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The U.S. presidential election result may still be in doubt, but whoever emerges victorious will need to unite the country to adapt to challenges of globalization and digitization or risk a pushback ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s financial regulator is prioritising its crack down on disclosure breaches, the misselling of financial products and anti-money laundering this year and next as the city state looks to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's top lenders, DBS Group Holdings Ltd and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd , reported declines in quarterly profits on Thursday, hit by lower net interest income, but the ... ( read original story ...)

The review was launched following the acquittal of an Indonesian domestic worker accused of theft who battled for four years to clear her name. ( read original story ...)

The 2019 conviction of an immigrant domestic helper for stealing wasn’t improperly biased in favor of her rich and powerful employer, Singapore Law Minister K Shanmugam said in an address to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's central bank said on Wednesday it would prioritise combatting disclosure breaches, mis-selling of financial products, and money laundering in a report on financial markets oversight. ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has moved higher in two straight sessions, rallying almost 75 points or 3 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the 2,500-point plateau and it ... ( read original story ...)

United Overseas Bank Ltd reported a 40% drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday as Singapore's third-largest-listed lender bulked up loan loss provisions in pandemic-hit markets and its net interest ... ( read original story ...)

There were nine new coronavirus cases confirmed yesterday, taking Singapore's total to 58,029.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Singapore pupils aged over seven must use the city state's contact-tracing app or wearable device from December. Both use Bluetooth signals to log any contact with other users' devices. Pupils do not ... ( read original story ...)

One of Asia’s worst-performing stock markets got some respite on Tuesday ahead of the U.S. presidential poll as investors gear up for a Biden win. ( read original story ...)

President Halimah Yacob has formally assented to the third Supplementary Supply and Budget Adjustments Bill that provides for an extra S$8 billion in Covid-19 support, said Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin when ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has not received any reports of "long COVID" in Singapore thus far, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said in a ... ( read original story ...)

Amendments have been added to the country's Personal Data Protection Act to allow businesses to use consumer data without prior consent for some purposes such as business improvement and research, and ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore wants to improve standards in its commodities trading industry after scandals rocked banks' confidence in lending to the sector, its trade minister said on Monday. ( read original story ...)

The average annual first-time issuance volume more than doubled during the scheme period of 2017 to 2019.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)