They may offer a bundle for mobile services with its existing fibre solutions at a competitive price. BMI Research said that Singapore's telcos should brace for a hotter price war after MyRepublic enters the market in mid-2018. MyRepublic will establish ... ( read original story ...)
From Rohingyas to homeless Indians, Singapore’s social startups lend a helping hand
Social startups have been gaining traction in Singapore. Commenting on the challenges ... According to the Economic Survey 2015-16, India houses more than 19,000 technology-enabled startups. But, there are just around 1765 active social startups in ... ( read original story ...)
15 super Singapore start-ups to watch in 2018
Singapore is the gateway to Asia’s bustling technology and financial scene, and home to a diverse and ambitious entrepreneurial community. Singapore is Asia. The island city-state that occupies a strategic point in the Straits between India and Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s DBS Bank lowers India’s FY18 GDP growth to 6.6%
SINGAPORE: Singapore's DBS Bank today lowered India's GDP growth forecast for current fiscal to 6.6 per cent from the previous 6.8 per cent, citing that businesses were "still adjusting" to the new GST regime and there were "limited room" for fiscal support. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s DBS Bank lowers India’s FY18 GDP growth to 6.6 per cent
Bank, however, expects that Indian economy will recover in fiscal 2019 and achieve a growth rate of 7.2 per cent. Singapore: Singapore's DBS Bank on Tuesday lowered India's GDP growth forecast for current fiscal to 6.6 per cent from the previous 6.8 per ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to host Rotary International Convention in 2024
Singapore has won the provisional bid to host the Rotary International Convention in 2024, which is set to be the largest association congress ever hosted by the Republic. The winning provisional bid was led by Rotary regional leader Chew Ghim Bok, and ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Bank Is The First Singapore Bank To Tap Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning To Combat Financial Crime
On any one typical work day, an OCBC Bank anti-money laundering (AML) compliance analyst would log into the bank’s transaction monitoring system and find up to hundreds of potentially suspicious transactions he or she had to review. These transactions ... ( read original story ...)
Wheat falls for second day as US exports suffer, corn eases
PARIS/SINGAPORE: Chicago wheat lost more ground on Monday, falling for a second session as abundant global supplies make it hard for US exporters to win business. Corn slid, tracking wheat, while soybean was pressured by disappointing export sales. ( read original story ...)
Most Singapore foreign domestic workers exploited, survey says
(CNN)One woman had her pay docked for cutting tofu wrongly, while another said she was forced to sleep in front of her employer's toilet. These accounts from foreign domestic workers in Singapore feature in a new report that suggests some 60% of maids in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Raffles Music College Launches New Campus to Advance Music and Dance Education in Singapore
SINGAPORE, Nov. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore Raffles Music College (SRMC), a Singapore owned institution of higher learning for music and dance education, today officially launched their new campus in Singapore. The new campus represents a 2.5 ... ( read original story ...)
‘Humans, not robots:’ Report suggests 60% of Singapore domestic workers exploited
(CNN)One woman had her pay docked for cutting tofu wrongly, while another said she was forced to sleep in front of her employer's toilet. These accounts from foreign domestic workers in Singapore feature in a new report that suggests some 60% of maids in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Is Losing Its Home Advantage in IPOs to Hong Kong
That’s the biggest Singapore contingent in the North Asian city in at least a decade, the data show. It’s not all bad news for the Lion City: Singapore Exchange Ltd. beats HKEX in funds raised from the initial public offerings. Led by NetLink NBN Trust ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s property debt drops amid rise in real rates
Morgan Stanley believes the accumulation of debt due to property acquisitions in Singapore has eased thanks to higher real rates, reported Singapore Business Review. The firm noted that the trend in Singapore’s debt-to-GDP largely mirrored that of China ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May Open Under Pressure
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has finished lower in two of three trading days since the end of the four-day winning streak in which it had advanced more than 85 points or 2.7 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,435 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Is Losing Home Advantage in IPO Battle With Hong Kong
It’s not all bad news for the Lion City: Singapore Exchange Ltd. beats HKEX in funds raised from the initial public offerings. Led by NetLink NBN Trust, businesses raked in a total of $2.54 billion, the data show. That compares with $677 million raised ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore joins trend of lower property debt
Thanks to higher real rates. The accumulation of debt due to property purchases might have eased as Singapore's real rates rose, Morgan Stanley said. The firm said Singapore's trends in debt-to-GDP have largely mirrored China’s, with negative real rates ... ( read original story ...)