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In Singapore, where activist investing was virtually unheard of until now, two companies have found themselves in the crosshairs in the past month alone. Quarz Capital Management Ltd. urged retailer Metro Holdings Ltd. to return excess cash to investors ... ( read original story ...)

Kendo, which literally translates to “way of the sword”, first found its way to Singapore during the Japanese Occupation. News reports from then mention that the martial art was being taught as a subject at local Japanese schools then. In 1972 ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore: Singapore's oldest supermarket chain Cold Storage, which used a price promotion on beef at one of its outlets during Diwali, on Wednesday apologised for the advertisement which was "insensitive" to Hindus. A photo of the promotion, which ... ( read original story ...)

Children make more progress in maths when teachers use Singapore-style methods, according to an Oxford study. Researchers found pupils shot ahead of their peers when taught the traditional Asian way, which focuses on mastering core principles as 'building ... ( read original story ...)

(Photo: Ng Lian Cheong/Channel 8 News) Malaysia's Transport Ministry made it clear last week that the road charge is different from the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP). Singapore's MOT had responded in a statement to say it has "noted" Malaysia's plans ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Airlines has launched its two new non-stop routes from Manchester with various celebrations at Manchester Airport along with a formal event attended by Aviation Minister, Lord Ahmad. The inaugural flight to Houston departed on Sunday October 30 ... ( read original story ...)

Agnieszka Radwanska’s WTA Finals Singapore title defense could end at the hands of world no. 1 Angelique Kerber in Saturday’s semifinals. World no. 1 Angelique Kerber faces defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska for a place in the final of the 2016 WTA ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Olympic medallist Feng Tianwei will continue to stay in Singapore and still wants to represent the country in table tennis, despite being dropped from the national team. In a statement written in Mandarin to the media on Friday (Oct 28), Feng ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore mall vacancies rose to the highest level in a decade in the third quarter as an oversupply of shop spaces added to muted spending by shoppers. A gauge of mall vacancies rose 0.6 percent to 8.4 percent in the three months ended Sept. 30, even as ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Get your popcorn ready… It's semifinal Saturday at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global! Chris Oddo previews all the action—both singles and doubles—right here at wtatennis.com. Saturday Semifinals [8] Svetlana ... ( read original story ...)

A Singapore street-food chef who was awarded a Michelin star this year announced Friday a partnership with a multinational culinary company to offer customers across Asia a taste of his prize-winning braised chicken dish. Chan Hon Meng announced in a joint ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Musician Axel Serik used to be unable to sleep for long stretches, sometimes even more than a week. “It was really, really bad. I remember playing shows many times without sleep and it was horrible,” he said. “I was searching high and low ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: For an art showcase evocatively called An Atlas Of Mirrors, it probably shouldn’t be surprising to come across so many artworks that take its title literally. At this year’s Singapore Biennale, which opened Oct 27 and runs for four months ... ( read original story ...)

Svetlana Kuznetsova is already into the semifinals and Garbine Muguruza is already out: Who will find more incentive to win Friday’s WTA Finals Singapore match? It could be a strange match on Friday as Svetlana Kuznetsova, already qualified for the WTA ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Singapore's industrial production unexpectedly surged in September, raising the prospect of an upward revision to third-quarter gross domestic product, although the outlook remains clouded by sluggish global demand. Manufacturing output rose 6.7 ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - A stormy Tuesday evening set the stage for an exciting doubles draw ceremony at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global. By Sunday, only one of the eight pairs will walk away with the Martina Navratilova Trophy, but four ... ( read original story ...)