Singapore and China's Shandong province can deepen their cooperation in trade and connectivity, sustainability and modern services, said Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Transport Chee ... ( read original story ...)
Asia’s improving earnings scorecard is failing to boost stock prices as Covid-19 effects linger
Asian companies are wrapping up a solid quarter in earnings recovery. Investors, however, have chosen to ignore it. ( read original story ...)
DBS to offer tailored app in its digital transformation
DBS Group Holdings is implementing a new growth strategy with a focus on digitalization and an aim to equip all employees -- from CEO to front-line staff -- with a thorough knowledge of cutting-edge ... ( read original story ...)
Easier, cheaper for Singapore companies to do business regionally with RCEP: Chan Chun Sing
Companies will soon find it easier and cheaper to conduct business in the region when the newly-inked region-wide free trade pact takes effect, said Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore among 15 countries to have signed world’s largest trade deal
Singapore was among the 15 countries which signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the world’s largest trade pact. ( read original story ...)
Singapore reports 3 new COVID-19 cases, all imported
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported three new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Sunday (Nov 15). All of the cases were imported and were placed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Finds Luring Business From Hong Kong May Be Tough
Tokyo is on a charm offensive, hoping to lure firms in Hong Kong spooked by protests and a controversial security law imposed by China. But the city is proving a tough sell. "I want to make Tokyo Asia ... ( read original story ...)
Google Invests In Indonesian E-Commerce Unicorn, Joins Singapore Government, SoftBank, Alibaba
What Happened: The tech giant now owns 1.6% of Tokopedia, valued at $1.1 million (16.7 billion rupiah) Singapore’s government investment company Temasek also invested in Tokopedia. Temasek now has a 3 ... ( read original story ...)
DoorDash IPO bets that the pandemic has accelerated change
DoorDash has become the go-to delivery choice for millions of people cooped up during the pandemic this year. Will they stay as life returns to normal after the vaccine? What will be "normal," anyway? ( read original story ...)
Singapore property solutions firm rolls out tech platform in Philippines
When Ohmyhome, Singapore’s market leader in property solutions platforms, expanded into the Philippines in September, it saw that the demand for residential properties remained strong amid the ... ( read original story ...)
Inside the new world’s longest flight: What it’s like to fly on Singapore Airlines’ new route between Singapore and New York
Singapore Airlines launched the new route on Monday, beating out its famed Singapore-Newark route as the world's longest by just two nautical miles. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Hyflux Supports U.S. Firm’s Restructuring Proposal
(Bloomberg) -- Hyflux Ltd., in its third year of a debt-restructuring process, supports a plan proposed by Strategic Growth Investments LLC to acquire and privatize the Singapore-based water-treatment ... ( read original story ...)
How Singapore’s corporate darling Hyflux and founder Olivia Lum fell from grace
By then, it already had a global presence and employed more than 2,500 people. In 2016, it entered the power business with Singapore's second and largest seawater desalination project, which also had ... ( read original story ...)
Inside Singapore’s first ‘cruise to nowhere,’ where vacation-starved guests took turns using the pool and carried contact tracing devices everywhere they went
Dream Cruises just had its first "cruise to nowhere," a voyage that started and ended in Singapore, with no stops in between.It was the first cruise ship voyage in the country since the no-sail order ... ( read original story ...)
Zomato raises $195 million funding from 6 investors ahead of IPO launch in 2021
The investment is the latest in a slew of funding for Zomato in recent months.In September, the company raised $160 million from US hedge fund Tiger Global Management LLC and a unit of Singapore's Tem ... ( read original story ...)
The VC and founder winners of DoorDash’s IPO
The three VC firms with the largest holdings noted in the filing were the SoftBank Vision Fund, Sequoia and Singapore’s GIC investment fund, listed here as Greenview (no relation to the cannabis ... ( read original story ...)