Singaporeans are an attractive population to market tourism in Alaska,” the airport told the U.S. government this week. Anchorage said Singapore has a high per-capita GDP and “a miserably hot and ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19 outbreak has hastened shift to cashless world for Singapore’s migrant workers
Singapore's accelerated shift to a cashless society amid the Covid-19 pandemic has rippled out into the world of the migrant workers who, being cooped up in their lodgings and dormitories, are being ... ( read original story ...)
Import-export paperwork streamlined in Xinjiang
ASEAN free trade certificate of origin in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was issued by the General Administration of Customs on Monday, ushering in a new way of doing things in the region. The ... ( read original story ...)
Clifford Chance Bolsters Singapore Offering With Restructuring Partner
Clifford Chance . Clifford Chance has hired a restructuring partner in Singapore. Shaun Langhorne, who starts with the Magic Circle firm next week, joins from Hogan Lovells where ... ( read original story ...)
MM Mega Market Vietnam aims to export 6,000 tonnes of local produce in 2020
As agricultural produce are facing multiple challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MM Mega Market Vietnam aims to expand export markets and set the target to boost production by five times in 2020. ( read original story ...)
SocGen to Make Goodwill Payment to Singapore Airlines Short-Sellers
Societe Generale SA will make a one-time payment to those who used its daily leverage certificates to short Singapore Airlines Ltd. stock and got wiped out after the carrier’s share price surged ... ( read original story ...)
Reserve Bank of New Zealand is unlikely to go down the path of negative rates: Bank of Singapore
Sim Moh Siong from the Bank of Singapore reacts to the RBNZ's policy decision and gives his outlook for the New Zealand dollar. ( read original story ...)
Gaming firm Razer to roll out mask vending machines in Singapore
Gaming hardware maker Razer Inc plans to dispense its locally produced masks in Singapore through a network of vending machines across the city-state, where it has become compulsory to wear them in ... ( read original story ...)
Traders are rewriting strategies for post-epidemic Asia stocks
As it becomes increasingly clear that the coronavirus pandemic will have social and economic effects that outlast personnel lockdowns, market participants ... ( read original story ...)
Publicis Sapient hires Citibank marketer Jaz Lim as head of experience
Lim is tasked to bring products and service design to Southeast Asian clients with a focus on financial services, retail and healthcare. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse Expected To Open In The Red
The Singapore stock market on Tuesday snapped the four-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 50 points or 2 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 2,585-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore plans coronavirus tests for all in migrant dormitories
Singapore plans to test all 323,000 migrant workers living in cramped dormitories that have become a hotbed for coronavirus in the tiny city-state, it said on Tuesday, eyeing an easing of curbs next ... ( read original story ...)
Carlyle, Singapore’s GIC Sued by Qatari Fund on Busted AmEx Deal
Carlyle Group Inc. and Singapore sovereign-wealth fund GIC Pte. are using fake excuses to renege on buying a 20% stake in American Express Global Business Travel, according an unsealed lawsuit.A unit ... ( read original story ...)
DBS joins blockchain trade-finance platform Contour’s network
DBS Bank has joined Contour's network, which is built on R3's Corda and digitalises global trade processes such as the creation, exchange, approval and issuance of letters of credit (LCs).. Read more ... ( read original story ...)
DBS introduces purchasing card for logistics sector
Singapore's DBS has launched the first cashless purchasing card for the logistics sector, eliminating the need to handle paper payments at container depots. ( read original story ...)
Nine multi-storey carpark rooftops in Singapore to be converted to urban farms
SINGAPORE - The rooftops of a handful of multi-storey carparks in Singapore will be converted for use to farm vegetables and other food crops from the later part of this year.. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)