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| The strain was found among 31 cases from Europe who arrived in Singapore between Nov | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom the citystate said while 11 others who were already in quarantine had returned preliminarily positive results for the new strain | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-confirms-first-case-of-new-coronavirus-variant-found-in-uk-idUSKBN28Y05A | 2020-12-24 |
| Sinovac has secured supply deals for its vaccine with several countries including Indonesia Turkey and Singapore and is holding talks with the Philippines and Malaysia for a potential sale | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian researchers said on Wednesday the COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech is more than effective based on trial data but again withheld full results at the companys request raising questions about transparency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac-brazil/brazil-institute-says-coronavac-efficacy-above-50-but-delays-full-results-idUSKBN28X2CR | 2020-12-24 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom the citystate said while 11 others who were already in quarantine had returned preliminarily positive results for the new strain | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom the citystate said while 11 others who were already in quarantine had returned preliminarily positive results for the new strain | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-confirms-first-case-of-new-coronavirus-variant-found-in-uk-idUSKBN28Y05A | 2020-12-24 |
| There is currently no evidence that the B117 strain is circulating in the Singapores health ministry said late on Wednesday referring to the new potentially more infectious UK strain | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom the citystate said while 11 others who were already in quarantine had returned preliminarily positive results for the new strain | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-confirms-first-case-of-new-coronavirus-variant-found-in-uk-idUSKBN28Y05A | 2020-12-24 |
| Singapore has been conducting viral genomic sequencing for confirmed COVID19 cases who arrived from Europe recently | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom the citystate said while 11 others who were already in quarantine had returned preliminarily positive results for the new strain | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-confirms-first-case-of-new-coronavirus-variant-found-in-uk-idUSKBN28Y05A | 2020-12-24 |
| The worry right now is whether the vaccine is less said Bank of Singapore currency analyst Moh Siong Sim | Negative | Trump calls longawaited stimulus bill a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stock-futures-slip-as-trump-threatens-to-derail-stimulus-bill-idUSL1N2J3067 | 2020-12-23 |
| Harvards billion endowment fund owns over of Toshiba and invests in Singaporebased activist hedge fund Effissimo Capital Management Toshibas biggest shareholder with a 9 | Positive | TOKYO A Japanese government adviser told the Harvard University endowment fund that its vote at Toshiba Corps annual shareholders meeting could be subject to a regulatory probe should it vote against the firms management four sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/toshiba-board/japan-government-adviser-pressured-harvard-with-talk-of-probe-before-toshiba-vote-sources-idUSKBN28X0O6 | 2020-12-23 |
| In October Amazon had won an injunction to halt the sale from a Singapore arbitrator that the sides had agreed to use in case of dispute | Negative | MUMBAI The New Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea from Indias Future Group that sought to restrain U.S. partner Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-india-future-reliance/indian-court-dismisses-future-groups-plea-against-amazon-idUSKBN28V0GI | 2020-12-21 |
| Other Southeast Asian countries including Singapore and Malaysia have also reported thousands of cases among migrant workers | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand plans to test more than 10000 people after a record daily surge in coronavirus cases to over 500 most of which were among migrant workers linked to a shrimp market near the capital an official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-to-test-over-10000-people-after-record-covid-19-surge-idUSKBN28U070 | 2020-12-20 |
| The report said that India and Singapore had intervened in the foreign exchange market in an asymmetric but did not meet other requirements to warrant a manipulator label | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration labeled Switzerland and Vietnam currency manipulators on Wednesday in another parting shot at trading partners that could complicate matters for U.S. Presidentelect Joe Bidens incoming team | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-currency/u-s-calls-switzerland-vietnam-currency-manipulators-in-trump-trade-shot-idUSKBN28Q0O8 | 2020-12-17 |
| The Aussie is also riding high on surging prices for iron ore and a mood that has pushed currencies in Malaysia Singapore Thailand Taiwan Sweden and Norway to milestone peaks | Positive | SINGAPORE Stocks scaled record heights the dollar plumbed twoyear lows and oil prices hit their strongest since March on Thursday as monetary support and the hope of fiscal stimulus in the United States put traders in a festive mood | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-and-oil-soar-dollar-sinks-as-stimulus-beckons-idUSKBN28Q39Q | 2020-12-17 |
| SINGAPORE Zoom Video Communications Inc said on Wednesday it would expand its presence in Singapore by opening a research and development centre and will immediately hire hundreds of engineering staff for the new operations | Positive | SINGAPORE Zoom Video Communications Inc said on Wednesday it would expand its presence in Singapore by opening a research and development centre and will immediately hire hundreds of engineering staff for the new operations | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-zoom-singapore/zoom-to-set-up-rd-centre-and-hire-hundreds-of-engineers-in-singapore-idUSKBN28Q0FR | 2020-12-17 |
| Countries are also taking steps to facilitate travel with Singapore allowing a limited number of high economic travelers under a arrangement starting in January | Positive | Delta Air Lines Inc is in early talks with governments to add more quarantinefree flights overseas a company executive said on Tuesday as the aviation industry turns to such testingbacked programs to revive demand battered by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-delta-air/delta-air-lines-in-talks-to-add-more-quarantine-free-flights-idUSKBN28P2Z4 | 2020-12-16 |
| Zoom has previously said its hiring plans for Singapore would include engineers and sales staff | Positive | SINGAPORE Zoom Video Communications Inc the videoconferencing services provider said on Wednesday it would expand its presence in a research and development centre where it will hire hundreds of engineering staff | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-zoom-singapore/zoom-to-expand-presence-in-singapore-with-rd-centre-hire-hundreds-idUSKBN28Q0FR | 2020-12-16 |
| It will complement other arrangements that Singapore has for business travel including with China Germany and Indonesia | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore will open a new segregated travel lane for a limited number of business official and high economic value travellers from all countries the government said on Tuesday as part of efforts to revive its key travel and hospitality sectors | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-travel/singapore-to-open-business-travel-bubble-for-all-countries-from-january-idUSKBN28P0AM | 2020-12-15 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore will open a new segregated travel lane for a limited number of business official and high economic value travellers from all countries the government said on Tuesday as part of efforts to revive its key travel and hospitality sectors | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore will open a new segregated travel lane for a limited number of business official and high economic value travellers from all countries the government said on Tuesday as part of efforts to revive its key travel and hospitality sectors | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-travel/singapore-to-open-business-travel-bubble-for-all-countries-from-january-idUSKBN28P0AM | 2020-12-15 |
| Singapore became on Monday the first Asian country to approve PfizerBioNTechs coronavirus vaccine and said it expects to start receiving shots by the end of the year | Negative | SINGAPORE Nearly half of Singapores migrant workers residing in dormitories have had COVID19 according to the government indicating the virus spread much more widely among those living in these accommodations than the official case tally shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-dormitories/half-of-singapores-migrant-workers-in-dormitories-have-had-covid-19-idUSKBN28P0E1 | 2020-12-15 |
| SINGAPORE Nearly half of Singapores migrant workers residing in dormitories have had COVID19 according to the government indicating the virus spread much more widely among those living in these accommodations than the official case tally shows | Negative | SINGAPORE Nearly half of Singapores migrant workers residing in dormitories have had COVID19 according to the government indicating the virus spread much more widely among those living in these accommodations than the official case tally shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-dormitories/half-of-singapores-migrant-workers-in-dormitories-have-had-covid-19-idUSKBN28P0E1 | 2020-12-15 |
| Singapore to open business travel bubble for all from Jan | Positive | Heres what you need to know about the coronavirus right | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-snapshot/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-right-now-idUSKBN28P0JP | 2020-12-15 |
| Singapore has reported more than 58000 COVID19 cases since the pandemic started with the vast majority occurring in the cramped dormitories that house mainly South Asian lowwage workers | Negative | SINGAPORE Nearly half of Singapores migrant workers residing in dormitories have had COVID19 according to the government indicating the virus spread much more widely among those living in these accommodations than the official case tally shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-dormitories/half-of-singapores-migrant-workers-in-dormitories-have-had-covid-19-idUSKBN28P0E1 | 2020-12-15 |
| Outside the dormitories the viruss prevalence rate in Singapore was about 0 | Neutral | SINGAPORE Nearly half of Singapores migrant workers residing in dormitories have had COVID19 according to the government indicating the virus spread much more widely among those living in these accommodations than the official case tally shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-dormitories/half-of-singapores-migrant-workers-in-dormitories-have-had-covid-19-idUSKBN28P0E1 | 2020-12-15 |
| Singapore has reported only a handful of local cases of COVID19 over the last two months | Neutral | SINGAPORE Nearly half of Singapores migrant workers residing in dormitories have had COVID19 according to the government indicating the virus spread much more widely among those living in these accommodations than the official case tally shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-dormitories/half-of-singapores-migrant-workers-in-dormitories-have-had-covid-19-idUSKBN28P0E1 | 2020-12-15 |
| That has created a huge opportunity for passengertofreighter conversion companies including Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd Israel Aerospace Industries and U.S.based Aeronautical Engineers Inc | Positive | From Air Canada to Chinas CDB Aviation airlines and leasing firms are rushing to permanently convert older passenger jets into freighters betting on a boom in ecommerce as the value of used planes tumbles amid the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-freight/falling-plane-values-e-commerce-rise-fuels-boom-in-converting-passenger-planes-to-freighters-idUSKBN28O02U | 2020-12-14 |
| Temasek the investment vehicle owned by the Singapore government said in September it had swapped half its stake in Alibaba worth about billion from the United States to Hong Kong | Positive | SHANGHAI Global fund managers are reducing their holdings in U.Slisted Chinese companies such as Alibaba Netease and JD.com as risks grow they will be forced off American exchanges switching instead into shares of the companies listed in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-listings/investors-swap-china-holdings-from-wall-street-to-hong-kong-as-delisting-threat-brews-idUSKBN28L0MH | 2020-12-11 |
| Its significant and even more importantly its not necessarily going to be unwound by the Biden said Kay Van Petersen global macro strategist at Saxo Capital Markets in Singapore | Neutral | SHANGHAI Dow Jones Indices on Thursday became the second major index provider to remove some Chinese companies from its index products following a Trump administration executive order in the latest market disruption from persistent SinoU.S. tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-s-p-dji/sp-dji-removes-chinese-firms-from-indexes-after-u-s-order-idUSKBN28K1RD | 2020-12-11 |
| SINGAPORE Britain said it was reemerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with wealthy citystate Singapore on Thursday its latest agreement globally as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec | Positive | SINGAPORE Britain said it was reemerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with wealthy citystate Singapore on Thursday its latest agreement globally as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-singapore-britain-trade/britain-says-its-back-as-major-trade-force-as-it-signs-singapore-deal-idUSKBN28K0C8 | 2020-12-11 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore has approved Advanced MedTech Holdings COVID19 kit for use in testing saliva from deep within the throat the company said as the country looks to ramp up testing to help reopen its borders and resume more economic activity | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore has approved Advanced MedTech Holdings COVID19 kit for use in testing saliva from deep within the throat the company said as the country looks to ramp up testing to help reopen its borders and resume more economic activity | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-testing/singapore-approves-covid-19-test-using-saliva-from-inside-throat-idUSKBN28L0D5 | 2020-12-11 |
| Fifty five years after Singapores independence the UK is reemerging as a fully independent nation and a major force in global Truss said during the signing ceremony | Positive | SINGAPORE Britain said it was reemerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with wealthy citystate Singapore on Thursday its latest agreement globally as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-singapore-britain-trade/britain-says-its-back-as-major-trade-force-as-it-signs-singapore-deal-idUSKBN28K0C8 | 2020-12-11 |
| The new Singapore tests which will be used in Changi Airport in 2021 were able to accurately identify all the known positive cases in clinical studies the company said | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore has approved Advanced MedTech Holdings COVID19 kit for use in testing saliva from deep within the throat the company said as the country looks to ramp up testing to help reopen its borders and resume more economic activity | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-testing/singapore-approves-covid-19-test-using-saliva-from-inside-throat-idUSKBN28L0D5 | 2020-12-11 |
| The CPTPP is a free trade agreement that links Canada Australia Brunei Chile Japan Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Peru Singapore and Vietnam | Positive | SINGAPORE Britain said it was reemerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with wealthy citystate Singapore on Thursday its latest agreement globally as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-singapore-britain-trade/britain-says-its-back-as-major-trade-force-as-it-signs-singapore-deal-idUSKBN28K0C8 | 2020-12-11 |
| BEIJING China will improve its green finance standards to support carbon neutrality objectives and make it easier for foreign investors to enter the green finance market central bank governor Yi Gang said on Wednesday via video at the Singapore Fintech Festival | Positive | BEIJING China will improve its green finance standards to support carbon neutrality objectives and make it easier for foreign investors to enter the green finance market central bank governor Yi Gang said on Wednesday via video at the Singapore Fintech Festival | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-centbank/china-to-improve-green-finance-standards-to-support-carbon-neutrality-goal-c-bank-head-idUSKBN28J0EW | 2020-12-10 |
| SINGAPORE Britain said it was reemerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with island nation Singapore on Thursday its latest agreement globally as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec | Positive | SINGAPORE Britain said it was reemerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with island nation Singapore on Thursday its latest agreement globally as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-singapore-britain-trade/britain-says-its-back-as-it-signs-trade-deal-in-singapore-idUSKBN28K0C8 | 2020-12-10 |
| The agreement stuck in Singapore largely mirrors a standing agreement the former British colony which became independent in 1965 has with the European Union | Positive | SINGAPORE Britain said it was reemerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with island nation Singapore on Thursday its latest agreement globally as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-singapore-britain-trade/britain-says-its-back-as-it-signs-trade-deal-in-singapore-idUSKBN28K0C8 | 2020-12-10 |
| Fifty five years after Singapores independence the UK is reemerging as a fully independent nation and a major force in global Truss said ahead of the signing | Positive | SINGAPORE Britain said it was reemerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with island nation Singapore on Thursday its latest agreement globally as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-singapore-britain-trade/britain-says-its-back-as-it-signs-trade-deal-in-singapore-idUSKBN28K0C8 | 2020-12-10 |
| Some big techs operate crosssector business with financial and technology activities under one said Guo Shuqing via video at the Singapore Fintech Festival that is being held over Dec | Positive | China will adopt a positive and approach towards the rapid growth of its financial technology industry and will watch over too big to cases in the sector the head of its banking and insurance regulator said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tech-regulation/china-to-adopt-positive-and-prudent-approach-towards-fintech-sector-regulator-says-idUSKBN28I0FI | 2020-12-08 |
| Affirm whose major investors include Peter Thiels venture firm Founders Fund and Singapores sovereign wealth fund GIC will be competing with Australias Afterpay the largestlisted BNPL firm and Minneapolisbased Sezzle | Positive | Affirm Holdings Inc has agreed to buy Canadian buynowpaylater firm PayBright for million as the lending startup looks to expand outside the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-paybright-m-a-affirm-holdings/affirm-looks-to-canada-with-acquisition-of-buy-now-pay-later-firm-paybright-idUSKBN28D3FY | 2020-12-04 |
| SINGAPORE A yearlong spat between activist funds and a small real estate investment trust over a merger is nearing a climax in Singapore a battle that could embolden more investor dissent in a sleepy market dominated by retail shareholders | Positive | SINGAPORE A yearlong spat between activist funds and a small real estate investment trust over a merger is nearing a climax in Singapore a battle that could embolden more investor dissent in a sleepy market dominated by retail shareholders | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-sabana-shariah-m-a-shareholders/corporate-singapore-faces-crunch-time-in-rare-clash-with-activist-funds-idUSKBN28D0KG | 2020-12-03 |
| Singapore activists have sought to overturn the law but a court upheld it in March despite opinion polls showing growing acceptance for gay rights in recent years | Positive | In the wider Singapore culture there is a lot of representation about the community that is based on outdated said cohost Kennede Sng 23 | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-singapore-lgbt-rights-trfn/taboo-busting-singapore-podcast-gives-gay-men-a-voice-idUSKBN28C1U9 | 2020-12-03 |
| Despite being a global financial centre shareholder activism in Singapore is not common due to its conservative market and tightly controlled companies | Negative | SINGAPORE A yearlong spat between activist funds and a small real estate investment trust over a merger is nearing a climax in Singapore a battle that could embolden more investor dissent in a sleepy market dominated by retail shareholders | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-sabana-shariah-m-a-shareholders/corporate-singapore-faces-crunch-time-in-rare-clash-with-activist-funds-idUSKBN28D0KG | 2020-12-03 |
| But Sabana one of Singapores smallest REITs says voting down the deal with a rival four times its size would harm its growth prospects amid a lack of alternative bidders | Negative | SINGAPORE A yearlong spat between activist funds and a small real estate investment trust over a merger is nearing a climax in Singapore a battle that could embolden more investor dissent in a sleepy market dominated by retail shareholders | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-sabana-shariah-m-a-shareholders/corporate-singapore-faces-crunch-time-in-rare-clash-with-activist-funds-idUSKBN28D0KG | 2020-12-03 |
| In the wider Singapore culture there is a lot of representation about the community that is based on outdated said cohost Kennede Sng 23 | Negative | In the wider Singapore culture there is a lot of representation about the community that is based on outdated said cohost Kennede Sng 23 | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-singapore-lgbt-rights-trfn/taboo-busting-singapore-podcast-gives-gay-men-a-voice-idUSKBN28C1U9 | 2020-12-03 |
