Singapore has claimed top spot, together with Iceland and Sweden, in a health and living standards report published this week in the Lancet medical journal, according to Bloomberg. The latest report, perhaps the most comprehensive ever, also reveals the broad shortcomings of sustainable development efforts around the world. According to health goals ... Read More »
Singapore said on Thursday it did not know if the Zika virus detected in the country could cause the same birth defects and other disorders linked to an outbreak in Latin America. A DNA analysis of the mosquito-borne virus, which has infected almost 300 people in Singapore, including two pregnant ... Read More »
Thirteen Indians have tested positive for Zika virus in Singapore as the city-state grapples with rising number of the mosquito-borne disease. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said Indian Embassy in Singapore has reported that 13 Indians have been affected by Zika virus. “As per our Embassy in Singapore, 13 ... Read More »
Indonesia is screening travellers from neighbouring Singapore for the mosquito-borne Zika virus as the city-state reports a growing number of infections and its first case of a pregnant woman testing positive. Indonesian Health Ministry spokesman Oscar Primadi said on Thursday that health officials are recommending that the Foreign Ministry issue ... Read More »
Singapore confirmed its first case of Zika in a pregnant woman as the number of people affected by the mosquito-borne virus rose to 115, according to authorities on Thursday. Singapore’s Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Wednesday night that the pregnant woman was living in the same housing block ... Read More »
My article yesterday was about the flagship lead taken by the Bank of England, supporting innovation and creating refreshed central bank digital structures. They are experimenting with everything from a Britcoin to a FinTech Accelerator program, and these operations have filtered through the system into RegTech programs from Project Innovate ... Read More »
World stocks rose to their highest level in more than four months on Thursday and the dollar had a third day of gains as markets took a positive view ahead of top policymaker and oil producer meetings. Singapore set the tone for the IMF’s spring meeting as its normally conservative ... Read More »
Singapore’s DBS Group Holdings (DBSM.SI) is seen leading the race to buy British bank Barclays’ (BARC.L) Hong Kong and Singapore private wealth units, valued at as much as $300 million, sources with knowledge of the situation said on Monday. The other bidder left in the race is rival Singaporean lender ... Read More »
