Singapore was a free port for decades and we could export almost anything to Singapore if we were competitive. This means there is no advantage whatsoever for the Sri Lankan exporters with the present ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Grand Prix 2018: Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel says he is his own ‘biggest enemy’
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel says he is his own "biggest enemy" in his title fight with Lewis Hamilton this year. Vettel, who is 30 points behind the Mercedes driver heading into this weekend's Singapor... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Grand Prix: Charles Leclerc expects title challenge with Ferrari in 2019
Charles Leclerc is 15th in the drivers' championship but has not picked up any points in the past five races New Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc says he expects to be a title contender in his first sea... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered to part ways with three senior Asia bankers in coverage revamp: sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) is parting ways with three senior ... head of Asia media and telecoms coverage, the people said. Singapore-based Nikhil Nath, the other co-head of S... ( read original story ...)
Technology can be catalyst in narrowing gender gap: President Halimah
Technology can be a catalyst for narrowing the gender gap, President Halimah Yacob said at the opening of the Women's Forum Singapore yesterday at the Raffles City Convention Centre. The forum, part o... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s ST Engineering to buy aircraft part maker from GE for $630 million
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd on Thursday said it had agreed to purchase aircraft part manufacturer MRA Systems from General Electric Co for $630 million. The Singapore- ... ( read original story ...)
The Potential Upside for Property Value in Pasir Ris, Explained
In Singapore, every town has its day ... Ultimately, we conclude there is very little currently separating the property value between these two neighbouring towns. The big question here is: Which town ... ( read original story ...)
House of the year, Singapore: OCBC
Seeing the ambition of its local clients, OCBC has leveraged its strong IT resource and risk team in order to build out its business, moving in tandem with customers’ growth in the region and meeting ... ( read original story ...)
Growth in Singapore’s flexible workspace to continue: Colliers
Growth momentum in the flexible workspace sector in Singapore is expected to power on, underpinned by the entry of operators from overseas and supplemented by aggressive expansion plans of incumbent o... ( read original story ...)
Regional derivatives house of the year: DBS
DBS, with a pan-Asian network, is tapping into that demand by sharing market insights and coming up with innovative ways of financing its cash-hungry customers. Singapore’s largest bank – with more th... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Tourists Go Cashless in Singapore with Alipay and Singapore Tourism Board
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 13, 2018--Alipay, the world’s leading mobile payment and lifestyle platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group, today announced the conclusion of the first "cashl... ( read original story ...)
Technology can narrow gender gap: President
Technology can be a catalyst for narrowing the gender gap, President Halimah Yacob said at the opening of the Women's Forum Singapore in Raffles City Convention Centre yesterday. The three-day forum, ... ( read original story ...)
The Most Important Blue-Chips In Singapore’s Stock Market: CapitaLand Group
There are close to 750 companies in the Singapore stock market. But only a select few are important enough to be part of Singapore’s Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI). The STI is made up from 30 of the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Grand Prix: Still in F1 10 years after ‘crashgate’
From left to right, three of the key players in 'crashgate', Nelson Piquet Jr, Flavio Briatore and Fernando Alonso at Hockenheim in 2008 "This is probably slightly on the wrong side of the cheating th... ( read original story ...)
Top bank technologist releases provocative new book on Sri Lanka-Singapore dynamic
and was one of the victims of the July 1983 riots that forced him to leave for Singapore. There he created a the largest commercial data centre in Asia outside Japan for Citibank, and was responsible ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Grand Prix: High humidity, close walls and a spectacular crash in 2017
There was a spectacular start to the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix as Ferrari pair Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen along with Red Bull's Max Verstappen crashed on the opening lap A night race on the s... ( read original story ...)