"For UOB, there is possibly more upside in the future as their ... with a brand value of around US$2.8 billion. Telco player Singtel and Singapore Airlines ranked fifth and sixth, with total brand value of US$2.6 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively. ( read original story ...)
Company director fined for importing contraband cigarettes through parcel post
SINGAPORE: A 45-year-old company director has been fined S$28,260 for importing duty-unpaid cigarettes through parcel post and storing them at his home, said the Singapore Customs in a news release on Friday (Jun 16). Chinese national Yin Xidi had a ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Distillates-Indian diesel imports boost margins
SINGAPORE, June 16 (Reuters) - Diesel imports into India have boosted margins for gasoil in Singapore, industry sources said on Friday. - INDIA DIESEL: India's diesel imports this year may rise to the highest since at least 2011 as refiners shut down to ... ( read original story ...)
Economists lift Singapore’s full-year growth forecast to 2.5%
SINGAPORE: Private-sector economists have raised their annual growth estimate for Singapore yet again, following a better-than-expected showing by the economy in the first three months of 2017 and the strength in manufacturing, in particular. The Monetary ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse May Take Further Damage On Friday
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has finished lower in two straight sessions, sliding more than 25 points or 0.7 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,230-point and it is looking at a continued consolidation ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM questions how Lee Kuan Yew’s will was drawn up as feud intensifies
SINGAPORE Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said there are "deeply troubling circumstances" over how the will of his father and the founding leader of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, was drawn up, in the latest salvo in a family feud that has shaken ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore leader hits back at siblings over father’s will
The last will of Singapore founder Lee Kuan Yew was made in "deeply troubling circumstances" with a family member helping to draft it, said his eldest son, the country's current prime minister, as the tussle turned into a political drama rarely seen in the ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese videos slam India-Singapore exercise
Singapore's Chinese-language newspaper too has published opinion ... then we have no opposition," foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a regular news briefing at that time. "We hold a very open attitude to normal exchanges between countries ... ( read original story ...)
How Asia Is Adapting To The Alternative Finance Revolution
Roger Crook is the CEO of Capital Springboard - Singapore’s leading peer-to-peer invoice financing platform for SMEs. In more ways than one, alternative finance has made borrowing simple, swift and suitable. Over the last few years, alternative finance ... ( read original story ...)
Strong shipments of electronic products help Singapore avoid larger decline in exports
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports beat expectations in May, helped by a strong electronics sector But weakness in non-electronic exports still outweighed the electronics sector, dragging NODX down by a slight 1.2 percent The city state's total trade was ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore exports shrink again in May but electronics hold up
SINGAPORE Singapore's exports shrank for a second straight month in May, though electronics shipments continued to grow solidly to support an economy that wobbled in the first quarter and faces risks from deleveraging in major trading partner China. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1 -Singapore exports shrink again in May but electronics hold up
SINGAPORE, June 16 Singapore's exports shrank for a second straight month in May, though electronics shipments continued to grow solidly to support an economy that wobbled in the first quarter and faces risks from deleveraging in major trading partner China. ( read original story ...)
CORRECTED-Singapore May exports shrink again y/y, electronics shipments still solid
SINGAPORE, June 16 Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) slumped for a second straight month in May, likely reflecting a high base effect from the year before. Exports dropped 1.2 percent from a year earlier, data from trade agency International ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore May exports shrink again y/y, electronics shipments still solid
SINGAPORE, June 16 Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) slumped for a second straight month in May, likely reflecting a high base effect from the year before. Exports dropped 1.2 percent from a year earlier, data from trade agency International ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Lee family spat is ugly, but unlikely to impact PM’s grip on power
(CNN)The peace and quiet of an oasis called Singapore was shattered early on Wednesday morning as an ugly fight among members of the country's most prominent family spilled into the open, with accusations being made about the character and leadership of ... ( read original story ...)
AIG, IBM and Standard Chartered Bank pilot “first multinational insurance policy powered by blockchain”
Working together, AIG, IBM and international banking group Standard Chartered Bank converted a multinational, controlled master policy written in the United Kingdom and three local policies in the United States, Singapore and Kenya into a “smart contract ... ( read original story ...)