Asia's leading export companies with the most innovative products and ... Winners will be announced at the awarding ceremony on 27 September 2018 in Singapore. For inquiries, please contact Eleonor Angeles at eleonor@charltonmediamail.com and +65 3158 ... ( read original story ...)
Additional Support Expected For Singapore Stock Market
Ahead of Tuesday's Labor Day holiday, the Singapore stock market had bounced higher in consecutive trading days, collecting almost 45 points or 1.3 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just shy of the 3,610-point plateau, and it may ... ( read original story ...)
No more cash: Singapore aims small, to make it big in cashless drive
Although Singapore has an existing system, the NETS QR which targets locals; SG QR is built to accept both domestic and international payments. To support and facilitate payments, Singaporean banks have also updated their mobile payment apps/wallets. ( read original story ...)
Is Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) A Great Dividend Stock?
... is high for Capital Markets stocks but still below the market’s top dividend payers. With these dividend metrics in mind, I definitely rank Singapore Exchange as a strong income stock, and is worth further research for anyone who considers dividends ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airport May Use Facial Recognition Systems to Find Late Passengers
SINGAPORE — Ever been delayed on a flight because of straggling fellow passengers? That might be an annoyance of the past at Singapore's Changi airport which is testing facial recognition systems that could, in future, help locate lost travelers or those ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM says good chance economic growth will top 2.5 percent in 2018
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday the country's economic growth for the year should exceed 2.5 percent "if all goes well", but brewing global trade tensions were clouding the outlook. The world's major economies ... ( read original story ...)
Singtel demos cross-border interoperable mobile payment service
Singapore operator Singtel has demonstrated its initiative to connect mobile wallets across borders at the 32nd ASEAN Summit. The 10 ASEAN heads of state had a chance to experience how this cross-border interoperable mobile payment service would work ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For May 1
Mint Payments Ltd (ASX:MNW) is launching its white-labeled Unified mPOS (mobile point of sale) solution in Singapore today through NETS, a leading payments solutions provider. Singapore’s largest lender DBS’ first-quarter net profit rose 26 per cent ... ( read original story ...)
Stock, forex, commodity markets shut on account of Maharashtra Day
Globally, a host of stock markets including China, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong Italy ... is helping the domestic stock market inch higher. Sensex on Monday reclaimed the 35,000 mark and the Nifty revisited 10,700 for the first time in three months ... ( read original story ...)
ASIA MARKETS: Financial Stocks Lead Asian Market Gains
Asia-Pacific stocks started the week higher, led by financial stocks in Hong Kong and Singapore as markets in China and Japan ... said Greg McKenna, chief market strategist at FX provider AxiTrader. On the data front, China's official manufacturing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Launches New Fintech Fast Track Initiative to Accelerate Patent Application-To-Grant Process
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) announced last week the launch of the country’s new Fintech Fast Track initiative in order to accelerate patent application-to-grant processing. According to the organization, the initiative expedites ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Zoo euthanizes its last polar bear due to age-related ailments
Having been born and lived in Singapore for the past 27 years where a whole generation of Singaporeans have grown up with him, we bade him farewell. It is a very sad moment for us,” said WRS’ deputy CEO Dr. Cheng Wen-Haur. According to ABC News ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines to stop serving nuts after toddler’s allergic reaction
Singapore Airlines said Monday it has stopped serving peanuts on its flights after a toddler suffered a severe allergic reaction, and following near-fatal cases on other carriers. The Singapore flag carrier joins other airlines including Qantas, Air New ... ( read original story ...)
Non-stop 19-hour flight from New York to Singapore to launch later in the year with ultra-long-range Airbus A350
Singapore Airlines says that due to demand the service will resume with the help of a brand new aircraft. The plane in question will be Airbus' new 'ultra-long range' version of its A350-900, of which Singapore Airlines is the launch customer. The high ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines launches fifth daily Sydney-Singapore flight
Flight SQ288's 9.20pm departure from Sydney and 5.15am arrival into Singapore will also be the airline's first overnight service from Sydney – a factor which it hopes will sufficiently appeal to business travellers to outweigh the longer overall travel ... ( read original story ...)
‘Prostitute Mansion’: Is Singapore heading for Hong Kong-style housing?
Last month, the estate was sold in a S$980 million collective deal to entities controlled by Singapore property tycoon Kwek Leng Beng and his Malaysian billionaire cousin Quek Leng Chan. It was the largest en bloc sale here in more than a decade and the ... ( read original story ...)