A body was found in the Singapore River early yesterday morning, the second such incident in four days. The police were alerted to the discovery near Clarke Quay at 3.41am. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said officers retrieved the body of a woman in ... ( read original story ...)
UOB unveils new savings account allowing customers to earn KrisFlyer miles
SINGAPORE: A new United Overseas Bank (UOB) savings account was launched on Tuesday (Apr 18) that allows customers to earn KrisFlyer miles when they save or spend. The KrisFlyer UOB Account allows customers who prefer to spend on a debit card or who are ... ( read original story ...)
GE launches 1st high-tech service center in Singapore
... that will benefit from a close working relationship with GE are Spring Singapore— who was tapped to work with the conglomerate on the development of a technology startup incubation programme – and Platform E, the Singapore Institute of Management ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC wants ideas from 26 interns for bank of the future
SINGAPORE — Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), Singapore’s second-largest lender, has selected more than two dozen bright young minds from a pool of over 500 applicants for a six-month internship that will require the students to think of a solution ... ( read original story ...)
3 potential threats DBS must beware of
Interest rate hike is one of them. Singapore’s largest bank, DBS Group Holdings Ltd (SGX: D05), released its 2016 annual report in late March this year. In the annual report, the bank’s chief executive officer, Piyush Gupta, mentioned the possibility ... ( read original story ...)
An igloo, theatre and swings: Finnish firm brings creative meeting rooms to Singapore
Huone’s Singapore team is similarly optimistic. Ms Tan said: “Not every business has the budget of Google or Facebook that can build multimillion-dollar premises. Instead of committing big spaces and heavy renovation costs to build creative meeting ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore March exports beat expectations as pharma, petrochemical shipments surge
SINGAPORE, April 17 (Reuters) - Singapore's on-year export growth beat expectations in March, thanks to a surge in petrochemical and pharmaceutical shipments while electronics exports continued to pick up. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) in March rose a ... ( read original story ...)
March exports up 16.5% in 5th straight month of growth
The increase was largely due to ICs (7.8 per cent), parts of PCs (33.9 per cent) and consumer electronics (29.9 per cent), IE Singapore said. Non-electronic exports also expanded 20.8 per cent, following a 22.7 per cent rise in the previous month. ( read original story ...)
Singapore March exports beat expectations as trade recovery widens
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's on-year export growth beat expectations in March, thanks to a surge in petrochemical and pharmaceutical shipments, a sign the city-state's trade recovery is widening to non-electronic sectors. Non-oil domestic exports ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore aims to house the most globally competitive plants
SINGAPORE has a vision: That is all factories housed in the ... assistant managing director Lim Kok Kiang told The Business Times in an exclusive interview. For one thing, the manufacturing sector here is at an inflexion point, having reached a critical ... ( read original story ...)
Canadian men make history, win Singapore rugby sevens
SINGAPORE -- Canada made men's rugby sevens history Sunday, winning a Cup final on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series for the first time. And the Canadians did it the hard way at the Singapore Sevens, defeating No. 4 New Zealand 26-14 and No. 3 England 17 ... ( read original story ...)
Capi to shine spotlight on VR and drones at TFWA Singapore
Capi Electronics will appear at this year’s TFWA Asia Pacific show in Singapore highlighting The Gadget Table retail activation where visitors can try out and experience exciting innovations, such as Smart Home solutions, drones and virtual reality (VR). ( read original story ...)
Cornea donations in Singapore at record high
with the Singapore Eye Bank receiving its largest number of donations in its 26-year history. The 236 donations last year broke the previous record of 222 donations set the year before, the eye bank said in a news release on Monday (Apr 17). The ... ( read original story ...)
Soon, you can withdraw cash from nearby shops
In a recent report Mr Hari wrote for The Business Times, he mentioned that a KPMG report commissioned by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in August last year noted that payment preferences still remain largely paper-based. Consumers use cash for ... ( read original story ...)
What happens to your money after you sell your flat in Singapore
private condominium or landed property in Singapore. This is so we can prudently use the money we have for financial planning purposes - investing, buying another property, even starting a business or promising to pay for your children's education. ( read original story ...)
Singapore's R&D: Expensive lesson or worthwhile investment?
it promised much to raise the quality of scientific research here that would lead to new business opportunities. The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (Smart) was trumpeted as MIT's first research centre outside the United States ... ( read original story ...)