhammad Al-Masfuiin Muhsin, now 26, had pretended to be a woman who was looking for a "sex slave" to ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Data Firm Equinix Clinches New JV Deals With Singapore’s GIC
U.S.-based data centre firm Equinix Inc on Monday said it had signed agreements for additional joint ventures with Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC to add $3.9 billion to expand a data centre ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based Allozymes and Hong Kong-based Senior Deli announced as co-winners at Future Food Asia 2021
Singapore-based Allozymes and Hong Kong-based Senior Deli were announced as co-winners at Future Food Asia 2021 and will receive US$ 100,000 each. Singapore-based A.I. food fingerprinting technology ... ( read original story ...)
Sona Comstar IPO opens today: Should you subscribe to the issue?
Sona Comstar will launch its initial public offering (IPO) today. The auto component maker plans to raise Rs 5,550 crore through the share sale. The IPO comprises fresh issue of shares amounting to ... ( read original story ...)
Four IPOs to hit markets next week; companies eye Rs. 9,123 crore
The initial public offering (IPO) market is expected to recover due to the launch of initial share-sales by four firms scheduled next week that is expected to raise Rs. 9,123 crore (US$ 1.25 billion) ... ( read original story ...)
Private-sector economists raise Singapore’s 2021 growth forecast to 6.5% from 5.8%: MAS survey
SINGAPORE - Private-sector analysts have raised their forecast for Singapore's economic growth this year to above the Government's 4 per cent to 6 per cent range, despite the latest round of tighter ... ( read original story ...)
F&B, retail micro, small enterprises ‘coping better’ during heightened alert versus circuit breaker: DBS
MICRO and small enterprises in Singapore's food and beverage (F&B) and retail sector are coping better during the Phase 2 Heightened Alert (HA) versus last year's "circuit-breaker" period, DBS said on ... ( read original story ...)
Private-sector economists raise Singapore’s 2021 growth forecast again to 6.5%: MAS survey
SINGAPORE: Private-sector economists have once again raised their 2021 growth forecasts for the Singapore economy, according to the latest ... ( read original story ...)
Economists Expect Singapore’s Economy to Grow Faster This Year, MAS Survey Shows
Singapore's economy is likely to expand at a quicker pace this year than previously expected, as faster growth in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore offshore-listed companies consider ‘homecoming’ flotations
Some of Singapore’s largest offshore-listed companies have considered whether to hold “homecoming” share sales in the city-state after approaches from its stock market and investment bankers. The ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore home prices to grow by up to 7% this year
RHB adjusted its forecast for residential home prices in Singapore from 0% to 3%, to between 5% to 7% this year. ( read original story ...)
Sona Comstar IPO opens today: Should you take the ride?
The Rs 5,550-crore Sona Comstar IPO consists of fresh issue of Rs 300 crore and an offer for sale of Rs 5,250 crore. The price band is fixed at Rs 285-291/share. Read on to know what the brokerages ar ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Salary Guide: How The Median Income Has Increased Over The Years (And Why This Figure Really Should Not Matter)
For every Singaporean who wants to know how they are doing compared to everyone else, especially during a pandemic, we can refer to the median income information published by the Ministry of Manpower ... ( read original story ...)
Higher Open Expected For Singapore Stock Market
The Singapore stock market turned lower again on Friday, one session after halting the two-day slide in which it had fallen more than 20 points or 0.6 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just ... ( read original story ...)
157 suspected serious reactions to Covid-19 vaccine reported out of nearly 3.7 million doses given in Singapore: HSA
SINGAPORE - There have been 157 reports here of suspected reactions to the Covid-19 vaccine severe enough to be life-threatening or result in hospitalisation, among other serious conditions.However, ... ( read original story ...)
Two firms in Singapore fined S$43,000 in total over personal data breaches affecting Mindef, SAF personnel
The HMI Institute of Health Sciences and ST Logistics have been fined S$35,000 (RM108,500) and S$8,000 respectively, after two separate malware incidents in 2019 led to the breach of personal data of ... ( read original story ...)