SINGAPORE (Jan 16): UOB Kay Hian is maintaining its "buy" call on Wilmar with target price of S$4.10 or blended 14 times FY18 earnings, which is higher than its five-year mean. UOB is pegging the oilseeds and grains division at 20 times FY18 earnings to ... ( read original story ...)
Beware: Scammers Posing as UOB to Scam You into Making Fraudulent Payments
The victims responded to an SMS sent by scammers which was made to appear like it was sent by UOB. The SMS sent to the victims informed them of a new account notification and included a link uob-mob.com, and invited the victims to click on it. Victims were ... ( read original story ...)
Survey shows people would prefer buying cryptos to buying an iPhone X
SINGAPORE, Jan. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Pundi X, a cryptocurrency point-of-sale ("POS") solution provider, together with NEM.io Foundation and Stellar.org, today released the State of Cryptocurrency report, taking a close look at the cryptocurrency ... ( read original story ...)
World LTE market – 5G initiatives & MBB spectrum made available by top research firm
The bundle World LTE markets – 5G initiatives & MBB spectrum includes ... KPN (Netherlands), KT (South Korea), LG U+ (South Korea), MegaFon (Russia), MobileOne (Singapore), MTS (Russia), Net4mobility/Tele2 (Sweden), NTT DOCOMO (Japan), O2 Telefonica ... ( read original story ...)
Air Liquide Electronics: A Record Year in Asia with New Major Contracts in 2017
PARIS, JAN. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2017 Air Liquide signed several new long-term contracts with major electronics manufacturers in China, as well as Japan and Singapore. Air Liquide will invest more than 150 million euros in the region to supply ultra ... ( read original story ...)
Sercomm and Sequans Introduce New LTE IoT Button Device
LTE-M devices draw less power than traditional LTE devices ... Sequans is based in Paris, France with additional offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Visit Sequans online ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia’s Najib criticizes Singapore ties under Mahathir
"We believe in good relations with our neighbor, with Singapore, and we've proven that we can bring tangible benefits to the people if we work closely together," Najib said at a news conference in Singapore. "The other side may have other ideas. We ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia-Singapore ink agreement on cross-border rail transit — and other key highlights
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): Malaysia and Singapore have firmed several key bilateral agreements after leaders from the two neighbouring countries met at the 8th Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Retreat in Singapore today. According to a joint statement ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s crime rate is so low that many shops don’t even lock up
(Jan 16): Singapore was recently ranked second on the Economist Intelligence Unit's Safe Cities Index for 2017, coming in just behind Tokyo. In 2016, the island nation's police reported 135 total days without any crimes including snatch-theft, house break ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to automatically exchange tax info with 61 states
SINGAPORE: Singapore has announced that it has activated automatic exchange of information relationships with a total of 61 territories, as part of global efforts to tackle tax evasion and fiscal crime. The exchanges will take place under the OECD’s ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia-Singapore ink agreement on RTS
SINGAPORE (Jan 16): Malaysia and Singapore signed a bilateral agreement on the 4-km Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link between Johor Bahru and Singapore at the 8th Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Retreat today. The cross-border MRT system, first announced in ... ( read original story ...)
Two Singapore Airbnb hosts to plead guilty to illegal letting charges: lawyer
Two Airbnb hosts charged in Singapore with unauthorized short-term letting of four apartments are expected to plead guilty next month, their lawyer said on Tuesday. The two men face four charges under the city-state's Planning Act for renting out four ... ( read original story ...)
Expiry looms for Singapore’s water import deals
SINGAPORE: The development of water utilities will become more important over the coming decades as Singapore’s import agreements with Malaysia are set to expire in 2061, BMI Research revealed. According to a report, even if pipelines and water projects ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Central Bank chief sees sustainable growth at 2-4%
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s economic recovery is broadening out in the city state, but there are still “real challenges” in the labor market, central bank Managing Director Ravi Menon said. Sustainable economic growth is estimated at 2 percent to 4 ... ( read original story ...)
Shrinking net imports drag Singapore fuel oil stocks to 7-month low
SINGAPORE, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Singapore weekly onshore fuel oil inventories fell 13.5 percent to a seven-month low of 19.66 million barrels (or about 2.934 million tonnes) in the week ended Jan. 10, data from International Enterprise (IE) Singapore showed ... ( read original story ...)
Sabah to import four containers of pork to overcome shortage
As an immediate remedy, we will allow the import of four containers of pork to meet demand ... “Another theory is that they prefer to sell pork to Singapore where they fetch a higher price,” he said. When asked whether such claims were true, Dr ... ( read original story ...)