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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oxfam on Wednesday rejected Singapore’s defense of its low taxes after the NGO ranked the wealthy city state among the 10 worst-offending countries in fuelling inequality with it... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Global economic risks may have risen but there’s no need to overreact just yet, said Singapore’s central bank chief Ravi Menon. Load Error “Dark clouds are an appropriate phrase but it’ ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore residential-property investment sales have collapsed after the latest round of housing curbs put the brakes on ‘en-bloc’ redevelopment deals. Just two redevelopment sales wort... ( read original story ...)

About six months after Qantas Airways started a direct service from Perth, Australia, to London, Singapore Airlines is bringing back its 16,700-kilometre jump to New York on Oct. 11. That will ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore court on Tuesday convicted a rights activist and an opposition politician of contempt of court, punishable by up to three years in jail, for online comments posted on ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is giving liquidators of insolvent companies a new tool to retrieve funds for bondholders and other creditors. Court-appointed managers will now be able to seek funding from investors unrela... ( read original story ...)

Hyflux Ltd., the embattled Singapore water-treatment and power company, is in advanced talks with at least two potential investors about taking a strategic equity stake in the group as part of a restr... ( read original story ...)

Led by Junus Eu, Douglas Gan, and Kin-Wai Lau, Singapore-based fiat-crypto exchange EurekaPro has officially entered the Southeast Asian blockchain market today. The expansion will make it easier for ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore transport company ComfortDelGro is set to launch a taxi subscription service for commuters through a partnership with Finnish company MaaS (Mobility-as-a-Service) Global. Called WHIM, this p... ( read original story ...)

* Singapore cenbank decision due on Oct 12 * Philippines up after 2 sessions of falls By Niyati Shetty Oct 8 (Reuters) - Singapore shares extended falls on Monday ahead of a central bank policy review ... ( read original story ...)

An inquiry in the past two weeks into the SingHealth cyber attack has uncovered new details about the data breach and also identified weaknesses and lapses in the public healthcare group and its IT ve... ( read original story ...)

Singapore clinched a third gold medal at the 19th Asian Schools Tenpin Bowling Championships on Friday (5 October), when the girls’ bowlers won the team-of-four competition held in Taichung, Taiwan. T... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s youth bowlers Shin Zong Yi and Arianne Tay swept the top two positions in the girls’ singles competition at the 19th Asian School Tenpin Bowling Championships in Taichung, Taiwan, on Tuesd... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has charged an employment agency for posting advertisements offering Indonesian helpers for sale on an e-commerce site, the city-state's labour ministry said. Singapore is home to almost 250 ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is working closely with Indonesia to get more support to build a regional counter-terrorism intelligence-sharing network during an Asean meeting later this month, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen ... ( read original story ...)

Only a slim majority in a Reuters poll of economists predict a tightening at its policy review next week, with the bank seen trying to balance the risks to growth and inflation amid global trade frict... ( read original story ...)