with other deployments planned for the Singapore F1 Night Race and the New Year countdown event.Over 150,000 people are expected at the Marina Bay area to celebrate National Day next week. Singtel mobile customers gathered there will be able to enjoy a ... ( read original story ...)
One of China’s leading marketplace lenders has raised $220 million to fuel regional growth
The funding will go toward automating branches of Dianrong's lending business, R&D projects, acquisitions at home and abroad, and expanding in Asian markets including Indonesia, Singapore ... Card Industry and Market Mobile Payment Technologies Mobile ... ( read original story ...)
ST Electronics injects $12.6m new capital to its Thailand arm
This will boost its ongoing rail electronics business. Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) injected new capital of $12.6m into its Thailand subsidiary, according to a release by Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering). ( read original story ...)
5 reasons why you should be getting your next bed from Harvey Norman
Reputed as a leading electronics, IT, furniture and bedding retail chain ... Harvey Norman Harvey Norman's Millenia Walk outlet is home to the largest bedding range in Singapore. There are more than 100 mattresses and 100 bed frames to choose from ... ( read original story ...)
Accenture snaps up marketing and sales firm Brand Learning
The Singapore office first started up in 2014 and hired Sandeep Khanna, former vice president of corporate marketing APAC at LG Electronics and head of marketing at Nokia and Akzo Nobel ICI Paints to grow the office. A year later, board partner Harriet de ... ( read original story ...)
Mouser Electronics Receives Outstanding Brand Image Award at China Finance Summit
August 3, 2017 - Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor ... Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Bangkok and India. Each office offers local customer representatives who provide personalized service and technical ... ( read original story ...)
Conversation With A PRC New Citizen
Recently, I was in Aljunied Town Centre Market buying fresh fruits and happened to come across a young PRC guy selling electronics and other daily necessities. He told me he moved to Singapore more than 10 years ago and currently staying in Sengkang ... ( read original story ...)
Xilinx’s 11th Annual OpenHW Design Contest Supports Singapore’s Smart Cities and Smart Campus Initiatives
"Singapore, with its comprehensive electronics ecosystem, is well-positioned to drive innovation for the next generation of products. We are very pleased to welcome the OpenHW Contest and look forward to a new wave of innovative hardware originating from ... ( read original story ...)
News in numbers: Workplace fatalities in Singapore during Jan-Jun 2017
Singapore’s workplaces witnessed the deaths of 19 workers in Jan-Jun 2017 (H1 2017), with the most number of workplace fatalities in the manufacturing sector (five cases), followed by the construction sector (two cases), in data published by WSH Institute. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For August 4
WITH the increasing frequency and severity of natural catastrophes striking Asia, the region needs to close the wide protection gap through insurance to lower the financial impact of natural disasters and raise disaster resilience, said Ravi Menon ... ( read original story ...)
Uber Singapore ‘leased fire-prone Hondas’
SINGAPORE - Uber Technologies Inc's auto-lending programme is facing new questions after the company leased cars prone to fires in Singapore. The ride-hailing company borrowed capital from Goldman Sachs Group Inc and other banks used to purchase more than ... ( read original story ...)
MAS eyes increase in insurance coverage for deposits
SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Friday (Aug 4) asked interested parties to give their views on its proposal to enhance the Deposit Insurance scheme, including increasing the deposit insurance coverage of Singapore dollar deposits ... ( read original story ...)
Western Union armed robbery: 56-year-old man arrested
SINGAPORE: A 56-year-old Singaporean man suspected to have robbed a Western Union branch in Ubi at knifepoint has been arrested, the Singapore Police Force announced on Friday (Aug 4). The police said despite an initial lack of leads, officers were ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Air Offers Unpaid Leave to Crew in Cost-Cutting Review
Singapore Airlines Ltd. is offering three months of voluntary unpaid leave to cabin crew as it seeks to cut costs amid rising competition in the region. The carrier is asking some of its flight attendants to take the leave from September, it said in an ... ( read original story ...)
Mr Bean Group clarifies it’s not involved in bringing Gong Cha back to Singapore
Upon hearing the news, we wrote about its impending comeback - and Rodney ... So Who Won The Race To Bring Gong Cha To Singapore? With the promise of bringing the chain in the next few months in a "bigger, better, upgraded format", Kim Soo-Min, president ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s DBS second-quarter profit up 8.5 percent on loan growth, flags pressures on asset quality
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's biggest lender, DBS Group Holdings, reported an 8.5 percent increase in quarterly profit that came in line with market expectations, boosted by strong loan growth, but the bank flagged pressures on asset quality. ( read original story ...)