Closer to home, Singapore will see June figures for import and export prices and producer prices later today, as well as Q2 numbers for unemployment. In May, export prices were down 10.0 percent ... ( read original story ...)
Enhancing safety measures in the Port of Singapore
THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is enhancing safety measures in the Port of Singapore, in view of the heightened r ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Job Offers Canceled Amid Recession, Recruiters Say
Job seekers in Singapore are seeing signed employment contracts rescinded as businesses cut back on hiring during the pandemic-triggered recession, recruiters say. ( read original story ...)
Award winning Marina One developer secures $1.95b Green Loan from DBS
M+S Pte. Ltd. (“M+S”), through its subsidiary MS Commercial Pte Ltd, has secured a SGD1.95 billion green loan for its prized sustainable asset, award winning Marina One. The integrated development was ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Leader of the Opposition has new resources. Will they help with alternative policies?
While analysts say the new role signals a maturing of the island nation’s politics, they also flag its funding limitations and the need for full access to data. ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM Lee hopes US-China ties stabilise after election, says Hong Kong may reach ‘new normal’ with security law
China relations in order for us to have a secure and predictable environment in which we can make a living and live our lives’. ( read original story ...)
Laptop initiative by UOB for children from low-income families a welcome relief to parents
SINGAPORE - An initiative by United Overseas Bank (UOB) has brought welcome relief to many parents like Rachel who were worried about how their kids would cope when schools closed in April and ... ( read original story ...)
Can Singapore maintain its sweet spot between China and the US?
Maintaining its ties with Washington and Beijing without provoking the ire of either will prove trickier as US-China relations deteriorate and tensions grow in the South China Sea. ( read original story ...)
Police warn of spoof SMSes, with bank customers cheated of $600,000 from Jan to May
Scammers targeting bank customers in Singapore have cheated victims of at least $600,000 from January to May, the police said on Tuesday (July 28).. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore spy case reawakens fears China recruiting on island state
SINGAPORE: The case of a Singaporean caught spying for China ... When he moved to the United States his handlers gave him a bank card and told him to communicate with them using multiple phones to ... ( read original story ...)
TML Holdings Pte Limited — Moody’s assigns Baa3 to TML Holdings’ new proposed notes supported by Bank of Baroda
Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Baa3 senior unsecured rating to the proposed notes to be issued by TML Holdings Pte Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Motors Limited (B1 negative). ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s GIC and Temasek fear prolonged COVID impact
SINGAPORE -- Singapore government funds GIC ... "strong preference for companies with more resilient balance sheets and business models." Meanwhile, Temasek revealed in its preliminary performance ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore third in Asia-Pacific for mobile network experience ahead of 5G rollout: Study
Singapore has emerged third in a study by mobile analytics firm Opensignal, which compares the mobile network experience of users in six major Asia-Pacific (APAC) cities in the three-month run-up to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s GIC and Temasek worry over prolonged COVID impact
Singapore government funds GIC and Temasek Holdings, both among the world's biggest institutional investors, have become more cautious about the prolonged impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s GIC reports lowest returns since global financial crisis
GIC has posted its lowest rate of return since the global financial crisis as the Singapore sovereign wealth fund braces for deeper geopolitical and market uncertainties due to the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s GIC flags lower returns from weak growth, cautious on markets
The long-term returns of Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC have dropped within a whisker of a record low struck during the financial crisis, and its chief executive cautioned on Tuesday that the ... ( read original story ...)