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"The biggest thing globally that will affect Singapore would predominantly be the rising interest ... Still, Sim said, it might not be all bad news for the Asian city state's property market in 2019 a... ( read original story ...)

Yahoo News Singapore takes a look at five sets of statistics that stunned. We’re already comparatively wealthy, according to Credit Suisse, with Singaporean adults worth more than US$283,000 (S$388,00... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - When veteran journalist Alan John's firstborn Nicola was two years old back in 1991, he and his wife took her to the Singapore Zoo to see Inuka - the first polar bear to be born in the tro... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Asian markets were mostly lower on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said that there was “nothing new” in efforts to end the partial government shutdown over a U.S.-Mexico border wall ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC has reportedly struck a deal to make a $450-million acquisition for Taiwan’s Taimall Shopping Center in Taoyuan City. Singapore-based Axiom Asia Private Capital has ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, Dec 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From its towering "supertree" vertical gardens to a Formula 1 night race, Singapore is known for many attractions; underground space is not one of them ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Noble Group Ltd. finally completed its mammoth debt-for-equity restructuring, handing control of its assets to creditors as Singapore regulators continue to probe the commodity trader a... ( read original story ...)

Set in Singapore, this year's box office hit "Crazy Rich Asians" may be part of the reason why the vibrant island city-state in Asia with a population of 5.5 million seems to have suddenly become a mu... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank on Wednesday said it had issued a lifetime prohibition order against former Goldman Sachs' banker Tim Leissner after he admitted to charges relat... ( read original story ...)

Singapore regulators have placed a lifetime ban on a former Goldman Sachs banker who faces criminal charges in the United States and Malaysia for ransacking the 1MDB state investment fund. The Monetar... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Bank AG, the German lender that’s struggling to enact a turnaround, has seen a surge in turnover among investment bankers in Asia since May, as cost-cutting and sinking morale ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- After Singapore’s residential and office markets made comebacks, the next property sector to bet on might just be its hotels. The hotel industry is heading into 2019 in good shape after ... ( read original story ...)

They failed to land a single gold medal in August’s Asian Games, but Singapore’s silat exponents made amends on Sunday (16 December) when they swept to a total of seven golds at the World Pencak Silat ... ( read original story ...)

including applying for Singapore citizenship for him. The couple, who were at work when they heard the news at 10.25am through their lawyers, were elated. “It was business as usual because we didn’t w... ( read original story ...)

* Singapore bucks trend as investors hunt for bargains * Indonesia posts widest trade deficit in 5 yrs in Nov * Vietnam biggest loser in region, down nearly 2 pct * Thai index closes at over 6-month l... ( read original story ...)

Asian countries have been growing in popularity as destinations for high-quality education and the tiny city-state of Singapore is no exception. Singapore is a modern, vibrant county which boasts itse... ( read original story ...)