“Southeast Asia is starting to see an increased number of companies in the advanced or deep technology space,” says Vishal Harnal, a partner at 500 Startups, a global venture fund in Singapore. As Har... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: STI Index (.STI) shares open higher on Tuesday
This comes after US stocks overcame early declines to rise higher overnight, starting the year’s third quarter on a positive note, largely thanks to a push from technology stocks. On the Singapore bou... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s DSTA Working With Airbus, Boeing On Maintenance
KUALA LUMPUR—Singapore’s Defense Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) has separately agreed with Airbus and Boeing to apply new technology to military aircraft maintenance. While specific objectives o... ( read original story ...)
How Singapore can renew ethnic neighbourhoods without losing their traditional character
“Little India’s social fabric is very much intact [and] there is a continuity of community,” says Dr Yeo Kang Shua, assistant professor of architectural history and criticism at the Singapore Universi... ( read original story ...)
Israeli-Singaporean Company Trax Raises $125 Million for Retail Technology
Most digital technology designed for the retail sector has to do with ... The company was founded by Israelis Bar-El and Dror Feldheim and is headquartered in Singapore. It employs 350 people, 150 of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For July 4
JFE Engineering has set up the Innovation Centre for Environmental Technology in the CleanTech One facility in Singapore to carry out research activities on ‘Development of Enhanced Utilisation Method... ( read original story ...)
Techgoondu Conversations: Getting refunds from oBike and sizing up Singapore’s mobile market
our new enterprise technology podcast, my colleague Grace Chng and I discuss the impact of oBike’s departure. At stake are the potential loss of the deposits for users as well as the type of regulatio... ( read original story ...)
Property market euphoria calls for caution, Singapore central bank chief
Developers, banks and home buyers should be cautious about the property market euphoria said Ravi Menon. Mr Menon who is the Managing Director of Monetary Authority of Singapore (which is Singapore’s ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered Manhattan Card – MoneySmart Review 2018
Back to the example – before you hit the slopes in Hokkaido, apply for the Standard Chartered Unlimited credit card which gives you 3% rebate on foreign currency spending in the first 3 months of usag... ( read original story ...)
Singapore IPO proceeds plummeted 20% to US$408m
Small-cap listings dominated the market amidst uncertainty and trade tensions. The number of Singapore initial public offerings (IPO) YTD plunged by 30% to seven, bringing their proceeds down as well by 20% to US$408m, EY revealed. According to its global ... ( read original story ...)
Are MLMs Like Elusyf, Herbalife etc Legal in Singapore or Scams?
In the case of MLMs in Singapore, the answer is a flat-out no. Under the MLM and Pyramid Selling (Prohibition) Act (MLM Act), “MLM” and “pyramid selling scheme” have the same definition. The statute d... ( read original story ...)
India, ASEAN must work for early conclusion of RCEP: Singapore FM Heng Swee Keat
India and ASEAN must work for early conclusion of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said today. He further said that countries benefit quite ... ( read original story ...)
What Investors Should Know About Share Buybacks By Singapore Stocks In June 2018
In June this year, 74.6 million shares were repurchased by 33 companies for a total amount of S$174 million, according to a recent report by Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX: S68). This marked one of t... ( read original story ...)
India, ASEAN must work for early conclusion of RCEP, says Singapore finance minister Keat
New Delhi: India and ASEAN must work for early conclusion of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Thursday. He further said that countr... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Singapore central bank warns trade rows sharply increase risk to global growth
SINGAPORE, July 4 (Reuters) - Singapore’s central bank chief warned on Wednesday that risks to the global growth outlook have increased significantly thanks to an intensifying international trade row and the rising prospect of a rapid acceleration in ... ( read original story ...)
ThoughtWorks and AI Singapore Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Agreement will promote training and further Research & Development in AI and analytics in Singapore SINGAPORE, July 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ThoughtWorks, a global software and digital transformation consultancy, and AI Singapore signed a Memorandum of ... ( read original story ...)