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Guess which bank had the highest income for the period. According to the Singapore Exchange (SGX), for the first three quarters of 2017, the three Singapore banks have averaged 6% YoY growth in net profit. Here's more from SGX: DBS’ total income and ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Local stocks opened 0.4 per cent higher on Friday (Dec 1), in line with US stocks overnight, with the Straits Times Index moving up 13.62 points to 3,447.16 as at 9.12am. About 125.6 million shares worth S$280.6 million in total changed hands ... ( read original story ...)

The debut edition of the Media Investors’ Summit conference in Singapore on Thursday made morals, not money, its centerpiece. “A failure to address the lack of ethics can come back to bite us commercially,” said noted Singapore producer Chan Gin Kai ... ( read original story ...)

After taking office in January, Tan Kiat How, CEO of Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority spoke to Variety at the Singapore Media Festival. He discussed new initiatives and the performance of existing ones. Variety: What new initiatives the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - When Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong visited the Danish capital of Copenhagen in 2009 for a climate change conference, he was struck by the sight of people cycling after sunset in the depths of a freezing winter. "I concluded that if the Danes ... ( read original story ...)

One of the sons of Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew has announced that he was leaving the country “for the foreseeable future” after he and his sister said they had lost confidence in the leadership of their brother Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore ... ( read original story ...)

The debate over Singapore’s favorite crab dish may be settled -- at least on the trading floor. Shares of restaurant chain No Signboard Holdings Ltd., known in the city-state for its signature white pepper crab dish, jumped 11 percent on its debut ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Singapore has ratified the United Nations (UN) convention condemning discrimination based on race, colour, descent, nationality or ethnic origin, the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) said in a statement on Thursday (Nov 30). ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Local stocks opened 0.2 per cent lower on Thursday (Nov 30), with the Straits Times Index losing 5.76 points to 3,433.23 as at 9.03am. The STI fell as a selloff in technology shares from Apple to Amazon.com dragged down major US indices overnight. ( read original story ...)

Underlining the growing importance of virtual reality, Singapore minister Chee Hong Tat announced the first two VR titles that are part of a partnership with Discovery Networks Asia Pacific. The pair, “Abandoned,” by Hiverlab and Burning Bush Films ... ( read original story ...)

CNC Petroleum Pte Ltd (CNC Petroleum), a new physical bunker in Singapore, says embracing digitalization and other technology is key to its success in the world's biggest bunker market. As Ship & Bunker previously reported, CNC Petroleum received its ... ( read original story ...)

For all its riches, the one thing Singapore lacks is honest-to-goodness risk-taking. Back in 2002, as the city-state was emerging from its worst recession since 1964, the government was getting impatient over the economy's disproportionate reliance on ... ( read original story ...)

New Delhi: India and Singapore on Wednesday signed an agreement to deepen cooperation in maritime security and called for ensuring freedom of navigation in critical sea lanes in the backdrop of China’s increasing assertiveness in the region. “The ... ( read original story ...)

This month, Singapore and Brunei carried out another iteration of one of their annual military exercises. The drills, which came amid a series of other interactions as well, highlighted the ongoing defense ties between the two fellow Southeast Asian states. ( read original story ...)

Singapore may consistently rank among the world’s freest economies, but the city remains highly conservative – on the surface. Numerous pornographic websites are blocked by the state and homosexual acts still warrant jail terms. Digital disruption ... ( read original story ...)

A Singaporean civil activist facing the prospect of imprisonment for organising small-scale public protests has urged his compatriots to question why peaceful assemblies are criminalised, as rights groups and observers once again piled pressure on the ... ( read original story ...)