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The Straits Times is the English flagship daily of SPH Media, one of the leading media companies in Asia. Launched on July 15, 1845, its comprehensive coverage of news from home and around the world makes The Straits Times the most-read newspaper in Singapore. Quality news, in-depth analyses, impactful commentaries and breaking stories are packaged to give readers riveting accounts of events in Singapore, the region, and beyond. The most read newspaper in Singapore, both in terms of print and digital, it reaches 1.33 million people every day. The Straits Times' key strength is in its world class coverage of news outside Singapore. With 20 bureaus in major cities around the world, The Straits Times correspondents bring world news to readers on a Singapore platter, helping readers to appreciate world events from a Singaporean perspective.
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- Singapore, Singapore
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- Self-Owned
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- 1845
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- News and Digital media
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About 73% of businesses polled said they have benefited from improved market access through FTAs, compared with only half in 2021. #Singapore #trade #business
More Singapore businesses aware of and benefited from free trade agreements in 2023: SBF survey
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EnterpriseSG supported 220 companies in exploring Europe last year, nearly 50% more than in pre-Covid 2019. #Singapore #Europe #Germany #companies
More Singapore firms want to expand into Europe, using Germany as a springboard
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Tada will work with taxi fleets to offer "3,000 to 4,000 vehicles" on its platform for a start. "Singapore and Hong Kong share many similarities, which allows us to bring what we’ve learnt from our success in Singapore over to Hong Kong," said CEO Sean Kim. #Singapore #HongKong #ridehailing #transport
Singapore's Tada ride-hailing app to enter Hong Kong in November, working with taxi fleets
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The profit was aided by an investment gain of $12.7 billion and positive currency translation effects of $1.7 billion. #Singapore #banking #markets
MAS books net profit of $3.8b as global markets recovered, Singapore dollar eased
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The lower house of Parliament approved 5 amendment bills to turn Pulau Satu in Forest City into a duty-free island, along with Labuan, Langkawi, Tioman and Pangkor. #ForestCity #Johor #Malaysia #Singapore
Malaysia passes law to establish duty-free zone in Forest City
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Whether it's a game of chess, air hockey or kite-foiling, world champion Max Maeder is always ready to compete. In partnership with DBS
Behind the polite teenager's charm lies a hard-core competitor
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The quandary has arisen following Allianz’s offer on July 17 to buy at least 51% of Income Insurance at $40.58 a share in cash. #Income #Alta #Allianz #insurance #trading #shares
Trading of Income shares will cease on Alta by Oct 17
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NParks and MOE overpaid an estimated $1.93 million and $317,100 to contractors respectively, said the Auditor-General's Office (Singapore). #Singapore #audit
NParks, MOE possibly overpaid contractors, among other lapses: Auditor-General's Office report
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The $2.2 billion deal would catapult the German insurer from the 9th to the 4th-largest composite insurer in Asia. #Singapore #insurance
Allianz makes offer to buy at least 51% of Income Insurance
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