Category: NEWS

The Singapore stock market bounced higher again on Tuesday, one session after halting the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 30 points or 1 percent. The Straits Times Index now ... ( read original story ...)

Ministry of Home Affairs has proposed a Foreign Interference Bill that will arm the government with the ability to issue directives to platforms, including social media and websites, to remove or ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore began administering additional Covid-19 shots to residents ages 60 and older on Tuesday as virus cases there are surging. About 900,000 seniors will be eligible for a third dose of Moderna ... ( read original story ...)

Australia’s national carrier recently declared its intention to begin international travel as soon as Christmas, with CEO Alan Joyce referring to the current market conditions to be “diabolical”. ( read original story ...)

The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday (14 September) confirmed 837 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking the country's total case count to 73,131. ( read original story ...)

Singapore is planning new measures to boost its domestic stock market, according to people with knowledge of the matter. State investment giant Temasek Holdings Pte.’s 65 Equity Partners Holdings Pte, ... ( read original story ...)

A Singaporean news website often critical of authorities had its licence suspended Tuesday for failing to declare funding sources, regulators said, with a rights group slamming the move as ... ( read original story ...)

China’s top diplomat met Tuesday in Singapore with the wealthy city-state's prime minister, reaffirming the importance of trade and diplomatic ties between the two countries. ( read original story ...)

Singapore is planning new measures to boost its domestic stock market, according to people with knowledge of the matter. ( read original story ...)

The central banks of Singapore and India have agreed to link the payment services PayNow and the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) by July next year, Singapore's central bank said in a statement on ... ( read original story ...)

Residents in both countries will be able to make fund transfers via mobile numbers or virtual payment addresses, with efforts to connect Singapore's PayNow and India's Unified Payments Interface ... ( read original story ...)

ARA Asset Management—partly owned by tycoon John Lim—has agreed to sell an office tower in the Singapore central business district for S$422 million ($314 million), adding to signs investor appetite ... ( read original story ...)

India and Singapore are working to link their digital payments systems to enable “instant, low-cost fund transfers,” in a major push to disrupt cross-border transactions, the central banks of the two ... ( read original story ...)

India and Singapore will link their fast-payment systems to step up cross-border payments and remittance flows, which amount to more than $1 billion each year currently. ( read original story ...)

Singaporeans.” Singapore’s expats are turning to co-living to combat high rents and loneliness during #Covid19, with demand rising by at least 10%. @ByFarisMokhtar has more (Source: Quicktake) ... ( read original story ...)

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 100 Singapore companies ventured for the first time onto US shores last year. Money Mind looks at what it takes for businesses from the little red dot to make ... ( read original story ...)