Samsung Electronics Singapore has just announced that the LTE variant of the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier, will be available for retail purchase from today, 14 January 2017, Saturday. At the same time, it is also introducing iOS compatibility across the ... ( read original story ...)
21 foreigners nabbed over illegal cigarettes in Singapore
The duo were among 21 foreign workers on work permits caught last year, for their involvement in duty-unpaid cigarette activities, said a media release from the Singapore Customs Thursday. In response to queries, a spokesman said it started monitoring the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore speeds toward its Smart Nation vision
Recently, Singtel and Ericsson jointly won the “Advancing the Road to 5G” accolade at the Global Telecoms Awards 2016 for Singtel’s nationwide IoT-ready 4G LTE network. Martin Wiktorin, country manager of Ericsson Singapore and Brunei, said ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore companies braced for challenges ahead: KPMG
Business sentiment on the ground in Singapore is chilly - worse than during the 2008 global financial crisis, a new survey has found. But even as companies face intense short-term pressures, they are preparing long-term growth plans. KPMG's pre-Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore investors pumped $13.85 billion into Asia-Pac property in 2016
SINGAPORE investors ploughed more capital into real estate in the Asia-Pacific last year than a year earlier, with land and offices topping their list of purchases, even as their acquisition fervour back home continued to ease. Data from Real Capital ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore urged to increase tax deduction on medical expenses
SINGAPORE: As the city-state’s population starts to age and adopt unhealthy lifestyles, one in four Singaporeans over the age of 40 now has at least one chronic disease. Rising medical costs have hampered access to healthcare treatment, and Deloitte ... ( read original story ...)
Is Singapore at risk of becoming a rentier society?
Several tycoons have made it big through the rise of property assets, whether through Far East Organization, CDL and Hong Leong or even OCBC Bank. Several Temasek ... Tommy Koh in this newspaper on the Singapore economy's structural issues resonated ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's StarHub, M1 to enhance shared mobile infrastructure
SINGAPORE -- StarHub, Singapore's second-largest telecommunications company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with third-place telecom M1 to work more closely as competition is set to intensify with the upcoming entry of a fourth player. The ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore tries to become a fintech hub
Similar fears stalk Singapore, home to more than 200 banks, and dependent on finance for 12.6% of GDP. In London, Berlin and San Francisco, many fintech innovators are betting against the big banks. Singapore, typically, is trying to play both sides of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore dollar bounces to one-month high amid greenback’s Trump slump
The Singapore dollar climbed to a one-month high this week as disappointment with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's first press conference since July decked the greenback. In the wake of Trump's surprise election win, the U.S. dollar index, which ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore sings for return of Terrex army vehicles
"The next time Singapore should make a seafaring Terrex vehicle that will able to come home from Taiwan by itself, instead of having to hitch a ride on a commercial shipping vessel," he told BBC News. Lee's approach struck a chord with Singaporeans on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore dollar bounces to one-month high amid US dollar's Trump slump
The Singapore dollar climbed to a one-month high this week as disappointment with US President-elect Donald Trump's first press conference since July decked the greenback. In the wake of Trump's surprise election win, the US dollar index, which measures ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Motorshow off to roaring start
SINGAPORE: Car enthusiasts have much to cheer about this week as the Singapore Motorshow rolls into town. The four-day event got off to a roaring start on Thursday (Jan 12) with more new car launches than before - 22, compared to 16 in 2016, stunt driver ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore deports eight Indonesians over security concerns
The Indonesians, aged between 16 and 37, were deported on Tuesday after Singapore authorities found that one of them possessed images of Islamic State fighters and of a shoe bomb, the ministry said. The eight were deported to Malaysia, the ministry said. ( read original story ...)
Singapore jobs down 7% in Q4 while number of candidates decline 17%
More From Singapore Business Review Year in Review: Here are the Singapore Business Review's most talked about news in 2016 Christmas comes but once a year! Unmanned cafeterias, fresh meals ( read original story ...)
Singapore Smashes Annual Bunker Sales Record with 48.6 Million MT Sold in 2016
Singapore has set a new annual bunker sales record of 48,614,500 metric tonnes (mt) sold for all products, the latest preliminary data from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) shows. With 3,904,900 mt of bunkers sold in December, Singapore ... ( read original story ...)