After the blizzard, Citibank started its “Citi never sleeps” campaign ... That is almost half the price of a 3-room HDB flat in Singapore! ATMs are now really cheap to install (for the banks, of course) The cost of ATMs in 2014 was less than SGD$ ... ( read original story ...)
Land deal talk damaging, says MP
HERBERT MP Cathy O’Toole has labelled speculation on whether Townsville will lose its share of the $2.25 billion Singapore deal due to ongoing land acquisition discussions as very “damaging”. Senator Ian Macdonald raised concerns last month that a ... ( read original story ...)
SCHOOLING FLAMED FOR SAYING HE WILL “TEACH” MALAYSIANS “A THING OR TWO” @ SEA GAMES
Singapore's most famous national swimmer Joseph Schooling has received brickbats for saying he will "teach" the Malaysians "a thing or two" in their "backyard" during a Channel News Asia interview about his chances at the upcoming SEA games, which are to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s hard rock granny – BBC News
Mary Ho, 81, plays a mean electric guitar. The feisty grandmother is now gearing up for the performance of a lifetime – playing for thousands at Singapore’s annual National Day Parade in August. Video by Heather Chen, Muhammad Fahmi and Aimran Supardi. ( read original story ...)
Difficult negotiations for South China Sea code of conduct going forward: Vivian Balakrishnan
MANILA: While ASEAN and China adopting a code of conduct framework on the South China Sea is “good news”, Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan says he does not want to “trivialise how difficult negotiations will be going forward.” ( read original story ...)
Li Shengwu responds to AGC: Earlier post not in contempt of court
He added that he has amended the post to remove any misunderstanding, but will not delete it. On July 15, he wrote that the “Singapore government is very litigious and has a pliant court system”, pointing out that foreign media had been cowed into self ... ( read original story ...)
Halimah Yacob: First female Speaker could make history again if elected as President
SINGAPORE: Mdm Halimah Yacob ... director of the Legal Services Department and Executive Secretary of the United Workers of Electronics and Electrical Industries. She was eventually appointed NTUC's deputy secretary-general. In 2001, Mdm Halimah ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: Hong Kong, a cautionary tale for Singapore, a lesson for the future
With second-tier cities growing in both market size and expertise, traditional strengths in trade and finance will not be enough to guarantee Hong Kong’s and Singapore’s survival in the global economy. The birthplace of leading global electronics ... ( read original story ...)
Investment analyst Wilson Low: Chasing his childhood dream to be a chef
Mr Low says: "I didn't want to disappoint my mum and I was quite uncertain of my future then." He took up an electronics engineering course in Singapore Polytechnic and went on to do an economics and finance degree in RMIT at SIM University. Now 35 ... ( read original story ...)
Equities Weekly: Global equity markets stayed positive despite tech sell-off
as revealed by both recent industrial production and electronics PMI data, it remains likely that the cluster would continue to be the primary driver of manufacturing output in the remaining quarters of the year. Singapore’s economic growth for the whole ... ( read original story ...)
Dining Guide: 10 New hot tables you should check out
Watch the masters at work behind the sushi counter, or relax and enjoy the view of Singapore’s beautiful skyline through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Level 24, 22 Orange Grove Road UOB Special: For every 2 adult diners, get a complimentary signature dish. ( read original story ...)
A Singapore-based Startup COSS Ranked Highest in ICO Rating History
From the very beginning, however, they have acquired the status of a technology accessible to only a limited ... On August 8, 2017, at 08:08 p.m. Singapore time COSS starts the sale of its revenue-generating token aiming to earn dividends for its holders ... ( read original story ...)
STOCK IN FOCUS: KEPPEL CORPORATION
Dear readers, Keppel Corporation stock may be in focus when the Singapore stocks market opens on 7 Aug 2017. This arises from the reporting last Friday 7 May 2017 that Professor Huang Jing, a LKYPP Professor has been banned from entering Singapore and his ... ( read original story ...)
Axis Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS) Experiences Lighter than Usual Trading Volume
On December 2 the stock rating was downgraded from “Outperform” to ... The company currently has a P/E ratio of 14.30 and the market cap of the company is 5.39B. In the latest earnings report the EPS was $4.53 and is expected to be $4.01 for the ... ( read original story ...)
VinGroup plans to go places
With a stake of around 65 per cent in VinGroup, directly and indirectly through the Vietnam Investment Group, Vuong has been in the list of 10 richest people on the Vietnamese stock market for eight ... products to Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT) Sees Significantly Higher Trading Volume
On December 15 the stock rating was downgraded from “Market Perform” to “Underperform” and a ... Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela.. ( read original story ...)