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Daily Briefing: SG approves sale of lab-grown meat in world first; Safety rules for new food inventions as demand for meat substitutes grows
Daily Briefing: SG approves sale of lab-grown meat in world first; Safety rules for new food inventions as demand for meat substitutes grows
And Davos may move to SG as WEF holds talks on 2021 location.
Markets Briefing: STI closes down at 2,810
The Straits Times Index fell on Tuesday trade by 3.17 points or 0.11% to finish at 2,810.95.
Nominations are now open for SBR International Business Awards 2021
Deadline for submission of entries is on 26 February 2021.
SBR National Business Awards 2021 opens doors for nominations
Deadline for submission of entries is on 26 February 2021.
Banks rerate 17% due to recovery trade: Maybank
The recovery trade is driven by news of successful COVID-19 vaccine trials.
JLL sells two residential sites for $62m
The sites have a combined area of 23,828 sq. ft.
Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble hits further turbulence
The delay is caused by COVID-19 cases remaining high in Hong Kong.
Market Update: STI starts December trade with gains
The Straits Times Index ended the Tuesday trade up by 8.17 points or 0.29% at 2,814.12.
Malaysia International Business Awards 2021 is now accepting nominations
The awards programme is accepting entries until 5 March 2021.
The search is on for the top technology companies in Malaysia
Deadline for submissions is on 5 March 2021. With the global acceleration of digitisation, many companies are now tapping into the opportunities of technology and innovation, and Malaysia is definitely not lagging in this trend. As companies adapt to digitisation and automation, many are developing new technologies and solutions to help in their transformation and in the road to recovery from the pandemic.
Malaysia National Business Awards 2021 opens doors for nominations
Entries can be submitted until 5 March 2021. The highly anticipated awards program for local businesses comes to Malaysia as Singapore Business Review opens the nomination for the inaugural Malaysia National Business Awards.
Daily Briefing: MAS urges households to be prudent in expenses; F&B outlets seeing slow recovery
And SG’s Tazapay raises $4.29m led by Sequoia India’s Surge, Saison Capital.
OCBC adopts Equator Principles
This strengthens its environment and social (E&S) risk management disclosure.
GIC joins CDP signatories in sustainable investing programme
GIC joins 560 investors in requesting companies to disclose their environmental data.
MAS to grant non-bank financial institutions access to FAST, PayNow
Beginning February 2021, NFI e-wallet users will be able to make real-time transfers to banks.
MAS orders removal of EH-REIT manager
The order follows a notice of intention issued on 26 October.
CapitaLand divests properties amidst portfolio reconstruction
The total value of these divestments are at $448.7m.
Commentary
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When Singapore's agentic AI ‘chefs’ arrive, will the kitchen be ready for them?
What Singapore’s app store rules reveal about the future of online trust
Faster hiring alone will not fix construction’s productivity problem
Beyond policy: How Singapore's service sector can win at the frontline
Solving the production problem behind Singapore’s ‘pilot purgatory’