When Min-Liang Tan started a business 13 years ago to make gear for playing video games, he faced a lot of doubters. "I heard all these people saying, 'Gaming? Isn't that child's play?'" he said. "No ... ( read original story ...)
Is the Market Overheated Now?
This ratio suggests that the Singapore stock market, in general, is still a fair distance away from the lofty prices of the pre-crisis period in 2007. Looking at the price-to-earnings multiple in ... ( read original story ...)
Bike-sharing firms hit a dead end in Singapore
The faltering bike-sharing industry in Singapore was dealt another heavy blow when Mobike applied to surrender its license to the Land Transport Authority (LTA), raising questions about the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: history as a factor in economic growth
T&T’s GDP per capita at present is some US$15,000). The shopping and business area of Singapore city shows physical evidence of this prosperity. The city is green and scrupulously clean and manicured ... ( read original story ...)
Wirecard NZ carries on amid investigations in Singapore over false accounting claims
Two directors have resigned from Wirecard New Zealand, but a spokesman says it is "business as usual" at the local branch as investigations continue overseas into alleged accounting irregularities in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exchange hurt by HKEX’s China derivatives move
SINGAPORE (Nikkei Markets) -- Singapore Exchange's derivatives business has been growing steadily, offsetting continued weakness in the local bourse, but fresh competition from the Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Malaysia take steps to defuse tension at their ports
... SINGAPORE (Mar 14): Mainboard-listed property group Oxley Holdings could be selling Chevron House in Singapore’s central business district for $1.025 billion – just 15 months after acquiring the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and France: Breaking barriers through innovation
It cannot be business as usual as we look for solutions to these complex ... but also opens up exciting opportunities for our economies and societies of tomorrow. Both France and Singapore recognise ... ( read original story ...)
Expat rents continue to drop in Singapore
ECA’s September 2018 Accommodation Survey showed that rental prices in Singapore are now on average US$500 cheaper per month than in 2016. Looking for a rental property in Singapore? Find an agent to ... ( read original story ...)
Good progress in 2018 with assistance given to 76,000 firms: Enterprise Singapore
About 30,000 firms were engaged by its partners at SME Centres through business advisory and workshops. These figures were shared at the agency's year-in-review report, its first after it was formed l... ( read original story ...)
Technology must be used in tandem with innovative thinking to solve problems: Li Hongyi
SINGAPORE - Technology like artificial intelligence (AI) should not be used for the sake of it but rather in tandem with creative and innovative thinking when solving problems. This was the message of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore issuers amongst those that will dominate IPO pipeline by 2030
The city ranks seventh in capital-raising activity. Singapore is ranked seventh amongst the countries that are projected to lead capital raising activites by 2030, according to a report from PwC. In a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to continue to host new look HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series till 2023
Singapore will continue to host one leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series until 2023 after World Rugby announced a new look men’s and women’s semis which include at least six combined men’s and wo... ( read original story ...)
‘Plastikophobia’ aims to scare Singapore into consuming less plastic
Eighteen thousand single-use plastic drink cups were collected from Singapore’s famous hawker food centres ... François tells Eco-Business. She estimates that the amount of cups collected is roughly h... ( read original story ...)
Enterprise Singapore assisted 76,000 companies in 2018
More than 1,000 startups were assisted through the Startup SG programmes and partners. Under Startup SG Equity, about S$36.5 million was co-invested in 52 startups, catalysing about S$118 million in p... ( read original story ...)
Samsung Electronics May Benefit from GlobalFoundries’ Fab Sales
The report came in less than two months after the U.S. foundry signed a contract to sell its Fab 3E in Singapore to Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) in Taiwan. Market watchers’ focus is on S... ( read original story ...)