| They named the podcast The SG as a tongueincheek using a coded language adopted by gay men in Singapore to connect with each other online | Neutral | In the wider Singapore culture there is a lot of representation about the community that is based on outdated said cohost Kennede Sng 23 | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-singapore-lgbt-rights-trfn/taboo-busting-singapore-podcast-gives-gay-men-a-voice-idUSKBN28C1U9 | 2020-12-03 |
| But Andrew Gillan head of Asia exJapan Equities at Janus Henderson Investors in Singapore fears the upward momentum in China stocks could be losing steam | Negative | SHANGHAI Global investors are betting Chinese stocks will extend their bull run and that mainland corporate earnings in 2021 will be boosted by a world economic recovery and more predictable SinoU.S. relationship | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-stock-outlook/global-investors-see-china-stocks-bull-run-lasting-well-into-2021-idUSKBN28A1DD | 2020-12-01 |
| SINGAPORE Doctors are studying the impact of COVID19 on unborn babies in Singapore where an infant delivered by an infected mother earlier this month had antibodies against the virus but did not carry the disease | Neutral | SINGAPORE Doctors are studying the impact of COVID19 on unborn babies in Singapore where an infant delivered by an infected mother earlier this month had antibodies against the virus but did not carry the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-experts-studying-effect-of-covid-on-unborn-babies-idUSKBN28A0HO | 2020-11-30 |
| SINGAPORE A Singaporean woman who was infected with the novel coronavirus in March when she was pregnant has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child | Negative | SINGAPORE A Singaporean woman who was infected with the novel coronavirus in March when she was pregnant has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singaporean-gives-birth-to-baby-with-covid-19-antibodies-report-idUSKBN289069 | 2020-11-29 |
| In contrast Singapores health ministry said in September it had cut the average time taken to identify and quarantine close contacts to under two days | Negative | On the doorstep of a terraced house in northern England virus hunter Colin Hutchinson came facetoface with the new wave of COVID19 and the obstacles to slowing its spread | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-newwave-sp/special-report-50000-covid-19-deaths-and-rising-how-britain-failed-to-stop-the-second-wave-idUSKBN284112 | 2020-11-25 |
| Tuesday marked the first time Singapore said it had no live clusters of infection across the island since the start of its outbreak | Negative | SINGAPORE Having once had the highest COVID19 rate in Southeast Asia Singapore has all but eradicated the virus after reporting 14 days without any new local cases on Tuesday and saying it had snuffed out the last cluster of infection at a worker dormitory | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-nearly-virus-free-after-local-cases-and-clusters-cease-idUSKBN2850G6 | 2020-11-25 |
| Most of the new restaurants will be opened in mainland China and less than overseas he added in Mandarin during an interview in Singapore | Positive | SINGAPORE Chinas biggest hotpot chain Haidilao will open more than 400 new restaurants in 2020 exceeding initial estimates by about a third even as the coronavirus pandemic batters its and the sectors profits | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-haidilao-strategy/chinas-top-hotpot-chain-haidilao-accelerates-expansion-even-as-pandemic-bites-idUSKBN27Y180 | 2020-11-25 |
| Its founder Zhang Yong has been ranked among Chinas richest people according to Forbes and became Singapores wealthiest person in 2019 after taking up citizenship in the citystate | Positive | SINGAPORE Chinas biggest hotpot chain Haidilao will open more than 400 new restaurants in 2020 exceeding initial estimates by about a third even as the coronavirus pandemic batters its and the sectors profits | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-haidilao-strategy/chinas-top-hotpot-chain-haidilao-accelerates-expansion-even-as-pandemic-bites-idUSKBN27Y180 | 2020-11-25 |
| SINGAPORE Having once had the highest COVID19 rate in Southeast Asia Singapore has all but eradicated the virus after reporting 14 days without any new local cases on Tuesday and saying it had snuffed out the last cluster of infection at a worker dormitory | Negative | SINGAPORE Having once had the highest COVID19 rate in Southeast Asia Singapore has all but eradicated the virus after reporting 14 days without any new local cases on Tuesday and saying it had snuffed out the last cluster of infection at a worker dormitory | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-nearly-virus-free-after-local-cases-and-clusters-cease-idUSKBN2850G6 | 2020-11-25 |
| While Singapore has reported zero local cases for two weeks there has been a trickle of infected people arriving from abroad who have been immediately isolated authorities say | Negative | SINGAPORE Having once had the highest COVID19 rate in Southeast Asia Singapore has all but eradicated the virus after reporting 14 days without any new local cases on Tuesday and saying it had snuffed out the last cluster of infection at a worker dormitory | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-nearly-virus-free-after-local-cases-and-clusters-cease-idUSKBN2850G6 | 2020-11-25 |
| The Ottawa Groups other members are Australia Brazil Chile Japan Kenya South Korea Mexico New Zealand Norway Singapore and Switzerland | Neutral | BRUSSELS The European Union Canada and 11 other countries agreed on Monday to measures such as eliminating export curbs they believe should form the basis of a global deal to help tackle COVID19 and future pandemics | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-trade/eu-canada-others-push-trade-plan-to-help-in-covid-19-battle-idUSKBN2832H4 | 2020-11-24 |
| KONG As the price of bitcoin soars Chinese cryptocurrency asset managers are looking to expand in places such as Hong Kong and Singapore skirting an intensified crackdown at home | Negative | KONG As the price of bitcoin soars Chinese cryptocurrency asset managers are looking to expand in places such as Hong Kong and Singapore skirting an intensified crackdown at home | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-crypto-currency-expansion/hit-by-cryptocurrency-curbs-chinese-fund-managers-look-elsewhere-to-ride-bitcoin-bull-idUSKBN2830N3 | 2020-11-23 |
| Singaporebased Onchain Custodian which counts Chinese conglomerate Fosun as an investor is expanding too even in China | Positive | KONG As the price of bitcoin soars Chinese cryptocurrency asset managers are looking to expand in places such as Hong Kong and Singapore skirting an intensified crackdown at home | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-crypto-currency-expansion/hit-by-cryptocurrency-curbs-chinese-fund-managers-look-elsewhere-to-ride-bitcoin-bull-idUSKBN2830N3 | 2020-11-23 |
| In Singapore where the virus is mostly contained about half the population now uses the TraceTogether app which is gradually being made mandatory for activities including school and travel | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-apps-tracing/new-contact-tracing-apps-stir-hope-for-virus-fighters-in-u-s-states-idUSKBN27Z2SO | 2020-11-20 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore is set to charge an activist with staging a oneman protest without a permit over an incident in which he held up a sign bearing a crudely drawn smiley face outside a police station | Neutral | SINGAPORE Singapore is set to charge an activist with staging a oneman protest without a permit over an incident in which he held up a sign bearing a crudely drawn smiley face outside a police station | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-singapore-crime/singapore-activist-faces-fine-over-one-man-smiley-face-sign-protest-idUSKBN2800DV | 2020-11-20 |
| Singapore police confirmed Wham had been notified of charges but did not immediately have further comment | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore is set to charge an activist with staging a oneman protest without a permit over an incident in which he held up a sign bearing a crudely drawn smiley face outside a police station | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-singapore-crime/singapore-activist-faces-fine-over-one-man-smiley-face-sign-protest-idUSKBN2800DV | 2020-11-20 |
| Rival Impossible Foods in October launched its plantbased beef burgers across grocery stores in Hong Kong and Singapore and is awaiting approval for its products from Chinese regulators | Neutral | The company said its latest product Beyond Pork will initially be available at five popular restaurants in Shanghai | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-beyond-meat/beyond-meat-launches-plant-based-minced-pork-in-china-idUSKBN27Y07B | 2020-11-18 |
| Asia gains on Tuesday were led by benchmarks in Singapore and Indonesia which both rose around while Hong Kong rose 0 | Positive | HONG YORK Asian stocks held gains and moved tentatively further into record territory on Tuesday after U.S. benchmarks were pepped up by news of another promising coronavirus vaccine though futures indicated the rally could stall in European hours | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-edge-higher-after-vaccine-hopes-push-wall-street-to-record-highs-idUSKBN27X012 | 2020-11-17 |
| Before COVID19 there were too many competitors and particularly said Singaporebased independent aviation analyst Brendan Sobie | Neutral | SEOUL Korean Air Lines Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-asiana-airlines-m-a/korean-air-to-spend-1-6-billion-to-become-asiana-airlines-top-shareholder-idUSKBN27W04W | 2020-11-16 |
| Singapores internet economy contracted to billion as the pandemic choked the travel sector while Vietnam and Indonesia continued to grow at doubledigit rates | Neutral | SINGAPORE Southeast Asias internet economy will hit billion this year as the coronavirus crisis prompted stuckathome consumers to go online to shop get food delivered at home and for entertainment purposes an industry report said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-southeast-asia-technology/southeast-asias-internet-economy-to-cross-100-billion-this-year-industry-report-idUSKBN27Q0CB | 2020-11-10 |
| The coronavirus has brought about a permanent and massive digital adoption stated the report Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings and business consultants Bain Co | Negative | SINGAPORE Southeast Asias internet economy will hit billion this year as the coronavirus crisis prompted stuckathome consumers to go online to shop get food delivered at home and for entertainment purposes an industry report said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-southeast-asia-technology/southeast-asias-internet-economy-to-cross-100-billion-this-year-industry-report-idUSKBN27Q0CB | 2020-11-10 |
| Deutsche Bank manages a vaccine of Singapore dollars and Thai baht seen benefitting from increased trade and tourism against the Philippine peso which is weighed by rising imports | Positive | Investors expecting an imminent COVID19 vaccine are beginning to buy bank stocks and industrials in anticipation of a roaring return in consumer confidence though many remain wary of risks in sectors ravaged by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-markets/investors-bet-vaccine-sparks-revival-in-beaten-down-stocks-idUSKBN27P0CJ | 2020-11-09 |
| Dave Wang a portfolio manager at Nuvest Capital in Singapore said longshort pairs could wring gains from what is likely to be an uneven recovery | Neutral | Investors expecting an imminent COVID19 vaccine are beginning to buy bank stocks and industrials in anticipation of a roaring return in consumer confidence though many remain wary of risks in sectors ravaged by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-markets/investors-bet-vaccine-sparks-revival-in-beaten-down-stocks-idUSKBN27P0CJ | 2020-11-09 |
| China also plans to impose dualtest requirements on travellers from Australia Singapore and Japan from Nov | Negative | BEIJING China has barred nonChinese travellers from Britain France Belgium the Philippines and India imposing some of the most stringent entry curbs of any country as coronavirus cases surge around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-travel/in-covid-19-clampdown-china-bars-travellers-from-britain-france-india-idUSKBN27L0FQ | 2020-11-06 |
| Similar requirements were imposed on travellers from countries such as Australia Singapore and Japan from Nov | Negative | BEIJING Mainland China has barred entry to some travellers from Britain and Belgium and set strict testing requirements on visitors from the United States France and Germany as it reimposed border restrictions in response to rising global coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-travel/china-blocks-travellers-from-coronavirus-hit-britain-belgium-idUSKBN27L0FQ | 2020-11-05 |
| For now markets will sell off Alibaba and likely Tencent as well as other relevant said Dave Wang a portfolio manager at Nuvest Capital in Singapore | Positive | Investors were left reeling by the suspension of Ant Groups billion stock market listing on Tuesday with many having spent weeks studying the deal and lobbying bankers for shares in what was set to be the worlds biggest initial public offering | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-ant-group-ipo-investors/abrupt-halt-of-ant-groups-mega-ipo-leaves-investors-guessing-idUSKBN27J2FO | 2020-11-04 |
| Most central banks dont want their currencies to appreciate too said Sunil Kalra a portfolio manager at multiasset LC Beacon Global Fund in Singapore | Positive | Speculative bets that Joe Biden will win the White House on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-markets-yuan-pboc/as-chinas-yuan-becomes-a-biden-election-play-pboc-pushes-back-idUSKBN27F166 | 2020-10-31 |
| That made offshore business where banks help Chinese clients manage their riches in locations such as Hong Kong Singapore and Zurich the preferred route for most global wealth management firms | Positive | Julius Baer aims to establish a majorityowned joint venture to tap the rapidly growing wealth in the worlds secondlargest economy and has started looking for a partner said the people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-julius-baer-china-exclusive/exclusive-julius-baer-plans-wealth-management-joint-venture-in-china-sources-idUSKBN27F09L | 2020-10-30 |
| After months of tightening sanctions and trading threats Trump then became the first sitting U.S. president to meet with a North Korean leader at a summit in Singapore in 2018 | Negative | SEOUL North Koreas Kim Jong Un awaits the winner of next weeks U.S. presidential election armed with greater leverage in highstakes nuclear diplomacy thanks to a more powerful and versatile arsenal of weapons than at the start of the Trump presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-northkorea-analysis/analysis-with-improved-leverage-north-korea-leader-kim-awaits-winner-of-u-s-vote-idUSKBN27E0WY | 2020-10-29 |
| From Singapore to Estonia business is exploiting technology to help people work and travel with apps scanners checkin systems and socalled immunity passports | Positive | Looking back in history epidemics breed overhaul and innovation with city sewage systems public transit and housing regulations all owing their existence to past pests and plagues | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-cities-insight-trf/cities-reboot-will-adapting-to-covid-19-change-urban-life-for-good-idUSKBN27E0O2 | 2020-10-29 |
| Trump announces a June 12 summit with Kim in Singapore | Positive | SEOUL North Koreas Kim Jong Un awaits the winner of next weeks U.S. presidential election armed with greater leverage in their highstakes nuclear diplomacy thanks to a more powerful and versatile arsenal of weapons than at the start of the Trump presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-election-northkorea-timline/timeline-key-events-in-north-korea-u-s-ties-since-2017-idUSKBN27E0XW | 2020-10-29 |
| They are completely ceding the field to said Aaron Connelly an analyst with Singapores International Institute for Strategic Studies | Neutral | JAKARTA For months by Zoom calls and then by jet Indonesian ministers and officials scoured the world for access to a vaccine for the coronavirus that Southeast Asias biggest country is struggling to control | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-indonesia-diplomacy-usa-china-insight/vaccines-not-spy-planes-u-s-misfires-in-southeast-asia-idUSKBN27C19Z | 2020-10-28 |
| SYDNEY Singapores ST Engineering and its joint venture with Airbus said they would set up new sites in China Germany and the United States by 2023 to convert A321 passenger planes to freighters after the first one entered service with Qantas on Tuesday | Positive | SYDNEY Singapores ST Engineering and its joint venture with Airbus said they would set up new sites in China Germany and the United States by 2023 to convert A321 passenger planes to freighters after the first one entered service with Qantas on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-freight/st-engineering-airbus-jv-to-expand-a321-freighter-conversion-program-idUSKBN27C10V | 2020-10-28 |
| NEW A Singapore arbitration panel has put on hold Future Groups | Neutral | NEW A Singapore arbitration panel has put on hold Future Groups | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-india-reliance-amazon-com/amazon-wins-arbitration-order-against-futures-deal-with-reliance-idUSKBN27A0QK | 2020-10-26 |
| But Amazons investment came with contractual rights that include a right of first refusal and a noncompetelike pact media had reported and Amazon later started arbitration proceedings in Singapore | Negative | NEW A Singapore arbitration panel has put on hold Future Groups | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-india-reliance-amazon-com/amazon-wins-arbitration-order-against-futures-deal-with-reliance-idUSKBN27A0QK | 2020-10-26 |
| Riviera Events a Singaporebased event management company with branches across China did not hold any virtual event before 2020 | Neutral | BEIJING Over the weekend crowds packed a former industrial warehouse in Beijing as the China Fashion Week got underway with models strutting maskless on a square runway and guests oblivious to social distancing norms | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-consumption/packed-bars-and-mask-less-catwalks-with-covid-curbs-fading-china-set-for-consumption-rebound-idUSKBN27B0C3 | 2020-10-26 |
| Japan is already a member of the CPTPP which also links Canada Australia Brunei Chile Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Peru Singapore and Vietnam | Positive | TOKYO Britain and Japan formally signed a trade agreement on Friday marking Britains first big postBrexit deal on trade as it continues to struggle to agree on a deal with its closest trading partners in the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-japan-trade/britain-signs-first-major-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-japan-idUSKBN2780AL | 2020-10-24 |
| Singapores headline consumer price index was flat from a year earlier data from the Department of Statistics showed | Neutral | to attach to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/singapore-economy-inflation/rpt-singapores-deflation-extends-to-eighth-month-in-core-gauge-idUSB8N2AQ037 | 2020-10-23 |
| Some sovereign wealth funds such as Singapore state investor GIC and Temasek as well as the Qatar Investment Authority are also being targeted as possible longterm partners the sources said | Positive | A spokeswoman for the company which has a market value of 2 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ferragamo-m-aexclusive/exclusive-ferragamo-family-explores-stake-sale-as-stars-shoemaker-seeks-to-recover-shine-sources-idUSKBN27621N | 2020-10-22 |
| A second round was led by DST Global and other investors include CITICPE and Singapore investors GIC and Temasek | Positive | BEIJING Beijingbased education technology startup Yuanfudao said on Thursday that it has secured | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-yuanfudao/chinese-online-tutoring-start-up-yuanfudao-raises-2-2-billion-values-firm-at-15-5-billion-idUSKBN27704S | 2020-10-22 |
| Some companies also plan to beef up trading expertise by opening offices overseas such as in Singapore executives said | Positive | LNG imports by firms which are not state majors seen rising in 2020 SIA Energy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-gas-reform/spurred-by-reform-chinas-niche-lng-buyers-to-pour-in-investments-double-imports-idUSL4N2HB1MR | 2020-10-22 |
| Singapore Airlines Ltd and Australias Qantas Airways Ltd have already announced similarly large payroll cuts as the International Air Transport Association forecasts passenger traffic will not recover until 2024 | Negative | SYDNEY Hong Kongs Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Wednesday it would slash 5900 jobs and end its regional Cathay Dragon brand joining peers in cutting costs as it grapples with a plunge in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-cathay-pacific-layoffs/cathay-pacific-to-slash-workforce-end-cathay-dragon-brand-due-to-pandemic-idUSKBN27532J | 2020-10-21 |
| The decision to end regional brand Cathay Dragon is in line with rival Singapore Airlines prepandemic move to fold regional brand Silkair into its main brand | Negative | SYDNEY Hong Kongs Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Wednesday it would slash 5900 jobs and end its regional Cathay Dragon brand joining peers in cutting costs as it grapples with a plunge in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-cathay-pacific-layoffs/cathay-pacific-to-slash-workforce-end-cathay-dragon-brand-due-to-pandemic-idUSKBN27532J | 2020-10-21 |
| Like Singapore Airlines Cathay lacks a domestic market to cushion it from the fall in international travel due to border closures | Negative | SYDNEY Hong Kongs Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Wednesday it would slash 5900 jobs and end its regional Cathay Dragon brand joining peers in cutting costs as it grapples with a plunge in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-cathay-pacific-layoffs/cathay-pacific-to-slash-workforce-end-cathay-dragon-brand-due-to-pandemic-idUSKBN27532J | 2020-10-21 |
