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Singapore sees Q2 job gains, but outlook dims amid global uncertainty
Malay Mail
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July 30, 2025
SINGAPORE, July 30 — Singapore’s total employment rose by 8,400 in the second quarter of 2025, according to preliminary data released on Wednesday by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), reported Xinhua. The data reflects stronger hiring compared to...
Global Wealth Hubs: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Singapore lead in new report
Premium Times
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July 30, 2025
A new global report has identified the top cities offering long-term advantages for high-net-worth individuals, especially as rising taxes, regulatory changes, and climate risks reshape how and where people manage their wealth. The Wealth Report...
Economists mixed on MAS October policy decision after central bank stands pat in July
The Business Times Singapore
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July 30, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Private-sector economists are divided on how the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will move on monetary policy in October, after it decided to keep settings unchanged in July – which in itself had come as a surprise to some...
Southeast Asia’s Transshipment Dilemma in the China-US Trade War
The Diplomat
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July 29, 2025
The United States’ tightening of export controls on advanced technologies, led by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)’s Entity List and Foreign Direct Product Rule, aims to curb Chinese access to sensitive U.S. technologies. Yet these tools...
Competitiveness Council sees echoes of Celtic Tiger bust in waning economic energy
Irish Independent
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The warning is contained in a bulletin issued in response to the IMD World Competitiveness Rankings for 2025, in which Ireland slipped from 4th to 7th place globally. As recently as 2023 Ireland ranked as the second most competitive economy. The...
Singapore full-year growth to come in firmer than expected on H1 front-loading: MAS
The Business Times Singapore
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July 30, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Full-year growth for 2025 may be firmer than previously forecast, with the economy’s output likely to be close to potential, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Wednesday (Jul 30). This means the output gap may narrow to...
Jail for man who helped loan sharks borrow $800,000 from financial institutions, including DBS
The Straits Times
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July 30, 2025
SINGAPORE – While facing financial difficulties, a man decided to help loan sharks obtain loans from financial institutions, in exchange for money. Through his complicity, the unlicensed moneylenders received $800,000 from two financial...
Workplace relationships most common among Singapore’s baby boomers and Gen X: Survey
The Independent Singapore
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July 30, 2025
SINGAPORE: Workplace relationships have been found to be most common among older Singapore workers, according to a new survey by global market research and data analytics company Milieu Insight. Notably, nearly four in 10 (38%) baby boomers and...
Singapore visit: CM Chandrababu Naidu aims to attract strategic investments into Andhra Pradesh in real estate, green energy, eco-tourism sectors
The Hindu
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July 30, 2025
In this image released by @ncbn via X on July 29, 2025, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu visits Jurong Island, Singapore’s flagship integrated petrochemical and energy hub. | Photo Credit: PTI On the fourth day of his official...
Singapore economy expected to slow in 2nd half of 2025; retail, F&B likely to feel impact: MAS
Channel News Asia
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July 30, 2025
Front-loading occurs when businesses choose to place orders or carry out transactions in advance. The 90-day pause on US reciprocal tariffs led to foreign businesses bringing forward some orders, resulting in more goods being shipped to the US...
CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Chinese AI companies are already making money
CNBC
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July 30, 2025
Tencent shows off its various AI applications based on its Hunyuan model at the World AI Conference in Shanghai on July 26, 2025. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng This report is from this week's edition of CNBC's The China Connection newsletter, which brings...
'Not an enemy, just a friend's stupidity': Modi's silence on Trump is a page out of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew's playbook
Business Today
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July 30, 2025
Diplomacy is not about being straight; it is about being subtle. India would never name or shame its strategic partner, much less the US President. And, it's a smart move. When a relationship is already on the edge, you don't push it off the...
Business : Saviynt Accelerates Global Expansion With New Regional Hubs In APJ, EMEA
Bernama
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July 30, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 (Bernama) -- Cloud-native artificial intelligence (AI) identity and governance solutions provider, Saviynt has announced a major global expansion, including new offices in Singapore and London, a customer operations centre in...
Quiet trade approaching data, earnings and Fed announcement - Newsquawk US Market Open
Zero Hedge
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European bourses are mixed amidst a slew of earnings, US futures flat/firmer ahead of a busy data docket and earnings from Meta and Microsoft. USD rally pauses for breath as markets await Q2 flash GDP and FOMC. USTs contained into numerous US...
United Microelectronics Chief Cautions Currency, Trade Policy Could Dampen Gains
Benzinga
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Taiwan-based United Microelectronics Corporation UMC, a prominent global semiconductor foundry, saw its stock price fall on Wednesday after reporting fiscal second-quarter results that largely disappointed market expectations. For the quarter, the...
Applications open for Women Founders and Funders Singapore
Food & Drink Business
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According to Pitchbook in 2024, teams including female founders raised 27 per cent more capital than the year prior, with $38.8 billion closed, but across 13.1 per cent fewer deals than 2023. More female-founded companies reached venture-growth...
Seatrium to pay over S$240 million to Brazilian, Singapore authorities over corruption offences
The Business Times Singapore
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July 30, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Seatrium is putting a long-running corruption case behind it with the payment of financial penalties of more than S$240 million to the authorities in Brazil and Singapore. On Wednesday (Jul 30), the company announced that it signed a...
Covid loan fraudster stuffed £80k in kitchen after defrauding companies out of thousands
Cambridge News
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July 30, 2025
A Covid loan fraudster was found with £80,000 in cash stuffed behind boards in his kitchen. Ali Amjad bragged that police would never catch him after masterminding a scam that saw companies across the world defrauded out of more than half a...
Far East Hospitality Trust H1 DPS falls 9.2% to S$0.0178 on lower contributions from Singapore hotels, serviced residences
The Business Times Singapore
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July 30, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Far East Hospitality Trust (FEHT) on Wednesday (Jul 30) posted a 9.2 per cent fall in distribution per stapled security (DPS) to S$0.0178 for its first half ended June, from S$0.0196 in the previous corresponding period. Distribution...
singapore No clarity yet on baseline or pharmaceutical tariffs with US: DPM Gan
Asiaone
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July 30, 2025
SINGAPORE – The US government did not negotiate its tariffs on Singapore and did not want to commit on whether the 10 per cent baseline tax could rise or fall in the future, said Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong. DPM Gan, who visited the US from...