The aircraft will be configured in a two-class layout, with 67 business and 94 premium economy seats. Tickets will be made available for sale progressively across the various booking channels, starting Thursday. SIA flew on the Singapore-Newark route until ... ( read original story ...)
StarHub tops Singapore 4G rankings as speeds peak
StarHub, the second largest mobile operator in Singapore, recorded the fastest average 4G download speeds in the city state, clocking in at nearly three times the global average, the latest data from OpenSignal showed. The operator’s average LTE download ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia plans to build island on strategic Singapore Strait rocks
... s bid to review the ruling and the Singapore foreign ministry said on Wednesday the ICJ had informed it Malaysia had withdrawn that request. Malaysia’s newly elected prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, told a news conference that Malaysia had already ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines To Relaunch World’s Longest Flight In October
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines said on Wednesday that it will relaunch the world's longest commercial flight in October, a journey of almost 19 hours from the city-state to New York, but it will not be available to economy travellers. The daily, non-stop ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore summit: North Korean official flies to New York
Japanese broadcaster NHK reported that Kim Chang Son, Kim Jong-un’s de facto chief of staff, arrived in Singapore on Monday, showing footage of him at the airport escorted by three bodyguards. China’s state Xinhua news agency also said one of its ... ( read original story ...)
How chest-thumping nationalism killed potent stock connect between India & Singapore
A stock connect between India and Singapore, modeled on the popular Shanghai-Hong Kong ... and investors are fleeing emerging-market risk. So India wants all its equity derivative trading to go to … the boondocks. SGX clearly underestimated the zeal ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore bourse delays Indian futures launch amid legal dispute
Singapore’s stock exchange has delayed the launch of its new Indian ... who rely on SGX’s platform to manage the risks of their exposures to the Indian market, and significantly diminishes access to, and interest in the capital markets in India”. ( read original story ...)
Singapore & the future of finance: global lighthouse on a little island
In 1942, Austrian economic prophet Joseph Schumpeter coined the term “creative destruction.” Schumpeter envisioned innovation to be the key driver by which industries are “destroyed” and replaced with newer, more creative ones. This force is seen ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines to launch world’s longest commercial flight in October
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIAL.SI) said it would launch the world’s longest commercial flight in October, a near-19 hour non-stop journey from Singapore to the New York area. The 8,277 nautical mile (15,329 kilometer) flight from ... ( read original story ...)
Endangered whale shark fins found in Singapore Airlines shipment to HK
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shark fins from endangered species including the giant, placid whale shark were found in a Singapore Airlines shipment to Hong Kong in May, highlighting the widespread challenges the Chinese territory faces in regulating the trade. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines will restart non-stop New York flights in October
SQ's Airbus A350-900 will sport a two-class layout of 67 business class seats and 94 premium economy seats. (In effect, this will be updated version of the Airbus A340 Singapore-New York service, which once sported 64 business class and 117 ‘executive ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Has Fintech Dreams, But It’s Short on Tech Talent
Cyber experts, blockchain gurus in short supply in city-state Tech startups battle fiercely to attract software engineers Singapore’s goal of becoming a high-tech financial hub are running into real-world problems of labor supply and demand. Technology ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Fintech Ambitions Bump Up Against Immigration Curbs
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s goal of becoming a high-tech financial hub are running into real-world problems of labor supply and demand. Technology startups in many countries are fighting to attract skilled workers like software engineers. Yet in the tiny ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s new online grocer wants to prove sustainability and e-commerce can go hand in hand
Though presently constituting less than 1 per cent of Singapore’s estimated grocery market, the online grocery business is expected to grow 10.7 per cent annually, indicating huge market potential. Local e-commerce grocery start-ups, including Honestbee ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Business Review awards Bolloré Logistics and L’Oréal Singapore
In partnership, Bolloré Logistics and L’Oréal Singapore, won the recent award for their co-designed innovative trucking solution deployed in Asia-Pacific. Bolloré Logistics, a brand of Bolloré Transport & Logistics, a global leader in supply chain ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered takes on new team head in Singapore hiring drive
Standard Chartered has made another senior hire in Singapore as part of its digital-banking expansion. Burak Ceviz joined Stan Chart earlier this month from Turkey’s Odeabank as head of digital servicing, according to his public profile. Ceviz’s moves ... ( read original story ...)