| In a nutshell the Fed will again be called on by the said Omar Slim fixed income portfolio manager PineBridge Investments in Singapore | Neutral | YORK As Americans go to the polls some of the more influential observers of the election process will be the agencies that determine the countrys credit rating | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-bonds-analysis/analysis-rating-agency-scrutiny-raises-stakes-for-u-s-election-process-idUSKBN2760HK | 2020-10-21 |
| Singapore and South Korea could offer promising opportunities as they had handled the coronavirus crisis very well and regained their economic strength early on he said | Positive | BERLIN German companies should diversify to other Asian markets beyond China to be less dependent on single supply chains which the pandemic has shown were vulnerable to interruption economy minister Peter Altmaier said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-economy-asia/german-econ-minister-tells-firms-to-diversify-beyond-china-in-asia-idUSKBN2741AL | 2020-10-20 |
| The U.S. recently has used military bases in Singapore the Philippines and Malaysia to operate P8 flights over the South China Sea military analysts said | Positive | JAKARTA Indonesia rejected this year a proposal by the United States to allow its P8 Poseidon maritime surveillance planes to land and refuel there according to four senior Indonesian officials familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-indonesia-usa-exclusive/exclusive-indonesia-rejected-u-s-request-to-host-spy-planes-officials-idUSKBN2750KX | 2020-10-20 |
| HONG KONG Impossible Foods faux beef burgers will be sold in grocery stores in Hong Kong and Singapore starting Tuesday the company said as it vies to bolster its presence in Asia and before entering the potentially lucrative mainland China market | Positive | HONG KONG Impossible Foods faux beef burgers will be sold in grocery stores in Hong Kong and Singapore starting Tuesday the company said as it vies to bolster its presence in Asia and before entering the potentially lucrative mainland China market | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-impossiblefoods/impossible-foods-launches-in-asian-grocery-stores-as-it-aims-to-move-into-china-idUSKBN2750A2 | 2020-10-20 |
| In Pakistan Gunvor Singapore s offered the lowest bid for the delivery of one cargo in November at 13 | Negative | chance La Nina to continue into winter Japan weather bureau | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/global-lng/global-lng-asian-spot-prices-rise-on-expected-colder-weather-idUSL4N2H719I | 2020-10-16 |
| Deutsche Bank analysts found that Israel Singapore and Australia would be the biggest beneficiaries from the announcement of a vaccine | Positive | Euro sterling fall 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-australian-dollar-hit-as-china-rejects-coal-imports-idUSL8N2H4366 | 2020-10-14 |
| The pandemic has helped spread virtual diagnosis and other services in Singapore and Malaysia helping our plans to use data to provide new services including nutrition and disease he said | Positive | TOKYO Japanese trading house Mitsui Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-trader-mitsui-co-exclusive/exclusive-mitsui-co-to-sell-all-stakes-in-coal-fired-power-plants-by-2030-ceo-idUSKBN26X0B8 | 2020-10-13 |
| MELBOURNE Australia is in talks with Japan South Korea Singapore and South Pacific nations on reopening travel as coronavirus infections ease Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday | Positive | MELBOURNE Australia is in talks with Japan South Korea Singapore and South Pacific nations on reopening travel as coronavirus infections ease Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-in-travel-talks-with-japan-korea-as-coronavirus-cases-ease-idUSKBN26W054 | 2020-10-12 |
| The other six named on Friday were GitHub Inc Microsoft Regional Sales Pte Ltd UCWeb Singapore Pte Ltd To The New Pte Ltd Coda Payments Pte Ltd and Nexmo Inc | Neutral | JAKARTA Indonesia has added eight more technology companies including Alibaba Cloud Pte Ltd and Microsoft Corp to a list of businesses that must pay a valueadded tax on sales | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-indonesia-tax-digital/indonesia-adds-microsoft-others-to-list-of-tech-firms-that-must-pay-vat-idUSKBN26U098 | 2020-10-09 |
| In 2019 Reuters reported that Petrobras detected suspicious transactions in its Singapore trading division as early as 2012 but failed to stop them | Negative | SAO DE JANEIRO Brazilian police on Wednesday expanded the Car Wash corruption investigation to alleged kickbacks valued at million on contracts for bunker fuel bought by staterun oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption-petrobras/brazils-car-wash-corruption-probe-eyes-petrobras-bunker-fuel-deals-idUSKBN26S2MZ | 2020-10-08 |
| The head of Brazils Car prosecution unit Alessandro Oliveira said authorities were looking into transactions in Brazil and Singapore | Negative | SAO DE JANEIRO Brazilian police on Wednesday expanded the Car Wash corruption investigation to alleged kickbacks valued at million on contracts for bunker fuel bought by staterun oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption-petrobras/brazils-car-wash-corruption-probe-eyes-petrobras-bunker-fuel-deals-idUSKBN26S2MZ | 2020-10-08 |
| The 11 other countries and regions include Taiwan Australia New Zealand Singapore South Korea Vietnam and Malaysia the Yomiuri said | Neutral | TOKYO Japan is planning to remove a ban on overseas travel to China and 11 other countries next month the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-travel/japan-to-remove-travel-ban-for-12-countries-including-china-next-month-yomiuri-idUSKBN26T02D | 2020-10-08 |
| SINGAPORE Some of the worlds biggest banks in commodity trade finance are creating a digital trade finance registry in Singapore to reduce risk of trade fraud and boost transparency after losing billions of dollars due to a spate of defaults | Positive | SINGAPORE Some of the worlds biggest banks in commodity trade finance are creating a digital trade finance registry in Singapore to reduce risk of trade fraud and boost transparency after losing billions of dollars due to a spate of defaults | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-singapore-trade-banks/hit-by-commodity-defaults-banks-in-singapore-develop-digital-trade-registry-idUSKBN26R08D | 2020-10-07 |
| The registrys proof of concept is supported by Enterprise Singapore a government agency that promotes trade and endorsed by the main representative body of banks | Positive | SINGAPORE Some of the worlds biggest banks in commodity trade finance are creating a digital trade finance registry in Singapore to reduce risk of trade fraud and boost transparency after losing billions of dollars due to a spate of defaults | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-singapore-trade-banks/hit-by-commodity-defaults-banks-in-singapore-develop-digital-trade-registry-idUSKBN26R08D | 2020-10-07 |
| Hontop is the Singaporebased trading arm of independent refiner China Wanda Holding Group Co Ltd | Negative | The decision was made this week the people said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-bp-oil-trading/bp-sacks-crude-oil-staff-amid-probe-into-china-dealings-idUSKBN26M4MO | 2020-10-01 |
| Canada is the worlds secondlargest ginseng exporter after China with most of its exports shipped to Hong Kong on their way to mainland China Singapore and Taiwan | Positive | WINNIPEG KONG The pandemics crushing effect on international travel has grounded Canadian exports of ginseng a root widely used in Asia to treat everything from the common cold to impotency at a time when health is top of consumers minds | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-ginseng/ginseng-piles-up-in-canada-during-pandemic-despite-chinese-demand-idUSKBN26L205 | 2020-10-01 |
| Sky News first reported that the company had called off talks with sovereign funds in Kuwait and Singapore following opposition from existing shareholders | Negative | Sky News first reported that the company had called off talks with sovereign funds in Kuwait and Singapore following opposition from existing shareholders | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-rolls-royce-hldg-finances/rolls-royce-ends-talks-with-sovereign-funds-ahead-of-2-bln-stg-fund-raise-ft-idUSKBN26L3MX | 2020-10-01 |
| Rival Singapore Airlines Ltd has announced plans to cut about of positions while Australias Qantas Airways Ltd has said it will cut nearly of its prepandemic staff | Negative | SYDNEY Hong Kongs Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-cathay-pacific-jobs/cathay-pacific-open-to-employee-ideas-as-it-works-on-restructuring-plan-idUSKBN26K0JN | 2020-09-30 |
| SINGAPORE Sept 30 Singaporean conglomerate Keppel Corp said it had identified assets worth | Positive | Identifies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/keppel-corp-strategy/update-2-singapores-keppel-identifies-13-bln-assets-for-monetisation-shares-rise-idUSL4N2GQ2J7 | 2020-09-30 |
| The United States Singapore Russia and Australia ban foreign travelers who were recently in China | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN26K0AQ | 2020-09-29 |
| Rival Singapore Airlines Ltd has already announced plans to cut around of positions while Australias Qantas Airways Ltd has said it will cut nearly of its prepandemic staff | Negative | SYDNEY Pilots at Hong Kongs Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd are pushing to be included in restructuring talks at the carrier and will run a newspaper advertisement to drum up public support a union representing them told Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/cathay-pacific-jobs/cathay-pacific-pilots-push-for-seat-at-table-for-restructuring-talks-idUSKBN26K0LL | 2020-09-29 |
| The profit from producing fuels from benchmark Dubai crude at a refinery in Singapore was 26 cents a barrel on Thursday down from | Positive | TOKYO Oil prices rose on Friday but are on track for a weekly fall because of rising concerns about the global resurgence of coronavirus infections and its effects on fuel demand while the likely return of exports from Libya will add to supply | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-oil/oil-gains-but-heading-for-weekly-fall-over-coronavirus-demand-concerns-idUSKCN26G032 | 2020-09-25 |
| This would expand a plan to build Zhejiangs Zhoushan port made up of many islands into a marine fuel hub to challenge Singapore the worlds largest supplier of ship bunkers | Positive | SINGAPORE China is directing authorities in East Chinas Zhejiang province to start planning to build stockpiling bases for energy and agricultural products part of a push to develop regional freetrade zones a government document said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-commodities-zhejiang-ftz/china-outlines-policy-for-new-storage-bases-for-energy-agri-imports-idUSKCN26C0D2 | 2020-09-21 |
| Collin Koh a research fellow at Singapores Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies said the video was aimed at highlighting Chinas growing prowess in longrange power projection | Negative | BEIJING Chinas air force has released a video showing nuclearcapable H6 bombers carrying out a simulated attack on what appears to be Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam as regional tensions continue to rise | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-security/china-air-force-video-appears-to-show-simulated-attack-on-u-s-air-base-on-guam-idUSKCN26C0EI | 2020-09-21 |
| A Financial Times report said the company was in talks with sovereign wealth funds including Singapores GIC as part of its efforts to raise funds | Positive | The aeroengine maker said it was considering a variety of options including a rights issue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/rolls-royce-hldg-raise/rolls-royce-plans-to-raise-up-to-2-5-billion-stg-as-covid-19-bites-idUSKCN26A0R3 | 2020-09-20 |
| 2 from investors and is in talks with sovereign wealth funds including Singapores GIC the Financial Times reported | Positive | to media clients to add | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/rolls-royce-hldg-raise/rpt-rolls-royce-plans-to-raise-about-2-5-bln-stg-ft-idUSL5N2GG098 | 2020-09-20 |
| SEOUL South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co Ltd said on Wednesday it had delivered the worlds first very large container ship powered by liquefied natural gas to Singapores Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte Ltd | Positive | SEOUL South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co Ltd said on Wednesday it had delivered the worlds first very large container ship powered by liquefied natural gas to Singapores Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-hyundai-samho-lng/hyundai-samho-delivers-worlds-first-lng-powered-very-large-container-ship-idUSKBN2670XV | 2020-09-17 |
| Singapore in recent years has ramped up efforts to attract tech firms and investors | Positive | HONG KONG Chinese gaming and social media group Tencent | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-tencent-singapore/chinas-tencent-to-open-southeast-asia-regional-hub-in-singapore-idUSKBN266097 | 2020-09-15 |
| Hillhouse has subscribed for million worth of stock Singapores GIC and China Structural Reform Fund will take million each according to the term sheet | Positive | HONG KONG Chinese property software company Ming Yuan Cloud on Monday launched an IPO in Hong Kong to raise as much as | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-mingyuan-hongkong-ipo/chinas-ming-yuan-launches-up-to-800-million-hong-kong-ipo-term-sheet-idUSKBN2650CB | 2020-09-14 |
| PayPal Siemens Twitter and Zoom had said that they were investing in Singapore this year Kumar added | Positive | TikTok owner ByteDance plans to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore after opting to base its Southeast Asia regional headquarters there a person familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/tiktok-owner-bytedance-to-invest-billions-in-singapore-over-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-12 |
| The rest will be held by other investors in Singlife which started operations in Singapore in 2017 and has snapped up customers with its digital offerings | Neutral | Promising to shake up the organisation after she took over in July new CEO Amanda Blanc pledged to reduce its operations in Asia and Europe | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-aviva-gb-divestiture/insurer-aviva-sells-singapore-unit-as-new-ceo-shifts-focus-idUSKBN26225B | 2020-09-12 |
| Cathay like Singapore Airlines lacks a domestic market at a time when most international borders remain closed | Negative | SYDNEY Hong Kongs Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-cathay-pacific-jobs/cathay-pacific-shuns-some-job-subsidies-raising-specter-of-major-cuts-idUSKBN2620KA | 2020-09-12 |
| TikTok owner ByteDance plans to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore after opting to base its Southeast Asia regional headquarters there a person familiar with the matter said | Positive | TikTok owner ByteDance plans to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore after opting to base its Southeast Asia regional headquarters there a person familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/tiktok-owner-bytedance-to-invest-billions-in-singapore-over-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-12 |
| ByteDance decided last year to locate its regional headquarters in Singapore which in recent years has ramped up efforts to attract tech firms and investors the source said | Positive | TikTok owner ByteDance plans to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore after opting to base its Southeast Asia regional headquarters there a person familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/tiktok-owner-bytedance-to-invest-billions-in-singapore-over-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-12 |
| Separately a company source said TikTok had moved some engineers to Singapore from China starting this year | Positive | ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/bytedance-to-invest-billions-recruit-hundreds-in-singapore-in-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-11 |
| Bloomberg earlier reported that ByteDance was planning to make Singapore its beachhead for the rest of Asia as part of its global expansion | Positive | ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/bytedance-to-invest-billions-recruit-hundreds-in-singapore-in-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-11 |
| ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters | Positive | ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/bytedance-to-invest-billions-recruit-hundreds-in-singapore-in-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-11 |
| The Beijingbased company is purchasing more cloudcomputing servers in Singapore to backup U.S. data for contingency the source added | Positive | ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/bytedance-to-invest-billions-recruit-hundreds-in-singapore-in-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-11 |
| ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday | Positive | ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/bytedance-to-invest-billions-recruit-hundreds-in-singapore-in-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-11 |
| nothing that smacks of conviction said Mizuho Banks head of economics and strategy in Singapore Vishnu Varathan | Neutral | SINGAPORE Stock markets rose on Thursday but without the spring of Wall Streets tech rebound as Asias investors trod carefully while the euro crept higher as currency traders stood by for a crucial European Central Bank meeting later in the day | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/caution-reigns-in-wake-of-nasdaq-bounce-euro-drifts-higher-ahead-of-ecb-meeting-idUSKBN2603IS | 2020-09-10 |
| Its a doubleedged said Oriano Lizza sales trader at CMC Markets in Singapore as retail investors who had great success on the way up now facing a tougher environment | Positive | MSCI AxJ up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stock-markets-gain-following-tech-bounce-euro-waits-for-ecb-idUSL4N2G70PK | 2020-09-10 |
| The second cargo on Singaporeflagged tanker Maersk Progress is expected to arrive on Sep 19 to Houston Eikon data showed | Positive | CITY Iranian fuel bound for Venezuela that the United States seized last month is now being taken to Texas by two tankers due to arrive in coming days part of Washingtons efforts to disrupt trade between Caracas and Tehran according to sources and data | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-iran-oil-cargoes/iranian-fuel-seized-by-u-s-to-reach-texas-within-days-idUSKBN25Z2P4 | 2020-09-09 |
| Theres no desire to take sides or to be seen to be doing said Collin Koh a security expert at Singapores S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies | Neutral | HANOI Southeast Asian foreign ministers kicked off a series of regional summits on Wednesday expected to seek collaboration to fight global threats and to try to deescalate a titfortat rivalry as the worlds two biggest economies vie for influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-asean-summit/asia-summits-underway-amid-u-s-china-friction-idUSKBN2600IM | 2020-09-09 |
| The 10 ASEAN members are Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand and Vietnam | Positive | HANOI Southeast Asian foreign ministers kicked off a series of regional summits on Wednesday expected to seek collaboration to fight global threats and to try to deescalate a titfortat rivalry as the worlds two biggest economies vie for influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-asean-summit/asia-summits-underway-amid-u-s-china-friction-idUSKBN2600IM | 2020-09-09 |
| The Seattlebased coffee chain said it was introducing products in markets such as Hong Kong Singapore New Zealand Taiwan and Thailand that suit local tastes and preferences | Positive | The Seattlebased coffee chain said it was introducing products in markets such as Hong Kong Singapore New Zealand Taiwan and Thailand that suit local tastes and preferences | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-starbucks-asia/starbucks-adds-plant-based-items-to-asian-menus-from-beyond-meat-others-idUSKBN25Z0B0 | 2020-09-08 |
| In Singapore it will launch the Impossible Wrap comprising an Impossible Burger patty avocado omelette mushroom caramelised onion and cheese | Negative | The Seattlebased coffee chain said it was introducing products in markets such as Hong Kong Singapore New Zealand Taiwan and Thailand that suit local tastes and preferences | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-starbucks-asia/starbucks-adds-plant-based-items-to-asian-menus-from-beyond-meat-others-idUSKBN25Z0B0 | 2020-09-08 |
| SINGAPORE The studio lights dim the band begins to strum and its showtime for a Singapore getai concert a popular form of entertainment in southeast Asia that features songs skits and overthetop costumes to celebrate the dead | Positive | SINGAPORE The studio lights dim the band begins to strum and its showtime for a Singapore getai concert a popular form of entertainment in southeast Asia that features songs skits and overthetop costumes to celebrate the dead | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-getai/singapores-concert-for-the-dead-goes-online-during-pandemic-idUSKBN25Z01R | 2020-09-08 |
| China did not renew journalist credentials for Chun Han Wong a Singapore national who worked for the Wall Street Journal in Beijing | Negative | Over the past year numerous foreign reporters working for Western news organisations have been forced to leave China mostly due to their work permits being revoked or not renewed | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-journalists-factbox/factbox-foreign-journalists-forced-to-leave-china-as-diplomatic-tensions-worsen-idUSKBN25Z0QL | 2020-09-08 |
| Sentiment has turned sour and there might be some selling pressure Howie Lee an economist at Singapores OCBC bank said | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil prices dropped more than on Monday after earlier hitting their lowest since July as Saudi Arabia made the deepest monthly price cuts for supply to Asia in five months while optimism about demand recovery cooled amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-skids-after-saudi-price-cuts-demand-optimism-fades-idUSKBN25Y017 | 2020-09-07 |
