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ACRA has audit firms in its sight

SINGAPORE (Aug 2): Auditors using the search engine Google to screen clients as part of due diligence; senior auditors not spending enough time reviewing or supervising client audits; spouses of audit partners violating the firms’ policies on independen

Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy

This startup uses AI to detect falls among elderly who are home alone

SINGAPORE (June 28): Local entrepreneur Lim Meng Hui was working on an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled security system to detect intruders when his grandmother fell and lay helpless. When her health deteriorated rapidly after that, he decided that de

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CRCT says acquisitions will all be accretive to distributable income

SINGAPORE (June 14): CapitaMall Xuefu and CapitaMall Aidemengdun in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, and CapitaMall Yuhuating in Changsha, Hunan province are three malls that CapitaLand Retail China Trust plans to acquire from CapitaLand, subject to unithol

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The force is strong with Disney this year, thank Marvel you must

SINGAPORE (May 31): Spoiler alert. Spider-Man, one of the survivors in the latest Avengers: Endgame, will see its latest movie Spider-Man: Far From Home released in end-June. Disney, in collaboration with Marvel, has also plans to release movie spin-offs

Dine in

Fine and casual

Celebrity chef restaurant, table65, opens at Resorts World Sentosa.

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This startup plans to permanently integrate its offerings with Grab

SINGAPORE (May 10): If there is one thing that internet and app-oriented start-ups track closely regardless of the industry they operate in, it is the conversion rate. This metric measures how much user traffic is translated into a desired action, for ins

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Pakatan Harapan's hope for Malaysia

SINGAPORE (May 3): In a TV interview on April 11, UBS economist Kelvin Tay blamed “political paralysis” in Malaysia for landing the country in an economic bind that includes a “current account deficit” of higher than 3.4%.

Global Economy

Central banks turn dovish as IMF urges to 'do no harm'

SINGAPORE (Apr 15): Major central banks around the world have maintained a dovish stance, in line with a softer growth outlook by the International Monetary Fund.

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IHH Healthcare to take offerings to 'whole different level' with digitalisation

SINGAPORE (Apr 12): Towards the end of July 2012, at a meeting with bankers and fund managers in the run-up to IHH Healthcare’s IPO, an executive of a financial institution asked what was so special about the healthcare provider. “If we throw a few bi

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The revolution need not be automated

(Apr 8): Artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of our lives, not least the economy. As a general-purpose technology, AI’s applications are potentially endless. While it can be used to automate tasks previously performed by people, it can
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