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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Modern city-state Singapore is a predictable place: it’s hot and humid every day, unabashedly pro-business, immaculately clean -no chewing gum anywhere - and the government is us... ( read original story ...)

Singaporean regulators investigating Noble Group Ltd. have focused their questions so far on the company’s use of mark-to-market accounting, according to people familiar with the matter. The strugglin... ( read original story ...)

Hi-tech Singapore is planning to roll out a swarm of drones for tasks that include delivering parcels, inspecting buildings and providing security, but safety and privacy concerns mean the initiative ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Online shopping in Singapore is lackluster even after Amazon Inc. debuted its Prime service in mid-2017. The island’s malls are trying hard to keep it that way. With some of the nation’ ... ( read original story ...)

Fast forward, I came back to Singapore and was trying to find a barre workout to challenge myself, and started telling everyone I knew about it. One day, the owner of a now-defunct fitness studio said ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- An investigation into troubled Indonesian property developer PT Lippo Karawaci, controlled by Southeast Asia’s billionaire Riady family, is reverberating in the Singapore bond market. S... ( read original story ...)

Thailand showed why they were AFF Suzuki Cup champions as they brush aside Singapore Singapore slumped to a 3-0 defeat to Thailand in their final group game which saw them crash out of the group stage ... ( read original story ...)

Online shopping in Singapore is lackluster even after Amazon Inc. debuted its Prime service in mid-2017. The island’s malls are trying hard to keep it that way. With some of the nation’s biggest mall ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s ruling party on Friday named Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat to a key leadership post, possibly putting him in line to take over as prime minister when current ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s core inflation gauge edged higher in October to 1.9 percent from a year earlier due to higher cost of electricity and gas, data showed on Friday. It was slightly abov... ( read original story ...)

Trade-reliant Singapore is forecasting weaker demand from key markets in Asia next year, hurting the outlook for economic growth in the city state as the U.S-China tariff war starts to bite. Growth is ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s ruling party is set to unveil new positions within its top decision making body on Friday in what could give a strong hint toward the country’s future prime minister. ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Over one weekend late in August, a group of 11 millennial-age watch collectors from Hong Kong, Sydney, Shanghai, Taiwan and Yangon converged on Singapore. The attraction? A celebration of ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's economy expanded at a much slower pace than initially thought in the third quarter, with the government flagging further moderation in the current quarter and warning ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines Ltd said on Thursday its budget carrier Scoot will take over several routes from regional airline SilkAir over the next two years, ahead of a plan to absorb un... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Trade-reliant Singapore is bracing for slower economic growth next year as demand in key markets in Asia weakens. Growth is seen easing to 1.5 percent to 3.5 percent in 2019 from a proj... ( read original story ...)