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Jumbo Group unit forms Singapore JV to launch Lausanjee QSR chain
Jumbo Group unit forms Singapore JV to launch Lausanjee QSR chain
The company will invest $980k for a 49% stake.
Igloo strengthens APAC presence with Eazy Digital acquisition
The deal adds Thailand operations, clients, and software capabilities across Asia.
AI oversight gains urgency as deepfake scams surge 2,000%
Ashwini Karandikar urged firms to map every point where AI influences risk-bearing decisions this year.
MAS fines doctor $120,000 for insider trading
The case involved purchases of Singapore Medical Group shares before its privatisation offer was announced.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.73%; Top stock is Seatrium
Seatrium is the top stock with a 1.03% increase.
Oil becomes top-traded CFD among Singapore users in 2026
Plus500 data also showed a growing share of older traders.
Admiralty Walk EC site may draw up to four bids
Analysts expect developers to bid cautiously due to the site’s distance from the MRT station.
Foreign affiliates’ value added rises 5.7% to $367.8b in 2024
These firms made up over half of total enterprise VA.
Q1 property sentiment drops to 4.9 amidst price pressures
About 80% of industry players worry about rising inflation and interest rates.
DBS brings first synthetic securitisation to market
The $1.29b transaction expands the bank's capital toolkit to support future lending growth.
Confident execs face risk as most staff could be fooled by deepfakes
Nearly one-third of workers would use unapproved agentic AI if official tools are slow.
Amity launches Singapore AI hub ahead of $258.7m revenue target
It will serve as its regional headquarters for Southeast Asia.
SIA and Air China plan commercial JV under new MoU
The move expands a codeshare partnership first established in 2016.
Energy transition finance fund hits $446m with Temasek, MAS backing
ETAF targets grid upgrades and energy transition projects across Asia.
Domestic supply prices fall 1.9% in May
Lower petroleum prices offset continued increases in non-oil goods.
Manufactured product prices fall 0.2% in May
Lower petroleum prices offset continued gains in non-oil manufactured products.
Maybank lifts Singapore GDP forecast on manufacturing growth
AI-related demand continued to support electronics and precision engineering.
Commentary
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‘Tokenmaxxing’ – The wrong AI race to run in Singapore
To outsmart modern fraud, we must first know the enemy
Why Singapore SMEs cannot wait for quantum cyber risk to arrive before securing data