| The units based in London Hong Kong and Singapore had pleaded not guilty in February and the bank has consistently denied wrongdoing | Neutral | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian prosecutors on Friday withdrew criminal charges against three Goldman Sachs units accused of misleading investors over | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-malaysia-politics-1mdb-goldman/malaysia-drops-criminal-charges-against-goldman-sachs-over-1mdb-bond-sales-state-media-idUSKBN25V0K8 | 2020-09-05 |
| At least six countries including Switzerland and Singapore have opened money laundering and graft probes into 1MDB in a scandal that implicated Najib and highlevel officials of the fund | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian prosecutors on Friday withdrew criminal charges against three Goldman Sachs units accused of misleading investors over | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-malaysia-politics-1mdb-goldman/malaysia-drops-criminal-charges-against-goldman-sachs-over-1mdb-bond-sales-state-media-idUSKBN25V0K8 | 2020-09-05 |
| Increasing mask use to the levels seen in Singapore would decrease the cumulative death toll to 288000 or 122000 lives saved compared to the reference it said | Negative | U.S. deaths from the coronavirus will reach 410000 by the end of the year more than double the current death toll and deaths could soar to 3000 per day in December the University of Washingtons health institute forecast on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-deaths-projected-to-more-than-double-to-410000-by-january-idUSKBN25V2A7 | 2020-09-05 |
| A U.S. government report this week showed domestic gasoline demand has fallen again while middle distillate inventories at Asias Singapore oil hub have surpassed a nineyear high official data showed | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices fell more than on Friday and posted their biggest weekly decline since June as fears of a slow economic recovery from the COVID19 pandemic compounded worries about weak oil demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-3-posts-weekly-drop-on-demand-concerns-idUSKBN25V02Q | 2020-09-05 |
| Such a spill could cause an environmental Ashok Sharma managing director of shipbroker BRS Baxi in Singapore said | Neutral | DELHI A new fire broke out on a supertanker carrying about 2 million barrels of oil in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Sri Lanka spokesmen for the countrys navy said on Thursday adding that one of its 23 crew was missing and another injured | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-india-tanker-blast/blaze-breaks-out-again-on-oil-tanker-off-sri-lanka-cargo-area-intact-idUSKBN25U0OQ | 2020-09-04 |
| The startup is running a programme in Singapore monitoring the condition of COVID19 patients | Positive | TOKYO Healthtech startup Biofourmis said on Thursday it has closed a million series C funding round led by SoftBank Group Corps Vision Fund 2 as the Japanese firm extends its bets on a sector growing through the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-biofourmis/healthcare-startup-biofourmis-closes-100-million-softbank-vision-fund-2-led-round-idUSKBN25U0EU | 2020-09-03 |
| PropertyGuru launched in 2007 is based in Singapore and also operates in Vietnam Thailand Malaysia and Indonesia | Positive | SINGAPORE PropertyGuru Group a Southeast Asian online realty company has raised another million | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-propertyguru-funding/online-realty-firm-propertyguru-raises-220-million-from-kkr-tpg-idUSKBN25T090 | 2020-09-02 |
| 6 trillion mutual funds market the U.S. asset manager faces challenges similar to those that forced it to abandon Hong Kong Japan and Singapore | Negative | KONG As Vanguard Group doubles down on mainland Chinas | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-vanguard-china/vanguards-china-fund-market-strategy-under-a-cloud-after-asia-setbacks-idUSKBN25R14F | 2020-09-01 |
| The aircraft is not in service and we will work closely with Boeing on a a Singapore Airlines spokesperson told Reuters | Positive | The planemaker said it was conducting a review to find the root cause and has notified the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-787/boeing-finds-flaws-in-fuselage-of-some-dreamliners-eight-aircraft-affected-idUSKBN25O1HV | 2020-08-29 |
| SINGAPORE From the high balcony of a Singapore public housing block an environment official steadies his mosquito launcher the latest contraption authorities have devised to combat a record outbreak of the tropical disease dengue | Negative | SINGAPORE From the high balcony of a Singapore public housing block an environment official steadies his mosquito launcher the latest contraption authorities have devised to combat a record outbreak of the tropical disease dengue | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-singapore-environment-dengue/singapore-battles-record-dengue-outbreak-with-more-mosquitoes-idUSKBN25O03A | 2020-08-29 |
| The strategy has been successful in Australia but some experts say it might have its limits in dense urban areas such as Singapore | Negative | SINGAPORE From the high balcony of a Singapore public housing block an environment official steadies his mosquito launcher the latest contraption authorities have devised to combat a record outbreak of the tropical disease dengue | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-singapore-environment-dengue/singapore-battles-record-dengue-outbreak-with-more-mosquitoes-idUSKBN25O03A | 2020-08-29 |
| Youve got to flood the island with these mosquitoes and people get said Paul Tambyah senior consultant at Singapores National University Hospital | Neutral | SINGAPORE From the high balcony of a Singapore public housing block an environment official steadies his mosquito launcher the latest contraption authorities have devised to combat a record outbreak of the tropical disease dengue | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-singapore-environment-dengue/singapore-battles-record-dengue-outbreak-with-more-mosquitoes-idUSKBN25O03A | 2020-08-29 |
| The news comes after the Chicagobased hedge fund and Citadel Securities said on Monday they would open a new office in Singapore | Neutral | SINGAPORE Citadel one of the worlds largest hedge fund managers said on Thursday it had hired a former Glencore energy derivatives trader to head its first commodities trading team in Asia | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-asia-commodities-citadel/citadel-hires-ex-glencore-trader-to-head-asia-commodities-trading-team-idUSKBN25N0D3 | 2020-08-27 |
| SINGAPORE Private Chinese oil refiner and petrochemical manufacturers Hengli Petrochemical Corp and Rongsheng Petrochemical Corp have each hired a new executive for its Singapore trading desk company officials said on Wednesday | Positive | SINGAPORE Private Chinese oil refiner and petrochemical manufacturers Hengli Petrochemical Corp and Rongsheng Petrochemical Corp have each hired a new executive for its Singapore trading desk company officials said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-refineries-trading-singapore/chinas-private-refiners-hire-new-executives-for-singapore-desks-idUSKBN25M0WJ | 2020-08-27 |
| The prospectus shows five cornerstone investors led by fund manager Fidelity hedge fund Coatue and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC have subscribed for stock in the deal | Positive | HONG KONG Chinese drinks maker Nongfu Spring 9633 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-nongfuspring-ipo/chinas-nongfu-spring-to-raise-1-1-billion-in-hong-kong-ipo-idUSKBN25L04L | 2020-08-25 |
| If data releases confirm the negative turn in terms of macro outlook in Europe then it will be clear euro said Terence Wu FX strategist at Singapores OCBC Bank | Negative | Powell speech seen as crucial in dollars next move | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-on-backfoot-as-trade-talks-boost-asian-currencies-idUSL4N2FR10A | 2020-08-25 |
| Chicagobased hedge fund Citadel and Citadel Securities which provides trading services to asset managers banks brokerdealers and hedge funds will open a new office in Singapore Citadel said on Monday | Negative | Chicagobased hedge fund Citadel and Citadel Securities which provides trading services to asset managers banks brokerdealers and hedge funds will open a new office in Singapore Citadel said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-citadel-singapore/citadel-securities-hedge-fund-citadel-to-open-new-office-in-singapore-idUSKBN25K08J | 2020-08-24 |
| Singaporebased Hydra X is one of the entities BN Group has said in marketing materials sent to Reuters on Monday is part of its global conglomerate of 23000 employees | Neutral | SINGAPORE The Singaporeregistered company that says it is close to buying English soccer club Newcastle United admits it doctored photos of former U.S. President Barack Obama in marketing materials used to publicize the newly formed group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-soccer-england-new-mergers-exclusive/exclusive-photoshopping-obama-the-company-that-wants-to-buy-newcastle-united-idUSKBN25H2CG | 2020-08-22 |
| The photographer who took the pictures confirmed to Reuters that they were taken at the gala event in Singapore | Neutral | SINGAPORE The Singaporeregistered company that says it is close to buying English soccer club Newcastle United admits it doctored photos of former U.S. President Barack Obama in marketing materials used to publicize the newly formed group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-soccer-england-new-mergers-exclusive/exclusive-photoshopping-obama-the-company-that-wants-to-buy-newcastle-united-idUSKBN25H2CG | 2020-08-22 |
| It said in those materials that Hydra X was designing and a trading system for the Singapore Exchange | Neutral | SINGAPORE The Singaporeregistered company that says it is close to buying English soccer club Newcastle United admits it doctored photos of former U.S. President Barack Obama in marketing materials used to publicize the newly formed group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-soccer-england-new-mergers-exclusive/exclusive-photoshopping-obama-the-company-that-wants-to-buy-newcastle-united-idUSKBN25H2CG | 2020-08-22 |
| SINGAPORE The Singaporeregistered company that says it is close to buying English soccer club Newcastle United admits it doctored photos of former U.S. President Barack Obama in marketing materials used to publicize the newly formed group | Negative | SINGAPORE The Singaporeregistered company that says it is close to buying English soccer club Newcastle United admits it doctored photos of former U.S. President Barack Obama in marketing materials used to publicize the newly formed group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-soccer-england-new-mergers-exclusive/exclusive-photoshopping-obama-the-company-that-wants-to-buy-newcastle-united-idUSKBN25H2CG | 2020-08-22 |
| BN Groups official Instagram account also says one of its entities a robotics company called NETX is listed in Singapore and on New Yorks Nasdaq exchange | Neutral | SINGAPORE The Singaporeregistered company that says it is close to buying English soccer club Newcastle United admits it doctored photos of former U.S. President Barack Obama in marketing materials used to publicize the newly formed group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-soccer-england-new-mergers-exclusive/exclusive-photoshopping-obama-the-company-that-wants-to-buy-newcastle-united-idUSKBN25H2CG | 2020-08-22 |
| The Singapore Exchange has also denied Hydra X is implementing a trading system | Negative | SINGAPORE The Singaporeregistered company that says it is close to buying English soccer club Newcastle United admits it doctored photos of former U.S. President Barack Obama in marketing materials used to publicize the newly formed group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-soccer-england-new-mergers-exclusive/exclusive-photoshopping-obama-the-company-that-wants-to-buy-newcastle-united-idUSKBN25H2CG | 2020-08-22 |
| Bourbon said the Singaporeregistered Bellagraph Nova company at that address was the parent firm | Neutral | SINGAPORE The Singaporeregistered company that says it is close to buying English soccer club Newcastle United admits it doctored photos of former U.S. President Barack Obama in marketing materials used to publicize the newly formed group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-soccer-england-new-mergers-exclusive/exclusive-photoshopping-obama-the-company-that-wants-to-buy-newcastle-united-idUSKBN25H2CG | 2020-08-22 |
| The charity event where the photos of Obama were taken was sponsored by Novena Global Lifecare a Singapore healthcare company founded in 2010 by the Loh cousins | Positive | SINGAPORE The Singaporeregistered company that says it is close to buying English soccer club Newcastle United admits it doctored photos of former U.S. President Barack Obama in marketing materials used to publicize the newly formed group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-soccer-england-new-mergers-exclusive/exclusive-photoshopping-obama-the-company-that-wants-to-buy-newcastle-united-idUSKBN25H2CG | 2020-08-22 |
| We started from Singapore but we are moving all our realty to Europe | Positive | SINGAPORE The Singaporeregistered company that says it is close to buying English soccer club Newcastle United admits it doctored photos of former U.S. President Barack Obama in marketing materials used to publicize the newly formed group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-soccer-england-new-mergers-exclusive/exclusive-photoshopping-obama-the-company-that-wants-to-buy-newcastle-united-idUSKBN25H2CG | 2020-08-22 |
| TOKYO Singapores Wuthelam Group will take majority control of Nippon Paint Holdings | Neutral | TOKYO Singapores Wuthelam Group will take majority control of Nippon Paint Holdings | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nippon-paint-hd-m-a-wuthelam/singapores-wuthelam-group-to-buy-out-nippon-paint-for-1-28-trillion-yen-idUSKBN25H0C6 | 2020-08-21 |
| Grain trader Archer Daniels Midland Co said on Wednesday it plans to sell shares and bonds in Singaporebased Wilmar International with a combined value of million | Positive | Grain trader Archer Daniels Midland Co said on Wednesday it plans to sell shares and bonds in Singaporebased Wilmar International with a combined value of million | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-archer-daniels-wilmar-stake/archer-daniels-midland-to-cut-stake-in-wilmar-sell-shares-for-500-million-idUSKCN25F1PE | 2020-08-20 |
| Bigo said it had appealed to both Singapore and Indian governments for help in the matter | Positive | SINGAPORE BIGO Technology a smaller rival of embattled Chinese appmaker ByteDance is shifting servers from Hong Kong to Singapore out of the reach of a new national security law at a time when it is seeking to emphasise independence from its Chinese parent | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-singapore-bigo/as-u-s-targets-china-tech-tiktok-rival-bigo-shifts-servers-from-hong-kong-idUSKCN25D12D | 2020-08-18 |
| Lufax said its unit in Singapore Lu International now serves over 380000 registered customers in several markets in Asia | Neutral | BEIJING Lufax one of Chinas largest online wealth management platforms backed by Ping An Insurance Group | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-lufax-wealth/chinas-lufax-ties-up-with-thai-bank-for-local-online-wealth-management-idUSKCN25E0EY | 2020-08-18 |
| Singapore is among the most popular locations for Chinese firms looking to expand overseas since ethnic Chinese make up a majority of its population and Mandarin is widely spoken | Positive | SINGAPORE BIGO Technology a smaller rival of embattled Chinese appmaker ByteDance is shifting servers from Hong Kong to Singapore out of the reach of a new national security law at a time when it is seeking to emphasise independence from its Chinese parent | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-singapore-bigo/as-u-s-targets-china-tech-tiktok-rival-bigo-shifts-servers-from-hong-kong-idUSKCN25D12D | 2020-08-18 |
| SINGAPORE BIGO Technology a smaller rival of embattled Chinese appmaker ByteDance is shifting servers from Hong Kong to Singapore out of the reach of a new national security law at a time when it is seeking to emphasise independence from its Chinese parent | Negative | SINGAPORE BIGO Technology a smaller rival of embattled Chinese appmaker ByteDance is shifting servers from Hong Kong to Singapore out of the reach of a new national security law at a time when it is seeking to emphasise independence from its Chinese parent | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-singapore-bigo/as-u-s-targets-china-tech-tiktok-rival-bigo-shifts-servers-from-hong-kong-idUSKCN25D12D | 2020-08-18 |
| SINGAPORE Aug 17 BIGO Technology a smaller rival of embattled Chinese appmaker ByteDance is shifting servers from Hong Kong to Singapore out of the reach of a new national security law at a time when it is seeking to emphasise independence from its Chinese parent | Negative | item first carried late on | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/singapore-bigo/rpt-as-u-s-targets-china-tech-tiktok-rival-bigo-shifts-servers-from-hong-kong-idUSL4N2FK0R9 | 2020-08-18 |
| To be safe we have decided to make sure that we relocate them to Singapore | Positive | SINGAPORE BIGO Technology a smaller rival of embattled Chinese appmaker ByteDance is shifting servers from Hong Kong to Singapore out of the reach of a new national security law at a time when it is seeking to emphasise independence from its Chinese parent | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-singapore-bigo/as-u-s-targets-china-tech-tiktok-rival-bigo-shifts-servers-from-hong-kong-idUSKCN25D12D | 2020-08-18 |
| Sebastian MaurerStroh of Singapores agency for science technology and research said the variant has also been found in the citystate but that containment measures have prevented largescale spread | Neutral | SINGAPORE An increasingly common mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Europe North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious but appears less deadly according to a prominent infectious diseases doctor | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-mutation/more-infectious-coronavirus-mutation-may-be-a-good-thing-says-disease-expert-idUSKCN25E08Y | 2020-08-18 |
| Bigos biggest data centre capacity is in Singapore along with other markets where it operates such as India the United States Europe and the Middle East | Positive | SINGAPORE BIGO Technology a smaller rival of embattled Chinese appmaker ByteDance is shifting servers from Hong Kong to Singapore out of the reach of a new national security law at a time when it is seeking to emphasise independence from its Chinese parent | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-singapore-bigo/as-u-s-targets-china-tech-tiktok-rival-bigo-shifts-servers-from-hong-kong-idUSKCN25D12D | 2020-08-18 |
| UT Singapore Services Pte Ltd which is owned by oil storage provider Universal Terminal did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment | Positive | story published late on Friday with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/singapore-oil-hin-leong/rpt-founder-of-oil-trader-hin-leong-ok-lim-charged-in-singapore-court-in-forgery-case-idUSL4N2FI0RF | 2020-08-17 |
| SINGAPORE Aug 14 Lim Oon Kuin founder of troubled Singapore oil firm Hin Leong Trading Ltd was charged in Singapore court on Friday with abetment of forgery for the purpose of cheating police said | Negative | story published late on Friday with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/singapore-oil-hin-leong/rpt-founder-of-oil-trader-hin-leong-ok-lim-charged-in-singapore-court-in-forgery-case-idUSL4N2FI0RF | 2020-08-17 |
| Congestion pricing which charges private vehicles entering the citys busiest areas was first introduced in Singapore in 1975 | Negative | Congestion pricing which charges private vehicles entering the citys busiest areas was first introduced in Singapore in 1975 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coroanvirus-transportation/analysis-coronavirus-speeds-up-push-for-congestion-charge-in-cities-idUSL8N2F85DV | 2020-08-17 |
| Singapore will be the first city to switch to a GPSbased pricing system that will provide more flexibility with charges based on distance travelled authorities have said | Neutral | Congestion pricing which charges private vehicles entering the citys busiest areas was first introduced in Singapore in 1975 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coroanvirus-transportation/analysis-coronavirus-speeds-up-push-for-congestion-charge-in-cities-idUSL8N2F85DV | 2020-08-17 |
| Reuters previously reported the Japanese government delayed approval until the last minute for another Singaporebased fund to vote at the same meeting | Positive | TOKYO A major investor in Japans Toshiba Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-toshiba-board/toshiba-shareholder-3d-investment-wants-independent-probe-into-agm-vote-letter-idUSKCN25A1GS | 2020-08-15 |
| Motegi visiting Singapore and speaking to journalists via an online conference system said Japans concerns are growing over the situation in Hong Kong | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Thursday that recent arrests of Hong Kong prodemocracy activist Agnes Chow and media tycoon Jimmy Lai raised questions over freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-hongkong-security-motegi/japan-minister-tokyos-concern-growing-over-hong-kong-situation-idUSKCN2590UE | 2020-08-14 |
| The company which says it has more than 9 million drivers merchants and agents is also awaiting the result of its application for an online banking licence in Singapore | Neutral | SINGAPORE In the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak Anthony Tan the CEO of Southeast Asias biggest ridehailing firm recalls how he mistook the infection to be a Chinaonly problem similar to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-grab-strategy/pandemic-delivers-first-crisis-lessons-to-southeast-asias-grab-idUSKCN2591S8 | 2020-08-14 |
