Despite the strong 'chope-ing' culture here, it can be met with confusion in other countries. Australian Chloe Baradinski posted a TikTok about an interaction she had during peak hour at a food court ...
Google to invest US$5 billion to complete next phase of Singapore Data Center and Cloud Region campus expansion
Google announced the completion of its latest data center and cloud region campus expansion in Singapore. This milestone brings the company's total investments in technical infrastructure in the ...
Standard Chartered targets double-digit annual growth in international banking over next 3 years
SINGAPORE: Standard Chartered aims to expand its international banking business, as revealed by James Lye, the head of the bank’s international banking division, in a recent press interaction on June ...
OCBC going bigger on tech as it looks to support Chinese firms
SHENZHEN: OCBC Bank’s plan to expand its software engineering team will give a leg up to the lender’s corporate banking business, says its executives in the high-tech hub of Shenzhen. Singapore’s ...
Exclusive-Vietnam to let companies import gold for first time in years, industry official says
Vietnam is expected to allow companies to import gold for the first time in over a decade, as it aims to bridge the widening gap between local prices and international benchmarks, an industry official ...
Top 20 Singapore-listed China-related stocks see median total returns of 8.4% so far this year
Leading the pack was Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, which generated total returns of 67.9 per cent year-to-date. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore Airlines offers compensation to turbulence flight passengers
Singapore Airlines has sent offers of compensation to passengers on board a flight last month that encountered severe turbulence and led to dozens of injuries and one death, the airline said on ...
Singapore Ramps Up Scrutiny of Family Offices, Hedge Funds
Singapore authorities are demanding more information from family offices and hedge funds while stepping up closures of dormant firms after a string of scandals highlighted cracks in the financial ...
Private equity firms account for 51% of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd’s (SGX:S63) ownership, while individual investors account for 36%
We can see that Singapore Technologies Engineering does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. This can indicate that the company has a certain degree of ...
From $354m to $382b: S’pore holding company grows as an active global investor
AT age 33, she took whatever work she could find, from repairing gunny sacks used to transport rice to cleaning the offices on Pulau Bukom, an offshore petrochemicals site. Read more at The Business ...
Singapore Warns Businesses Of Bitcoin Ransomware Risks
Authorities have issued a joint advisory to alert local businesses to the rising threat of the Akira ransomware attack in Singapore.
How Singapore-China business matchmaking and green finance initiatives facilitate trade and collaborations
Through green financing solutions, innovative partnerships, this finance platform promotes cross-border trade and supports companies to achieve ESG objectives Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singaporean Businesses Targeted by Crypto Ransomware
Akira, an infamous ransomware, has set its eyes on Singaporean businesses after wreaking havoc on others worldwide within a year. It has stolen over $42 million from about 250 firms […] ...
The Singapore Stone’s carvings have been undeciphered for centuries – now we’re trying to crack the puzzle
If you pay a visit to the Singapore Stone, displayed at the National Museum of Singapore, you might be disappointed. That’s because the inscription – carrying an unknown writing system transcribing an unknown language – is fading. But if you love ...
MACC reaches out to Singapore Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau for information on ‘flying container’ mastermind, reveals source
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has reached out to Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) in an effort to track ...
MACC REACHES OUT TO SINGAPORE CPIB FOR INFORMATION ON ‘FLYING CONTAINER’ MASTERMIND
has reached out to Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) in an effort to track A Singaporean national suspected to be the mastermind in the container tax evasion case (flying ...