SINGAPORE: All tickets to Coldplay’s A Head Full of Dreams ... Tickets were previously set aside for Citibank cardholders and Live Nation Lushington's mailing list subscribers. This was the third and final batch of Coldplay concert tickets released ... ( read original story ...)
Self-Driving Cars Coming to Boston
During the road trials, nuTonomy's software is expected to learn local signage and road markings, as well as build on behavioral knowledge gained during recent trials in Singapore. "These tests in the City of Boston will enable our engineers to adapt our ... ( read original story ...)
This is What President Trump Means for Singapore
American politics usually have limited impact on the rest of the world. But what’s happening in the U.S. right now has the potential to affect Singapore – in particular – because of the anti-free trade stance of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. ( read original story ...)
Singapore slips in ranks of real estate investment favourites
Core assets such as office spaces in Singapore’s CBD are favoured by investors and institutions, but yields and returns have declined on the back of a weaker macroeconomic outlook. Singapore fell 10 places for city investment prospects, dropping to 21 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's wealth fund chooses new boss to navigate weaker growth
GIC, the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore, has hired Lim Chow Kiat to be its new boss, overseeing $100bn in assets spanning 40 countries. Mr Lim is an old hand at the organisation, joining after he graduated from university in 1993 and most recently ... ( read original story ...)
DBS Asia X Is Banking On FinTech Startups To Shape The Future Of Financial Services
Well, another familiar Singapore name has since moved in, and it’s none other than DBS. DBS Asia X (DAX) is the name of the bank’s swanky new office, and with it, throw away all of your misconceptions about the typical office you would expect of a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is Shaping Up to Become the Blockchain Center of the World
Global financial services companies have their Asian satellites operating from Singapore including AmEx, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and numerous other international financial organizations. For a better understanding of the Singaporean FinTech industry ... ( read original story ...)
Poll – Singapore CPI seen escaping deflation in October
SINGAPORE Singapore's consumer price index (CPI) is likely to be flat in October from a year earlier, escaping deflation for the first time in two years, helped by recent gains in global oil prices, a Reuters poll showed. The median forecast in a Reuters ... ( read original story ...)
Move over, London and Berlin, Singapore’s fintech ecosystem is surging ahead
In her new column for Banking Technology, Devie Mohan, a fintech market strategist, looks at how Singapore has created a fintech ecosystem that is a major threat to the ones in London and Berlin. There are several studies at the moment analysing and ... ( read original story ...)
Ecclestone says Singapore wants to drop F1 race: report
SINGAPORE Singapore does not want to host an annual Formula One grand prix anymore, F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone told German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, casting doubt on the future of Formula One in Southeast Asia as Malaysia is also considering pulling out. ( read original story ...)
Singapore seen confirming third-quarter GDP contraction, Trump adds to risks
SINGAPORE Singapore's economy is expected to have contracted at a less steeper pace than first estimated, but the city state remains at risk of a recession due to weak exports and uncertainty around global trade after Republican Donald Trump's U.S ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore wants to drop F1 race: Ecclestone
SINGAPORE: The Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix may not continue beyond 2017, after Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone claimed that Singapore does not want to host the race any longer. In an interview with German magazine Auto Motor Und Sport published ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s next President: A look at potential contenders
SINGAPORE: Amendments to the Constitution were passed on Nov 9, with Members of Parliament voting in favour of the Government’s proposed changes to the Elected Presidency 77 to six. Apart from tightening the eligibility criteria and strengthening the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore wants to drop F1 race, says Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that Singapore Grand Prix chiefs no longer want to hold a Formula 1 race there. There has been speculation for several months that Singapore was questioning whether or not it would renew its current contract, which runs out ... ( read original story ...)
Use-by date is not the same as expiry date
Food waste is an issue close to the hearts of those at local non-profit organisation The Food Bank Singapore (FBSG), which in April opened a store selling items close to their expiry dates for $1 each. My Paper speaks to FBSG's co-founder Nicholas Ng ... ( read original story ...)
Global Litigation 50: The rise and rise of Singapore
Singapore’s continued rise as a key global dispute resolution hub is well documented in this year’s research. A large number of the Global Litigation 50 firms have highlighted Singapore as one of the most popular international arbitration seats among ... ( read original story ...)