Growth doubts linger as Singapore thinly skirts technical recession
SINGAPORE'S economy looks to have barely budged in the third quarter, in a Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) flash estimate, as the gross domestic product (GDP) inched up by just 0.1 per cent...
Singapore Q3 GDP up by 0.1% in MTI flash data in close shave for recession fears
THE Singapore economy may have narrowly avoided a technical recession in the third quarter, according to flash estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on Monday.
SMEs must press on with global plans: ESG
DESPITE a global growth slowdown and disruption from trade tensions, Kathy Lai, the deputy chief executive of government agency Enterprise Singapore (ESG), is still urging companies to expand...
Singapore cannot jump the gun on economic bail-out
WITH factory output and exports falling year on year, business sentiment darkening and gross domestic product (GDP) growth grinding to a halt, no one would say that the Singapore economy is in tip...
Full steam ahead for 5G trials, but factories here still cautious
SMART manufacturing is among Singapore's six strategic clusters for 5G development, with S$40 million in funding set aside for it in June.
Industries race ahead to beef up digital skills
THE state of the economy seems to have little impact on company training plans, as businesses rolled out a slew of union-led staff-upgrading projects in recent months.
Growth risks compound on shock factory drop
WHILE Singapore could still escape a technical recession, the risks have gone up, economy watchers warned.
ST Telemedia-backed Cloud Comrade sets sights on Indonesia
CLOUD computing consultancy startup Cloud Comrade, which is backed by a Temasek Holdings subsidiary, has identified Indonesia as a key growth market, amid plans by tech giants Google and Amazon to...
Singapore may fare worse than Asean peers in the next global crash
SOUTH-EAST ASIA is more vulnerable to a downturn than it was during the last global financial crisis, Bain & Co warned in a report out on Friday.
'Future of semi-conductor industry bright' even when chips are down
EUROPEAN chipmaker STMicroelectronics, which makes nearly half of its products here, doubled its capacity for a key semiconductor product with an expanded wafer fab facility in Ang Mo Kio that...