SINGAPORE — After more than a decade of toiling in obscurity, South African golfer Ockie Strydom finally caught fire in this DP World Tour season. On Sunday (12 February), the 38-year-old won his ...
Singapore-based Trafigura’s $768m loss from nickel fraud: Nemesis already notorious in metal circles
Trafigura alleges "systematic fraud" by Indian businessman Prateek Gupta and several of his companies. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A year after the ‘Crypto Bowl,’ crypto ads are gone from the big game
The dramatic turnaround hearkens back to 2000, when dot-com companies such as Pets.com ran Super Bowl ads, only to go out of business within a year or two.
Cinnabon Comes To Singapore Under A Master Franchisee: What Is A Master Franchisee?
After all, this is a comeback story for Cinnabon which exited Singapore in 2002. This time, Cinnabon is brought back to the Singapore market under a master franchisee, Mr Alvin Ng of the local company ...
Private sector politicians in Singapore
Tin’s appointment raised eyebrows as the idea of public policy and government relations at a major private firm being headed by a member of the government raised valid questions about conflict of ...
Lalu Yadav returns to India after surgery in Singapore
Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav returned to the national capital on Saturday evening after undergoing a kidney transplant surgery in Singapore in December last year. The Rashtriya Janata Dal ...
Singapore’s Chew’s Agriculture on track to producing 1 million eggs a day
SINGAPORE - Chew’s Agriculture, a farm in Lim Chu Kang spanning an area the size of 50 football fields, currently produces 800,000 or almost half of Singapore’s locally farmed eggs per day. It aims to ...
Foreign Minister: PM’s visits to Singapore, Brunei successful
The official visits to Singapore and Brunei by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh from February 8-11 have been successful, contributing to lifting Vietnam-Singapore strategic partnership and ...
Lalu Prasad returns after kidney transplant in Singapore
RJD chief Lalu Prasad returned to Delhi from Singapore on Saturday evening after being away for around two-and-a-half months to undergo a kidney transplant. Lalu had left for Singapore in the last ...
Should You Take An Education Loan or Personal Loan For Your Higher Studies?
Congratulations on making the decision to further your studies! Now that you have taken the big leap of faith, you might be wondering what available options there are in financing your higher ...
Malaysia still important source of chicken, says Singapore minister
Republic's trade and industry minister Gan Kim Yong says, however, other countries will continue to supply live chickens, including Indonesia.
Breakthrough technology transforms waste plastic bottles into polymers for lithium-ion batteries
About the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) is Singapore's lead public sector R&D agency. Through open innovation, we ...
Wang Fires Ahead At Singapore Classic
South Korea's Wang Jeung-hun fired six birdies in seven holes in his back-nine to share the third-round lead with Spain's Alejandro Del Rey at the Singapore Classic Saturday.
HSBC bets big on India’s $400 billion pile of wealth
Roaring with national pride. Soaring with global dreams,” blared the HSBC Holdings Plc ad outside an upscale Mumbai suburb in December. The 122-foot billboard displayed a tiger stalking over the ...
Harbour pilot from PSA Marine dies after falling into waters off Singapore’s Kusu Island
SINGAPORE: A 29-year-old harbour pilot from PSA Marine died on Saturday (Feb 11) after falling into waters off Kusu Island. The pilot fell overboard while disembarking from a tugboat to board a launch boat off the Southern Islands,
Muslim pilgrims from Singapore to pay more for the haj in 2023
SINGAPORE, Feb 11 (The Straits Times/ANN): Muslim pilgrims planning to perform the haj in 2023 will have to pay S$1,500 more on average, compared with the last five years. The cheapest package for Haj 2023 – which will take place in June – is S$8,490 ...