Category: NEWS

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore lawmaker hit out at Facebook on Tuesday, saying it had reneged on a promise to help rein in fake news and calling for tougher regulations, which the social media firm ... ( read original story ...)

As part of the deal, the world's largest miner will pay a total of about A$529 million ($386.43 million) in additional taxes on income for 2003 to 2018, BHP said in a statement. The Melbourne-based mi... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - BHP on Monday said it had signed an agreement with Australia’s tax authorities to settle a long-running dispute over the global miner’s operations in Singapore. As part of the deal, the wo... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Global miner BHP said on Monday it signed an agreement with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to settle the transfer pricing dispute regarding its marketing operations in Singapore. As ... ( read original story ...)

Controversial Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) technical director Volker Herrmann has resigned, and will serve his last day on 2 December, an SAA media statement said on Wednesday (14 November). T... ( read original story ...)

The U.S.-China trade escalation has taken a toll on Asian stocks for much of 2018. The MSCI Asia ex-Japan index is down more than 20 percent from its highs in 2018. Suresh Tantia, investment strategis... ( read original story ...)

This includes the full 62 per cent buyback that YDMG previously held within Gushcloud at an agreed price of USD$8.2 million Singapore-based Gushcloud International, a holding company that operates glo... ( read original story ...)

A RASH of analyst downgrades rounds up the latest September-quarter corporate earnings parade, in which more companies fell short of the street’s growth forecasts and positive surprises grew rarer. TH... ( read original story ...)

The number of international players gravitating to Singapore as a hub for innovation underscores the city-state's fintech appeal.Setting up innovation hubs in Singapore will yield benefits for banks a... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has mixed family with business on his trip to Singapore. One event on Thursday had a very personal connection for Trudeau. As Abigail Bimman reports, it turns out he ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned that Southeast Asian nations may one day have to choose between the U.S. and China, as concerns deepen about a Cold War-style conflict ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE -- Slowly strolling along a paved walkway, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looked around Fort Canning and came face-to-face with his history. The brick walls lining the stairs on the park's ed... ( read original story ...)

Singapore, Nov. 15, 2018 /CNW/ - On the margins of the ASEAN Meeting, the Prime Minister took the opportunity to meet with companies in the region in order to draw attention to -- and encourage new in... ( read original story ...)

The change was announced on Tuesday night (13 November) by Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) president Tan Chuan-Jin during an awards ceremony at Raffles Town Club for athletes who had won med... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — The Latest on the summit of the Association of ... for countries that do not want to have to choose between them. Lee told reporters at a news conference Thursday that Asia is struggling t... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- As the saying goes, it pays to be prepared, and Singapore takes top spot in that regard, according to a new report from Cushman & Wakefield Inc. The ‘Prepped Cities Index’ ranks 17 citi... ( read original story ...)