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Singapore is 6th most innovative country in the world after Israel: Bloomberg
(Jan 22): South Korea retained the global crown in the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index, though improvements by Germany in research and education brought Europe’s largest economy to near-parity in the annual ranking.
January 22, 2019
Disruption and Digitalisation
Super Apps, Asia's new innovation, to change cities, economies
SINGAPORE (Nov 7): The ability to communicate, shop online, order rides, read books, play games, get food delivery and pay for anything within a single, unified smartphone app is Asia’s defining innovation, technology leaders said at Bloomberg’s New E
November 07, 2018
Fintech
New innovation & internationalisation programme launched by UOB for SMEs
SINGAPORE (Oct 22): United Overseas Bank (UOB) has launched an innovation and internationalisation programme to provide financial support and cross-border opportunities to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
October 22, 2018
Global Economy
Singapore's middle-market companies among world's most optimistic & ambitious: EY
SINGAPORE (July 25): Middle-market executives in Singapore are especially optimistic about business conditions and opportunities when compared to their global peers, according to the findings of the annual EY Growth Barometer.
July 25, 2018
Singapore economy
Singapore now the most innovative country outside of Europe
SINGAPORE (July 11): Singapore has moved up two notches to be the fifth most innovative country amongst 126 nations in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 report.
July 11, 2018
How the global consumer landscape is set to change over the next 2-3 years: KPMG
SINGAPORE (June 14): By 2020, the consumer and retail industry landscape is likely to see an emergence of new business models, fewer physical stores, and more companies distributing their products through owned channels.
June 14, 2018
Singapore economy
Singapore shares top spot in EIU's list of tech-ready countries for 2018-22
SINGAPORE (June 5): Singapore has emerged to top The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (The EIU) Technological Readiness Ranking for 2018-22 alongside Australia and Sweden, which are also ranked at No. 1.
June 05, 2018
Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy
Fifth global SAP Leonardo Center launched in Singapore
SINGAPORE (May 8): SAP, the enterprise application software provider, today launched its fifth global SAP Leonardo Center in Singapore to service its customers in the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.
May 08, 2018
In print this week
Airbnb up against regulatory hurdles as sharing economy sees challenges
SINGAPORE (Apr 16): On April 3, two former property agents were fined $60,000 each for short-term rentals they had posted on Airbnb. The two men had collected $19,000 from four listings at the d’Leedon condominium over five weeks last year. The action w
April 16, 2018
Commentary
Singapore turns India's Nifty into a giraffe: Bloomberg Gadfly
HONG KONG (Apr 13): Singapore Exchange has announced a new product that an excited hedge-fund manager described to me as the "most brilliant use of finance."
April 13, 2018