PayNow is an electronic fund transfer service available to customers of any of the seven participating banks: Citibank Singapore Limited, DBS Bank/POSB, HSBC, Maybank, OCBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and United Overseas Bank. FWD customers who wish to ... ( read original story ...)
Cocaine bust stops alleged Australian plot to import drugs worth $105 million
Two Sydney men and a Queensland woman have been arrested over an alleged conspiracy to import more than 300 kilograms of Peruvian ... planned to bring the drugs into Australia via Singapore and Papua New Guinea. A Queensland woman, 34, was charged with ... ( read original story ...)
Plot to import 300kg of cocaine busted
A plot to import 300kg of South American cocaine into Australia has been thwarted. Two men were arrested after raids in Sydney for allegedly conspiring to bring the drugs into Australia from Peru via Singapore and Papua New Guinea. They are expected to be ... ( read original story ...)
Two Sydney men arrested over alleged attempt to import 300kg of cocaine
Two Sydney men have been arrested over an alleged plot to import $105 million worth of cocaine into Australia from Peru, via an elaborate route through Singapore and Papua New Guinea. Jeffrey John Sagar, 63, and Paul Michael Smith, 57, were arrested on ... ( read original story ...)
Import duty for steel, iron products increase to 35pc
Unfair competition in the textile sub-sector through importation of footwear and second hand clothes has led to an increase in import duty of 5 dollars per unit or 35% whichever is higher. Also Read Singapore Trade and Investment office opens in Kenya ... ( read original story ...)
S’porean Alleges He Was Locked Up In A Hell-Like Cell At KLIA Customs With Over 100 People
Joshua admits that it was his fault for not renewing his passport, adding that he was under the impression that it would be alright as at the Singapore customs he was told that it was okay and that they had allowed him to go to Kuala Lumpur. In his post ... ( read original story ...
Donald Trump slaps 25% tariffs on US$50B in Chinese imports
Trump has already slapped tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and European allies ... in his press conference in Singapore on Tuesday, said the U.S. has a “tremendous deficit in trade with China and we have to do something about ... ( read original story ...)
Trump’s Singapore summit, a first step, being trashed by many pundits
And so the Singapore sitdown, the first ever between the leaders of ... the benefit of the doubt before pronouncing the effort a failure. Howard Kurtz is a Fox News analyst and the host of "MediaBuzz" (Sundays 11 a.m.). He is the author "Media Madness ... ( read original story ...)
How Cheap Is The Singapore Stock Market Now?
Knowing how cheap the stock market currently is, can help us to simplify our investing decision. There are two methods to find out if Singapore stocks are a steal or are in an overheated territory right now. The first method is to compare the market’s ... ( read original story ...)
North Korean film on Kim’s Singapore trip reveals new focus on economy
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has produced a film on leader Kim Jong Un’s summit meeting with President Donald Trump this week, feeding, as one would expect, a fervid cult of personality but also seemingly highlighting his dream of economic development. ( read original story ...)
IPOs by S’pore issuers up 78% in first half of 2018
Initial public offering (IPO) activity by Singapore issuers picked up pace in the first half of this year, although there were more cross-border listings. The overall number of IPOs - domestic and cross-border - by Singapore issuers was up in the first six ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore May export growth seen slowing to 4.7 percent
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's non-oil domestic export growth likely dropped sharply in May as demand for electronics and pharmaceuticals cooled, a Reuters survey of economists showed on Friday. Exports in May were expected to have risen 4.7 percent ... ( read original story ...)
Catfish skin: a promising export
In Singapore it is made into a snack and sold at VNĐ136,000 ($6) for a small pack of 230g. The company exports 50 -60 tonnes a month and plans to expand both the production of catfish and export of skin. It will also carry out research on demand in ... ( read original story ...)
SA freight firm joins with Airport to build export hub for regional producers
working with Adelaide Airport to handle the export of 100 per cent of local South Australian perishable exports to Singapore, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai and Doha. Now it is bringing that experience to the Canberra region, and offering its ... ( read original story ...)
Nigeria’s Oil Exports May Drop To 1.43million Bpd
Nigerian oil export plans are prone to revisions and delays, with cargoes frequently pushed from one month to the next. Meanwhile, oil prices rose alongside global markets on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump said a summit in Singapore with North ... ( read original story ...)
China Wants North Korea to Model Its Economy on Singapore or Vietnam
Export-led development strategies have been the dominant paradigm for economic growth throughout East and Southeast Asia. Only North Korea is today running a relatively closed economy. If Pyongyang can adopt an opening-up policy following the Singapore ... ( read original story ...)