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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/singapores-gic-buys-50-of-southamptons-new ... 8e662/AUTOCROP/h342/PANews%20BT_P-e97706aa-cb2a-4b71-b875-b1dbc38799dd_I1.jpg Singapore's sovereign wealth fund has splashed out £48.5 million on acquiring ... ( read original story ...)

Hundreds of drones are expected to hit the Singapore skies in the near future, but with limited airways and a dense population, many question how they will safely fly over the city. Now, researchers have unveiled a traffic management system, which is much ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore government has invested significant resources and efforts in building up a thriving startup environment, but its inhabitants must now take risks and look beyond local shores. Jeffrey Paine, general partner at Golden Gate Ventures, believed ... ( read original story ...)

Nath has a diploma in engineering, but has worked in a Singapore shipyard for nearly two years, sending money home to his parents in their rural village. All 17 competitors nervously waiting their turn on the stage are migrant workers, whose daily lives of ... ( read original story ...)

Mr. Yee absorbed the news differently, posting a video on YouTube titled ... after Mr. Yee’s most recent conviction. In Singapore, “people are extremely sensitive,” said Melissa Chen, a Singaporean human rights activist who is now a legal permanent ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: After a record 24 straight months of negative readings, consumer prices in Singapore have finally stopped falling. Data released last Friday (Dec 23) showed the consumer price index (CPI), a measure of headline inflation, flat at zero per cent ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The naughty list for Singapore financiers has rarely been so long. From the 1Malaysia Development Bhd-linked scandal to a 333-count front-running case and the largest market-manipulation prosecution in Singapore’s history, this year’s ... ( read original story ...)

NEW DELHI: India and Singapore would hold key dialogue here on Thursday and Friday to conclude protocol to amend bilateral Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement or DTAA which will modify capital gains tax exemption. India-Singapore DTAA came into force in ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s commodities-related defaults could turn out to be the canary in the mine. Despite a modest rebound in resource prices, restructuring specialists including KPMG and Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee see more Asia-Pacific commodities and shipping ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The Singapore dollar may have recovered some lost ground after hitting multi-year lows against the greenback last week, but this momentum is unlikely to be sustainable when the new year comes around, analysts told Channel NewsAsia. Alongside ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Food paradise Singapore is the second most vegan-friendly city in Asia after Taipei, animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) announced on Tuesday (Dec 27). Chiang Mai, Thailand and Makati city in the Philippines ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - The Lion City has earned the No. 2 spot on ... where they're deprived of everything that's natural and important to them," Peta added in its news release. ( read original story ...)

Singapore shares closed 0.51 percent higher on Tuesday, but trading was thin as most major markets were closed. Latest data showed China’s industrial sector profit rose 14.5 percent in November from a year earlier, suggesting the economy there was ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is developing a national action plan to tackle the problem of some bacteria becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. This is even as more Singaporeans reach out to such medication as a quick fix for their ailments. The Ministry of Health ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has earned the second spot on People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (PETA) list of top 10 most vegan-friendly cities in Asia. The animal rights group said that Singapore has a "roaring vegan scene," with a wide range of offerings such as ... ( read original story ...)

Reader Lam Peck Heng wrote in to askST after senior correspondent Goh Eng Yeow answered a question about Singapore's foreign reserves. Mr Lam asked, citing information from a Wikipedia article: "Can you explain to your readers why Singapore had an external ... ( read original story ...)