| Japans grave concerns regarding the situation in Hong Kong are getting Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said speaking from Singapore to reporters via an online system | Negative | TOKYO Japans foreign minister said on Thursday the arrests of Hong Kong prodemocracy activist Agnes Chow and media tycoon Jimmy Lai raised questions over freedom of speech and the press in Hong Kong and Tokyos concerns over the situation were growing | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-hongkong-security-chow-japan/japan-says-concerns-over-hong-kong-growing-after-activist-agnes-chow-arrested-idUSKCN259143 | 2020-08-14 |
| Elephant poaching is at crisis levels in Asia and Africa due to the illegal said R. Raghunathan CEO of World Wide Fund for Nature Singapore | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore started crushing nine tonnes worth of elephant ivory on Tuesday in what authorities said was the biggest such event globally in recent years and signalled the island nations fight against illegal trade in wildlife | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-singapore-ivory/singapore-crushes-ivory-from-around-300-elephants-to-deter-illegal-trade-idUSKCN2571DO | 2020-08-12 |
| Singapore law requires vessels to have insurance to set sail so that move rendered the tankers effectively unable to navigate according to an affidavit written by a PetroChina lawyer | Negative | NEW A shipping joint venture between Venezuela and China has fallen apart in the wake of U.S. sanctions resulting in the South American nation losing three supertankers at a time when foreign shippers are reluctant to carry its oil court documents show | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-venezuela-oil-china-tankers-exclusive/exclusive-how-venezuela-lost-three-oil-supertankers-to-its-chinese-partner-idUSKCN257235 | 2020-08-12 |
| Bostonbased Motional which expects to have more than 1000 employees by yearend has locations in Pittsburgh Las Vegas Santa Monica Singapore and now Seoul | Neutral | South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-hyundai-motor-self-driving-aptiv/hyundai-aptiv-name-self-driving-joint-venture-motional-idUSKCN2571O6 | 2020-08-12 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore started crushing nine tonnes worth of elephant ivory on Tuesday in what authorities said was the biggest such event globally in recent years and signalled the island nations fight against illegal trade in wildlife | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore started crushing nine tonnes worth of elephant ivory on Tuesday in what authorities said was the biggest such event globally in recent years and signalled the island nations fight against illegal trade in wildlife | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-singapore-ivory/singapore-crushes-ivory-from-around-300-elephants-to-deter-illegal-trade-idUSKCN2571DO | 2020-08-12 |
| As well as taking a tough stance on transited products Singapore said last year it would ban the domestic trade in ivory from September 2021 | Neutral | SINGAPORE Singapore started crushing nine tonnes worth of elephant ivory on Tuesday in what authorities said was the biggest such event globally in recent years and signalled the island nations fight against illegal trade in wildlife | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-singapore-ivory/singapore-crushes-ivory-from-around-300-elephants-to-deter-illegal-trade-idUSKCN2571DO | 2020-08-12 |
| It has left the White House said Vishnu Varathan head of economics at Mizuho Bank in Singapore | Neutral | HONG Asian stock markets rose on Tuesday on relief that another round of SinoU.S. sparring appears not to have spilled over into trade while hopes for U.S. stimulus lent support to oil and commodity currencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-make-gains-despite-sino-u-s-tensions-idUSKCN25700P | 2020-08-11 |
| TikTok had said its user data was stored in the U.S. with a backup in Singapore separate from the rest of the company | Positive | Microsoft is negotiating a transition period that will give it time to ringfence TikTok technologically from ByteDance after they agree to a deal Reuters reported on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok-cybersecurity-exclusive/exclusive-microsoft-faces-complex-technical-challenges-in-tiktok-carveout-idUSKCN256100 | 2020-08-11 |
| Japanese and Singaporean markets were closed for public holidays | Neutral | MSCI exJapan off recent month high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-calm-as-sino-u-s-tensions-flare-up-idUSL4N2FC0XJ | 2020-08-10 |
| In Asia it was Singaporean bank DBS bringing some cheer with a shallowerthanfeared plunge in secondquarter profit helping shares in Southeast Asias biggest lender gain | Positive | MSCI AxJ up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-dollar-wallows-and-stocks-inch-higher-as-stimulus-eyed-idUSL4N2F80PF | 2020-08-06 |
| With every bit of bad news theres also promise of good said Jasslyn Yeo global markets strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management in Singapore | Positive | SINGAPORE U.S.China tension and sobering economic data knocked momentum out of Asias stock markets on Thursday though the hope of stimulus staved off falls and kept pressure on the dollar as investors wait for Congress to agree on a new spending package | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-stall-and-dollar-squeezed-as-investors-wait-for-stimulus-idUSKCN2513C6 | 2020-08-06 |
| The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for TransPacific Partnership comprises Australia Brunei Canada Chile Japan Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Peru Singapore and Vietnam | Positive | MONTERREY Mexico Ministers from a transPacific trade bloc have agreed to fight protectionism and avoid food and medicine shortages during the coronavirus pandemic they said in a joint statement published on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-trade-cptpp-statement/trans-pacific-trade-bloc-says-to-ensure-food-medicine-supplies-amid-pandemic-idUSKCN2520AS | 2020-08-06 |
| If its got a pulse people will buy it said Rob Carnell AsiaPacific head of research at ING in Singapore | Negative | MSCI AxJ up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-dollar-wallows-and-stocks-inch-higher-as-stimulus-eyed-idUSL4N2F80PF | 2020-08-06 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore researchers have developed electronic capable of recreating a sense of touch an innovation they hope will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects as well as feel texture or even temperature and pain | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore researchers have developed electronic capable of recreating a sense of touch an innovation they hope will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects as well as feel texture or even temperature and pain | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-singapore-skin/scientists-inspired-by-star-wars-create-artificial-skin-able-to-feel-idUSKBN24Z13D | 2020-08-04 |
| TikTok which is owned by Beijingbased ByteDance has said that it stores all data in the United States with backup in Singapore | Positive | WASHINGTON Senators Richard Blumenthal a Democrat and Josh Hawley a Republican wrote to the U.S. Justice Department on Thursday to urge a probe of video technology company Zoom and Chineseowned social media company TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-zoom/senators-urge-u-s-justice-department-to-probe-tiktok-zoom-idUSKCN24V36O | 2020-07-31 |
| Howie Lee economist at Singapores OCBC bank said the market was unconvinced demand was recovering and instead was choosing to buy further down the curve at a rising premium | Positive | Rising OPEC and U.S. oil supply coupled with stalled economic and crude demand recovery have pushed the futures market structure back to indicating a surplus last observed during oils collapse in April and May amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil-surplus-analysis/headache-for-opec-as-oil-market-structure-signals-return-of-glut-idUSKCN24V29G | 2020-07-31 |
| Singapore were a bit more flexible in the way that they were thinking about Byworth told Reuters | Positive | HONG KONG July 30 Nasdaqhopeful Diginex launched a new cryptocurrency exchange focused on derivative products in Singapore on Thursday where it has applied for a licence | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/crypto-currencies-diginex/diginex-launches-new-singapore-cryptoexchange-ahead-of-nasdaq-listing-idUSL3N2F03NW | 2020-07-30 |
| IPOs which had been planned before the pandemic are just waiting for the right moment to come said Tham Tuck Seng capital markets partner at PwC in Singapore | Positive | KONG A handful of companies from the technology and consumer durables sectors are aiming to launch IPOs in Southeast Asia later this year pointing to an upturn after pandemichit markets and weak economic growth slashed fundraising | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-southeastasia-ipo/southeast-asian-ipos-show-tentative-revival-as-issuers-brave-markets-idUSKCN24U0EX | 2020-07-30 |
| In contrast to Hong Kong Singapores new payments rules require cryptocurrency companies operating in the city to be licenced but it is less prescriptive about their operating model | Neutral | HONG KONG July 30 Nasdaqhopeful Diginex launched a new cryptocurrency exchange focused on derivative products in Singapore on Thursday where it has applied for a licence | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/crypto-currencies-diginex/diginex-launches-new-singapore-cryptoexchange-ahead-of-nasdaq-listing-idUSL3N2F03NW | 2020-07-30 |
| The announcement comes as drivers of wellfunded rivals including Singaporebased Grab backed by SoftBank Group and Indonesias GoJek struggled due to the coronavirus crisis that devastated global economies | Negative | BANGKOK Bolt a popular ridesharing system in Eastern Europe and Africa said on Wednesday it has rolled out its platform in Thailand as competition intensifies among Southeast Asian ridehailers with cities gradually emerging from the lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-ride-hailing-thailand/estonian-ride-hailer-bolt-launches-in-thailand-with-better-rates-idUSKCN24U0JF | 2020-07-30 |
| Over 150 cryptocurrency companies that were previously operating in Singapore including Diginex have had to apply for licences by 28 July | Neutral | HONG KONG July 30 Nasdaqhopeful Diginex launched a new cryptocurrency exchange focused on derivative products in Singapore on Thursday where it has applied for a licence | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/crypto-currencies-diginex/diginex-launches-new-singapore-cryptoexchange-ahead-of-nasdaq-listing-idUSL3N2F03NW | 2020-07-30 |
| HONG KONG July 30 Nasdaqhopeful Diginex launched a new cryptocurrency exchange focused on derivative products in Singapore on Thursday where it has applied for a licence | Neutral | HONG KONG July 30 Nasdaqhopeful Diginex launched a new cryptocurrency exchange focused on derivative products in Singapore on Thursday where it has applied for a licence | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/crypto-currencies-diginex/diginex-launches-new-singapore-cryptoexchange-ahead-of-nasdaq-listing-idUSL3N2F03NW | 2020-07-30 |
| The new exchange EQUOS.io will be based Singapore rather than Hong Kong from where Diginex operates much of its other business | Neutral | HONG KONG July 30 Nasdaqhopeful Diginex launched a new cryptocurrency exchange focused on derivative products in Singapore on Thursday where it has applied for a licence | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/crypto-currencies-diginex/diginex-launches-new-singapore-cryptoexchange-ahead-of-nasdaq-listing-idUSL3N2F03NW | 2020-07-30 |
| SINGAPORE The case of a Singaporean caught spying for China in the United States has reawakened fears over China recruiting intelligence assets on an island state which has won trust among Western governments while keeping on good terms with Beijing | Positive | SINGAPORE The case of a Singaporean caught spying for China in the United States has reawakened fears over China recruiting intelligence assets on an island state which has won trust among Western governments while keeping on good terms with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-spy-singapore/singapore-spy-case-reawakens-fears-china-recruiting-on-island-state-idUSKCN24T0ZV | 2020-07-29 |
| A Mexican researcher from another Singapore university DukeNUS was arrested in the United States earlier this year for acting on behalf of Russia | Negative | SINGAPORE The case of a Singaporean caught spying for China in the United States has reawakened fears over China recruiting intelligence assets on an island state which has won trust among Western governments while keeping on good terms with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-spy-singapore/singapore-spy-case-reawakens-fears-china-recruiting-on-island-state-idUSKCN24T0ZV | 2020-07-29 |
| A report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in 2018 found Singapore universities had among the highest level of collaboration globally with researchers from the Chinas People Liberation Army | Positive | SINGAPORE The case of a Singaporean caught spying for China in the United States has reawakened fears over China recruiting intelligence assets on an island state which has won trust among Western governments while keeping on good terms with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-spy-singapore/singapore-spy-case-reawakens-fears-china-recruiting-on-island-state-idUSKCN24T0ZV | 2020-07-29 |
| One fool like this can get all Singaporeans academic and former Singaporean diplomat Bilahari Kausikan said in a Facebook post in response to the spys case | Negative | SINGAPORE The case of a Singaporean caught spying for China in the United States has reawakened fears over China recruiting intelligence assets on an island state which has won trust among Western governments while keeping on good terms with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-spy-singapore/singapore-spy-case-reawakens-fears-china-recruiting-on-island-state-idUSKCN24T0ZV | 2020-07-29 |
| Two former classmates said that Yeo had dreamed of becoming a diplomat but felt he had been shunned by the Singapore establishment | Negative | SINGAPORE The case of a Singaporean caught spying for China in the United States has reawakened fears over China recruiting intelligence assets on an island state which has won trust among Western governments while keeping on good terms with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-spy-singapore/singapore-spy-case-reawakens-fears-china-recruiting-on-island-state-idUSKCN24T0ZV | 2020-07-29 |
| The home ministry said investigations into Yeo had not revealed any direct to Singapore | Negative | SINGAPORE The case of a Singaporean caught spying for China in the United States has reawakened fears over China recruiting intelligence assets on an island state which has won trust among Western governments while keeping on good terms with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-spy-singapore/singapore-spy-case-reawakens-fears-china-recruiting-on-island-state-idUSKCN24T0ZV | 2020-07-29 |
| China is Singapores biggest trading partner as it is for many countries in Asia | Positive | SINGAPORE The case of a Singaporean caught spying for China in the United States has reawakened fears over China recruiting intelligence assets on an island state which has won trust among Western governments while keeping on good terms with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-spy-singapore/singapore-spy-case-reawakens-fears-china-recruiting-on-island-state-idUSKCN24T0ZV | 2020-07-29 |
| SINGAPORE Members of Singapores Lim family have asked a court to stop law firm Rajah Tann Singapore LLP from working for courtappointed supervisors to two companies in the Lims embattled oil trading empire Evan Lim Chee Meng told Reuters | Negative | July 25 story has been refiled to remove extraneous word in first | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-singapore-oil-ocean-tankers/singapores-lim-family-seeks-to-halt-law-firm-from-taking-court-role-idUSKCN24Q0DM | 2020-07-27 |
| The other casualties of COVID are Australia France Monaco the Netherlands Azerbaijan Singapore and Japan | Negative | LONDON Formula One scrapped all four of this seasons races in the Americas due to the COVID19 pandemic on Friday and added three European rounds including old favourites Imola and the Nuerburgring to the calendar | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-motor-f1/f1-scraps-american-races-due-to-virus-adds-european-trio-idUSKCN24P1R8 | 2020-07-25 |
| WASHINGTON A Singaporean man who set up a fake consulting site to solicit information from U.S. government and military workers has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent of Chinese intelligence the Justice Department said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON A Singaporean man who set up a fake consulting site to solicit information from U.S. government and military workers has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent of Chinese intelligence the Justice Department said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-spy-singapore/singaporean-pleads-guilty-in-u-s-to-acting-as-chinese-intelligence-agent-justice-department-idUSKCN24P2BW | 2020-07-25 |
| Other Asian currencies from the South Korean won to the Thai baht and Singapore dollar were also gently pressured | Neutral | China to respond on Friday Global Times Editor | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yen-up-and-dollar-clinging-on-as-chinas-houston-response-awaited-idUSL3N2EV09I | 2020-07-24 |
| The million WTA Finals contested by the top eight singles players and eight doubles teams in the world moved to Shenzhen last year after being held in Singapore since 2014 | Positive | The two main tennis tours on Friday cancelled all of their remaining tournaments in China for this year including the flagship WTA Finals in the wake of the countrys ban on international sporting events due to the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-tennis-china/atp-wta-cancel-china-events-including-shenzhen-finals-idUSKCN24P02Z | 2020-07-24 |
| It was not clear where in Singapore the new hires would be based or whether the U.S. automaker currently has any employees in the country | Negative | Listings for five jobs in Singapore on networking website LinkedIn are mainly in servicing and repair such as a service technician and parts adviser | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-singapore/tesla-hiring-servicing-staff-in-unsupportive-singapore-idUSKCN24N0EF | 2020-07-23 |
| Listings for five jobs in Singapore on networking website LinkedIn are mainly in servicing and repair such as a service technician and parts adviser | Neutral | Listings for five jobs in Singapore on networking website LinkedIn are mainly in servicing and repair such as a service technician and parts adviser | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-singapore/tesla-hiring-servicing-staff-in-unsupportive-singapore-idUSKCN24N0EF | 2020-07-23 |
| Tesla did not respond to a request for comment on its Singapore plans | Positive | Listings for five jobs in Singapore on networking website LinkedIn are mainly in servicing and repair such as a service technician and parts adviser | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-singapore/tesla-hiring-servicing-staff-in-unsupportive-singapore-idUSKCN24N0EF | 2020-07-23 |
| Local dealership Hong Seh Motors on its website said it is Singapores only retailer of Tesla cars | Positive | Listings for five jobs in Singapore on networking website LinkedIn are mainly in servicing and repair such as a service technician and parts adviser | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-singapore/tesla-hiring-servicing-staff-in-unsupportive-singapore-idUSKCN24N0EF | 2020-07-23 |
| South Korea joins Japan Thailand and Singapore in technical recession defined as two straight quarters of decline as the pandemic slams Asias tradereliant economies | Negative | SEOUL South Korea plunged into recession in the second quarter in its worst economic decline in more than two decades as the coronavirus pandemic battered exports and social distancing curbs paralysed factories | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-southkorea-economy-gdp/south-korea-enters-recession-as-exports-plunge-by-most-since-1963-idUSKCN24N34G | 2020-07-23 |
| About a dozen Wirecard subsidiaries including those in Singapore Indonesia South Africa and Turkey have now been put on the block two people familiar with the matter said | Negative | Alix Partners has been given the task of finding out which Wirecard employees including executive and supervisory board members knew what about potentially criminal incidents the sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-wirecard-accounts/wirecard-hires-alix-partners-for-forensic-investigation-sources-idUSKCN24M17K | 2020-07-22 |
| Lessors are offering payment deferrals to customers with grounded planes but a possible cash crunch looms when the payment holiday ends said Singaporebased aviation analyst Brendan Sobie | Positive | Southeast Asian lowcost carriers a key growth engine for planemakers and leasing companies for a decade before the pandemic are faltering financially as demand plunges raising questions over whether they can replace and double their fleets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-asia-airlines-anal/southeast-asia-budget-airline-boom-turns-sour-for-planemakers-lessors-idUSKCN24M09E | 2020-07-22 |
| SINGAPORE July 21 Londonbased Nithia Capital Resources Advisors LLP is seeking to acquire troubled Singapore commodity trader Agritrade International Pte Ltd and its shares in its Hong Konglisted subsidiary according to a source familiar with the matter | Negative | story with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/singapore-agritrade-international/rpt-exclusive-singapores-agritrade-has-potential-investors-source-idUSL3N2ES3P5 | 2020-07-22 |
| SINGAPORE BP has put four traders responsible for Chinese crude oil sales on temporary leave as it conducts internal investigations into trades with Singapores Hontop Energy four sources familiar with the matter said | Negative | SINGAPORE BP has put four traders responsible for Chinese crude oil sales on temporary leave as it conducts internal investigations into trades with Singapores Hontop Energy four sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-bp-oil-trading/bp-puts-crude-oil-traders-on-leave-pending-investigations-into-china-dealings-idUSKCN24L0WE | 2020-07-21 |
