Singapore infections increased at the fastest pace in nearly two months amid the worldwide spread of the omicron variant. A U.S. agency said travel to the Southeast Asian nation should be avoided. ( read original story ...)
Tencent Sells Roughly $3 Billion of Its Stake in Singapore’s Sea
The Chinese internet giant retains a 19% stake in the e-commerce and videogame company, whose value topped $120 billion recently. ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific trade deal: Businesses can get tariff cuts on 92% of goods, says Singapore minister
Gan Kim Yong, Singapore's minister for trade and industry, discusses the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, which covers about 30% of the world's gross domestic product. ( read original story ...)
Covid Level in Singapore ‘Unknown,’ U.S. CDC Warns in Travel Notice
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday reclassified its Covid-19 travel advisory for Singapore, guiding Americans to avoid travel to the Southeast Asian nation because the ... ( read original story ...)
Delhi HC dismisses Future group pleas to terminate arbitration proceedings in Singapore
The Future group suffered a setback on Tuesday when the Delhi high court dismissed petitions filed by two Kishore Biyani-owned entities – Future Coupons Pvt Ltd (FCL) and Future Retail Ltd – seeking a ... ( read original story ...)
China Mobile to debut in Shanghai after biggest China offering in a decade
The world's largest mobile network operator by total subscribers, China Mobile sold 845.7 million shares at 57.58 yuan ($9.06) each in Shanghai, the company said in an exchange filing on Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent Plans to Sell a Stake in Singapore’s Sea for Up to $3 Billion
Tencent Holdings Ltd. has sold $3 billion of shares in Singaporean online gaming and e-commerce company Sea Ltd. as it seeks funds for new initiatives and philanthropic efforts to aid wealth ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine facing new legal action
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine is facing legal action and a claim for US$76 million, plus costs and interest, from a mystery vendor relating to four undisclosed contracts. Sembmarine confirmed in late De ... ( read original story ...)
842 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore; 438 Omicron infections confirmed
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 842 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (Jan 4), including 502 imported infections. There were three fatalities, and the death toll from coronavirus complications ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s COVID-19 weekly infection growth rate back above 1 for first time since Nov 12
SINGAPORE: The weekly growth rate of COVID-19 infections in Singapore went above 1 on Tuesday (Jan 4) for the first time since Nov 12, 2021, data from the ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent to cut stake in Singapore tech group Sea
Chinese gaming and social media company Tencent has announced it will cut its stake in Singapore-based gaming and e-commerce firm Sea. ( read original story ...)
Ex-VP at UOB jailed after misappropriating nearly $5m from customer
He passed the bulk of the amount to a woman to support her nail spa business. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
South Korea’s Naver and Kakao Follow Binance Out of Singapore
Significantly, Naver also sits behind the globally popular mobile messenger app LINE ... Just last month, Binance withdrew its application to operate as a crypto exchange in Singapore. The withdrawal ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore manufacturing activity expands at faster pace in December
SINGAPORE - Manufacturing activity grew for the 18th straight month in December, amid optimism in the industry that growth will continue into this year, data out on Tuesday (Jan 4) showed. . Read more ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s manufacturing PMI rises marginally to 50.7 in December 2021
The Singapore purchasing managers' index (PMI), an early indicator of manufacturing activity, recorded a marginal increase of 0.1 points from the previous month to post a faster rate of expansion at ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Manufacturing PMI Rises Slightly In December
Singapore's manufacturing growth improved marginally in December, after slowing slightly in the previous month, survey results from ... ( read original story ...)