Singapore

SINGAPORE (Oct 10): Thailand and Philippine companies are leading a regional pick-up in initial public offerings (IPOs), spurred by growing investor interest in firms focused on South-east Asian consumers.

(Oct 8): Singapore has reached out to Indonesian authorities to offer assistance and urge action in combating the “perennial scourge” of haze on the region, with no response from Indonesia thus far, the Ministry for the Environment and Water Resources

Singapore’s near-perfect score of 98.4 for the vision category was miles ahead of the 85.0 points scored by second-place Dubai. It was also more than double the average score of 46.8 for the category. According to Timocin Pervane, a partner at Olive

SINGAPORE (Sept 23): Singapore's core inflation gauge in August remained at a 3-year low, rising 0.8% from a year earlier, the same pace as the previous month, data showed on Monday.

(Sept 20): Appliance maker Dyson is hiring more than 2,000 people across Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines over the next four years, following its decision to relocate its head office to Southeast Asia.

SINGAPORE (Sept 19): Singapore potential private home buyers are staying optimistic despite the economic slowdown, if August private home sales figures are anything to go by. Or are they? And what would the month of Sept bring?

(Sept 18): The air quality level in Singapore turned unhealthy ahead of the Formula 1 race this weekend, while Kuala Lumpur was ranked among the world’s most polluted cities, as wind from neighbouring Indonesia continued to sweep in ash and smoke from i

SINGAPORE (Sept 18): Singapore is seen as a place where a wide-ranging array of investment products ranging from shares and bonds to gold and property are widely available and easily accessible.

(Sept 17); Singapore saw its lead over Hong Kong shrink to just a whisker in the battle to be Asia’s biggest foreign-exchange currency hub. To keep its advantage, the island state wants to attract more companies to set up electronic trading platforms.

(Sept 16): Private home sales in Singapore slipped 4.8% in August even as developers launched more units than the previous month.