SINGAPORE: The only new COVID-19 community case reported in Singapore on Monday (Apr 19) is a 44-year-old man who works as a restaurant manager at ... ( read original story ...)
Green Pulse Podcast: Understanding Singapore’s potential to lead in carbon services
The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Deutsche Bank Establishes Emerging Market FX Trading Engine in Singapore
Deutsche Bank, a leading German financial services provider, is replacing its London-based global FX pricing engine for emerging markets. ( read original story ...)
Singapore stocks begin the week in the black
STI up 0.25% to close at 3,209.72; Sembcorp tops index, while ThaiBev slumps to bottom.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Lack Of Locally Produced Food Propels Singapore Into Global Race To Attract Meat Alternative Companies
Singapore is becoming the global epicenter of meat alternatives thanks to support from the local government and investors. Now U.S. companies, including Eat Just and Hungry Planet, are taking a slice ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: Cops seize over 40kg of drugs – record amounts of cannabis and heroin; 20 new Covid-19 cases; one local on Monday (April 19)
The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has seized more than 40kg of drugs including record amounts of cannabis and heroin, enough to feed the addiction of more than 12,400 drug abusers for a week. ( read original story ...)
Is Getting A Car Worth It In Singapore? A Cost Comparison Between Owning One & Cabbing Everywhere
Ever wondered if getting a car in Singapore is worth it? We did the math comparing the price of owning your own ride versus Grabbing 24/7. ( read original story ...)
Thai tycoon makes $5.4bn buyout bid for nation’s top mobile telco
Gulf Energy Development, an up-and-coming Thai conglomerate known for its power generation business, on Monday proposed a buyout of InTouch Holdings, the largest shareholder of Advanced Info Service, ... ( read original story ...)
Report: Singapore spacetech startup lands deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Although they [ Infinite Orbits] are a smaller player, they have secured a deal to debut their autonomous navigation technology demo on Elon Musk’s SpaceX mission in the first quarter of next year,” ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: Econ Healthcare raises S$13.5m with Singapore IPO
Econ Healthcare has returned to the public equity markets with an IPO on the SGX that raised S$13.5m (US$10.12m). It offered 50 million shares on the Catalist Board at a price of S$0.28 per share. The ... ( read original story ...)
Air-tight rooms and glass walls — Singapore pioneers pandemic-era meetings
Might the future of pandemic-era travel look more like a prison visitors’ room than a business-class lounge? It’s an unhappy thought, but one I grappled with recently as I met an old friend passing ... ( read original story ...)
Why Asia’s uber-wealthy, especially the Chinese, are looking at SG’s luxury properties
Singapore—The country’s success in managing the Covid-19 pandemic has caught the eyes of Asia’s ultra-wealthy, who are buying luxury properties in the cit ... ( read original story ...)
Pick & Go’s third AI-powered store in Singapore
We caught up with Alex Ng, the founder of Pick & Go in Singapore, to learn aboutthe features of the third unmanned store and how it has evolved from learnings of the first two stores. ( read original story ...)
Singapore and Indonesia exporters catch China’s GDP tailwind
Southeast Asian countries' exports are growing on the back of China's sharp rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest official statistics show, brightening the region's economic picture. China on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Says Makes Biggest Cannabis Seizure in 25 Years
Singapore's anti-narcotics agency said on Monday it made its biggest seizure of cannabis in 25 years in a bust last week in the city-state, which has some of the world's toughest narcotics laws ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s GIC Joins With ESR To Buy Blackstone’s Logistics Assets In Australia For $2.9 Billion
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC is joining with logistics real estate firm ESR Cayman to buy Blackstone’s portfolio of logistics properties, in a sign demand for warehouse facilities is growing ... ( read original story ...)