Tag: business

Singapore's MAS awarded SBI Digital Markets a Capital Markets Services license following the company receiving in-principle approval in May. ( read original story ...)

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is selling Malaysian funeral services provider Nirvana Asia Ltd in a deal that could fetch up to $2 billion, three people with knowledge of the matter told ... ( read original story ...)

COMPANIES with strong pricing power will have much to gain from the inflationary environment as these players tend to have more stable profit margins when dealing with cost pressures. Read more at The ... ( read original story ...)

GCash, the Philippines’ biggest mobile wallet, made a stronger push for continued digitalization in the country, as it joined the Philippine business delegation who accompanied  President ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's rice imports from Vietnam and Thailand are healthy and the country has not faced any significant disruption in importing rice from India, but the prices may go up as New Delhi has imposed ... ( read original story ...)

Low-cost carrier AirAsia has returned its operations in Singapore, via the Changi Airport Terminal 4, as the airline prepares for a pickup in demand as economies learn to live with the pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Women took the lead in this year's list, taking 11 spots. Singapore's status as a safe haven for property investors remained intact amidst global headwinds, thanks to the city's realtors who were ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's rice imports from Vietnam and Thailand are healthy and the country has not faced any significant disruption in importing rice from India, but the prices may go up as New Delhi has imposed ... ( read original story ...)

India recently imposed a 20 per cent levy on rice exports of key varieties like unmilled and husk brown rice. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

City Developments Ltd. (CDL)—controlled by billionaire Kwek Leng Beng—has submitted the highest bid for a residential site in the western Singapore town of Bukit Batok as the real estate giant ... ( read original story ...)

The city-state is asking residents if it should hit net-zero emissions “by” 2050 instead of “around” 2050. The move lacks urgency shown in the country’s climate action since 2019, and people don’t ... ( read original story ...)

The overall lukewarm outlook for local businesses is due primarily to a weakening external demand," says SCCB's CEO Audrey Chia. ( read original story ...)

Sales rose in August to 4.12 million tonnes, rising around 1.1 per cent compared with August last year. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

A former unit of Russia's Gazprom is paying a 'meagre' penalty for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes it had failed to deliver to India since early June to absolve itself of all ... ( read original story ...)

Just 2 miles separate the distance between the two longest flights in the world. Both of these routes operate to and from the New York City metropolitan area, and they’re both operated by Singapore ... ( read original story ...)

He took on the role on 12 September. Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) has appointed Li Yu as the new CEO for its International Businesses. Yu took over the role on 12 September. “I am delighted to be ... ( read original story ...)