Man fined S$3,500 for importing a live tortoise

The animal is a protected species under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and a permit is required for any import, export and re-export of CITES-listed species in Singapore. The live tortoise ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore M&A activity hit 4-year high at US$33.8b

Two large M&A deals breached the US$3b mark in H1. Overall Singapore merger and acquisition (M&A) activity jumped 19.1% to US$33.8b so far this year, reaching the highest first half period since 2014 at US$54.6b, Thomson Reuters revealed. According to data ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore export growth surges in May

Pharmaceutical shipments can be highly volatile but they did the trick last month, driving Singapore export growth to a seven-month high. Non-oil domestic exports jumped 15.5 per cent over the same month last year, easily trumping economist expectations of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Exports Surge

Singapore’s exports grew at a surprisingly robust pace in ... recently saying it would levy additional tariffs on as much as $50-billion worth of Chinese imports. Beijing has responded with similar measures on US products. Although many observers say ... ( read original story ...)

Spike in Singapore’s non-oil exports in May

Both electronic and non-electronic re-exports rose. Total trade rose over the year in May, supported by both export and import growth. Singapore-headquartered online media company targeting Indian Diaspora across Singapore, US, UK and Dubai. Connected to ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. oil slumps as China threatens duty on U.S. crude imports

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices slumped on Monday after China threatened duties on American crude imports in an escalating trade dispute with Washington. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $63.84 a barrel, down $1.22 ... ( read original story ...)