The lecturer who lost his job after berating an interracial couple has apparently set up a Facebook account to apologize publicly for his actions. ( read original story ...)
IPO-Bound Ola Raises $500Mn From Temasek, Warburg Pincus
Singapore government's investment fund Temasek ... founder Bhavish Aggarwal for a $500 Mn investment ahead of Ola’s IPO. This is amongst the largest investments in the Indian consumer internet ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore trader Ng Yu Zhi raised alarm bells months before arrest for investment fraud
Ng Yu Zhi continued accepting money from wealthy Singaporeans until his arrest in February, enticing them with purported investment gains that averaged 15 per cent a quarter. ( read original story ...)
Crypto executives and companies are flocking to Singapore to take advantage of its crypto-friendly regulations and growth potential
The city-state offers a simpler regulatory process and a grace period thats let crypto firms operate while waiting for their licenses. ( read original story ...)
Singapore sends medical aid to help Indonesia’s COVID fight
Singapore has provided medical supplies and equipment to Indonesia to assist the neighbouring country's battle against a surge in COVID-19 infections. ( read original story ...)
SGX Nifty down 10 points; here’s what changed for market while you were sleeping
Asian share markets opened mostly lower on Friday, tracking an overnight fall in US stocks amid fears that rising Covid cases globally may hurt global growth. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific ... ( read original story ...)
Stock Market Today: SGX Nifty edges 10 pts lower; Asian markets drop tracking overnight fall in US stocks
Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded 13 points, or 0.08 per cent, lower at 15,696.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for a muted start on Friday. Nifty50 on Thursday faced selling ... ( read original story ...)
Grab CEO’s Wife Buys $30 Million Singapore Property Ahead of IPO
(Bloomberg) --The wife of Grab Holdings Chief Executive Officer Anthony Tan paid S$40 million ($29.6 million) for a mansion in Singapore, adding to the strong demand for posh homes as a safe haven ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Bukalapak kicks off US$1.1 billion IPO, biggest in more than a decade
SINGAPORE: Indonesia's Bukalapak launched an up to US$1.13 billion initial public offering ahead of next month's listing, marking the country's ... ( read original story ...)
Circle IPO Comes On Heels Of $25B Of USDC In Circulation, 6,100 Pct CAGR
Circle, the FinTech behind the USD Coin, the stablecoin backed one-to-one by the dollar, said on July 8th that it would go public via SPAC. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Singapore shuns US-style mass reopening; bottlenecks hit Japan’s vaccine roll-out
Singapore will not take the same approach as Britain and the United States for mass reopening, but neither will it keep the sort of restrictive outlook that China and Australia have adopted, Health ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore property market not overheated, but prices closely watched: MAS
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said it would remain vigilant to rising home prices even though the property market was not "overheated". ( read original story ...)
Singapore sentences Canadian man to 5 years behind bars for 2016 bank robbery
David James Roach fled Singapore on the same day as the robbery, but was later detained in Britain and extradited back to Singapore in March 2020. ( read original story ...)
Singapore dynasty’s CDL needs turnaround plan to sate investors
Now, investors’ attention is on the turnaround plan. CDL may raise funds from U.K. investments, review potential divestment and recovery of its hospitality portfolio as well as tap Singapore’s booming ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, France Regulators Trial Wholesale Cross-Border Transactions Using Digital Currencies
MAS and Banque de France (BdF) announced the successful completion of a wholesale cross-border payment and settlement experiment using CBDC. ( read original story ...)
DBS to retrofit Newton office building into net-zero energy building by 2022
SINGAPORE - An existing four-storey office building owned by local bank DBS will be transformed into a net-zero energy building, by installing rooftop solar panels and making use of natural ... ( read original story ...)