First Abu Dhabi Bank looked long at hard at Standard Chartered, and others will do the same so long as it’s cheap. But any suitor must win the approval of Temasek.
DBS: Singapore Leads the Pack in Digitalising Customer Experience
There is widespread enthusiasm among companies to digitalise customer experience and engagement but they faced significant challenges in achieving success.
Singapore minister: Imposing country-specific measures not effective to prevent Covid-19 infection waves, ‘best defence’ is vaccination
Imposing country-specific measures is not the right path to preventing Covid-19 infection waves since new waves and variants can emerge from any part ...
Singapore to ‘carefully’ restore China air links, amid tepid global response
Singapore is to "carefully" restore air connectivity with Mainland China, following the latter country's full border reopening, even as flights remain well below pre-pandemic levels.
‘Are we spoiling our baby?’ Singapore parents fly toddler on first class 4 times, here’s why
Most of us would probably never consider sitting on a first class flight in our lifetime. But for 15-month-old Kaelus, it's already his fourth time.And while some may think that the child is being ...
Singapore’s art and culture scene is a love letter to its city
All those things continue to be such a reservoir of excitement and admiration.” Artists like Tan credit growing up and living in Singapore—where art and culture intersect with their daily lives—to ...
Singapore-based Supermom helps parenting brands navigate a post-cookie world
Supermom, a parenting platform with 20 million users in six Southeast Asian countries, offers parents price comparisons, communities and the chance to earn money by completing surveys. For brands, it ...
Singapore : ASEAN continues to urge Tatmadaw to implement five-point consensus “swiftly and fully”
ASEAN continues to urge the Myanmar military or Tatmadaw to implement the Five-Point Consensus “swiftly and fully”, said Singapore’s Minister For Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. The minister ...
Nifty to reclaim 18300 or bears to drag index below 18000? 7 things to know before share market opening bell
SGX Nifty is trading marginally in red, hinting at a flat to negative start for Indian benchmark indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50. Here are 7 key things you need to know before share market opens ...
Olam targets agribusiness IPO in H1 with listings in Singapore, Saudi Arabia
OLAM Group has outlined plans to list Olam Agri, its agribusiness unit, as early as H1 2023, it said on Tuesday (Jan 10). Read more at The Business Times.
Commentary: Poorly executed layoffs aren’t good business sense
Could more layoffs be coming amid economic uncertainty, even a possible recession? Twitter’s mess shows badly executed retrenchments can hurt companies, say HR leaders Aslam Sardar and Carmen Wee.
Singapore jails Indonesian man who said he viewed child porn because he was ‘bored’
Randy Rosigit claimed he began looking at pornography more frequently, including child abuse material while bored at home for long periods during Covid lockdowns.
Singapore knife incident: Alleged attacker known to neighbourhood police, tests positive for drugs
A 42-year-old man who purportedly held a woman at knifepoint in Yishun yesterday (January 9) is known to police officers who regularly patrolled ...
Singapore stocks open lower on Tuesday; STI down 0.1%
SINGAPORE shares declined in early trade on Tuesday (Jan 10) after US equities ended mixed overnight. Read more at The Business Times.
Visa: Consumers in Singapore prefer standardized personal data requests
Visa partners Singapore IMDA to improve data consent standards, placing control of personal data back into the hands of the consumer ...
Olam Group Aims For First-Half IPO of Agribusiness Unit
Olam Group said in a release Tuesday that it is seeking a primary listing of its agribusiness subsidiary on the Singapore Exchange, and is mulling a possible concurrent listing in Saudi Arabia. "Olam ...