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GLP Pte, the Singapore-based developer of logistics properties, is planning an initial public offering for its U.S. operations that could raise about $3 billion, people with knowledge of the matter ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s proposed legislation against online falsehoods is probably the world’s boldest and most elaborate attempt to regulate disinformation since “fake news” hit the top of the global agenda ... ( read original story ...)

The collapse of Singapore’s water treatment firm Hyflux Ltd. has increased investor scrutiny over other debt-laden companies that have sold bonds in the local currency. More defaults could occur as ... ( read original story ...)

Forty financial services job roles in Singapore are set to be highly impacted — either through role convergence or displacement — by robotic process automation, advanced analytics, and AI, per an ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Two Singapore REITs are being urged to join the wave of consolidation ... Quarz said in a letter to the board of Ascendas Hospitality and obtained by Bloomberg News. “Despite its prime ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Singapore's national youth bowlers enjoyed a bumper gold harvest at the Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships in Kuching, snaring all four golds at stake on Tuesday (23 April) – both ... ( read original story ...)

Binance has launched a new cryptocurrency exchange in Singapore after months of anticipation, TechCrunch reported on April 23, albeit with limited features. Users of the platform are only able to ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore is grabbing a sub-second opportunity to win a bigger slice of the world’s $5.1 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market. The Southeast Asian nation is encouraging major ... ( read original story ...)

Binance, the largest exchange by traded volume, has launched its third fiat-to-crypto exchange; this time in Singapore following exchanges in Uganda and Jersey. The fiat-to-crypto exchange will ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has named a deputy in a Cabinet reshuffle, in a possible indication of his successor. His office said Tuesday that Heng Swee Keat would be promoted to deputy ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat was promoted to deputy prime minister on Tuesday, a move that further positions him to succeed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The president of the National ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Best World International Ltd. plunged to its lowest in six months after activist short seller Bonitas Research published a report questioning the company’s accounting and sales. The ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat is set to become deputy prime minister, the prime minister’s office said in a statement on Tuesday, strengthening expectations he will ... ( read original story ...)

At one time in the not-too-distant past, Singapore was afflicted with economic chaos and rampant corruption. It suffered from a decaying infrastructure, labor and social unrest, and high gang crime ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Billionaire property developer Kwek Leng Beng’s latest luxury condo in Singapore has seen robust demand since its launch last month. It doesn’t hurt that some of his own relatives have ... ( read original story ...)

A Singapore resident was lamenting on the current “sentiment” of many Singaporeans on how they look at their country and how they feel for the tiny-state. Following Dyson Ltd.’s plans late last year ... ( read original story ...)