Singapore has cemented its position as Asia’s top financial center, according to the Global Financial Centers Index produced by Z/Yen Partners. In September, the GFCI placed Singapore first in Asia, ...
Top Stock Market Highlights of the Week: Singapore Post, US Federal Reserve and DBS Group
Welcome to this week’s edition of top stock market highlights. Singapore Post, or SingPost, is expanding its integrated logistics network with the acquisition of Border Express (BEX) for a maximum ...
Hours-long disruption to Singapore public hospitals’ websites caused by DDoS attack
The DDoS attacks are continuing and there may be "occasional disruptions" in internet services, says Singapore health tech agency Synapxe.
Singapore tops list of world’s richest countries
The rankings underline Singapore's remarkable economic might and exceptional financial standing in the global landscape ...
Singapore Police Issue Warning Over WhatsApp Phishing Scam
Singapore's police force have issued a warning in relation to a new variant of a phishing scam that involves hackers taking over a victim's WhatsApp account and contacts.
Private tutor in Singapore gets more than four years’ jail for molesting male students at their homes during tuition lessons
A private tutor molested his male students, then between 10 and 12 years old, during their tuition lessons when he was alone with each boy separately at ...
UOB saw credit card applications rise by 45% after Taylor Swift pre-sale; plans to have two global partnerships a year
To be sure, the bank saw 45% growth in its daily application submissions for its credit cards after the announcement of pre-sale tickets for Taylor Swift’s six concerts in Singapore. Debit cards saw a ...
After Taylor Swift, UOB plans 2 global partnerships yearly to ride on concert fever
UOB is planning two global partnerships in the entertainment space every year, as it taps the segment to drive acquisition and spending across its retail business. Read more at The Business Times.
UOB Kay Hian maintains ‘overweight’ rating on S-REITs; remains positive on CLAR and PLife REIT
UOB Kay Hian has maintained its "overweight" rating on Singapore REITs (S-REITs) as CapitaLand Ascendas REIT A17U - UOB analyst Jonathan Koh is keeping “buy” on CLAR with a target price of $3.13 ...
Singapore: Private tutor, 57, sentenced to 53 months’ jail for molesting two of his male pupils
SINGAPORE: A private tutor who molested two of his male pupils was sentenced to 53 months’ jail on Friday. Sou Kum Choi, 57, pleaded guilty on Friday to one charge of molesting an 11-year-old boy in ...
Singapore retail sales growth slows to lower-than-expected 0.6% in September
SINGAPORE’S retail sales inched up 0.6 per cent year on year in September, significantly less than the revised 4.2 per cent growth recorded in August, Department of Statistics (SingStat) data showed ...
Singapore shares rally for second straight day after rate pause; STI up 2%
THE Straits Times Index (STI) rose 2 per cent or 61.17 points for the day to 3,143.66 points, and wrapped up the five-session trading week at 2.7 per cent higher than the week before. Read more at The ...
Singapore’s Changi Airport fully reopens Terminal 2 following dramatic makeover
Singapore’s Changi Airport has fully reopened Terminal 2 following a massive 3.5-year expansion project. Given it was voted ‘world’s best airport’ in the 2023 Skytrax Airport Awards, it should come as ...
Is ‘Forward Singapore’ a soft launch of a manifesto by Lawrence Wong ahead of PAP leadership change?
Forward Singapore', the product of a nationwide feedback exercise, offers a road map for an inclusive Singapore that analysts say will inform the ruling PAP's election campaign The initiative could ...
Brokers’ take: OCBC raises SingPost’s fair value to S$0.555, awaits structural solution
OCBC Investment Research has increased its fair-value estimate for Singapore Post (SingPost) to S$0.555 from S$0.54, following the national postal-service provider’s update of its H1 financials on ...
OCBC & Care Corner S’pore to reach out to over 3,500 low-income seniors to fight social isolation
OCBC and Care Corner Singapore launched a programme on Nov. 1, 2023 to address social isolation amongst seniors from low-income families. Both organisations aim to reach out to over 3,500 seniors ...