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A few years ago, Quek Siu Rui huddled with the board of his Singapore startup to consider whether to sell. Quek was only 26 and the $100 million offer would have made him wealthy beyond his dreams. But he said no: He wanted to keep building the business. ( read original story ...)

When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump hold their summit at an exclusive venue in Singapore, one of the priciest destinations in Asia, they will no doubt run up quite a bill. And if past precedent is any indication ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Elon Musk, chief executive of U.S. electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla Inc, defended his view that Singapore was not supportive of EV ownership after a commentary in the city-state’s biggest newspaper criticized the billionaire’s so ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has designated a central region of the wealthy city state as a “special event area” from June 10 to 14, for the planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the government said ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore (CNN)It was billed as the pre-summit summit. A gathering of regional defense chiefs in the very same city where the two leaders of the United States and North Korea are due to meet in a mere 10 days' time. But rather than offering a preview of ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE—Of all Singapore’s big hotels, only one shows all its rooms and restaurants are blocked out for the week surrounding June 12, when U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to meet in the city. The booking crunch ... ( read original story ...)

(CNN)In the early days of the Iraq War, the director of the Secret Service was summoned to the White House Situation Room for a meeting with Joe Hagin, then serving as President George W. Bush's operations chief. Bush, Hagin told him, wanted to spend ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - For the region's military officers, diplomats, weapons manufacturers and spies, there are few livelier places than the lobby of Singapore's Shangri-La hotel around mid-year. Here, beneath pillared ceilings and chandeliers, they gather ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. planners, the people told the Post, are considering asking Singapore to foot the bill. A White House official told CBS News Saturday evening, "we aren't paying for hotels" but did not offer any further details. State Department spokesperson Heather ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen criticized both the U.S. and China for taking “unilateral actions,” lumping the two rivals together as nations challenging the current global order. In a speech to the annual IISS Shangri-La Dialogue security forum ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore (CNN)US Defense Secretary James Mattis accused China of "intimidation and coercion" in the Indo-Pacific and declared that the United States does not plan to abandon its role in the region during a speech Saturday in Singapore. "Make no mistake ... ( read original story ...)

The US is reportedly looking for ways to facilitate travel accommodations for North Korean officials set to meet President Donald Trump on June 12. Kim Jong Un's team reportedly indicated Kim Jong Un's entourage preferred to stay at an island resort near ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — China’s placement of weapons systems on manmade islands in the South China Sea is designed to intimidate and coerce others in the region, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday, laying out a sharp criticism of Beijing at an ... ( read original story ...)

“We'll be meeting on June 12 in Singapore," the president told reporters after the ... one that their country has not been prepared to make before." Fox News’ John Roberts and Serafin Gomez and The Associated Press contributed to this report. ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- PropNex Realty Pte, Singapore’s biggest property broker, plans to seek about S$40 million ($30 million) from a proposed Singapore initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said. Load Error The company is targeting a ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- PropNex Realty Pte, Singapore’s biggest property broker, plans to seek about S$40 million ($30 million) from a proposed Singapore initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said. The company is targeting a market ... ( read original story ...)