2 Chinese men convicted in Singapore’s largest money laundering case deported to Cambodia
Two men convicted in Singapore’s largest money laundering case were deported to Cambodia on Monday.
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Without Malaysia and Singapore, Iran couldn’t shift its sanctioned oil, US official says
Brian Nelson, the US Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, was speaking during a four-day visit to Singapore and Malaysia, which the department said aimed to advance its work in countering financing and revenue generation by Iran and its proxies.
Amazon to invest $9bn in Singapore to boost cloud computing
SINGAPORE -- Amazon Web Services on Tuesday said it will invest 12 billion Singapore dollars (around $9 billion) to expand its cloud infrastructure in Singapore, joining rival U.S. tech giants investing in the fast-growing Southeast Asian digital market.
Cheap Chinese solar panels are a blessing for Europe, not a curse
Frederick Kliem is managing director of Episteme Consultants, a Singapore-based ESG advisory company, and an adjunct fellow and lecturer at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University.
Amazon's AWS to double down on Singapore with additional $9 billion cloud investment
SINGAPORE — Amazon Web Services on Tuesday said it will invest an additional 12 billion Singapore dollars (about $8.87 billion) over the next five years to grow its cloud infrastructure and services in Singapore.
Jollibee founder Tony Tan backs hotel SPAC deal despite lull in IPOs
SINGAPORE -- The founder of the Philippine fast-food giant Jollibee, Tony Tan, is throwing his full weight behind the initial public offering of a hotel brand on New York's Nasdaq via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) despite the shaky record of the listing vehicle.
New Singapore PM Wong will bring in a greater degree of openness
Donald Low is a senior lecturer and professor of practice in public policy at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is also the director of leadership and public policy executive education there. He is the co-author of "PAP v. PAP: The Party's Struggle to Adapt to a Changing Singapore."
Singapore Airlines signs historic deal to buy 1,000 tonnes of sustainable jet fuel from Finland’s Neste
Singapore Airlines said on Monday it will buy 1,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Neste, the first purchase of the low-carbon jet fuel from the Finnish firm’s refinery in the city state.