“The flows are not drying up as investors feel more confident the higher price appears to go,” said Markus Thielen, head of research at crypto analytics house 10x Research in Singapore. Net flows into ...
Singapore plays down payment to Taylor Swift amid grumbles from neighbours
Singapore has downplayed the size of a grant it paid Taylor Swift after the city-state’s efforts to lure the pop icon led to complaints from regional neighbours. Singapore’s Culture Minister Edwin ...
The Big Read: Malaysia’s brain drain to Singapore – winners and losers in the long run not so clear-cut
SINGAPORE: Despite having a successful sales career, a workplace with supportive colleagues, and a stable relationship in Malaysia, Ms Anna Chin still felt something was missing. And so, like many of ...
Cultivated meat producer Eat Just pauses operations in Singapore
Its Good Meat cultivated chicken products are also not available at Huber’s Bistro. Read more at straitstimes.com.
‘Visa-free but not cost-free’: Chinese netizens debate whether Singapore is too expensive to visit
BEIJING - When marketing planner Johnnie Zhu, 28, visited Singapore for a day over the New Year weekend, he blew his budget by 30 per cent on the back of higher-than-expected food and transport costs.
China dethroned as US’ top source of imports, Wang and Blinken meet in Munich, hope for AI talks: 7 reads about US-China relations
From top-level meetings and a century-old trade rule to AI discussions and a shock investment discovery by the House, here are a few highlights from the SCMP's US-based correspondents in February 2024 ...
Why Taylor Swift will only perform in Singapore and no other Southeast Asian countries
There's good and bad news for the Swifties in Southeast Asia.While Taylor Swift is about to kick off the Southeast Asian leg of her Eras Tour, she is only stopping off in Singapore.The 34-year-old ...
‘Visitors can become poor’: Chinese netizens debate whether Singapore is too costly to visit
BEIJING: When marketing planner Johnnie Zhu, 28, visited Singapore for a day over the New Year weekend, he blew his budget by 30 per cent on the back of higher-than-expected food and transport costs.
Singapore to pump RM1.06bil into tourism as part of broader economic plan
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore’s tourism industry will receive a S$300 million(RM1.06 billion) boost as part of a plan to grow the local economy and reinforce its global business-hub ...
Singapore to offset a third of climate reporting costs for large non-listed companies
The business regulator updated that it is currently working with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and other stakeholders to integrate its disclosure filing system with existing digital ...
How crypto investigators uncover scammers’ blockchain billions, scale of money laundering in Asia
The general counsel at Singapore-based crypto intelligence firm Chain Argos’ initial brief was to help investors looking for smart digital bets to cut through the influencer-led hype around ...
MoU to improve Singapore, M’sia business ties
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI) and the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce have formalised a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deepen ...
Boeing fined $51 million for violating Arms Export Control Act
Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Taiwan, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. The State Department found a total of 199 violations of the Arms Export Control Act by Boeing. It said all of the ...
‘We were burning money’, says Ritual Gym co-founder after sudden closure of Singapore branches
SINGAPORE – A day after the sudden closure of all its outlets, Ritual Gym co-founder and chief executive Brad Robinson blamed the Covid-19 pandemic for its business woes. On Feb 29, members of the ...
PropertyGuru reports $1.1 million net profit in Q4 amid higher Singapore revenue
Revenue for the quarter rose 3.5 per cent to $41.5 million from $40.1 million in Q4 FY2022 Read more at straitstimes.com.
Hong Kong’s crypto licensing scheme attracts less interest than Singapore with 24 applicants day after deadline
The SFC saw a jump in last-minute applications, but the number of applicants so far falls far short of the 70 that Singapore saw after a similar regulation Crypto exchanges that have not submitted an ...