Apple plans new store in “red dot” Singapore

SINGAPORE Apple Inc is getting ready to open its first Apple Store in Singapore on the island's prime Orchard Road shopping boulevard. The storefront at Knightsbridge Mall is covered by a white facade with a large red Apple logo next to a heart and red dot ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Morning News For May 5

Four banks in Singapore are participating in a pilot that aims to explore ways to simplify online banking transactions with the use of the government’s MyInfo online authentication service. Despite having an abundance of content options such as Netflix ... ( read original story ...)

Police: Red Bull scion left Singapore

Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhaya, wanted in a deadly hit-and-run case, left Singapore on April 27, leaving his private jet there, according to police. Pol Maj Gen Apichart Suribunya, commander of the Foreign Affairs Division in his capacity as head of Thai ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore, UK share similarities in economic strategies

In short, it is fundamental to how we shape and change our societies and environments. Recent announcements and developments in the UK and Singapore has focused on the importance of science and innovation in the drive towards growth and prosperity. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's unemployment rate: How much higher could it rise?

SINGAPORE: As Singapore wrestles with slower economic growth and disruptive technological changes, challenges have emerged in the local labour market. In his annual May Day speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong noted that unemployment increased last year ... ( read original story ...)

Asean Morning News For May 5

Stay up to Date With The AEC News Today Mobile App Download the AEC News Today mobile app from Google play or the App stores by clicking the icons below. Four banks in Singapore are participating in a pilot that aims to explore ways to simplify online ... ( read original story ...)

Wanted Thai Red Bull heir Vorayuth 'not in Singapore'

These are external links and will open in a new window Singapore authorities say the Thai heir to the Red Bull empire Vorayuth Yoovidhaya, who is wanted in Thailand, is not in the city-state. Thai police said he had travelled to Singapore from Bangkok last ... ( read original story ...)

Small Singapore has big ideas about innovation culture

When it comes to innovation, there is no such thing as status quo – you either improve or decline relative to everyone else, and sitting in a comfort zone for too long could prove costly. That is the philosophy of Steve Leonard, the CEO of SGInnovate ... ( read original story ...)

Thai fugitive Red Bull heir Vorayuth 'in Singapore'

The Associated Press news agency said Singapore airport authorities had confirmed with them that Mr Vorayuth's private plane was in the country as of Tuesday. A representative at Seletar Airport, which receives private aeroplanes, told the BBC that they ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore woman jailed for filming gym-goers in changing room

These are external links and will open in a new window A woman in Singapore has been jailed for 30 weeks for ... Heng Li Ying, 29, sold access to the footage via online forums, Channel News Asia reports. She pleaded guilty to three counts of privacy ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Air Axes Its Safety Net

David Fickling is a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering commodities, as well as industrial and consumer companies. He has been a reporter for Bloomberg News, Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the Guardian. Singapore Airlines Ltd ... ( read original story ...)

Fugitive Red Bull heir flew to Singapore before court date

Thai immigration authorities say the heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who is wanted on deadly hit-and-run charges flew to Singapore two days before he was due to appear before prosecutors. And airport authorities in Singapore confirmed Tuesday his ... ( read original story ...)