Security at Singapore's entry points has been beefed up with facial recognition technology, laboratories that can detect biological threats and even a walk-through system that puffs air at individuals to allow for trace amounts of explosives to be detected. ( read original story ...)
Siemens opens Singapore digital hub to develop smart solutions for businesses
said Siemens in a news release. Key target areas are urban infrastructure, advanced manufacturing and healthcare. The launch of the digitalisation hub took place simultaneously at parallel events in Singapore and at Siemens' headquarters in Munich. ( read original story ...)
Bank recruiter slams “entitlement culture” among Singapore job seekers
I recruit in-house for a US bank in Singapore. Just recently I approached a candidate who had been let go by one of the British banks. She had been out of work for around three months and hadn’t had any promising interviews. Her background was ... ( read original story ...)
APP hires former Singapore army general as sustainability chief
Bernard Tan, who has led Singapore bank DBS’s Indonesian operations since 2009, joins as the annual haze season is due to hit. The Singapore skyline during the haze of 2015. A third of the fires that affected Singapore are believed to have been started ... ( read original story ...)
Pearl Bank Apartments makes 4th attempt at en-bloc sale
SINGAPORE: Pearl Bank Apartments, the iconic horseshoe-shaped building at Outram, is attempting a collective sale for the fourth time. An extraordinary general meeting was held on Saturday (Jul 8), during which Colliers International was appointed ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore releases overarching Cybersecurity Bill for public consultation
SINGAPORE - Critical information infrastructure (CII) owners in Singapore must report security breaches, and cyber-security vendors providing highly sensitive services here will need to be licensed if a proposed Cybersecurity Bill gets the greenlight. The ... ( read original story ...)
3 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Crashes
But other investors might be wondering if we are enjoying too much of a good thing. After all, as history shows, the Singapore stock market has declined from time to time… (This phenomenon is not unique to our local market, of course!) Who is right and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Shares May Extend Friday’s Gains
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has moved higher in two of three trading days since the end of the three-day slide in which it had surrendered more than 45 points or 1.5 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,230-point ... ( read original story ...)
What changed your market overnight while you were sleeping
Nifty50 futures on the Singapore Stock Exchange were trading 5.50 points lower at 9,668, indicating a flat to negative opening for the domestic market. Nifty made Doji Cross on daily chart A ‘Doji’ is formed when the index opens and closes around the ... ( read original story ...)
Continued Support Tipped For Singapore Shares
The Singapore stock market on Wednesday snapped the three-day slide in which it had surrendered more than 45 points or 1.5 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,250-point plateau, and it may find additional support again on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
The Singapore banking jobs where you have no future
After some career longevity in Singapore? Want to work in banking when you get senior? Avoid these jobs. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/288643/olivier-berthier-moneythor-singapore-fintech/ The recent wave of redundancies at global banks in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore millennial entrepreneurs focus on personal development in business pursuits: HSBC report
Singapore Millennials' entrepreneurial spirit is now being driven more by personal development than personal wealth and family expectations, departing from the previous generations and other Asian markets. According to HSBC's latest report, Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Redas: Too soon to say property market has recovered
Despite signs of the property market picking up, Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (Redas) President Augustine Tan believes that it is still too early to assume that the market has finally turned positive and recovery has kicked in ... ( read original story ...)
UOB fund transfer via social messaging apps
United Overseas Bank (UOB) has enabled its customers to be the first in Singapore to make person-to-person fund transfers via PayNow. Today, UOB introduced UOB MyKey, a mobile keyboard for Android smartphones, for customers to pay - and be paid - through ... ( read original story ...)
Vatican’s third most powerful figure George Pell cuts a lonely figure as he sits in a hotel lobby during a Singapore stopover on the way to Australia to face historic sex charges
He was spotted looking pensive in his hotel before meeting another man and going to 10.30am mass at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Singapore's Civic District. Pell refused to comment or answer questions when confronted by a Seven News reporter as he ... ( read original story ...)
UOB’s PayNow goes live, allowing payments using just mobile number or NRIC
SINGAPORE — United Overseas Bank's (UOB) PayNow goes live on Monday (July 10), with the bank saying the launch will enable its customers to be the first in Singapore to pay and to be paid via the service on their social messaging apps. PayNow allows ... ( read original story ...)