Category: BUSINESS

“The Chinatown Festivals play an integral role in preserving and passing on our Chinese traditions and customs. For this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, we hope to evoke fond memories for Singaporeans by recreating Singapore’s traditional lanterns ... ( read original story ...)

Al-Hayat/Reuters An ISIS fighter from Singapore has challenged Prince Harry to a fight in a terrorist propaganda video. The militant, who uses the name Abu Uqayl, laid down the gauntlet to Harry, telling him "come here and fight us if you're man enough." ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE -- Ant Financial Services Group, the online payment arm of China's e-commerce leader Alibaba Group Holding, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) to improve the overall Singapore experience for tourists ... ( read original story ...)

Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the United States and the U.K. issued advisories on Monday and at the weekend warning that increased volcanic activity at Mount Agung in eastern Bali could disrupt flights at one of the world's most popular tourist ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4 percent in August, compared to the 0.6 percent of CPI-All Items inflation in July, said Ministry of Trade and Industry and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in a joint release on Monday. The ... ( read original story ...)

The SBI offers the highest interest rates on deposits among other banks here, handles wealth management, insurance and rupee remittances among a wide range of services, he said. The new branch underlines the SBI's growing banking business in Singapore, he ... ( read original story ...)

According to a statement by the Group Managing Director, Sifax Group, Mr John Jenkins, on Sunday in Lagos, the brand new bulk carrier, which made its first voyage to any port in the world from Singapore ... in the general cargo business. ( read original story ...)

INTERNATIONAL - Singapore has overtaken nations including the U.S., Russia and China as the country launching the most cyber attacks globally, according to Israeli data security firm Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. The company, whose software tracks ... ( read original story ...)

Zespri's head of global sales and marketing based in Singapore, Dan Mathieson ... as we continue to increase demand ahead of supply and expand our 12-month supply business. As chief executive I will focus significantly on these elements so I will base ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE – Singapore's consumer prices rose at a slower-than-expected pace in August, as housing and utilities costs continued to fall. Continue Reading Below The consumer-price index rose 0.4% in August from the previous year. Economists polled by The ... ( read original story ...)

business interests and social life. The factors include scale of the economy, human development, peace and stability (internal), visa-free travel and the ability to settle and work abroad (external). Regionally, Singapore saw a 0.9% value increase to be ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore-based fin-tech start-up FinMomenta, which entered the Indian online P2P (peer to peer) lending market early this year with its product called Tachyloans, will soon be lending to salaried professionals working in small and mid-size firms ... ( read original story ...)

US asset manager BlackRock plans to sell an office building in the heart of Singapore’s business district to a local real estate investment trust for $S2.15 billion ($2bn). CapitaLand Commercial Trust would buy Asia Square Tower 2 from BlackRock Asia ... ( read original story ...)

CGBP will bring in Singapore-based expert Victor Tan, an authority in the field of trade. He has 15 years of banking experience in Europe covering areas of international trade finance, remittances, guarantees, and import and export. He has worked with ... ( read original story ...)

Food catering firm Neo Group said it entered into an exclusive negotiation agreement to buy shares in ER Marketing and Ever Rich. Under the agreement, the potential vendors and the two companies have agreed to provide Neo Group with an exclusive period ... ( read original story ...)

The company formed a Singapore-based trading company “for the primary purpose ... which currently accounts for about one percent of the company’s business. Phoenix Petroleum has entered the LPG retail market with the acquisition of the local unit ... ( read original story ...)