Travellers will have more options for quarantine-free travel from next year with Singapore Airlines (SIA) opening up additional vaccinated travel lane (VTL) flights from Jan 17. ( read original story ...)
Paytm’s dismal stock market debut to put damper on future IPOs
Indian companies have raised a staggering $9.7 billion through initial share sales in the first nine months of 2021 ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Philippines to reopen to foreign tourists; Singapore restarts conferences
The government’s Covid-19 task force ‘approved in principle’ the tourism department’s request to permit entry to vaccinated travellers from countries with a low infection rates, including China and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Reemerges as a Major Events Destination Unlike Hong Kong
If Hong Kong doesn't heed the advice of business leaders and follow the lead of countries like Singapore that are allowing quarantine free travel for visitors from numerous nations, its economy will ... ( read original story ...)
Marvion™? Partners With Omnific Blockchain Studios to Launch International Music Production Competition “Marvion’s Music Monarch”
(OTC:BONZ) is pleased to announce that Marvion™? will be partnering with Omnific Blockchain Studios to create original hybrid-NFT™? (h-NFT) contents. The inaugural initiative through this partnership ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore reports 1,734 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore reported 1734 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday bringing the total tally to 248587 Of the new cases 1633 ... ( read original story ...)
Asia week ahead: PMIs, central bank decisions and Singapore inflation
The coming week features several PMI manufacturing reports and a couple of central bank decisions. The week ahead offers little in terms of hard data, but there are a number of purchasing manager ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore addresses United Nations committee on efforts to eliminate racism
SINGAPORE - Racial harmony in Singapore is not a destination but a continual work in progress, and the Republic cannot take for granted what it has achieved so far, Minister in the Prime Minister's ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore reports 1,734 new COVID-19 cases and 16 more deaths; overall ICU rate falls to 57%
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 1,734 new COVID-19 cases and 16 more deaths linked to the coronavirus as of noon on Friday (Nov 19). The fatalities were aged between 52 and 93. All of them, except for ... ( read original story ...)
Beware Putin amid US-China rivalry, Hillary Clinton warns at Singapore forum on emerging new world order
The Russian president has sought to ‘hug China more’, as he uses non-state actors to project power globally, the former US secretary of state told the Bloomberg New Economy Forum via video link. ( read original story ...)
OCBC Bank Mulls Setting Up Crypto Exchange: CEO
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC Bank) is mulling creating a crypto exchange, the bank’s CEO Helen Wong said in an interview with Bloomberg Television today. “We are looking at it and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports see record growth in four years
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) expanded 17.9 percent in October 2021, hitting a record high after a growth of 20.5 percent four years ago. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s pride: Almost 100 days old: Baby panda expected to join public exhibit early next year
The Republic's first giant panda cub may welcome his fans soon as the tiny tot takes his first steps at River Wonders and will cross his 100-day milestone on Nov 21. ( read original story ...)
Singapore keen to partner European businesses in low carbon solutions, green finance: Gan Kim Yong
SINGAPORE - The Republic is keen to partner European businesses to make strides in low carbon solutions and green finance as it establishes itself as a regional carbon services hub, said Trade and ... ( read original story ...)
ALBA begins Singapore e-scrap diversion work
Fons Krist and ALBA E-Waste Smart Recycling Pte. Ltd. have put into motion Singapore’s ambitious EPR plan for obsolete electronics. Germany-based company sees work ahead to meet Singapore’s collection ... ( read original story ...)
Skies darken for Indian IPOs after Paytm’s diappointing debut
Paytm's PAYT.NS dismal stock market debut this week is likely to put a damper on future offerings after the IPO of the digital payments firm ranked among the worst-performing in Indian history, six ... ( read original story ...)