However, it lags behind Australia and Hong Kong. Investors would do well to invest in real estate despite the cooling measures that have hit sentiment as average forecasted returns in Singapore's prop... ( read original story ...)
JET8 Foundation Launches DENSummit, Empowers Change-makers through Social Media Technology
SINGAPORE, Oct. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The 18 th of October marks the launch of DENSummit 2018, a movement created by Singapore-based non-profit technology company, JET8 Foundation. Held at the Nati... ( read original story ...)
DXC Technology Opens Digital Innovation Lab in Singapore
DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), the worlds leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, today announced the opening of the DXC Digital Innovation Lab in Singapore. Developed with the support of th... ( read original story ...)
Singapore aims to be hub for Belt and Road deal signings
SINGAPORE -- Singapore will provide Asian emerging nations banking and legal services for infrastructure projects through a new program meant to make the city-state a key player in contracts ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka pins Singapore losses on serving woes
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka used her potent serve to punishing effect to claim the U.S. Open title last month but the Japanese has been unable to harness it’s full power at the WTA Finals, losin... ( read original story ...)
NUS-Redas property sentiment index plummets in 3Q2018
Property sentiment, as measured by the NUS-Redas Real Estate ... RESI measures the perceptions and expectations of real estate development and market conditions in Singapore. The index was jointly dev... ( read original story ...)
99.co Q3 2018 Property Report Part 1: What Buyers and Renters Want
Spurred by buyers rushing to secure their condo units before the latest round of cooling measures took effect on 6 July 2018, the total number of property transactions for July 2018 attained a high (5 ... ( read original story ...)
How Asia can drive the technology revolution in property and construction
The second missing ingredient in proptech – Asian markets – is also now coming into play. Investors and property groups in Hong Kong, Singapore, mainland China and the Gulf have been moving quickly in ... ( read original story ...)
Chart of the Day: Foreign property buyers on the rise despite hefty ABSD rates
They made up 5.5% of the total number of buyers in Q3 from 5.2% in Q2. This chart from Huttons shows that the number of foreign property buyers in Singapore actually inched up from Q2 to Q3 despite th... ( read original story ...)
Chart of the Day: Real estate sentiment sours in Q3 amidst property curbs
"The sharp declines in the 3Q18 sentiments reflect bleak outlooks of the property players, especially on the residential markets in the next 6 to 12 months," Sing Tien Foo, associate professor at Nati... ( read original story ...)
Dyson Picks Singapore to Build Electric Cars Rivaling Tesla
Singapore, with fewer than 6 million people, is a minor market itself but has technology talent and strong intellectual-property protections, regularly topping regional IP rankings. Dyson already has ... ( read original story ...)
Singaporean society’s streak of caring and giving come to the fore at the PVPA 2018 awards
The winner in the ‘Large Enterprise-Corporate’ category was Citibank Singapore. The bank has trained youth with financial literacy skills because they believe that youths are the driver of the economy ... ( read original story ...)
Former DBS employee given stern warning by police over torn Singapore flag image
SINGAPORE: A former DBS employee who posted on Facebook a graphic of a T-shirt with the Singapore flag being torn, revealing an Indian flag underneath, has been given a stern warning by the police. In ... ( read original story ...)
IAB Singapore Expands to Become IAB SEA+India
NEW YORK & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 23, 2018--Following IAB Singapore’s sevenfold growth in the last four years and strong demand from members, the industry not for profit has officially expand... ( read original story ...)
Why did Dyson pick Singapore to build its electric car?
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When James Dyson, the billionaire British inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, unveiled a plan to build an electric car plant in Singapore, it raised a few eyebrows. Not ... ( read original story ...)
Binance Singapore Gets Funding from Singapore Government’s Venture Fund
Its ‘China’ and ‘Southeast Asia & India’ branches were involved in the deal. The purpose of this deal is to open Binance Singapore, an exchange which will handle both cryptocurrency and fiat currency. ... ( read original story ...)