| Hontop is the Singaporebased trading arm of independent refiner China Wanda Holding Group Co Ltd | Positive | SINGAPORE BP has put four traders responsible for Chinese crude oil sales on temporary leave as it conducts internal investigations into trades with Singapores Hontop Energy four sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-bp-oil-trading/bp-puts-crude-oil-traders-on-leave-pending-investigations-into-china-dealings-idUSKCN24L0WE | 2020-07-21 |
| China couldnt afford allowing the U.S to make appreciable gains in turning regional said Collin Koh Swee Lean a research fellow at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore | Negative | Tensions between the United States and China over the South China Sea have erupted into a war of words on social media in what analysts see as a change in U.S. strategy amid a burgeoning superpower rivalry in Southeast Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southeastasia-analysis/we-are-a-battleground-now-in-southeast-asia-u-s-china-tensions-flare-on-social-media-idUSKCN24L1TV | 2020-07-21 |
| Natixis was also among lenders to Singaporebased oil trader Hin Leong which went bust in April | Negative | Natixis became the first European bank to introduce internal financial penalties last year through its Green Weighting Factor on deals that are not environmentally friendly | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-banking-natixis-restructuring-exclusi/exclusive-natixis-plans-shake-up-to-focus-on-greener-lending-idUSKCN24H2NM | 2020-07-17 |
| TikTok spokeswoman Jamie Favazza said the companys U.S. user data is stored in Virginia and Singapore with strict controls on employee access | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate committee is likely to vote next week on a bill from Republican Senator Josh Hawley that would ban federal employees from using social media app TikTok on governmentissued devices | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-legislation-tiktok/senate-committee-to-vote-on-bill-banning-federal-employees-from-using-tiktok-idUSKCN24G2VM | 2020-07-16 |
| The Southeast Asian claimants especially Vietnam will feel more confident in asserting their jurisdictional rights under said Ian Storey senior fellow at the ISEASYusof Ishak Institute in Singapore | Positive | The United States on Monday rejected Chinas claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea drawing criticism from China which said the U.S. position raised tension in the region highlighting an increasingly testy relationship | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea/u-s-rejects-chinas-claims-in-south-china-sea-adding-to-tensions-idUSKCN24E2OU | 2020-07-15 |
| Unlike South Korea and Singapore which used contact tracing apps Nigeria has had to resort to more labourintensive methods | Neutral | Early one evening Folasade Fadare and her team of four disease hunters piled into a van and headed for Okegun a rural community down a narrow potholed road in eastern Lagos state | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-tracers/nigerian-virus-hunters-run-hard-race-against-covid-19s-spread-idUSKCN24F0WN | 2020-07-15 |
| Last month the Asian citystate of Singapore selected Nokia and Ericsson over Huawei to build its main 5G networks | Positive | Chinas Huawei reported a sharp slowdown in revenue growth on Monday ahead of Britains expected decision to ban the company from its 5G telecom networks a move likely to add momentum to a U.S. campaign against it and threatening its global prospects | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-huawei-tech-results/u-k-ban-looms-over-huawei-as-revenue-growth-lags-amid-u-s-pressure-idUSKCN24E22Z | 2020-07-14 |
| If Im looking to travel the company is going to be asking me to go through many levels of the Singaporebased executive said | Positive | SYDNEY Corporate travel agents are using the coronavirusinduced lull in bookings to work with companies on how to get their staff out of Zoom videoconferences and safely back in the air | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-companies-travel/life-after-zoom-corporate-travel-agents-plot-safe-return-to-business-travel-idUSKCN24E0GJ | 2020-07-13 |
| 65 million voters in Singapore and election organisers were counting on a fast hygienic vote to minimise infection risks | Negative | SINGAPORE Singaporeans wearing masks and gloves queued to cast their ballots on Friday under the cloud of the COVID19 pandemic that is pushing the citystates economy towards its worstever recession making saving jobs the focus of the election | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-singapore-election/long-lines-as-singaporeans-in-masks-vote-during-pandemic-idUSKBN24A3A3 | 2020-07-10 |
| SINGAPORE Singaporeans wearing masks and gloves queued to cast their ballots on Friday under the cloud of the COVID19 pandemic that is pushing the citystates economy towards its worstever recession making saving jobs the focus of the election | Negative | SINGAPORE Singaporeans wearing masks and gloves queued to cast their ballots on Friday under the cloud of the COVID19 pandemic that is pushing the citystates economy towards its worstever recession making saving jobs the focus of the election | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-singapore-election/long-lines-as-singaporeans-in-masks-vote-during-pandemic-idUSKBN24A3A3 | 2020-07-10 |
| Trading was quiet with Singapore on holiday for an election | Positive | TOKYO Oil prices fell on Friday adding to steep losses from the previous session and were headed for weekly declines on worries that renewed lockdowns following a surge in coronavirus cases in the United States and elsewhere would suppress fuel demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-heads-for-weekly-decline-as-virus-cases-hit-record-idUSKBN24B04K | 2020-07-10 |
| SINGAPORE Scientists in Singapore are hoping to perfect a new method of power generation driven largely by shadows with the hope that it could one day help highly urbanised cities power themselves | Positive | SINGAPORE Scientists in Singapore are hoping to perfect a new method of power generation driven largely by shadows with the hope that it could one day help highly urbanised cities power themselves | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-singapore-technology-shadows/singapore-scientists-seek-power-from-darkness-through-shadow-energy-idUSKBN2491A7 | 2020-07-09 |
| The shadoweffect energy generator being developed by the National University of Singapore has the potential to harness power like solar cells but without needing open spaces with uninterrupted light | Positive | SINGAPORE Scientists in Singapore are hoping to perfect a new method of power generation driven largely by shadows with the hope that it could one day help highly urbanised cities power themselves | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-singapore-technology-shadows/singapore-scientists-seek-power-from-darkness-through-shadow-energy-idUSKBN2491A7 | 2020-07-09 |
| Singapores Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has previously called the law an uneasy as society is not that liberal on these | Negative | SINGAPORE Among a record eleven parties set to contest Singapores election on Friday there has been virtual silence on one of the conservative citystates most controversial issues gay rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-singapore-election-lgbt/gay-rights-the-taboo-subject-in-singapores-election-idUSKBN2490GS | 2020-07-08 |
| We are sons and daughters of Singapore whether we are gay or straight and to vote I think it should be accounted for | Neutral | SINGAPORE Among a record eleven parties set to contest Singapores election on Friday there has been virtual silence on one of the conservative citystates most controversial issues gay rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-singapore-election-lgbt/gay-rights-the-taboo-subject-in-singapores-election-idUSKBN2490GS | 2020-07-08 |
| Some analysts suggest investors could shift money to other offshore hubs like Singapore to cushion the impact of the growing political and economic uncertainty | Neutral | China has gained in relevance for Credit Suisse and other international banks after Beijing fasttracked the opening of its financial markets to foreigner investors | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-credit-suisse-gp-asia/credit-suisse-aims-for-100-of-securities-venture-in-china-growth-plan-idUSKBN2490I8 | 2020-07-08 |
| SINGAPORE Among a record eleven parties set to contest Singapores election on Friday there has been virtual silence on one of the conservative citystates most controversial issues gay rights | Negative | SINGAPORE Among a record eleven parties set to contest Singapores election on Friday there has been virtual silence on one of the conservative citystates most controversial issues gay rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-singapore-election-lgbt/gay-rights-the-taboo-subject-in-singapores-election-idUSKBN2490GS | 2020-07-08 |
| SINGAPORE For many Singaporeans voting on Friday under the cloud of the coronavirus pandemic a big election issue is job prospects and whether their rich little island needs so many foreigners taking betterpaid roles | Negative | SINGAPORE For many Singaporeans voting on Friday under the cloud of the coronavirus pandemic a big election issue is job prospects and whether their rich little island needs so many foreigners taking betterpaid roles | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-singapore-politics-election/voting-in-time-of-the-coronavirus-singaporeans-question-foreign-hires-idUSKBN2480MW | 2020-07-07 |
| Eugene Tan a professor at Singapore Management University and exmember of parliament said the image of the wellpaid foreigner has become a in the political debate | Neutral | SINGAPORE For many Singaporeans voting on Friday under the cloud of the coronavirus pandemic a big election issue is job prospects and whether their rich little island needs so many foreigners taking betterpaid roles | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-singapore-politics-election/voting-in-time-of-the-coronavirus-singaporeans-question-foreign-hires-idUSKBN2480MW | 2020-07-07 |
| The Singapore police did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | SINGAPORE Singapores High Court has appointed an independent supervisor to oversee the restructuring of trader Hontop Energy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-singapore-oil-hontop-cimb-group-hldg/exclusive-cimb-alleges-suspicious-hontop-energy-oil-deals-with-bp-affidavit-idUSKBN2450TB | 2020-07-06 |
| SINGAPORE Singapores High Court has appointed an independent supervisor to oversee the restructuring of trader Hontop Energy | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapores High Court has appointed an independent supervisor to oversee the restructuring of trader Hontop Energy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-singapore-oil-hontop-cimb-group-hldg/exclusive-cimb-alleges-suspicious-hontop-energy-oil-deals-with-bp-affidavit-idUSKBN2450TB | 2020-07-06 |
| Trump and Kim met for the first time in 2018 in Singapore raising hopes of an agreement to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons programme | Positive | SEOUL The U.S. point man for North Korea is due to visit South Korea next week as it pushes for a resumption of talks with the North ahead of the U.S. election and despite few signs of any progress | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-northkorea-southkorea/u-s-envoy-to-visit-south-korea-to-discuss-stalled-north-korea-nuclear-talks-idUSKBN2440BG | 2020-07-03 |
| The lessor which is based in Singapore and listed in Hong Kong will also defer the delivery of some other Boeing 737 MAX aircraft it said in a statement | Negative | Aircraft leasing company BOC Aviation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boc-aviation-boeing-orders/boc-aviation-cancels-30-boeing-737-max-but-backs-grounded-jet-idUSKBN2412PB | 2020-07-01 |
| SINGAPORE The Singapore prime ministers estranged brother said on Tuesday he would not contest the July 10 election as the deadline for nominations passed | Negative | SINGAPORE The Singapore prime ministers estranged brother said on Tuesday he would not contest the July 10 election as the deadline for nominations passed | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-singapore-politics/singapore-pms-brother-will-not-contest-july-10-election-idUSKBN2410FW | 2020-06-30 |
| AGTs Singapore IPO had raised about million in August 2014 after pricing the units at | Positive | SINGAPORE Japans Accordia Golf Co | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-accorida-golf-trust-m-a-mbk-partners/mbk-partners-unit-offers-to-buy-accordia-golf-trusts-assets-for-577-million-idUSKBN2400L7 | 2020-06-30 |
| The United States Singapore Russia and Australia ban foreign travelers who were recently in China | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN23Z0UW | 2020-06-29 |
| Overall commodities markets were taking a positive view on the global recovery on Friday despite worries about coronavirus flareups said Avtar Sandu senior manager commodities at Phillip Futures in Singapore | Positive | MELBOURNE Oil prices rose on Friday extending gains on optimism about a recovery in fuel demand worldwide despite a surge in coronavirus infections in some U.S. states and signs of a revival in U.S. crude production | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-gains-on-growing-fuel-demand-even-as-infections-rise-idUSKBN23X01R | 2020-06-26 |
| Having risen for three straight months some payback may be due for stocks and currencies in strategists at Singapores DBS Bank said in a note on Friday | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian stock markets ground higher on Friday but are set to end a choppy week with only slight gains as surging coronavirus infections cast a shadow over encouraging economic data and checked hopes for a swift global recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-meander-higher-but-virus-fears-hold-optimism-in-check-idUSKBN23X009 | 2020-06-26 |
| SINGAPORE The Singapore prime ministers brother Lee Hsien Yang said on Wednesday that he had joined an opposition party competing against his sibling at the upcoming July 10 election but that he was undecided on whether he would run as a candidate | Negative | SINGAPORE The Singapore prime ministers brother Lee Hsien Yang said on Wednesday that he had joined an opposition party competing against his sibling at the upcoming July 10 election but that he was undecided on whether he would run as a candidate | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-singapore-politics-lee/singapore-pms-estranged-brother-joins-opposition-party-as-election-looms-idUSKBN23V04A | 2020-06-24 |
| Last year Hsien Yang said that the PAP had lost its and that he supported the principles and values of the Progress Singapore Party | Neutral | SINGAPORE The Singapore prime ministers brother Lee Hsien Yang said on Wednesday that he had joined an opposition party competing against his sibling at the upcoming July 10 election but that he was undecided on whether he would run as a candidate | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-singapore-politics-lee/singapore-pms-estranged-brother-joins-opposition-party-as-election-looms-idUSKBN23V04A | 2020-06-24 |
| SINGAPORE June 23 Singapores Hin Leong Trading Ltd has no future as an independent company after it grossly the value of its assets by at least billion according to a preliminary report prepared by a courtappointed supervisor | Negative | earlier story for wider readership with no change to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/singapore-oil-hinleong/rpt-oil-trader-hin-leong-has-no-future-as-an-independent-company-pwc-idUSL4N2E108J | 2020-06-24 |
| Some of the pros on Wall Street might be pulling their hair out saying that this fundamentally doesnt make said Chris Brankin chief executive at TD Ameritrade in Singapore | Neutral | Main Street investors who have reaped windfall gains from the steepest stock market rebound on record now seem to be making for safety brokers say just as Wall Street experts are advising clients to dip their toes into riskier assets again | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-retail-trading/main-street-investors-bank-profits-on-rally-that-wall-street-doubted-idUSKBN23Q0QC | 2020-06-19 |
| story refiles to add Singapore | Neutral | China National Biotec Group said on Tuesday its experimental coronavirus vaccine has triggered antibodies in clinical trials and the company plans latestage human trials in foreign countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine/chinas-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-shows-promise-in-human-trials-cnbg-says-idUSKBN23N1YR | 2020-06-17 |
| Singaporebased Grab would cut just under of its headcount or about 360 employees according to a note to employees from CEO Anthony Tan which was shared with Reuters | Negative | SINGAPORE Southeast Asian ridehailing and payments firm Grab announced hundreds of job losses on Tuesday due to the impact of novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-grab-layoffs/softbank-backed-ride-hailing-firm-grab-announces-layoffs-idUSKBN23N0J7 | 2020-06-16 |
| Singaporebased Grab which is active in eight countries did not face capitalisation issues and would be sunsetting noncore projects consolidating teams and pivoting to focus on a spokeswoman said | Positive | SINGAPORE Southeast Asian ridehailing and payments firm Grab said on Tuesday it will lay off more than 300 employees due to the impact of novel coronavirus in the latest setback to major backer SoftBank Group Corp | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-grab-layoffs/softbank-backed-ride-hailing-firm-grab-announces-layoffs-idUSKBN23N0J7 | 2020-06-16 |
| The Azerbaijan Singapore and Japan races were cancelled last Friday joining four races already called off | Negative | SHANGHAI China has been invited to host two Formula One races in Shanghai this season but no decision has been reached over whether to accept the offer the head of the Shanghai Sports Bureau has told local media | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-motor-f1-races-china/china-offered-two-f1-races-this-year-shanghai-official-idUSKBN23N0HL | 2020-06-16 |
| The Shenzhenbased startup has found buyers in Italy Singapore and Turkey while the American Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery is also trialling a batch | Positive | SHENZHEN China With glowing blue eyes and trusting feline features a new robot cat by Chinese startup Elephant Robotics seems happily oblivious to the worries of CEO Joey Song as he shows it off at the companys lab in Shenzhen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-robots-analy/crunch-time-for-chinas-robot-startups-as-pandemic-brings-pain-and-opportunities-idUSKBN23L0XM | 2020-06-15 |
| Singaporebased Olam International the worlds leading raw cashew nut trader said epidemicrelated global supply chain delays and reduced consumer demand had dampened the market | Negative | Olivier GoreBi took out loans to ready his 12acre cashew farm in Ivory Coast for harvest | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-cashew/coronavirus-slams-west-africas-cashew-market-some-crops-left-to-rot-idUSKBN23J15R | 2020-06-13 |
| SINGAPORE Singaporebased electronics maker PCI has won a bid to supply 300000 dongles for a government project that could eventually see everyone in the citystate given the wearable device to help identify people who have interacted with COVID19 carriers | Positive | SINGAPORE Singaporebased electronics maker PCI has won a bid to supply 300000 dongles for a government project that could eventually see everyone in the citystate given the wearable device to help identify people who have interacted with COVID19 carriers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-contact/local-electronics-firm-pci-to-make-singapores-virus-tracing-device-idUSKBN23J0L3 | 2020-06-12 |
| 3 tender equivalent to a unit for the bluetoothenabled TraceTogether Tokens was awarded by Singapores Government Technology Agency to the firm on May 14 according to a government notice | Positive | SINGAPORE Singaporebased electronics maker PCI has won a bid to supply 300000 dongles for a government project that could eventually see everyone in the citystate given the wearable device to help identify people who have interacted with COVID19 carriers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-contact/local-electronics-firm-pci-to-make-singapores-virus-tracing-device-idUSKBN23J0L3 | 2020-06-12 |
| The Fed tonight is a key variable in determining whether this is a pitstop or said Vishnu Varathan head of economics and strategy at Mizuho Bank in Singapore | Neutral | YORK Asian stock markets eked out a 10th consecutive session of gains on Wednesday but momentum ebbed as doubts about the global recovery from the pandemic returned ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-creep-higher-as-markets-wait-for-fed-idUSKBN23H00V | 2020-06-10 |
| SINGAPORE A Singaporean biotechnology firm Tychan will begin human clinical trials next week for a potential monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID19 it said in a statement on Wednesday | Positive | SINGAPORE A Singaporean biotechnology firm Tychan will begin human clinical trials next week for a potential monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID19 it said in a statement on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-treatmen/singapore-biotech-firm-tychan-to-start-human-trials-for-covid-19-treatment-next-week-idUSKBN23H0M8 | 2020-06-10 |
| Singapore kicked off a global rush to develop contact tracing apps for the novel coronavirus when the citystate launched an apparently new system in March | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-apps-tracing/u-s-students-app-offers-roadmap-to-singapore-contact-tracing-tech-idUSKBN23H0I1 | 2020-06-10 |
| Singapore was just looking around for any way to speed up the development process and we fit Cheerla said | Neutral | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-apps-tracing/u-s-students-app-offers-roadmap-to-singapore-contact-tracing-tech-idUSKBN23H0I1 | 2020-06-10 |
