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Singapore lashed out at Facebook Inc., calling the social media giant unreliable after it declined a request to remove a post that linked Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and the city state with 1MDB al... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Facebook has rejected a Singapore government request to remove a post of an online article that the government said was “false and malicious”, prompting its Law Ministry to say t... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Singapore Exchange Ltd’s regulatory subsidiary is proposing changes to some of the rules governing voluntary delistings following a recent spate of buyout deals. Singapore ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Low water levels on the Rhine river have caused a fuel supply deficit in parts of Europe’s industrial heartlands that is sucking up cargoes from more than 10,000 km away in Singa... ( read original story ...)

• A fierce fight to the last. Voting in a dizzying array of congressional and statehouse races will still be underway when you get tomorrow’s briefing, and the tide could break red, blue or who knows. ... ( read original story ...)

Singaporeans could go to the ballot boxes sooner than expected. A general election next year is "always possible," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Mickleth... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. can’t use Singapore as a post-Brexit model of a small nation that succeeded after leaving a bigger union because the two nations exited under different circumstances, Prime Min... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Ever since Singapore separated from Malaysia and declared independence in 1965, the two neighbors have argued over who has stronger claims to aspects of their shared heritage. The rivalry ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Forget about Singapore’s foreign worker curbs easing up -- at least on the low-skilled end. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat says the policy to limit the inflow of cheap non-Singaporean ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Very little went wrong for DBS Group Holdings Ltd. last quarter. Load Error Singapore’s biggest bank, the last to report earnings, posted a 76 percent jump in net income. Net in... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Rich Chinese and other Asians are increasingly seeking more control of their wealth, driving a rapid rise in the number of so-called family offices, or private investment vehicle... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore may need to review its economic growth projections for next year as a trade spat between the world’s two biggest economies increases uncertainty and crimps business investment ... ( read original story ...)

If you’re travelling to Singapore, custom officers can request a drug test when you arrive, even if the drug was consumed before your arrival — which could result in your arrest. Travel Canada ... ( read original story ...)

Soaring above Singapore’s central business district, the seven towers of The Pinnacle@Duxton have a distinctive silhouette. The blocks are linked at the 26th and 50th storeys by bridges, each of which ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, Oct 31 (Reuters) - PropertyGuru Group, which operates real estate portals and apps in Southeast Asia, said on Wednesday it has secured a S$200 million ($144 million) investment from private ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Guess which city managed to top a luxury real-estate ranking despite a slew of cooling measures to tame its property market? Yes, the tiny island nation of Singapore, nudging out Hong K... ( read original story ...)