[ad_1] A group of 10 US states led by Republicans has opened a new front in US antitrust actions against Google, accusing the Internet group of abusing its monopoly over parts of the online advertising market and colluding with Facebook to block exchanges. rival advertisers. The accusation that Google worked …
Read More »Tight-working contractors hit by a brick wall of rising material costs, supply chain disruptions
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Construction companies, already short of workers, have to deal with more expensive construction materials as both freight and demand for raw materials have skyrocketed, creating a shortage in the supply chain. For consumers, this has led to more expensive renovation projects, as contractors and material suppliers struggling to …
Read More »Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Sinovac: A Look at Three Key COVID-19 Vaccines
[ad_1] By the end of this week, people in the country hardest hit by COVID-19 could have access to a second COVID-19 vaccine. On Tuesday (December 15), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mRNA-1273, the vaccine candidate made by the American biotechnology company Moderna, as safe and effective. …
Read More »SingPass users can now verify their identity by scanning their faces, Digital News
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Residents can now verify the identity of their SingPass account by scanning their faces using computers and camera phones, or by entering a unique password sent to another trusted SingPass user. These two features are available to all SingPass users accessing government digital services as of Wednesday …
Read More »Southeast Asia Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker: Who Gets What, When
[ad_1] Photographer: Adrian Wyld / Canadian Press / Bloomberg Photographer: Adrian Wyld / Canadian Press / Bloomberg In the evolving race for Covid-19 vaccines, Indonesia has taken the apparent lead in Southeast Asia with the delivery of vaccines from China. Sinovac Biotech Ltd. this month. Southeast Asia’s largest and most …
Read More »Singapore and the US sign an agreement on trade finance and investment cooperation
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States to deepen economic cooperation and extend trade financing and investment support to their respective companies. The memorandum of understanding aims to improve the availability and access to trade financing options for companies from both countries, …
Read More »Keppel Launches Second Data Center Fund with First Closing of Over $ 500 Million, Companies & Markets
[ad_1] Wed, Dec 16, 2020 – 8:32 am The asset management arm of Keppel Corporation has launched a second data center fund, which will focus on making strategic investments in the “fast-growing” data center industry in Asia-Pacific and Europe. Keppel Data Center Fund II has attracted seed capital commitments from …
Read More »Zoom to establish a new R&D center in Singapore, hire ‘hundreds’, Technology
[ad_1] Wed, Dec 16 From 2020-13: 30h US tech giant Zoom Video Communications is opening a new research and development (R&D) center in Singapore, where it will hire hundreds of key engineers, the firm said in a press release on Wednesday. Zoom, which has already had a presence in Singapore …
Read More »WHO vaccination scheme ‘runs the risk of failing’, leaving poor countries without COVID-19 injections until 2024
[ad_1] BRUSSELS: The global plan to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the poorest countries faces a “very high” risk of failure, which could leave billions of people in the nations without access to vaccines until 2024, according to internal documents . The World Health Organization’s COVAX program is the world’s leading …
Read More »Zoom to open a new research and development center in Singapore
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Zoom Video Communications announced on Wednesday (December 16) that it will open a new research and development (R&D) center in Singapore, hiring “hundreds of key engineers” here. The expansion “represents a growing strategic investment in the country, where Zoom has already had a presence for two years,” as …
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