Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced that it was laying off about 11,000 employees, or 13 per cent of its global workforce. It’s the first mass redundancy exercise for the 18-year-old ...
Overbought Singapore Bourse Called Higher On Monday
The Singapore stock market has finished higher in six straight sessions, improving more than 125 points or 4.1 percent along the way.
Doing good makes good business sense: 25 firms lauded for steward leadership
The inspiring stories come from social enterprises and SMEs and not just large companies. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore MAS Chief Says Record Inflows Can Be Managed
Singapore can absorb record inflows of new money, the central bank chief said, allaying concerns of a real estate bubble even as rents and prices surge to unprecedented highs. ( read original story ...)
Diabetes screenings to play big role, 1 in 3 in Singapore at risk | Video
It's been six years since the Government declared war on diabetes. More than 400,000 people in Singapore live with the disease. The Health Ministry estimates that figure could rise to one million by ...
Open letter: Did Temasek invest Singapore’s reserves in “highly speculative” companies with due diligence?
I read that Temasek participated in all 3 rounds of FTX’s fundraising. Should Singapore’s SWFs (including Temasek) invest in companies/funds with “highly speculative nature of the business model and ...
Royal Group, Keppel team up on renewable energy, S’pore exports
The Phnom Penh-based Royal Group Power Co Ltd (RGP) on November 11 inked a preliminary but exclusive and binding agreement with Singapore’s Keppel Energy Pte Ltd (KE) to explore the joint development ...
Free World Cup screenings at 65 community locations across Singapore
SINGAPORE: Matches from the World Cup, which kicks off in just over a week, will be screened for free at more than 60 locations islandwide, including 58 community clubs and the Sports Hub. Live ...
Singapore director Alvin Lee wins at China’s Golden Rooster Awards
Singapore director Alvin Lee has won an award at China’s Golden Rooster Awards. His work, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, was one of 10 winners for best short film announced on Friday evening. “This is my ...
World Cup fever hits Singapore: Free giant screen football screenings at 70 locations including community clubs
With just a week to the World Cup’s kick-off, Singapore fans have been given many free viewing options, including over 70 locations at community clubs, ActiveSG Sports Centres and Safra clubhouses.
Commentary: With so many green spaces in Singapore, why aren’t youth more interested in nature?
Time spent in nature helps young people develop not only an interest in the natural environment, but also a sense of ownership of their living space, say science educators Tan Aik Ling and Theresa Su.
Answers needed in curious case of FTX’s Singapore entity
Retail users and their assets are not parked under FTX’s Singapore entity, which has received an MAS exemption. Read more at straitstimes.com.
More young people under 20 in Singapore caught taking cannabis; CNB to step up engagement with parents
"Some of them come from very good family backgrounds ... that worries us," said the new chief of the Central Narcotics Bureau.
Singapore bank DBS uses DeFi to trade FX and state securities
Singapore’s DBS Bank has launched a trading test of FX and government securities using private DeFi pools on a public blockchain.
Singapore parents who abused children may find it harder to claim maintenance later, under proposed changes to law
To prevent the Maintenance of Parents Act from being unfairly used by abusive parents against their children, a workgroup has proposed four changes to ...
Singapore’s First REIT in hunt for MPT’s Healthscope property portfolio
Singapore healthcare real estate investment trust First REIT is pursuing the portfolio of Healthscope properties that were purchased by Medical Properties Trust in 2019 for 1.2bn.