TELCOS here will be forced to consolidate within three years as the Singapore market gets ever more crowded, analysts from credit rating agency Moody’s warned in a report this week. And, while the analysts believe that Singtel will remain the market leader, they cautioned that the arrival of newcomers such as mobile virtual network operators […]
Read MoreFITCH Solutions analysts are looking at looser fiscal policy from the Singapore government in February’s Budget, according to a short commentary out on Monday. Citing an impending global slowdown and the pressure on the Republic’s export-driven economy, the report said that the rising external downside risks “are likely to prompt policymakers to adopt policies to cushion the economy through […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – A new firm based out of Singapore has set out to build and run clean energy projects across the region. CleanGrid Partners was unveiled on Tuesday (Jan 22) as a collaboration between Singapore‘s WEnergy Global, consultancy ICMG Partners and energy company Greenway Grid Global, which is backed by Japanese electricity giant Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco)’s Tepco […]
Read MoreSingapore has topped the Global Talent Competitiveness Index in Asia-Pacific for the sixth straight year, coming in second in the global rankings behind Switzerland and ahead of the United States, which was third. Released yesterday in Davos, ahead of the World Economic Forum, the yearly index measures how 125 countries are able to draw, nurture and […]
Read MoreSINGAPOREANS don’t expect overall consumer costs to budge much in the next 12 months, but think that core inflation – that is, price hikes outside of housing and private transport – could still inch up. People here figured that inflation would hit 2.85 per cent in the year ahead, the quarterly DBS-SMU Singapore Index of […]
Read MoreTHE app-based food delivery space has grown greatly in recent years, with players coming and going, but one constant in Singapore has been foodpanda. Speaking to The Business Times, foodpanda Singapore’s managing director Luc Andreani says: “When we started in 2012, we were alone and fighting to build the food delivery service which had not […]
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