At the recent Singapore Fintech Festival, DBS CEO Piyush Gupta touted the bank as a “tech company offering financial services.” One example supporting his case is DBS’ lates ... ( read original story ...)
Covid vaccines will bring recovery in 2021 — but it won’t be ‘business as usual,’ says Singapore minister
Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore's foreign minister, said technology such as artificial intelligence and robotics will alter jobs and economies globally. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Nov exports fall 4.9% in year’s biggest drop
SINGAPORE, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Singapore's November non-oil domestic exports (NODX) fell 4.9% from a year earlier, its biggest drop since November 2019, mainly due to lower shipments of petrochemicals ... ( read original story ...)
Zoom to expand into Singapore and hire hundreds of engineers
Zoom, the video-conferencing services provider, said on Wednesday it would expand its presence in Singapore by opening a research and development center, where it will hire hundreds of engineering ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Tokopedia speeds IPO plan, selects advisers
JAKARTA -- Indonesian e-commerce company Tokopedia has appointed U.S. banks Morgan Stanley and Citibank as advisers for its initial public offering as it seeks to expedite plans to go public. The move ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Vickers Venture SPAC files to raise $100m in US trade de
The amount is a placeholder specified for calculating the registration fee, Vicker Vantage said in its filing. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Foodie ‘Hawker’ Culture Given UNESCO Recognition
Singapore's tradition of communal dining at hawker centres, open air food courts popularised by celebrity chefs and hit films such as 'Crazy Rich Asians', has been recognised by UNESCO for its ... ( read original story ...)
Buy these REITs as Singapore eases Covid measures further, says major Asian bank
although the journey ahead is likely to remain bumpy," OCBC Investment Research said in a Tuesday report. Earlier this week, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that limits on public ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore law firm offers ‘integrated’ cybersecurity, legal assistance
Rajah & Tann's IT business unit has formed a joint venture with cybersecurity vendor Resolvo Systems to offer integrated legal and security services that they say will be necessary as businesses ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse May Test Resistance At 2,900 Points
For the day, the index picked up 16.08 points or 0.56 percent to finish at 2,872.80 after trading between 2,862.43 and 2,875.48. Volume was 2.29 billion shares worth 1.25 billion Singapore dollars. ( read original story ...)
Singapore non-oil exports shrink 4.9% in November in 2nd surprise fall
SINGAPORE - Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) saw a surprise drop for the second straight month in November, mainly due to declines in shipments of petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s War Against Litter Is Hiding a Pressing Environmental Problem
But for all its manicured parks, cleaning initiatives, and high fines against littering, Singapore’s got a pressing waste management problem. According to the National Environment Agency (NEA), the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s exports fall 4.9% in November
official data from Enterprise Singapore showed on Thursday (Dec 17). The decline, which comes after a 3.1 per cent decrease in October, was mainly due to non-electronics such as petrochemicals, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s hawker culture clinches spot on Unesco’s intangible cultural heritage list
The nation’s hawker culture joins more than 463 items already on the prestigious list of international treasures, including angklung music and kimchi making. ( read original story ...)
Singapore prepares to plate up lab grown chicken: Technology is driving the environmental and economic future of food
Food is tradition for us. It is also an unending adventure. Homo sapiens have shown a distinct ability to create all kinds of new foods and grow to adore them, like chewing gum which ... ( read original story ...)
REFILE-Tokopedia undecided on SPAC merger, may opt for IPO
Indonesia's largest e-commerce Tokopedia said on Wednesday it was not committed to a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and was evaluating its market options. ( read original story ...)