Man fined S$3,500 for importing a live tortoise

The animal is a protected species under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and a permit is required for any import, export and re-export of CITES-listed species in Singapore. The live tortoise ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore M&A activity hit 4-year high at US$33.8b

Two large M&A deals breached the US$3b mark in H1. Overall Singapore merger and acquisition (M&A) activity jumped 19.1% to US$33.8b so far this year, reaching the highest first half period since 2014 at US$54.6b, Thomson Reuters revealed. According to data ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore export growth surges in May

Pharmaceutical shipments can be highly volatile but they did the trick last month, driving Singapore export growth to a seven-month high. Non-oil domestic exports jumped 15.5 per cent over the same month last year, easily trumping economist expectations of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Exports Surge

Singapore’s exports grew at a surprisingly robust pace in ... recently saying it would levy additional tariffs on as much as $50-billion worth of Chinese imports. Beijing has responded with similar measures on US products. Although many observers say ... ( read original story ...)

Spike in Singapore’s non-oil exports in May

Both electronic and non-electronic re-exports rose. Total trade rose over the year in May, supported by both export and import growth. Singapore-headquartered online media company targeting Indian Diaspora across Singapore, US, UK and Dubai. Connected to ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. oil slumps as China threatens duty on U.S. crude imports

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices slumped on Monday after China threatened duties on American crude imports in an escalating trade dispute with Washington. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $63.84 a barrel, down $1.22 ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore private home prices may surge 20% this year: Savills

Property consultancy Savills reckons that private home prices here may rise 15 to 20 percent for the whole of 2018 – up from its previous forecast of between 12 and 15 percent, reported Singapore Business Review. It raised its estimates after 22 units ... ( read original story ...)

Nirav Modi sought Singapore residency

MUMBAI: Diamond merchant Nirav Modi wanted to obtain the status of Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR) after he decided to flee India and had submitted an application for the same with the Singapore authority. However, he was unable to get SPR status as CBI ... ( read original story ...)