Singapore firms bullish on Philippines

In a press briefing yesterday, Philippines-Singapore Business Council (PSBC) co-chair Lo Chin Hua said many Singaporean companies have expressed interest in looking for potential projects in the Philippines, one of the fastest-growing economies in ... ( read original story ...)

Thailand ranks No.22 in cyber risk study

Three years later the nation has slipped to 22nd spot with Singapore at No.1, followed by the US ... NBTC's centre for telecommunication economic research, he said 113 million mobile phone numbers were registered as being in use last year, reflecting ... ( read original story ...)

Accenture Acquires Brand Learning

Headquartered in London with regional offices in New York and Singapore, Brand Learning employs approximately ... driven by analytics, digital and mobile technologies,” said Laura Gurski, senior managing director and head of Accenture’s Customer ... ( read original story ...)

ST Electronics injects $12.6m new capital to its Thailand arm

This will boost its ongoing rail electronics business. Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) injected new capital of $12.6m into its Thailand subsidiary, according to a release by Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering). ( read original story ...)

Accenture snaps up marketing and sales firm Brand Learning

The Singapore office first started up in 2014 and hired Sandeep Khanna, former vice president of corporate marketing APAC at LG Electronics and head of marketing at Nokia and Akzo Nobel ICI Paints to grow the office. A year later, board partner Harriet de ... ( read original story ...)

Conversation With A PRC New Citizen

Recently, I was in Aljunied Town Centre Market buying fresh fruits and happened to come across a young PRC guy selling electronics and other daily necessities. He told me he moved to Singapore more than 10 years ago and currently staying in Sengkang ... ( read original story ...)