SINGAPORE: Last year saw impressive growth for the cruise industry in Singapore. Data released by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) revealed that total cruise throughput jumped 35 per cent to 1.87 million in 2018 compared to the year before. But the industry is not being complacent. It ...
DBS Bank Taipei Branch has signed a three-year, 2 billion New Taiwan dollar (S$88 million) sustainability-linked loan with Taiwanese display manufacturer AU Optronics.
BEIJING: Major automakers have announced a slew of investments in the United States since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017 and exerted pressure on the industry to create more US jobs. China is also attracting much investment, with companies keen to increase their share of the ...
SINGAPORE Management University (SMU) will provide experiential learning on financial technology to its undergraduates starting from next year, through the Citi University Partnerships in Innovation and Discovery (Cupid) programme.
SHANGHAI: A prominent Chinese environmental group has called on chemicals multinationals to stop "cutting corners" by outsourcing business to Chinese suppliers that violate safety regulations after an investigation into a deadly explosion at a factory in March. In a new study, the Institute of ...
LONDON: Venture capital investors backed Immense Simulations, a British software company which creates interactive replicas of cities, on Tuesday in the latest sign of money pouring into firms that stand to gain from driverless vehicles becoming more mainstream. Immense Simulations raised US$4 ...
BEIJING: Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei struck a defiant tone on Tuesday (May 21) against US attempts to block his company's global ambitions, saying the US "underestimates" the telecom giant's strength. Ren spoke to Chinese state media days after President Donald Trump issued orders aimed at ...
FITCH Ratings has upgraded and affirmed its ratings assigned to a series of private-equity (PE) bonds offered by Astrea III and Astrea IV, both Temasek-linked PE vehicles.
Asian shares wobbled near four-month lows on Tuesday on mounting worries the White House's black-listing of Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies could further inflame already tense relations between the Washington and Beijing.
The U.S. government on Monday eased some restrictions imposed last week on China's Huawei, a sign of how the prohibitions on the telecommunications company may have far-reaching and unintended consequences.
