[ad_1] Airbnb has managed to turn the tide after a difficult few months at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. WASHINGTON: Shared housing giant Airbnb, which is scheduled to go public this week, will significantly increase the price of its IPO, valuing the group at more than $ 40 billion, …
Read More »Google Cloud Leverages Cisco Talent to Lead Southeast Asia
[ad_1] Ruma Balasubramanian (Google Cloud) Credit: Google Cloud Google Cloud has appointed Ruma Balasubramanian as CEO of Southeast Asia, replacing Tim Synan, who has moved to Italy with the tech giant. Effective immediately, Singapore-based Balasubramanian is tasked with driving the supplier’s go-to-market strategy across customer and partner segments, as well …
Read More »Wolves star explains how Liverpool crowd ‘felt like 15,000 people’ on return from Anfield
[ad_1] Wolves midfielder Leander Dendoncker believes Liverpool’s 2,000 supporters inside Anfield made a big difference on Sunday night. The Reds were even on points with Tottenham Hotspur atop the Premier League table after a dominant performance in the second half saw them pass the Wolves. Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead …
Read More »French student in Singapore criticized for defending biased Instagram post, says not racist, Digital News
[ad_1] A young French woman in Singapore found herself on the receiving end of online jokes after flatly denying that her Instagram post – a photo showing her pulling the sides of her eyes back and using the term “ching chong” – is racist. The image appeared to have been …
Read More »TraceTogether Program Wins International Award for Innovative Use of Technology, Tech News, and Featured Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – TraceTogether, the national contact tracing program, has gained recognition on the international stage for its innovative use of digital technology. On Monday (December 7), market research firm Gartner crowned TraceTogether the Asia-Pacific winner for its 2020 Government Eye on Innovation award. The award winners were selected by …
Read More »Former Straits Wine sales manager fined $ 3,000 for corruption, news and stories about courts and crime
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A former assistant sales manager for Singapore Straits Wine Company was fined $ 3,000 on Monday (December 7) after pleading guilty to one count of corruption. Malaysian Ee Chay Wea, 39, admitted to giving an $ 822 bribe to David Ang Wei Xiong, 34, in May 2018. …
Read More »Hundreds sick and 1 dead from unidentified disease in India
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: At least one person has died and another 200 have been hospitalized due to an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, reports said on Monday (December 7). The disease was detected on Saturday night in Eluru, an ancient city famous for its hand-woven …
Read More »Trump consolidates legacy of the death penalty until Biden’s inauguration
[ad_1] CHICAGO: As Donald Trump’s presidency ends, his administration is accelerating the pace of federal executions despite the surge in COVID-19 cases in prisons, announcing plans for five beginning Thursday (December 10) and concluding a few days before the inauguration of the president. – elect Joe Biden on January 20 …
Read More »Drone Pilot Enters Clementi Forest For Stunning Aerial Footage Of Its Virgin Green, Digital News
[ad_1] Interest in Clementi Forest has been on the rise since local nature lover Brice Li shared images of the untouched patch of land that made it look like something straight out of Jurassic Park. Perfectly understandable: it is It’s rare to find a whole sea of untouched vegetation in …
Read More »Parents spend $ 5,800 at an eye clinic just to make their daughters’ vision worse, Singapore News
[ad_1] What was touted as a cure turned out to be more of a hindrance for one family when their twin daughters found their vision deteriorating rather than improving after they paid $ 5,800 to have their myopia treated. The 10-year-old girls sought treatment at SLM Visioncare in March this …
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