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[ad_1] The Land Transportation Authority (LTA) recently released a glimpse of what the next generation Electronic Highway Pricing (ERP) system will look like and… let’s just say motorists have strong opinions on it. Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung has since responded to colorful comments on social media. On Tuesday (September …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Local insurer Singapore Life (Singlife) intends to merge with Aviva Singapore in a deal valued at $ 3.2 billion, making it one of the largest in the insurance industry in Southeast Asia and the largest in Singapore. In a statement released on Friday night …

[ad_1] Microsoft said on Thursday it thwarted recent cyberattacks by China, Russia and Iran targeting both Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns, as tech giants scrambled to protect electoral security less than two months before the US vote. The announcement came as Twitter said it would implement a policy next week …

[ad_1] SHANGHAI: The latest additions to China’s list of banned technology exports could disrupt a wide range of industries and raise the possibility that some global tech giants will have to split up their Chinese operations, legal experts said. The new list of export-banned technologies announced on August 28 came …

[ad_1] BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – The latest Covid-19 vaccine candidate to begin human trials is the first in which volunteers will not receive a painful injection. Instead, they will receive a spray through their nose. China on Wednesday (Sept. 9) approved phase I human trials for the nasal spray vaccine, which …

[ad_1] US Deadline Asia is a growth area for the company, especially as it is increasingly likely to miss the US government’s deadline for the sale of its US TikTok operations. President Donald Trump said the Thursday that it will not extend its September 15 deadline for the deal. In …

[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] ByteDance, the Chinese owner of the video-sharing app TikTok, plans to make Singapore its beachhead for the rest of Asia as part of its global expansion, according to people familiar with the matter. The Beijing-based company seeks to spend several billion dollars and add hundreds of jobs over …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Axington Inc.’s two-person board is engaging with controlling shareholders Nelson Loh and Terence Loh to gain clarity on the strategic changes to be made to the company’s business direction, the firm said that is listed on Catalist in a statement. Stock market file late …

[ad_1] BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – ByteDance, the Chinese owner of the video-sharing app TikTok, plans to make Singapore its beachhead for the rest of Asia as part of its global expansion, according to people familiar with the matter. The Beijing-based company seeks to spend several billion dollars and add hundreds of …

[ad_1] Friday, September 11, 2020-9: 52 am SINGAPORE stocks opened weaker on Friday following overnight losses on Wall Street as US stocks resumed a downtrend. The Straits Times Index (STI) fell 0.4 percent or 9.49 points to 2,482.60 at 9:05 a.m. M. The losers outnumbered the winners from 70 to …