The White House on Monday announced a series of new agreements with Singapore aimed at combating cyberthreats, tackling climate change, addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and alleviating supply chain ... ( read original story ...)
Kamala Harris Announces New U.S. Supply-Chain Initiative With Singapore
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced new initiatives including a high-level supply chain dialogue and agreements on cybersecurity and climate, all ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore July inflation surpasses pre-pandemic levels
Singapore's key price gauge in July rose by its fastest pace in over two years, surpassing pre-pandemic levels, due to higher electricity and gas costs driven by a hike in global oil prices, official ... ( read original story ...)
Wealth Tax: How Estate Tax In Singapore in Used To Look Like Before It Was Scraped In 2008
Recently, Ravi Menon, managing director of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), broach the topic of wealth tax in Singapore in a lecture with Institute Policy of Studies (IPS). The mention of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Fintech Unicorn Startups: Past, Present, and Future
Let’s take a look at Singapore’s unicorn companies: from the past, present, and the aspiring unicorns of the future. ( read original story ...)
Christopher Chye Joins XREX as Managing Director of Singapore and Director of Products
XREX Inc. announced today that Christopher Chye has joined the company as Managing Director of XREX Singapore and Director of Product of XREX Inc. In this dual role, Chye will oversee XREX's ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market Poised To Add To Friday’s Gains
The Singapore stock has finished higher in two of three trading days since the end of the three-day slide in which it had fallen almost 60 points or 1.9 percent. The Straits Times Index now sits just ... ( read original story ...)
Former Abu Dhabi Global Market CEO Richard Teng Joins Binance Singapore as Chief Executive
Binance Singapore, the leading fiat-to-crypto platform for trading of cryptocurrencies in Singapore Dollars (SGD), today announced the appointment of Richard Teng, former CEO of Financial Services ... ( read original story ...)
InvestCorp and Singapore’s ADDX to Expand Use of Digital Securities in Private Markets
Investment manager Investcorp and Singapore's private capital exchange ADDX to expand the use of digital securities in the private markets. ( read original story ...)
Harris to meet with Singapore officials to begin Asia visit
Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with Singapore’s president and prime minister as she kicks off a visit to Southeast Asia focused on strengthening ties with key allies in the region, a task ... ( read original story ...)
WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Sports happenings in Singapore (16-22 Aug)
Here is a round-up of sports events and developments in Singapore in the past week (16 to 22 August): Song Ui-young granted Singapore citizenship . South Korea-born ... ( read original story ...)
Gasoline exports to Singapore hit 13-month low in July
China almost halved its gasoline exports in July from the previous month to 741,000 mt, with Singapore still the top destination at 443,000 mt, detailed data released by the General Administration of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Shopping Groups Form to Buy Lobsters, Tarts Amid Covid
Singapore healthcare worker Toh Lixin offers about 4,000 of her neighbors the chance to get discounts on items such as fruit tarts, bottled coffee and baby lobsters. Toh, 26, is the organizer of an ... ( read original story ...)
Kamala Harris visits Singapore to deepen ties, counter China’s influence
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet Singapore's leaders on Monday on the first working day of a trip to Southeast Asia aimed at bolstering ties as part of Washington's efforts to counter China ... ( read original story ...)
Elderly woman, man die of COVID-19 complications; 29 new locally transmitted cases in Singapore
SINGAPORE: A 91-year-old woman and an 87-year-old man have died of COVID-19 complications, becoming Singapore's 11th and 12th deaths from the coronavirus in August. The 91-year-old woman died on ... ( read original story ...)
29 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Singapore, including 17 unlinked
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 29 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections as of noon on Sunday (Aug 22), including 17 with no links to previous cases. Nine infections were linked to previous cases ... ( read original story ...)