SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia’s crude oil imports from Iran dipped in January to the lowest in two months after top buyers China and India slowed down purchases and as Japan recorded zero imports for a t... ( read original story ...)
9 in 10 graduates of Singapore’s top universities hired within 6 months
90.2% of fresh graduates from the full-time programmes of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Management ... In 2018, Information & Digital Techno... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Olam says to expand ‘crown jewel’ cocoa business, Q4 profit drops
SINGAPORE, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Singapore-based Olam International on Thursday said it planned to invest more on expanding its cocoa business, while reporting a 34-percent fall in quarterly profit partl... ( read original story ...)
Trade truce may throw up a surprise: The Singapore Dollar
CPF contributions in SG- - Guide to interest rates, minimum sums and all the calculators you need (Bloomberg) -- The end of the U.S.-China trade war may throw up a surprise winner among Asia-Pacific c... ( read original story ...)
Bloomberg Poll Shows Investors in Hong Kong and Singapore Plan To Invest More in Onshore Chinese Bonds
Hong Kong, Singapore – A Bloomberg survey conducted among banking and investing professionals in Hong Kong and Singapore suggests that more market participants (67 percent) expect to invest in Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
5 Things to Like About Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Limited Now
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Limited (SGX: O39), or OCBC, is one of the three main local banks listed in Singapore, along with United Overseas Bank Ltd and DBS Group Holdings Ltd. The company has rece... ( read original story ...)
Bombardier increasing Singapore service centre size, to hire more workers
Mr Jim Carr, Canada's Minister of International Trade Diversification, said: "This important Canadian investment in Singapore is a platform that will create new opportunities for Canadian business in ... ( read original story ...)
SBR International Business Awards 2019 is open for nominations
The awards will honour first-rate international businesses in Singapore. For the sixth straight year, the Singapore Business Review International Business Awards is accepting nominations to honour fir... ( read original story ...)
Singapore morning news for February 28
Six flights operated by Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its low-cost carrier Scoot were cancelled or rerouted on Wednesday (Feb 27) after heightened Pakistan-India tensions led to the closure of the Paki... ( read original story ...)
Trade Truce May Throw Up a Surprise Winner: the Singapore Dollar
(Bloomberg) -- The end of the U.S.-China trade war may throw up a surprise winner among Asia-Pacific currencies other than yuan: the Singapore dollar. While traders have highlighted the Australian dol... ( read original story ...)
Indonesian wheat imports to be hit by faltering demand from feed makers – miller
SINGAPORE, Reuters – Wheat imports by Indonesia, the world’s No.2 buyer of the grain, are likely to be pressured in 2019 by reduced appetite for the commodity from animal feed makers, a top official a... ( read original story ...)
100 community events and projects to be rolled out in Singapore to mark Bicentennial
SINGAPORE : The Nagore Dargah Indian Muslim Heritage Centre, which has almost two centuries of history, is curating a photo exhibition which matches photographs of 100 Singaporeans with their ancestor... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, technology is helping to predict a tsunami, recycle water for affected citizens
The damage prediction can be 80 to 90 per cent accurate, based on the initial information that is available, he said, during a panel discussion in Singapore today about Japan’s disaster management tec... ( read original story ...)
Global IT Firm Cisco Systems Opens Tech Development Center in Singapore
Ward reportedly said that the same technology could be used in developing ports in Singapore and Thailand. Cisco has been actively developing blockchain technology in recent years. In 2017 ... ( read original story ...)
Guess fails to stop registration of ‘Hater’ TM in Singapore
Clothing brand Guess has failed to halt the registration of a trademark featuring the word ‘Hater’ inside a triangle in Singapore. In a decision published today, February 27, the Intellectual Property ... ( read original story ...)
Local junior golfers cut their teeth in the HSBC Youth Golf Challenge
And she told Yahoo News Singapore on Tuesday (26 February) that she had one of her first tastes of competitive golf in another HSBC event – the HSBC Youth Golf Challenge (HYGC). A competition platform ... ( read original story ...)