Some of the world’s largest tech corporations -- from Google to Microsoft Corp. and Amazon -- are in talks with a new carbon offset trading platform in Singapore that would be among the first to be ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC SME Index: How Small Businesses Can Use Data To Forecast Their Industry Direction
BMI is a useful indicator of a person’s health, while the PSI tells us about our air quality. In that same vein, the OCBC SME Index is a measure of the business health and performance of Singapore’s ... ( read original story ...)
Lucky Plaza, NEX visited by COVID-19 cases during infectious period
SINGAPORE: Lucky Plaza and the FairPrice Xtra supermarket at NEX were on Thursday (May 27) added to a list of public places visited by COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
GlobalFoundries gets closer to IPO after moving HQ from Santa Clara to New York
This week, Snowflake Inc., which was based in San Mateo when it did one of the biggest tech IPOs of 2020, said it isn't going to have a headquarters anywhere anymore. It now lists Bozeman, Montana — ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Police Say Crypto-Related Crimes Keep Rising across the Country
Singaporean police had reported that cryptocurrency-related crimes have skyrocketed since 2018, and the uptrend doesn’t seem to be slowing down. According to The Straits Times, around 393 reports were ... ( read original story ...)
Unveiling Singapore IP Strategy 2030: Building A World Class IA/IP Regime.
On 26 April 2021, commemorating World IP Day, Singapore unveiled another 2030 goal – the S ingapore IP Strategy 2030 (SIPS 2030). In a global economy driven by innovation and powered by intangible ... ( read original story ...)
Microsoft-backed Bukalapak plans Indonesia IPO by August
Last month, Bukalapak raised US$ 234 million in a round of funding led by US tech titan Microsoft, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund ... Bukalapak joins the IPO rush in Asia, where companies have ... ( read original story ...)
Commercial banks aid rollout of new framework for green trade finance transactions in Singapore
An industry-led taskforce has introduced a new framework for green trade finance and working capital transactions in Singapore, though participating banks admit that the initiative is still in its ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: Outlook for Industrial Production remains firm – UOB
Singapore’s industrial production expanded 2.1% y/y (+1.0% m/m sa) in April 2021, in line with our call for a 2.3% y/y growth (+2.3% m/m sa). Excluding biomedical manufacturing, industrial production ... ( read original story ...)
Robinsons realty firm plans P26.7B IPO for its REIT
Gokongwei-led Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) plans to raise as much as P26.7 billion from the initial public offering of a real estate investment trust (REIT) that it will ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s e-commerce unicorn Bukalapak files for domestic IPO
Bukalapak is understood to be the only major local tech firm to have submitted a proposal to the local stock exchange. ( read original story ...)
Robinsons REIT sets P26.6-B IPO in end-August
RL Commercial REIT Inc., the real estate investment trust company backed by Robinsons Land Corp., has set its P26.6-billion initial public offering (IPO) in August. ( read original story ...)
Bubble tea shop at Holland Village, Workforce Singapore career centre visited by COVID-19 cases during infectious period
SINGAPORE: The Tiger Sugar bubble tea shop at Holland Piazza was on Tuesday (May 25) added to a list of public places visited by COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s 8i Capital files to raise $50m for second Asia-focused SPAC
Capital, a Singapore-based firm that focuses on investments and M&As, has filed to raise up to $50 million in an IPO for its second SPAC. ( read original story ...)
How Singapore’s Digital Wallets Fared During the Pandemic
Digital wallets in Singapore have enjoyed a bumper year. With lockdowns catalysing the growth of online shopping, the local e-commerce market reached US$7 billion in 2020. And gro ... ( read original story ...)
GlobalFoundries Taps Morgan Stanley for Jumbo IPO
GlobalFoundries is working with Morgan Stanley on an initial public offering that could value the chipmaker at about $30 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. ( read original story ...)