Browsing: Singapore
Crewmember mistakenly caused the ship’s engine to stall hours before a blackout led to the Baltimore Bridge collapse
The cargo ship Dali experienced electrical blackouts about 10 hours before leaving the Port of Baltimore and yet again shortly before it…
Grab’s COO thinks there’s ‘tremendous upside’ in fast-growing Southeast Asia after the startup recently reported its first-ever profitable quarter
Grab, the ride-hailing and food-delivery startup that operates in most of Southeast Asia, hit an important milestone for any tech…
Standard Chartered Bank has spun off a tech subsidiary, audax, which plans to offer banking services (BaaS) in Asia and…
Baltimore leaders strike back after Singaporean firms tried to cap liability in port disaster—’negligence caused them to destroy the Key Bridge’
The owner and manager of the massive container ship that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month should…
Hong Kong’s bankers can earn 70% more than their peers in Singapore—and that’s putting them at risk of layoffs
Hong Kong investment bankers could face more job cuts as the slowdown in China deals persists and employers look to…
Everyone wants flexibility at work. Few are lucky enough to receive it. But the chances may be best in Singapore,…
GGV Capital Asia has rebranded as Granite Asia after splitting from its U.S. counterpart, enabling the venture capital firm to…
Stung by Taylor Swift tour snub, Thailand seals deals for music festivals to boost ailing economy
After missing out on Taylor Swift’s world tour, Thailand has sealed deals to host Summer Sonic and Tomorrowland music festivals as…
East Asian societies have the world’s lowest birth rates—and are learning that ‘throwing a bit of money’ at the problem isn’t solving anything
Governments across Asia—in Singapore and Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul—are facing a crisis: plummeting birth rates. For several decades now, people…
Shein, the fast-fashion giant famous for $2 T-shirts, is exploring a London IPO after New York was too tough, sources say
Fast-fashion company Shein is considering the possibility of switching its initial public offering to London from New York because of…