Recently, RBI's policy stance was changed from neutral to accommodative. SINGAPORE: DBS Bank has revised India's GDP growth for fiscal year 2020 downwards to 6.8 per cent year-on-year (YoY) from 7 per ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore overtakes Hong Kong in cross-border commercial property investments in Q1
Investment from the city rose 23% to US$21.8b in the 12 months to Q1 2019. Singapore dominated Asia-Pacific cross border capital outflows in Q1 with US$21.8b in cross-border commercial real estate ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore welcomes Malaysia’s proposal for sheltered walkways across the Causeway
“We welcome the construction of a sheltered walkway on Malaysia’s side linking the Johor Baru CIQ (Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex) to the pedestrian walkway on Singapore’s side,” the ... ( read original story ...)
Are Business Trusts Considered Superior Investments?
Asian Pay Television Trust (SGX: S7OU), or APTT, is a business trust that owns Taiwan Broadband Communications Group (TBC) as its sole asset. TBC is a leading cable TV operator in Taiwan. APTT’s DPU ... ( read original story ...)
‘Taking cue from Singapore, Jordan vies to become business hub’
AMMAN — Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Tareq Hammouri on Wednesday stressed the importance of boosting Jordanian-Singaporean cooperation especially in the fields of trade, economy and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore firms ‘moderately optimistic’ on growth amid global economic slowdown: Korn Ferry poll
SINGAPORE - Global macro factors and talent shortage are the top external factors that will impact overall business performance for Singapore firms in the coming year, according to a survey by ... ( read original story ...)
Unauthorised Drone Flying Disrupts Flights at Singapore Airport
SINGAPORE — One of two runways at Singapore's main airport closed for short periods on Tuesday and Wednesday because of "confirmed sightings of unauthorised drone flying", the aviation regulator said. ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore noodles are the real deal
Some people claim that Singapore noodles aren’t authentic. That’s nonsense, of course. They are plenty authentic. They just aren’t authentically from Singapore. French toast was not invented in France ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore ahead in use of digital health records, but behind in AI for diagnosis
Healthcare professionals in Singapore are ahead in their use of digital medical records, but behind countries such as China and Saudi Arabia in tapping artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the ... ( read original story ...)
Could rag-and-bone men make Singapore a zero waste nation?
The role of the informal waste sector was just one of the many topics discussed by more than 60 government, senior business and academic leaders, who were asked to reimagine the future of recycling in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore market a hive of activity
That gave a fillip to Singapore's Straits Times Index (STI ... Telecom stocks continued their upward trend, led by NetLink NBN Trust. The business trust saw its units add one cent or 1.1 per cent to ... ( read original story ...)
Why does Singapore’s $235 billion investment giant care about sustainability?
So why is it, Hu asked his audience of 1,000 government and business delegates, that humanity isn’t responding with urgency to the biggest challenges of our time? It could be because we don’t believe ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines drops from top spot in global Skytrax awards
Singapore Airlines has lost its “Best in the World” gong with Qatar Airways back on top after nabbing the coveted title at the prestigious 2019 Skytrax Awards. Qatar also walked away with World’s Best ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore sees drop in common security threats, but foresees more data breaches
Monetary Authority of Singapore is looking to introduce changes to existing technology risk and business continuity management guidelines that will require financial organisations to implement more ... ( read original story ...)
Which Singapore Bank Has Increased Its Dividends the Most over the Years?
Investors in Singapore’s three big banks, namely, DBS Group Holdings Ltd (SGX: D05), United Overseas Bank Ltd (SGX: U11) and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Limited (SGX: O39), also known as DBS, UOB and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Conversant Leverages Verimatrix Secure Cloud for Multi-DRM Security
BroadcastAsia 2019 - Verimatrix (Paris:INSD), the leader in redefining the standard for connected devices and services with an innovative combination of security and data analytics, today announced ... ( read original story ...)