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No winners in Thailand as political gridlock continues amid rumours of possible election fraud
SINGAPORE (Apr 1): “CheatingElection19” was among the top trending terms on social media amid allegations of electoral fraud, following Thailand’s general election on March 24 — the first in five years after then prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra
March 29, 2019
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GIC has Singtel's back in Bharti Airtel rights issue
SINGAPORE (Mar 11): GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, is making a concerted effort to help Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel), the largest government-linked company, maintain the city state’s hold on India’s Bharti Airtel, which is tapping
March 12, 2019
Commentary
The alarming language of conflict
SINGAPORE (Mar 11): My youth was dominated by the Cold War and the war in Vietnam. I read as widely as I could, trying to sift the truth from the propaganda, the unbalanced reporting and, at times, the outright lies being fed to the public by politicians
March 11, 2019
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HRnetGroup is on an expansion spree
SINGAPORE (Mar 1): HRnetGroup, the recruitment agency, has a few unique practices in its company, including a 20-minute daily exercise-and-meditation qigong routine to keep staff happy and healthy, as well as companywide internal meetings held on Saturday
March 01, 2019
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Singapore central bank chief says policy stimulus may not be necessary
SINGAPORE (Mar 4): Singapore’s monetary policy stance remains appropriate for current conditions and there is no need for policy stimulus if the economy performs as expected, central bank managing director Ravi Menon said.
March 01, 2019
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Feeding the 10 billion
SINGAPORE (Feb 18): Our current diets are bad for our health and harming the planet. Two billion people are now overweight or obese. Poor diet is the biggest cause of non-communicable disease in the world, posing a greater risk of morbidity and mortality
February 21, 2019
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APAC Realty buys back franchisees, raises bet on regional expansion, remains upbeat on Singapore
SINGAPORE (Feb 18): As Singapore experiences the effects of the property cooling measures, listed real-estate agency APAC Realty, better known for operating under the ERA franchise, is now looking overseas to diversify from the Singapore property market
February 20, 2019
Commentary
Grab, GoJek, Didi and why it's hard to find winners in the few really successful EMs
SINGAPORE (Feb 18): They say there is no such thing as bad publicity. For GoJek, at least, the recent altercation between one of its drivers and a female passenger, who turned the phrase “Is it because I’m Chinese?” into a popular meme, has arguably
February 20, 2019
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Defensive utility stocks could ride infrastructure boom
SINGAPORE (Feb 18): Utility companies, which are usually deemed to be boring defensive stocks, could turn out to be sexy growth counters. This is because the growing demand for better infrastructure and amenities on the back of the population growth and r
February 19, 2019
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Space tech start-up Transcelestial lasers in on high-speed connectivity
SINGAPORE (Feb 18): A few months ago, inside a second-storey shophouse in Chinatown, Rohit Jha and his team fired up a PlayStation 4 set. Using its controllers, he virtually navigated a small toy car, manoeuvring through a track on a remote rooftop of o
February 19, 2019