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[ad_1] – Advertising – Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Singh said yesterday (Nov 12) that the new specific job pass, Tech.Pass, will not displace local workers and is intended to strengthen Singapore. Tech.Pass, launched yesterday, aims to attract founders, leaders and technical experts with experience from established or fast-growing …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Only a few of America’s CEOs have made public statements about President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept his electoral defeat, but privately, many are alarmed and talking about what collective action would be necessary if they see an imminent threat to democracy. On November 6, more than two …

[ad_1] BANGKOK: Travel website Tripadvisor has listed a warning for a Thai resort, after it brought legal action against an American expat for a negative review, which briefly landed him in prison. In July, Wesley Barnes wrote about his encounter with “unfriendly staff” and accused the Sea View hotel and …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The opening of a new MRT station that will serve the upcoming Punggol digital district was delayed by a year. The Punggol Coast Station on the Northeast Line was scheduled to open in 2023, but will now open a year later in 2024. Ad Ad Transport Minister Ong …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The next Punggol Coast MRT station will be ready by 2024, with approximately 40 percent of construction work completed. Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung gave this update on Friday (November 13), in a ceremony to mark the completion of tunnel boring works from the existing Punggol Station …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Former US President Barack Obama in his memoirs has compared Indian opposition figure Rahul Gandhi to a hapless student, in a scathing comment about the dynastic scion who twice led his party to crushing defeats. In the book “The Promised Land,” released Tuesday, Obama writes that Gandhi has …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AFP) – Former US President Barack Obama in his memoirs has compared Indian opposition figure Rahul Gandhi to a hapless student, in a scathing comment about the dynastic scion who twice led his party to crushing defeats. In the book, A Promised Land, to be published next Tuesday …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) has raised S $ 850 million through a convertible bond issue, the national airline announced on Friday (November 13). The offer was signed more than four times “with strong investor interest,” the SIA said in the press release. Ad Ad READ: SIA share price soars …

[ad_1] © Reuters. By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com – US tech stocks pick up some momentum, but China slips again after Beijing drafts tough new antitrust measures. Oil prices rebound on signs of strong US demand, but watch out for OPEC’s monthly report later. Here’s what you need to know in …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: China’s Ant Group is in a strange situation. The fintech firm went in a matter of days from being on the cusp of the world’s largest initial public offering (IPO) to those plans that were thwarted by new regulations from its own government. This sudden development has not …