Li Xiting is now worth $13.5 billion. Averaged out, his fortune has been increasing by about $37.7 million every 24 hours. ( read original story ...)
Singapore manufacturing unexpectedly surges in March, fueled by pharma output
Singapore's industrial output rose 16.5% in March on a year-on-year basis, surging past expectations, as pharmaceutical production more than doubled, data showed on Friday. On a month-on-month and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Ponders Mass Testing as Virus Outbreak Balloons
Singapore is looking to pivot to a more aggressive coronavirus response strategy that involves mass testing for its population of 5.7 million people as cases in the city-state jumped more than ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exchange third-quarter profit hits 13-year high as trading volume surges
Singapore Exchange's profit jumped 38% to a 13-year high in the January-March quarter as extreme market volatility amid the coronavirus outbreak boosted equities and derivatives trading volumes. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s coronavirus cases spike due to aggressive, transparent testing, says ambassador
Chan Heng Chee, ambassador-at-large with the Singapore foreign ministry and chairman of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (SUTD), discusses Singapore's spike in coronavirus cases ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Shares Due For Support On Friday
The Singapore stock market has finished lower in four straight sessions, dropping more than 70 points or 2.8 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 2,540-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore confirms 1,037 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore's health ministry said it had preliminarily confirmed 1,037 new cases on Thursday, taking the Southeast Asian city-state's total infections to 11,178. The health ministry said the vast ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Traders Say They’re Healthy Amid Hin Leong Saga
Two Singapore-based oil traders have rushed to quell any concerns about their financial stability amid the fallout from the sudden demise of Hin Leong, which owes its lenders almost $4 billion. ( read original story ...)
‘We’re in a prison’: Singapore’s migrant workers suffer as Covid-19 surges back
Singapore was lauded for its swift action to suppress infections but crisis has shone spotlight on how it treats marginalised migrants ... ( read original story ...)
‘We’re in a prison’: Singapore’s million migrant workers suffer as Covid-19 surges back
Singapore was lauded for its swift action to suppress infections but crisis has shone spotlight on how it treats marginalised migrants ... ( read original story ...)
Cases Rise in Spain and Singapore; Europe Reels: Virus Update
Spain reported its most new coronavirus cases and fatalities in nearly a week, while Singapore had more than 1,000 new infections for a fourth straight day. U.S. President Donald Trump said he ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Sees Deflation in Core Prices for Second Straight Month
The gauge entered negative territory in February for the first time in a decade. Singapore's headline consumer price index was flat at 0% from a year earlier, the lowest level since January 2018, ... ( read original story ...)
Loan-loss provisions may pick up for Singapore’s banks: BNP Paribas
Prashant Bhayani of BNP Paribas discusses how investors should approach Singapore banks, given the country's extension of "circuit breaker" measures and their exposure to plunging oil prices. ( read original story ...)
Pastor helps keep Singapore’s migrant workers fed during COVID-19 lockdown
Pastor Samuel Gift Stephen spends his days trying to ensure migrant workers in Singapore, confined to cramped dormitories due to an outbreak of coronavirus, all remain well fed. He runs one of a ... ( read original story ...)
Why Singapore’s push to contain coronavirus among migrant workers is so difficult
The number of Covid-19 cases in the city-state has spiked in the past month — from about 1,000 cumulative cases on April 1 to more than 10,000 today. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse Predicted To Halt Losing Streak
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has moved lower in three straight sessions, sinking almost 65 points or 2.5 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index remains just above the 2,550-point ... ( read original story ...)