SINGAPORE: According to the latest Singapore Business Review report, Singapore’s salary growth is expected to remain modest in 2025, with a projected increase of just 4.4%, the lowest across Southeast ...
‘Many dark times’: How this startup founder overcame self-doubt and started a $100-million-a-year business
In one of his business classes, which involved learning how to write ... In 2007, Tiong returned to Singapore and started Patsnap with the help of a government grant worth 55,000 Singapore dollars ...
Singapore shares retreat at Wednesday’s open; STI down 0.7%
SINGAPORE shares began trading lower on Wednesday (Nov 13), extending global equity market declines overnight. As at 9.02 am, the Straits Times Index (STI) fell 0.7 per cent or 24.31 points to ...
Thai billionaire’s Singapore firm Frasers Property sees profit jump
Still, it has faced various setbacks in Singapore, including failed bids by consortiums it was part of for a rental pilot site and another for an alternative business district in the city’s west. Both ...
Swagger Returns to Crypto as Bitcoin Soars
From New York to Singapore, cryptocurrency traders large and small are ... up and Bitcoin’s march toward $100,000 talked about as something of a mere formality, crypto is in the grip of a market mania ...
Two Chinese news veterans sued over S$990,000 ‘loan’ for failed Mandarin language business
Chinese businessman Ren Xin Wu is suing Ms Lee Kuan Fung, a former veteran news editor from Singapore Press Holdings, and Mr Chua Chim Kang, the head of Chinese news and current affairs at Mediacorp, ...
Singapore: Over 7.5 Kg Of Heroin Seized During SGD 1.4 Million Drug Bust In Tengah
According to a news release, about 1.027 kg of cannabis and 513g of ‘Ice’ were recovered from one person. Another search led to the recovery of about 3.223 kg of cannabis, 7.626 kg of heroin, 2.339 kg ...
Boustead Singapore posts 34% higher H1 profit of S$36 million
Boustead Singapore’s real estate solutions arm saw revenue fall mainly due to decreased revenue recognition in light of the engineering and construction business’ significantly lower order backlog ...
Bulls are calling the ‘golden age of crypto’. It’s not all about Trump
Donald Trump’s decisive election win has sent crypto markets surging. But pundits see a much bigger case for optimism around the sector.
Bitcoin nears $90,000 as crypto market exceeds pandemic-era peak
Bitcoin surged past $89,000 amid speculation of favorable crypto regulations under President-elect Trump, driving the market value to $3.1 trillion. Analysts warn of a potential retracement after the ...
19 kg gold seized, 25 passengers from Singapore held
CHENNAI: Sleuths of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Chennai Customs intercepted 25 passengers at the Chennai international airport who arrived from Singapore on Sunday night and seized ...
Singapore proposes law to entrench non-discriminatory workplace norms, introduce penalties
SINGAPORE is introducing legislation to entrench anti-discrimination ... which will be retained. To provide flexibility for business needs, the WFL will also allow companies to make employment ...
Investing in markets is best way to fight inflation, says new Saxo Singapore CEO
SAXO, a global investing and trading firm, has appointed Mahesh Sethuraman as Singapore CEO to take the helm of its operations here. Read more at The Business Times.
Singapore stocks in positive territory despite tepid regional sentiment; STI up 0.4%
SINGAPORE - Stocks in Singapore were in the black on Nov 11 as investor sentiment in the region weakened. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.4 per cent or 15.1 points to 3,739.47. Across ...
AEON Launches Crypto Payment On BNB Chain To Bring Crypto Payments To Southeast Asia
SINGAPORE, Nov. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AEON, the next-generation payment protocol, has brought a streamlined QR code payment system to BNB Chain with Terminus to expand crypto payment accessibility ...
Singapore High Court orders winding up of embattled Qoo10; liquidators appointed
SINGAPORE - A Korean gift certificates vendor that is allegedly owed nearly 76 billion won (S$72.3 million) in debt is seeking to wind up beleaguered online marketplace Qoo10 in Singapore’s High Court ...