[LONDON] Paris and Zurich have joined Hong Kong as this year’s costliest cities worldwide, while Singapore and Osaka have slipped from their joint-top spot after the coronavirus pandemic weakened the dollar, a survey published Wednesday showed. The biggest mover was Tehran, which jumped 27 places on US sanctions, The Economist Intelligence Unit added in its […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – A new centre has been launched in the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), providing more opportunities for biomedical firms in Singapore to expand into the Chinese market. The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) and SIP launched the A*Star Partners’ Centre virtually on Wednesday (Nov 18). The centre aims to help Singapore […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE exports posted a shock fall in October, snapping a four-month winning streak, according to trade agency Enterprise Singapore (ESG) on Tuesday. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) lost 3.1 per cent year on year, reversing the 5.8 per cent increase in September. The drop – which also disappointed private-sector projections of 5.1 per cent growth in […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The central banks of the Philippines and Singapore agreed to address cybersecurity and other risks with the increasing use of technology to supply financial services amid the global health pandemic. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recognize that the ability to aggregate, store, process and […]
Read MoreDevelopers in Singapore sold 642 new private homes in October, 51.7 per cent lower than the 1,329 units sold in September. The decline came amid the authorities’ clampdown on Sept 28 on the re-issuing of options to purchase (OTPs) by developers, as well as a dearth of new project launches last month. On a year-on-year basis, […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE, Nov 13 — The Covid-19 crisis and economic recession seemed to have little effect on how consumers here approached this year’s Singles’ Day shopping bonanza, which took place on Wednesday. Lazada Singapore said that its 11.11 online sales surpassed last year’s performance by 5pm on Wednesday. The shopping site was among the top three […]
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