Mikhail Brovman has joined Standard Chartered as Global Head, Technology, Financial Markets on 2nd October. He is based in Singapore and reports to Dr Michael Gorriz, who is Group Chief Information Officer and interim Chief Information Officer, Corporate ... ( read original story ...)
SET on cusp of breaking 1,700
with Singapore's Straits Times index gaining the most in the region -- up 1.31%. The SET's rally was led by purchases of large-cap equities in the energy, retail, and banking sectors, such as PTT (+2.45%), IRPC (+2.38%), CPALL (+1.87%) and SCB (+1.31%). ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For October 3
Proposed laws to beef up protection of buildings that are iconic, highly frequented or that house essential services were passed yesterday, with Second Home Affairs Minister Josephine Teo saying the measures could cost 0.2 to 3 per cent of total ... ( read original story ...)
62% of all Internet traffic in Asia Pacific will cross Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) by 2021[1]
Enterprises, big and small, are shifting to CDNs. Find out why from CDNetworks at the Cloud Expo Asia 2017, Singapore. SINGAPORE, Oct. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- In the online world which is getting faster and bigger, China and Southeast Asia are set to play ... ( read original story ...)
M1 Launches Network-based Mobile Malware Detection Solution Powered by Nokia
To help customers protect themselves from such threats, Singapore's M1 has launched what it claims as Asia’s first network-based mobile malware detection solution – M1 Mobile Guard. Mobile Guard, powered by Nokia’s NetGuard Endpoint Security ... ( read original story ...)
Tokio Marine Life Insurance Singapore Ltd. Launches Self-Learning Chatbot To Simplify Insurance For Public
Tokio Marine Life Insurance Singapore Ltd. (TMLS), the only Japanese life insurer ... we see intelligent AI-powered chatbots as a natural evolution of websites and mobile apps, and will eventually become a dominant digital channel in how a customer ... ( read original story ...)
A Light And Bright Restaurant In Singapore
A mobile centrepiece was created through a collaboration with Singaporean artist Dawn Ng. The use of soft light and pastel colours offers a welcome departure from more traditional fine dining restaurants. Natural, raw elements are presented in an ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to help develop city air cargo hub
Nagpur: Singapore's Changi airport ... "We are preparing a platform in association with Ford. It is like a mobile application that will tell you what mode of transport is to be used for reaching a particular place. It is being developed for Mumbai but ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Creative Technology files lawsuit against Nvidia
Singapore-based electronics firm Creative Technology said its unit ZiiLabs Inchas filed a patent infringement lawsuit against American microprocessors firm Nvidia Corp. The ZiiLabs patent portfolio contains patents in the graphics, processor and 3D spaces ... ( read original story ...)
Bollywood star Aamir Khan visits Singapore for the first time
SINGAPORE: Indian superstar Aamir Khan is in Singapore for the very first time to promote his highly anticipated new movie - Secret Superstar. Singapore is the first promotional stop for Secret Superstar, the latest film from Khan’s own production ... ( read original story ...)
Open letter to DBS & Singapore ambassador
You must be aware that President Duterte of Philippines had made allegations of corrupt accumulation of wealth by a Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and that the latter had stashed away those funds in many offshore bank accounts, including one account at DBS ... ( read original story ...)
Taking stock of Singapore’s upskilling initiatives
Want to learn the latest talent acquisition techniques? Don't miss Recruitment Asia, the region's dedicated recruitment and talent acquisition strategy conference. Happening Oct/Nov 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Philippines. In recent years, the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore REITs heat up as OCBC to tap demand for alternatives to stocks
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp signage is displayed outside of the company’s branch in the central business district of Singapore. OCBC’s asset management arm launched the first exchange-traded fund focused on listed REITs in Singapore as it seeks to tap ... ( read original story ...)
Aquatics: World champions Peng Jianfeng and Wang Han to feature at Fina Diving Grand Prix in Singapore
will be in action at the Fina Diving Grand Prix in Singapore from Nov 3-5. The event, to be held at the OCBC Aquatic Centre, was announced by the Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) on Monday (Oct 2). Divers from Great Britain, Australia, Russia and North ... ( read original story ...)
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.22%
Utilities fell -0.11% and Consumer Staples dropped -0.11%, leading the losses. The index was up 1.93% for the month. "Continued gains on Wall Street Friday could provide some cheer to the local bourse today," OCBC said. More From Singapore Business Review ( read original story ...)
CPF members shortchanged by PAP, Temasek given all the pow chiak domestic businesses (Part 2)
Examples of ‘pow chiak’ businesses include supermarket monopoly NTUC unFairprice, POSB (before lelong sale to DBS without even consulting reserves jaga President Ong Teng Cheong), PSA, CapitaLand, SingTel, Changi Airport Group, Singapore Power ... ( read original story ...)