Local stocks ended the week lower on Friday amid rising uncertainty in world markets and renewed fears of a global economic slowdown. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Expert warns of higher cost of doing business in Singapore because of ABSD rate hike
Government raised the ABSD rate for foreigners buying properties in Singapore from 30% to 60%. The government’s move to increase the Additional Buyer Stamp Duty (ABSD) for purchasing property may ...
Commercial property: Hong Kong, Singapore only bright spots as rising interest rates kill off deals across Asia-Pacific
The rival business hubs both saw their deal values increase on a quarterly basis, defying a regional rout in investment amid rising financing costs In other major property markets in the region such ...
World Blockchain Summit Returns to Singapore: Bringing Together Global Crypto Leaders and Innovators
World Blockchain Summit Returns to Singapore: Bringing Together Global Crypto Leaders and Innovators Scheduled for 13,14 July 2023, The World Blockchain Summit Singapore aims to bring together ...
Crypto Expo Asia announces 2023 speakers and partnerships with major crypto industry associations — and we’ve got all the deets
If you’ve got a foot in the crypto-sphere, by this point you’ll probably have heard of Crypto Expo Asia, one of the region’s largest crypto events. The follow-up to the Crypto Expo Dubai which took ...
‘People from Singapore are getting ruder’: Singaporean arrested for urinating in religious area at JB customs
A 69-year-old Singaporean man was arrested for urinating at the ablution vestibule at the Custom, Immigration and Quarantine complex in Johor Bahru on Wednesday (May 10). The man was filmed urinating ...
Singapore stocks end lower on Thursday despite Wall Street gains
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Life insurance sales in Singapore down 13.6% in Q1 as economy slows
About 40,000 more Singaporeans and PRs were covered by Integrated Shield Plans. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore’s UOB bets on Thailand, Vietnam in ASEAN growth surge
The bank on Thursday said its completion of the merger with Citi's consumer banking arms in Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam had boosted its regional customer count from 5 million to over 7 million as ...
Pulau Bulan’s live pig exports to Singapore could take a year to resume: SFA
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said this in a Facebook post on Tuesday, in an update after Singapore detected African swine fever in a consignment of pigs from Pulau Bulan on April 19, and stopped ...
Three Arrows Founder Su Zhu Obtains Singapore Restraining Order Against Arthur Hayes Over ‘Harassment’
Hayes has been tweeting at the founder of the collapsed crypto fund to return some $6 million he says he's owed.
Hong Kong Warns ‘Regulations Will Be Tight’ As It Opens Doors To Crypto Companies In June
Hong Kong has had very tight cryptocurrency regulations over the past few years, but these have reportedly been reduced to a much lower, "reasonable and sustainable level.
Singapore stocks flat amid cautious trading on inflation concerns
Local shares closed largely flat on Wednesday after wary local investors kept their powder dry ahead of United States inflation data. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PayBito Launches Crypto Broker Program for Entrepreneurs to Make Money From Home
A PayBito-associated crypto broker from Singapore says, "I'm making money from home and living a life free of EMIs." Brokering World Hunger Away While Making Money From Home: A PayBito-associated ...
Govt lifts RE export ban, details yet to be ironed out
The government is lifting an 18-month ban on renewable energy (RE) exports — a move to allow the country to tap the rising demand in Singapore and subsequently accelerate local RE generation capacity.
Singapore bank OCBC posts record Q1 profit, beats expectations
SINGAPORE: Singapore's second-biggest lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) reported on Wednesday (May 10) a better-than-expected 39 per cent jump in first-quarter profit from a year earlier on ...