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SINGAPORE - Singapore stocks opened weaker on Monday (Nov 27) with the Straits Times Index retreating 1.67 points to 3,440.48 as at 9.02am after fits of volatility in markets last week. Gainers outnumbered losers 73 to 42, after 31.1 million shares worth S ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore Government has launched in China the first overseas initiative under the Global Innovation Alliance (GIA), a network to promote entrepreneurship and innovation with a focus on technology. Singapore has reported its first case of laughing gas ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong visited the United States from 23 to 26 October 2017 and had discussions with President Donald Trump, key economic and security members of his cabinet and important figures in Congress. He was the fourth Southeast ... ( read original story ...)

The tropical city is starting to get left out in the cold when it comes to marketing offshore dollar debt, in another sign of the increasing influence of China. At least 37 Chinese companies skipped roadshows in Singapore this year, out of the 136 that ... ( read original story ...)

Nov.26 -- Singapore is being left out in the cold in Asia's dollar bond market, even in a banner year for sales. More Chinese companies are choosing to skip roadshows in the city-state and are taking a bigger share of the buyer-base in the region. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE – An Indian-origin former woman warrant officer in the Singapore Army was on Monday jailed for four months and three weeks for abusing and beating her Indian maid. K Rajakumari, 57, who retired after 35 years of service, apologised to Sargunam ... ( read original story ...)

Southeast Asian content commissioning powerhouses congregated at the Singapore International Film Festival to discuss the kind of content they are looking for at a panel discussion titled ‘Producing Stories in Southeast Asia’. “Come to us with a ... ( read original story ...)

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Singapore’s central bank has launched a batch of initiatives — including helping banks create an industry-wide platform for compliance checks — as the city aims to become a global hub for financial technology. Ravi Menon, managing director of the ... ( read original story ...)

From the glittering office towers clustered by the waterfront, to the spotless malls crowded with perfectly coiffed shoppers, it’s hard not to feel transported into the future when you arrive in Singapore – a hi-tech, consumer-oriented kind of future ... ( read original story ...)

It was likely that some people in the government thought that it was shameful for Chinese Malaysians to run the national shipping line. When I sensed that this was their attitude, it was time for me to call it a day. Kuok Brothers eventually sold all their ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore - home to some 400 fintech startups and 100+ financial institutions–is more ambitious than ever to take the global fintech hub crown. The government-led, corporation sponsored Fintech Festival is into its second year, this time bigger and ... ( read original story ...)

Malaysian-born billionaire Robert Kuok has just published his memoirs – due out at bookshops this weekend – but they are by no means a tell-all. For starters he reveals few clues on the decades-old question of who will succeed him at the helm of the ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Airlines is introducing fantastic new products for their Airbus A380s. They have 5 new planes replacing 5 that are being returned to their lessor, and those are being delivered over the next year. They’ll be introduced into service with the new ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore media artist Ong Kian Peng once spent three months on a "very ulu" island in South Korea's Gyeonggi province, taking in its sights and sounds as part of a sponsored art residency programme. He then created a series of videos representing Daebu ... ( read original story ...)

The title of the panel discussion at the Singapore International Film Festival on Saturday was innocuous enough – Singapore cinema: Then and Now – but the filmmaker panelists chose to speak about subjects close to their hearts, especially the use of ... ( read original story ...)