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(Bloomberg) -- Singapore has built up a stake of about 3% in Julius Baer Group, providing a major boost for a Swiss wealth manager that’s focused on wooing wealthy Asians. The acquisition through ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s purchasing managers index slumped in May, signaling a contraction in manufacturing as trade tensions and a global slowdown weigh on the city state’s economy. The PMI ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's air force sent two fighter jets to escort an incoming passenger plane over of a bomb threat which turned out to be a hoax, say officials. There were 144 passengers on board Scoot flight ... ( read original story ...)

He is currently assisting police with their investigations, said the reports. A spokesman from Singapore carrier Scoot told news outlet The Straits Times that all 144 passengers and six crew members ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Constance Lien, Singapore’s first Asian Games medallist in the sport of jiu-jitsu, has added a World Championship title to her name. She emerged triumphant in the blue-belt adult ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that countries including the United States need to be willing to change international rules in response to a stronger China. Speaking at an annual ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says countries including the United States need to be willing to change international rules in response to a stronger China. “Countries have to accept that ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged the world’s biggest economies to accommodate each other’s interests to avoid a prolonged conflict, adding that the U.S. “has the most difficult ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore this month joined the rapidly growing list of countries seeking to shield their citizens from harmful content online by passing anti-fake news legislation. While critics have focused on the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Singapore and the United States on Friday (31 May) agreed to renew a long-standing agreement for the US’ use of military facilities in Singapore. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), ... ( read original story ...)

during which the two reaffirmed the "excellent and long-standing bilateral defence relations" between Singapore and the United States, according to a Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) news release. The ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- United Overseas Bank Ltd.’s chief executive officer said he is comfortable going outside his family for a successor to run the lender his grandfather founded more than eight decades ago ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore this month joined the rapidly growing list of countries seeking to shield their citizens from harmful content online by passing anti-fake news legislation. While critics have focused on the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore, the tiny Southeast Asian city-state, is an unlikely place for a farming revolution. With tiered fish farms, vegetable plots atop office buildings and lab-grown shrimp, ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday (May 28) added Singapore and Malaysia to a watchlist of trading partners for currency practices, citing both countries' foreign exchange intervention ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) - United Overseas Bank Ltd. is betting Southeast Asia will shield it from the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China, distancing itself from the approach of its two main rivals ... ( read original story ...)