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Pinterest’s new Singapore office to operate SE Asia, India hub

Photo-sharing social media firm Pinterest has launched its Singapore office to better operate across South East Asia and India. This is...

Singapore: CapitaLand-Ascendas merger creates one of Asia’s largest real estate groups

Singapore-based realty major CapitaLand Ltd announced it has completed the acquisition of Temasek-owned Ascendas-Singbridge, resulting in...

Zilingo-UOB tie-up brings banking convenience to businesses

United Overseas Bank (UOB) and lifestyle e-commerce platform Zilingo have collaborated to support the growth of ASEAN’s fashion industry.

August deadline for Reliance Infra’s Delhi-Agra toll road deal with Singapore company

Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure announced today that its sale of the Delhi-Agra toll road to Singapore-based Cube Highways and...

DBS champions social entrepreneurship across Asia

The 2019 cycle of the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) Foundation Social Enterprise (SE) Grant is now open for application.

Commercial Indian real estate a good bet: Anarock Consultants

Anarock Property Consultants are pitching India’s commercial office property as an investment alternative for Non-Resident Indians in a...

Indian company to send farm fresh milk to Singapore

Indian dairy company Parag Milk Foods will now be delivering premium, farm fresh milk from India to Singapore.

US-India Business Council to give Sundar Pichai global leadership award

Sundar Pichai, Google's chief executive officer and Adena Friedman, Nasdaq's president and chief executive officer, will be given Global...

TCS among Top 50 companies recognised for diversity

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was the only Indian company in the US to be recognised in DiversityInc’s 2019 Top 50 Companies for...

DBS looks to attract brightest tech talents through global hackathon

Named Paradigm Shift, DBS' new global hackathon focuses on building a customer-centric approach to developing cutting-edge services for...

Singapore-based health analytics startup Biofourmis raises SGD48.2 million in Series B funding

Singapore-based health analytics startup Biofourmis has raised SGD48.2 million (USD35 million) in Series B financing round for expansion.

P2P online rental platform MyRent launches in Singapore today

MyRent, an innovative peer-to-peer on-demand rental marketplace, is set to formally launch today in Singapore.

Singapore-based smart wearables startup KaHa raises SGD8.5mn in Series B funding

Singapore-based Internet of Things (IoT) startup KaHa, which makes smart wearables, has raised SGD8.5 million (USD6.2 million) in Series B...

IKEA partner Ingka Group invests in Indian home furnishing startup Livspace

India-based home design and renovation platform Livspace has received funding from Ingka investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group.

Singapore’s GIC, IHCL strike SGD790 million deal to acquire premium hotels in India

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has tied up with Tata Group’s Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) to invest whopping SGD790 million...

Singtel posts stable Q4 profit, full-year net profit down 44 percent

Singtel reported a stable Q4 net profit for the quarter that ended on March 31.

OCBC reports SGD1.3 billion net profit after tax for first quarter of 2019, up 33% from last quarter

OCBC reported a net profit after tax of SGD1.23 billion for the first quarter of 2019 that ended on March 31, an 11 percent from last year.

DBS reports record profit for 2019Q1 at SGD1.65 billion

DBS Group’s has reported a record net profit for first quarter of 2019, with an increase of 9 percent to SGD 1.65 billion.

E-sports startup MPL raises USD35.5 mn in Series A funding

Fastest growing e-sports startup Mobile Premier League (MPL) has raised USD35.5 million (SGD48.2 million) in its Series A funding round led...

Singapore-based private equity firms investing heavily in India’s real estate sector

With funding from Indian banks and non-banking financial companies drying up in the real estate sector, Singapore-based investors are...

Sentosa's new scheme woos innovative ideas from local enterprises

The Sentosa x Enterprise scheme will create opportunities for local enterprises to test bed novel ideas, concepts, and technologies.

Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC reduces stake in India’s DLF

Singapore government’s sovereign wealth fund GIC reduced its equity stake in DLF, the largest homegrown real estate developer in India.

NTU goes cloud for its digital transformation agenda

NTU Singapore has adopted cloud-based enterprise technology as part of its digital transformation efforts for its administrative processes.

Uber launches new APAC headquarters in Singapore

Despite not having immediate plans for activities in Singapore, Uber has no plans to relocate its Asia Pacific (APAC) regional hub.

Jet Airways chairman resigns amid airline's financial woes

India's private Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal has stepped down from his position.