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Cases of the virus in dormitories, which can house up to 20 people per room, accounted for 88 percent of the nation’s cases, as of Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

Taken together, Japan and Singapore are underscoring that no major music market has been immune from the global reach of the virus. ( read original story ...)

Singapore Management University and Tradeteq are exploring the advantages of a quantum system for machine learning applied to credit scoring. ( read original story ...)

Singapore said on Tuesday that the number of migrant workers infected with coronavirus in the city-state may be higher than official tallies as symptomatic patients had been isolated in dormitories ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is in the process of scaling up medical facilities by adding capacity at isolation wards and intensive care units as the confirmed number of virus cases nears 15,000, making it Asia’s ... ( read original story ...)

The Covid-19 pandemic knocked Singapore's economy in the first quarter, when it shrank 2.2% — its sharpest contraction since the 2009 financial crisis. ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore has long touted itself as the ideal home for a commodity trading house, with low taxes, light regulation and a view of one of the world’s busiest shipping channels. That ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's health ministry on Tuesday confirmed 528 more coronavirus infections, the smallest daily rise in almost two weeks, taking the city-state's tally of cases to 14,951. ( read original story ...)

Singapore has long touted itself as the ideal home for a commodity trading house, with low taxes, light regulation and a view of one of the world’s busiest shipping channels. That hard-earned ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Fintech Association and Razer Fintech are collaborating to help local fintech companies withstand negative impacts of the pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The number of coronavirus patients reported in Singapore has climbed almost fivefold in the past two weeks, as the city state ramped up testing, putting it behind China and India in terms of ... ( read original story ...)

Despite the 1-2% growth forecast for emerging markets, the Bank of Singapore's Gareth Nicholson flags opportunities in high-yield bonds in that sector, which may still have some "very attractive ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has confirmed 799 more coronavirus infections, its health ministry said on Monday, taking the city-state's tally of cases to 14,423. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese and Singaporean economies were already weak before the coronavirus outbreak worsened over the past month, said Steve Cochrane, chief Asia Pacific economist at Moody's Analytics. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is weighing the need to extend the state of emergency beyond early May, according to local reports. Meanwhile, Singapore is emerging with the region’s highest number of ... ( read original story ...)

A narrow waterway off Singapore has become even more congested as oil-laden tankers wait out a slump in global fuel consumption that’s crimped demand and boosted the use of ships to store cargoes. ( read original story ...)