| Many other governments are monitoring progress in Singapore where about of the countrys 5 | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-apps-tracing/u-s-students-app-offers-roadmap-to-singapore-contact-tracing-tech-idUSKBN23H0I1 | 2020-06-10 |
| Negative reading for PPI is likely to be a new normal in the foreseeable said Tommy Xie China economist at OCBC Bank in Singapore | Negative | BEIJING Chinas producer prices fell by the sharpest rate in more than four years underscoring pressure on the manufacturing sector as the COVID19 pandemic reduces trade flows and global demand | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-inflation/china-factory-gate-deflation-deepens-on-global-demand-slump-idUSKBN23H0A2 | 2020-06-10 |
| Singapore has adopted a costly Giving residents small tracing gadgets possibly worn on a lanyard that do not require smartphones | Negative | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-apps-tracing/u-s-students-app-offers-roadmap-to-singapore-contact-tracing-tech-idUSKBN23H0I1 | 2020-06-10 |
| But the rise in enquiries has been strong enough to slow banks response times the sources said adding places including Singapore Britain Sydney and Taiwan are popular destinations | Positive | HONG KONG Banks including HSBC Standard Chartered and Citigroup have seen a spike in enquiries from Hong Kong residents about opening offshore accounts amid concerns stemming from Chinas decision to impose a national security law on the city five people said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hongkong-protests-bank/hk-residents-rush-for-offshore-bank-accounts-on-china-law-worries-sources-idUSKBN23F0W8 | 2020-06-09 |
| But Howie Lee economist at Singapore bank OCBC noted that the latest deal had fallen short of market hopes for a threemonth extension of output cuts | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil climbed on Monday after major producers agreed to extend a deal on record output cuts to the end of July and as Chinas crude imports hit an alltime high in May | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-extend-gains-on-opec-cuts-record-china-imports-idUSKBN23F01O | 2020-06-08 |
| Races in Singapore Russia Japan the United States Mexico and Brazil remain uncertain | Negative | LONDON Formula One is set for a series of firsts after publishing a revised eightrace schedule on Tuesday that will see Austrias Red Bull Ring and Britains Silverstone circuit each host two grands prix without spectators in July and August respectively | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-calendar/f1-set-for-a-series-of-firsts-with-revised-race-calendar-idUSKBN23916Z | 2020-06-03 |
| But Singapore is not taking any chances | Neutral | SINGAPORE With temperatures checked masks fitted and hand sanitizers at the ready many Singapore children returned to school on Tuesday after a novel coronavirus lockdown of nearly two months | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-reopenin/schools-reopen-as-singapore-eases-lockdown-restrictions-idUSKBN2390G8 | 2020-06-02 |
| Singapore has recorded more than 35000 coronavirus cases and 24 deaths | Negative | SINGAPORE With temperatures checked masks fitted and hand sanitizers at the ready many Singapore children returned to school on Tuesday after a novel coronavirus lockdown of nearly two months | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-reopenin/schools-reopen-as-singapore-eases-lockdown-restrictions-idUSKBN2390G8 | 2020-06-02 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore and China plan to reopen essential travel for business and official purposes between the two countries early next month they said in a joint statement on Friday | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore and China plan to reopen essential travel for business and official purposes between the two countries early next month they said in a joint statement on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-china/singapore-china-to-open-essential-travel-corridor-in-early-june-idUSKBN2352A0 | 2020-05-30 |
| More broadly ByteDance is also recruiting engineers around the world including in Singapore Jakarta and Warsaw online job postings show | Neutral | TikToks poaching of Disneys Kevin Mayer to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its centre of power away from China at a time of rising global tensions several people familiar with the plans said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-tiktok-owner-bytedance-moves-to-shift-power-out-of-china-sources-idUSKBN2341VJ | 2020-05-29 |
| The expected shift has led some wealth managers to tap corporate recruiters to help hire Mandarinspeaking client advisers in other locations including Singapore and Switzerland said the sources | Positive | HONG KONG Rich Chinese are expected to park fewer funds in Hong Kong on worries that Beijings proposed national security law for the city could allow mainland authorities to track and seize their wealth bankers and other industry sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-wealth/chinas-rich-skirting-hong-kong-to-seek-asset-safety-elsewhere-idUSKBN2340QC | 2020-05-28 |
| SINGAPORE May 27 Shares in bourse operator Singapore Exchange Ltd suffered their steepest daily fall in more than a decade after the company said its profit would be hit when a licence to offer a suite of regional equity derivatives ends in February 2021 | Negative | SINGAPORE May 27 Shares in bourse operator Singapore Exchange Ltd suffered their steepest daily fall in more than a decade after the company said its profit would be hit when a licence to offer a suite of regional equity derivatives ends in February 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/hkex-msci-deal-stocks/singapore-exchange-shares-post-steepest-drop-since-2008-on-end-of-msci-licence-idUSL4N2D914Z | 2020-05-27 |
| Tans family members did not respond to requests for comment and Singapore police did not immediately have comment | Neutral | SINGAPORE Early one October morning in 1969 Singapore police officers found the body of a man dumped in a storm drain | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-singapore-crime/death-of-mr-big-stirs-memories-of-singapores-gangland-past-idUSKBN23207I | 2020-05-26 |
| Many readers didnt seem to know organised crime had existed in the Singapore ever got gangsters read one Facebook post | Negative | SINGAPORE Early one October morning in 1969 Singapore police officers found the body of a man dumped in a storm drain | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-singapore-crime/death-of-mr-big-stirs-memories-of-singapores-gangland-past-idUSKBN23207I | 2020-05-26 |
| Singapores gang culture was derived from secret formed by Chinese settlers in Southeast Asia in the 1800s said Jean Abshire a U.S.based academic who authored History of Singapore | Negative | SINGAPORE Early one October morning in 1969 Singapore police officers found the body of a man dumped in a storm drain | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-singapore-crime/death-of-mr-big-stirs-memories-of-singapores-gangland-past-idUSKBN23207I | 2020-05-26 |
| But with financial markets in Singapore Britain and the United States closed for public holidays on Monday market moves were relatively small and held within wellworn ranges | Neutral | By Yoruk Bahceli and Saikat Chatterjee | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-german-survey-fuels-stock-gains-euro-investors-eye-eu-summit-idUSL8N2D728Z | 2020-05-26 |
| Trading may be subdued on Monday because financial markets in Singapore Britain and the United States are closed for public holidays | Negative | Risk aversion supports dollar | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-edges-higher-as-hong-kong-tensions-fuel-safe-haven-demand-idUSL4N2D60G4 | 2020-05-25 |
| SINGAPORE A Singaporean quiz participant has prevailed in a battle with a radio station that denied him a cash prize over his pronunciation of Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadleys name after winning the unlikely support of the celebrity himself | Negative | SINGAPORE A Singaporean quiz participant has prevailed in a battle with a radio station that denied him a cash prize over his pronunciation of Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadleys name after winning the unlikely support of the celebrity himself | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-singapore-radio/spandau-ballet-star-helps-singapore-quizzer-win-fight-for-radio-prize-idUSKBN22Y1FG | 2020-05-23 |
| In a letter titled A normal citizen from Singapore needs your dear help Mr | Positive | SINGAPORE A Singaporean quiz participant has prevailed in a battle with a radio station that denied him a cash prize over his pronunciation of Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadleys name after winning the unlikely support of the celebrity himself | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-singapore-radio/spandau-ballet-star-helps-singapore-quizzer-win-fight-for-radio-prize-idUSKBN22Y1FG | 2020-05-23 |
| East said Rolls had 16 to 17 major civil aerospace manufacturing locations across the world including big presences in Germany and Singapore | Positive | Airlines and their supplies have been among the hardest hit businesses by lockdowns to contain the pandemic with passenger air travel grinding to a virtual halt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-rolls-royce-hldg/britains-rolls-royce-to-axe-9000-jobs-in-air-travel-slump-idUSKBN22W0QK | 2020-05-21 |
| Singapore has a zerotolerance policy for illegal drugs and has hanged hundreds of people including dozens of foreigners for narcotics offences over past decades rights groups say | Negative | SINGAPORE A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom videocall for his role in a drug deal the citystates first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-singapore-crime/man-sentenced-to-death-in-singapore-via-zoom-call-idUSKBN22W0I6 | 2020-05-20 |
| SINGAPORE A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom videocall for his role in a drug deal the citystates first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely | Negative | SINGAPORE A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom videocall for his role in a drug deal the citystates first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-singapore-crime/man-sentenced-to-death-in-singapore-via-zoom-call-idUSKBN22W0I6 | 2020-05-20 |
| It was the first criminal case where a death sentence was pronounced by remote hearing in Singapore the spokesperson added | Negative | SINGAPORE A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom videocall for his role in a drug deal the citystates first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-singapore-crime/man-sentenced-to-death-in-singapore-via-zoom-call-idUSKBN22W0I6 | 2020-05-20 |
| There are various methods of calculating refinery margins with one of the benchmarks being the profit per barrel at a typical Singapore refinery using Dubai crude | Positive | opinions expressed here are those of the author a columnist for Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-russell-oil-china/column-china-refineries-loom-over-asia-with-record-oil-product-exports-russell-idUSKBN22U0J2 | 2020-05-18 |
| The cost of producing 92RON gasoline in Singapore from Brent crude was a loss of 85 U.S. cents per barrel on May 15 | Neutral | opinions expressed here are those of the author a columnist for Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-russell-oil-china/column-china-refineries-loom-over-asia-with-record-oil-product-exports-russell-idUSKBN22U0J2 | 2020-05-18 |
| Singapore registered 682 more infections of the new coronavirus its health ministry said on Sunday taking the citystates total to 28038 cases | Negative | Singapore registered 682 more infections of the new coronavirus its health ministry said on Sunday taking the citystates total to 28038 cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-reports-682-more-coronavirus-cases-taking-total-to-28038-idUSKBN22T05X | 2020-05-17 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has joined the Facebookbacked Libra digital currency project which has faced intense scrutiny from global regulators worried its launch could erode national control over money | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has joined the Facebookbacked Libra digital currency project which has faced intense scrutiny from global regulators worried its launch could erode national control over money | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-cryptocurrency-temasek/singapores-temasek-joins-facebook-backed-libra-project-idUSKBN22R085 | 2020-05-15 |
| Singapore Airlines and regional arm SilkAir have cut of passenger capacity through the end of June and lowcost arm Scoot has cut | Negative | Singapore Airlines and regional arm SilkAir have cut of passenger capacity through the end of June and lowcost arm Scoot has cut | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-singapore-air-results/singapore-airlines-cuts-capital-spending-estimate-by-at-least-12-amid-virus-crisis-idUSKBN22R06B | 2020-05-15 |
| SINGAPORE May 15 Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has joined the Facebookbacked Libra digital currency project which has faced intense scrutiny from global regulators worried its launch could erode national control over money | Negative | SINGAPORE May 15 Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has joined the Facebookbacked Libra digital currency project which has faced intense scrutiny from global regulators worried its launch could erode national control over money | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/facebook-cryptocurrency-temasek/singapore-state-investor-temasek-joins-facebooks-libra-project-idUSL8N2CX07V | 2020-05-15 |
| SINGAPORE Gaming hardware maker Razer Inc plans to dispense its locally produced masks in Singapore through a network of vending machines across the citystate where it has become compulsory to wear them in public | Positive | SINGAPORE Gaming hardware maker Razer Inc plans to dispense its locally produced masks in Singapore through a network of vending machines across the citystate where it has become compulsory to wear them in public | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-masks/gaming-firm-razer-to-roll-out-mask-vending-machines-in-singapore-idUSKBN22P0I3 | 2020-05-13 |
| Singapore which keeps a national stockpile of masks last month made it mandatory to wear them in public and has distributed reusable masks | Neutral | SINGAPORE Gaming hardware maker Razer Inc plans to dispense its locally produced masks in Singapore through a network of vending machines across the citystate where it has become compulsory to wear them in public | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-masks/gaming-firm-razer-to-roll-out-mask-vending-machines-in-singapore-idUSKBN22P0I3 | 2020-05-13 |
| Razer will continue our endeavours in supporting Singapore to be selfsufficient for face masks as a said MinLiang Tan Razers chief executive officer | Positive | SINGAPORE Gaming hardware maker Razer Inc plans to dispense its locally produced masks in Singapore through a network of vending machines across the citystate where it has become compulsory to wear them in public | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-masks/gaming-firm-razer-to-roll-out-mask-vending-machines-in-singapore-idUSKBN22P0I3 | 2020-05-13 |
| Iron ore is also outperforming coking coal futures on the Singapore Exchange where valuations for the Australian freeonboard price ending at a tonne on May 8 | Positive | LAUNCESTON Australia There is an increasing disconnect between the two key ingredients for making steel with iron ore safely within Chinas economic bubble and coking coal more exposed to the rest of the coronavirusriddled world | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-russell-ironore-coal/column-iron-ore-coking-coal-divorce-over-chinas-coronavirus-recovery-russell-idUSKBN22N0PQ | 2020-05-11 |
| Singapore Airlines shares were 2 | Neutral | Given the uncertainty in the market we have taken a pause and plan to monitor developments closely before entering into any additional the airline said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-air/singapore-airlines-to-report-fourth-quarter-loss-on-fuel-hedges-idUSKBN22K01I | 2020-05-08 |
| Last year Funderbeam obtained two financial services licenses from Singapore authorities which enabled it to offer a global secondary market for private firms | Positive | TALLINN May 8 Venturefunded Estonian company Funderbeam launched on Friday realtime clearing and trading aiming to boost trading volumes on its global secondary market for trading in private companies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/estonia-startup-trading/estonian-startup-bourse-launches-24-7-trading-of-private-companies-idUSL8N2CP720 | 2020-05-08 |
| A Singaporebased trader speaking on condition of anonymity said buyers considered prices so low they were increasing inventory levels more than | Negative | SINGAPORE A robust recovery in aluminium demand in China has boosted prices in the worlds top consumer and producer of the metal by more than in a month but traders say weak demand for Chinese exports could soon take the shine off the market | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-metals-aluminium/china-aluminium-dances-to-its-own-beat-as-lme-price-stumbles-idUSKBN22I20K | 2020-05-07 |
| Ryan said some countries including China South Korea Singapore New Zealand and others had reached what he described as a steady with regard to the spread of COVID19 | Neutral | Parts of the world are starting to emerge from the COVID19 pandemic and to cautiously resume some sort of normal life but the new coronavirus will pose significant risks until vaccines are developed the WHOs top emergencies expert said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-ryan/whos-ryan-says-world-is-in-fight-of-our-lives-but-there-is-hope-idUSKBN22F0PG | 2020-05-04 |
| There is a sense of caution if not foreboding as signs of economic weakness continue to said Vishnu Varathan head of economics and strategy at Mizuho Bank in Singapore | Negative | to more subscribers using the code with no change to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/rpt-corrected-global-markets-dollar-firm-but-stocks-oil-under-pressure-as-u-s-china-tensions-rise-idUSL4N2CM03G | 2020-05-04 |
| Although early results with Bluetoothbased contact tracing in countries like Singapore have been modest backers say it can help if large numbers participate | Positive | CHAMBLON Switzerland In the battle against coronavirus Swiss soldiers are using smartphones to test a new contact tracing application that could prevent infections while also protecting users privacy | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-swiss-app/swiss-soldiers-pick-up-smartphones-to-fight-covid-19-idUSKBN22D4V0 | 2020-05-02 |
| Singapore had apparently controlled the spread of the virus through rigorous contact tracing and surveillance but the nationstate went into lockdown April 7 after outbreaks in migrant worker dormitories | Negative | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-google/google-travel-data-show-lockdown-fatigue-in-u-s-australia-other-countries-stay-home-idUSKBN22D6AX | 2020-05-02 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore will start easing some curbs put in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus over the next few weeks authorities said on Saturday as the citystate takes the first tentative steps towards reopening its economy | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore will start easing some curbs put in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus over the next few weeks authorities said on Saturday as the citystate takes the first tentative steps towards reopening its economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-to-ease-some-coronavirus-curbs-over-next-few-weeks-idUSKBN22E04Z | 2020-05-02 |
| Singapore is facing the deepest recession in its 55year history compounded by restrictions called breakers due to last until June 1 which include the closure of most workplaces and shops | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore will start easing some curbs put in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus over the next few weeks authorities said on Saturday as the citystate takes the first tentative steps towards reopening its economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-to-ease-some-coronavirus-curbs-over-next-few-weeks-idUSKBN22E04Z | 2020-05-02 |
| Rokid says on its website that it completed a round of financing in 2018 led by Singapore state investor Temasek Swiss bank Credit Suisse and others | Positive | HANGZHOU China A Chinese startup that develops augmentedreality products for use in manufacturing and gaming has found a promising growth area in the midst of a global pandemic wearable glasses that measure temperatures on the move | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-detection-gl/chinese-startup-rokid-sees-opportunity-with-covid-fighting-smart-glasses-idUSKBN22D4TQ | 2020-05-02 |
| A recession in Singapores economy could be deeper than forecast its central bank said | Negative | Some 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-29 |
| China announced in January to waives consumption tax and valueadded tax on the fuel to make Chinese production competitive versus rival supplies from Singapore and South Korea | Positive | April 28 story with no changes in | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-oil-quotas-imo/rpt-update-1-china-set-to-issue-first-ever-export-quotas-for-vlsfo-of-10-mln-t-for-2020-sources-idUSL3N2CH0J6 | 2020-04-29 |
| Races in Hungary Belgium Italy Texas Mexico Brazil Russia Japan and Singapore also remain in play | Positive | LONDON Formula One plans to start its stalled season with two races behind closed doors in Austria in July before more of the same at Britains Silverstone circuit insiders said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-season/f1-still-faces-a-challenge-with-revised-season-plan-idUSKCN2292GJ | 2020-04-28 |
| A separate probe by Singapore authorities over Falcons involvement in the 1MDB scandal resulted in the wealth managers being stripped of its local banking licence | Negative | ZURICH Falcon Private Bank a wealth manager that was at the centre of Malaysias 1MDB scandal could lose its Swiss banking licence by the end of the week two sources close to the situation told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-falcon-swiss-banks/falcon-private-bank-could-lose-swiss-licence-in-wake-of-1mdb-case-sources-idUSKCN229281 | 2020-04-28 |
