Daily Briefing: Singapore hits lowest corporate software piracy; Singapore firms go on record M&A spree

And man fined $5,000 for false Facebook post.

Software piracy on the enterprise level has climbed up globally with a slightly upward trend (43% this year compared to last year’s 42%), but wait until you read about the state of piracy in Southeast Asia. Read more here.
Singaporean companies went on a record-setting merger and acquisition (M&A) spree in the first-half, with deal volume surging to $40 billion, more than double the $17.3 billion recorded in the same period in 2013, according to Dealogic. Know more here.
A 28-year-old man was fined $5,000 on Thursday for a post on Facebook that falsely claimed three police officers and two civil defence officers died in last year’s Little India riot. Know more here.

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