The Singapore stock market has moved higher in three straight trading days, rising more than 55 points or 2.2 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 2,575-point ... ( read original story ...)
In Singapore, Spy Robots Make Social Distancing Reinforcement Like Something Out of a Movie
R3 roams public spaces and reminds citizens that to prevent the spread of COVID-19, "gathering in public parks are not allowed." ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Was a Coronavirus Success Story—Until an Outbreak Showed How Vulnerable Workers Can Fall Through the Cracks
Asadul Alam Asif has watched nervously as Singapore reported more and more COVID-19 cases in migrant workers’ dormitories like the one where he lives. The 28-year-old Bangladeshi technician counted ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Employment Plunges Most Since SARS Outbreak in 2003
Employment in Singapore began the year with its sharpest quarterly contraction since the SARS outbreak in 2003 as the city-state contends with the highest number of coronavirus infections in Southeast ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s first-quarter jobless rate highest in a decade, foreign employment drops
Singapore's unemployment rate edged up in the first quarter to its highest in more than a decade, as the government warned that labour market conditions were likely to further worsen due to the ... ( read original story ...)
Australian High Commissioner to Singapore says more digital agreements are in the works
Australian High Commissioner to Singapore Bruce Gosper has hinted that Australia is in talks with other countries in the region about inking additional bilateral digital economy agreements after it ... ( read original story ...)
‘Invisible and possibly forgotten’: Singapore’s second wave of coronavirus cases prompts soul searching on the conditions of foreign workers
Low-paid South Asian laborers in the city-state have been the worst affected by COVID-19 and have the most trouble accessing health care. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s ‘hooligan cook’ offers free meals for needy during virus lockdown
As food stalls around him have closed during the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore, 28-year-old cook Jason Chua has vowed to stay open for the many that now depend on him. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus pandemic will likely end the strong profit growth in Singapore banks
Singapore's three largest banks are scheduled to release first-quarter earnings in the coming days, starting with DBS on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Packed With Migrant Workers, Dormitories Fuel Coronavirus in Singapore
Cases of the virus in dormitories, which can house up to 20 people per room, accounted for 88 percent of the nation’s cases, as of Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Hit With Late Coronavirus Surges, Japan and Singapore Shut Down Music Sectors
Taken together, Japan and Singapore are underscoring that no major music market has been immune from the global reach of the virus. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Management University, Tradeteq experiment with quantum computing-based credit scoring
Singapore Management University and Tradeteq are exploring the advantages of a quantum system for machine learning applied to credit scoring. ( read original story ...)
Singapore says its COVID-19 cases may be higher than official tallies
Singapore said on Tuesday that the number of migrant workers infected with coronavirus in the city-state may be higher than official tallies as symptomatic patients had been isolated in dormitories ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Scaling Up Medical Facilities as Virus Cases Increase
Singapore is in the process of scaling up medical facilities by adding capacity at isolation wards and intensive care units as the confirmed number of virus cases nears 15,000, making it Asia’s ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore faces deeper-than-forecast recession as virus clouds global outlook, central bank says
The Covid-19 pandemic knocked Singapore's economy in the first quarter, when it shrank 2.2% — its sharpest contraction since the 2009 financial crisis. ( read original story ...)
Hin Leong Bust Latest to Mar Singapore’s Oil Trading Haven
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore has long touted itself as the ideal home for a commodity trading house, with low taxes, light regulation and a view of one of the world’s busiest shipping channels. That ... ( read original story ...)