| Early results in countries such as Singapore are modest however especially when set against the technologys potential to redefine the relationship between state and individual | Positive | BERLIN Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections backing an approach supported by Apple and Google along with a growing number of other European countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech/germany-flips-to-apple-google-approach-on-smartphone-contact-tracing-idUSKCN22807J | 2020-04-27 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore is rapidly building bed space for coronavirus patients in cavernous exhibition halls and other temporary facilities as it faces a surge in cases mainly among its large community of lowpaid migrant workers | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore is rapidly building bed space for coronavirus patients in cavernous exhibition halls and other temporary facilities as it faces a surge in cases mainly among its large community of lowpaid migrant workers | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-temp-hos/singapore-races-to-build-beds-for-covid-19-patients-as-cases-surge-idUSKCN22805B | 2020-04-26 |
| Despite the high total of cases Singapore has reported 12 deaths and 24 people are in intensive care | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore is rapidly building bed space for coronavirus patients in cavernous exhibition halls and other temporary facilities as it faces a surge in cases mainly among its large community of lowpaid migrant workers | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-temp-hos/singapore-races-to-build-beds-for-covid-19-patients-as-cases-surge-idUSKCN22805B | 2020-04-26 |
| Although Bluetoothbased smartphone contact tracing is an untested technology and early results in countries like Singapore are modest its development is already redefining the relationship between the state and individual | Negative | A standoff between the two largest nations in the European Union and Silicon Valley escalated on Friday as Apple and Google rebuffed demands by France and Germany to back their approach to using smartphone technology to trace coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech/france-germany-in-standoff-with-silicon-valley-on-contact-tracing-idUSKCN2262LM | 2020-04-25 |
| But the coronavirus has also proven lethal in warmweather places like Singapore raising broader questions about the impact of environmental factors | Negative | WASHINGTON The coronavirus appears to weaken more quickly when exposed to sunlight heat and humidity a U.S. official said on Thursday in a potential sign that the pandemic could become less contagious in summer months | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/sunlight-heat-and-humidity-weaken-coronavirus-u-s-official-says-idUSKCN2253SA | 2020-04-24 |
| SINGAPORE Chinese state energy company Sinopec is in earlystage talks with Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd to buy a stake in an oil storage terminal that is partly owned by the Singapore trader according to three sources with knowledge of the matter | Positive | SINGAPORE Chinese state energy company Sinopec is in earlystage talks with Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd to buy a stake in an oil storage terminal that is partly owned by the Singapore trader according to three sources with knowledge of the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-oil-hinleong-sinopec-corp/chinas-sinopec-in-talks-to-buy-stake-in-hin-leongs-singapore-terminal-sources-idUSKCN2242E5 | 2020-04-23 |
| Sinopec Asias largest refiner was approached by Hin Leong earlier this month to look at investing in the Universal Terminal in Singapore said one Beijingbased Sinopec official | Positive | SINGAPORE Chinese state energy company Sinopec is in earlystage talks with Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd to buy a stake in an oil storage terminal that is partly owned by the Singapore trader according to three sources with knowledge of the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-oil-hinleong-sinopec-corp/chinas-sinopec-in-talks-to-buy-stake-in-hin-leongs-singapore-terminal-sources-idUSKCN2242E5 | 2020-04-23 |
| Its also not clear that digital contact tracing is effective early adopters including Singapore have had teething troubles | Negative | BERLIN April 22 A design for smartphone technology to trace coronavirus infections that is in line with the approach taken by Apple and Google is gaining momentum in Europe after winning support from Switzerland and Austria over an alternative Germanled approach | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-europe-tech/switzerland-austria-align-with-gapple-on-corona-contact-tracing-idUSL3N2CA36L | 2020-04-23 |
| DELHI April 21 When Singapore launched the first smartphone app of its kind last month to identify and alert people who had interacted with carriers of the novel coronavirus the citystate of roughly 5 | Negative | item first carried late on | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-apps/rpt-bluetooth-phone-apps-for-tracking-covid-19-show-modest-early-results-idUSL3N2C928N | 2020-04-22 |
| Desmond Fu an iPhone user in Singapore said he would definitely use the app as long as the background problem was resolved | Negative | DELHI When Singapore launched the first smartphone app of its kind last month to identify and alert people who had interacted with carriers of the novel coronavirus the citystate of roughly 5 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-apps/bluetooth-phone-apps-for-tracking-covid-19-show-modest-early-results-idUSKCN2232A0 | 2020-04-22 |
| DELHI When Singapore launched the first smartphone app of its kind last month to identify and alert people who had interacted with carriers of the novel coronavirus the citystate of roughly 5 | Negative | DELHI When Singapore launched the first smartphone app of its kind last month to identify and alert people who had interacted with carriers of the novel coronavirus the citystate of roughly 5 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-apps/bluetooth-phone-apps-for-tracking-covid-19-show-modest-early-results-idUSKCN2232A0 | 2020-04-22 |
| Some people in Singapore and India say they are willing to use such an app even at some cost to their privacy | Positive | DELHI When Singapore launched the first smartphone app of its kind last month to identify and alert people who had interacted with carriers of the novel coronavirus the citystate of roughly 5 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-apps/bluetooth-phone-apps-for-tracking-covid-19-show-modest-early-results-idUSKCN2232A0 | 2020-04-22 |
| Singapore has not pushed Trace Together as heavily to date though the prime ministers comments on Tuesday suggest that is changing | Negative | DELHI When Singapore launched the first smartphone app of its kind last month to identify and alert people who had interacted with carriers of the novel coronavirus the citystate of roughly 5 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-apps/bluetooth-phone-apps-for-tracking-covid-19-show-modest-early-results-idUSKCN2232A0 | 2020-04-22 |
| Chinas recent activities in the South China Sea and elsewhere in Asia have shown its intention to further militarise the said Ha Hoang Hop at the Singaporebased ISEASYusof Ishak Institute | Negative | China is becoming increasingly assertive in the region as the coronavirus crisis eases on the mainland while raging elsewhere in the world with a crackdown in Hong Kong and sabrerattling around Taiwan and in the South China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-security/china-rattles-sabres-as-world-battles-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN2230GC | 2020-04-21 |
| The three ewallet operators are Indonesian ride hailing firm Gojeks GoPay fintech startup OVO which is backed by Singaporebased riding hailing firm Grab and statebacked LinkAjathe people said | Positive | JAKARTA Facebook Inc is preparing to apply for regulatory approval in Indonesia to launch mobile payments in partnership with three local digital fintech firms people familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-indonesia/facebook-three-indonesian-firms-in-early-talks-for-mobile-payment-approval-sources-idUSKBN2220UF | 2020-04-21 |
| The Singaporebased BOC Aviation did not reveal how much the purchase was worth but said the planes would be leased back to United on longterm agreements | Positive | The deal involves six Boeing 7879 aircraft and 16 Boeing 7379 MAX aircraft from United Airlines the statement said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-united-airlines-boc-aviation-leasing/united-sells-22-planes-to-bank-of-china-aviation-idUSKBN2210HI | 2020-04-20 |
| Singapore is assessing whether to place recovered migrant workers on cruise ships rather than back in dormitories that have become infection hotbeds despite problems controlling onboard outbreaks encountered elsewhere | Positive | Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21Y0I1 | 2020-04-18 |
| However high premiums on retail gold has slowed physical demand said Spencer Campbell director at Precious Metals Consultants SE Asia Consulting in Singapore | Neutral | Physical gold demand in China continued to be in the doldrums this week as the coronavirusled restrictions stalled activity with dealers in the top consumer offering massive discounts | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-asia-gold-demand/gold-dealers-in-top-consumer-china-offer-steep-discounts-as-demand-slumps-idUSKBN21Z1WF | 2020-04-18 |
| Despite the cuts Saudi Aramco has made deep price reductions for crude it sells to Asia in May after fuel demand and complex refining margins in Singapore slumped | Negative | SINGAPORE Saudi Arabia the worlds largest oil exporter has notified some refiners in Asia that it will supply full contractual volumes of crude in May three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-oil/saudi-aramco-to-supply-full-may-crude-volumes-to-asian-refiners-sources-idUSKBN21Z0CE | 2020-04-17 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore is assessing whether migrant workers who have recovered from coronavirus might be safer on cruise ships than back in dormitories that have become infection hotbeds despite problems controlling onboard outbreaks encountered elsewhere | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore is assessing whether migrant workers who have recovered from coronavirus might be safer on cruise ships than back in dormitories that have become infection hotbeds despite problems controlling onboard outbreaks encountered elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-migrants/singapore-mulls-placing-workers-who-recover-from-covid-19-on-cruise-ships-idUSKBN21Z0ND | 2020-04-17 |
| The SC Taipeis Singaporebased manager SC Shipping was also not immediately available | Negative | LONDON A Hong Kongflagged tanker was briefly detained in Iran before being freed after armed Iranian guards in speedboats directed the vessel into its waters while it was sailing through the Gulf of Oman maritime security sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-iran-tanker/iran-detained-hong-kong-flagged-ship-before-letting-it-sail-sources-idUSKCN21X2GG | 2020-04-16 |
| Its just a reminder of how deep the economic weakness has said Paul Chew head of research at Singapore brokerage Phillip Securities | Negative | Nikkei down 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-slide-as-dire-economic-outlook-weighs-idUSL3N2C40L6 | 2020-04-16 |
| The funds were laundered through financial institutions in several jurisdictions including the United States Switzerland Singapore and Luxembourg | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday said it has repatriated another million to Malaysia in recovered money misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad or 1MDB the countrys sovereign wealth fund | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-1mdb-funds/u-s-returns-another-300-million-of-recovered-1mdb-funds-to-malaysia-idUSKCN21W32W | 2020-04-15 |
| The deployment of the vessel is Beijings move to once again baselessly assert its sovereignty in the South China said Ha Hoang Hop at the Singaporebased ISEASYusof Ishak Institute | Negative | HANOI A Chinese ship embroiled in a standoff with Vietnamese vessels last year has returned to waters near Vietnam as the United States accused China of pushing its presence in the South China Sea while other claimants are preoccupied with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-china-southchinasea/chinese-survey-ship-returns-to-vietnams-exclusive-economic-zone-idUSKCN21W0CT | 2020-04-14 |
| A veteran Singapore oil trader who declined to be named due to company policy pointed to inventory data as a key determining factor for future price trends | Negative | SINGAPORE Muted oil price gains on Monday show record output cuts by giant producers will still leave them with a mountain to climb to restore market balance industry watchers said with the coronavirus pandemic decimating demand just as stocks swell | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-opec-market/in-oil-market-sunk-by-coronavirus-giant-output-cuts-make-ripple-not-big-waves-idUSKCN21V09I | 2020-04-13 |
| Trading is likely to be subdued on the day as financial markets in Australia Hong Kong Singapore Britain and the United States are closed for the Good Friday holiday | Neutral | Dollar drifts lower on less safehaven demand | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-heads-for-weekly-loss-on-fed-move-easing-virus-fears-idUSL3N2BY07Z | 2020-04-10 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore has suspended the use of videoconferencing tool Zoom by teachers its education ministry said on Friday after very serious occurred in the first week of a coronavirus lockdown that has seen schools move to homebased learning | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore has suspended the use of videoconferencing tool Zoom by teachers its education ministry said on Friday after very serious occurred in the first week of a coronavirus lockdown that has seen schools move to homebased learning | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-zoom-video-comm-privacy-singapore/singapore-stops-teachers-using-zoom-app-after-very-serious-incidents-idUSKCN21S0AH | 2020-04-10 |
| The Singapore government has also been using the tool to host media conferences | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore has suspended the use of videoconferencing tool Zoom by teachers its education ministry said on Friday after very serious occurred in the first week of a coronavirus lockdown that has seen schools move to homebased learning | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-zoom-video-comm-privacy-singapore/singapore-stops-teachers-using-zoom-app-after-very-serious-incidents-idUSKCN21S0AH | 2020-04-10 |
| by Cate Cadell and Yawen additional reporting was contributed by Keith Zhai in Singapore David Kirton in Shenzhen and Gabriel Crossley in Beijing | Positive | BEIJING As the world grapples with the escalating coronavirus pandemic China reopened the city of Wuhan on Wednesday allowing its 11 million residents to leave for the first time in over two months a milestone in its effort to combat the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-wuhan-scientists-i/painful-lesson-how-a-military-style-lockdown-unfolded-in-wuhan-idUSKBN21Q0KD | 2020-04-08 |
| Computer chip makers are banking on less disruptions to their factories from this weeks strict lockdown in Singapore than the havoc wreaked on their supply chains last month when Malaysia and the Philippines imposed vague restrictions about operations | Negative | Computer chip makers are banking on less disruptions to their factories from this weeks strict lockdown in Singapore than the havoc wreaked on their supply chains last month when Malaysia and the Philippines imposed vague restrictions about operations | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-semiconductors-foc/with-singapore-lockdown-underway-essential-chipmakers-count-on-less-disruption-idUSKBN21Q042 | 2020-04-08 |
| Migrant workers living in vast Singapore dormitories cut off from the outside world due to the outbreak fear these are fast becoming a hotbed for infection | Negative | European nations including hardhit Italy and Spain have started looking ahead to easing coronavirus lockdowns after steady falls in fatality rates as the United States prepared on Monday for what one official called peak death | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21N0D0 | 2020-04-07 |
| NEW DELHI India has dropped an antidumping investigation over imports of polyester feedstock monoethylene glycol from Saudi Arabia but will continue the effort against Kuwait Oman Singapore and the United Arab Emirates the government said | Negative | NEW DELHI India has dropped an antidumping investigation over imports of polyester feedstock monoethylene glycol from Saudi Arabia but will continue the effort against Kuwait Oman Singapore and the United Arab Emirates the government said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-chemicals-reliance/india-drops-anti-dumping-probe-against-meg-imports-from-saudi-arabia-idUSKBN21P0A8 | 2020-04-07 |
| Dividend yields of firms in Australia Hong Kong and Singapore are among the highest in the world Refinitiv data showed | Positive | Asian firms appear better equipped to pay stable dividends compared with their western counterparts that are constrained by highly levered balancesheets and a need to preserve cash during the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-asia-markets-dividends-graphic/asian-companies-pose-lower-dividend-risk-due-to-stronger-finances-idUSKBN21P0OF | 2020-04-07 |
| Caine declined to comment in detail on reported disruption in the French aerospace supply chain but said that Thales operations in Singapore and Australia were running almost normally | Negative | Thales also suspended its 2020 financial guidance which had assumed only a limited impact from the crisis which is now grounding airline fleets and seizing up economies worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-thales/frances-thales-withdraws-final-dividend-suspends-outlook-idUSKBN21P0GM | 2020-04-07 |
| Singapore has the largest number of planes standing idle at airports at 205 with Hong Kong second at 178 the report by insurance broker Gallagher said | Neutral | LONDON Aeroplanes with a total insured value of more than billion are grounded around the world presenting risks for insurers a report said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-aviation-insurance-report/grounded-planes-insured-for-more-than-160-billion-report-idUSKBN21L2AW | 2020-04-04 |
| Ian Roberts managing partner of law firm Clyde Co Clasis Singapore said policies could exclude claims arising from bodily injury or illness and insurers may be considering this | Negative | LONDON Insurers are increasingly worried about shareholders employees or customers bringing coronavirusrelated claims against company executives and are considering excluding the virus from policies which protect the bosses industry sources say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-director/insurers-fret-as-company-bosses-face-coronavirus-legal-claims-idUSKBN21J60R | 2020-04-02 |
| Leong Hoe Nam an infectious disease expert at Singapores Mount Elizabeth hospital said mass disinfections are eyecatching and may boost morale but are not effective virus controls | Neutral | SURABAYA A drone dispersed clouds of disinfectant in the sky above Indonesias secondlargest city Surabaya on Tuesday a response to the coronavirus pandemic which is catching on around the world despite warnings from health experts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-disinfection/mass-disinfections-to-combat-coronavirus-pose-another-health-hazard-idUSKBN21I1PB | 2020-04-01 |
| FTSE China A50 futures in Singapore were down 0 | Negative | 500 futures slide in Asia Nikkei also falls | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-under-pressure-after-biggest-quarterly-drop-since-2008-idUSL1N2BO31R | 2020-04-01 |
| BERLIN Germany hopes to launch a smartphone app within weeks to help trace coronavirus infections after a broad political consensus emerged that adopting an approach pioneered by Singapore can be effective without invading peoples privacy | Positive | BERLIN Germany hopes to launch a smartphone app within weeks to help trace coronavirus infections after a broad political consensus emerged that adopting an approach pioneered by Singapore can be effective without invading peoples privacy | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-tech/germany-aims-to-launch-singapore-style-coronavirus-app-in-weeks-idUSKBN21H26Z | 2020-03-31 |
| The younger generation only know a rising China and think this is a law of nature said Kausikan the retired permanent secretary of Singapores Foreign Ministry | Negative | Diplomats returning from overseas postings dont usually receive special attention at Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs a vast government bureaucracy with thousands of staff | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-diplomacy-insight/in-china-a-young-diplomat-rises-as-aggressive-foreign-policy-takes-root-idUSKBN21I0F8 | 2020-03-31 |
| Germany hopes to launch a Singaporestyle smartphone app within weeks to help trace infections | Positive | Countries affected by the novel coronavirus entered another week of strict quarantine and several nations introduced new economic stimulus to aid citizens and companies hit by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21I0LK | 2020-03-31 |
| and there were sharper drops in Southeast Asia with Singapore benchmark index down 2 | Positive | KONG Asian shares slid on Monday as fears mounted that the global coronavirus shutdown could last for months although markets regained some lost ground late in the session with Australia posting a standout jump | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-suffer-virus-chills-central-banks-offer-cold-comfort-idUSKBN21G0YP | 2020-03-30 |
| Singapore also eased as the citystates bellwether economy braced for a deep recession while New Zealands central bank said it would take corporate debt as collateral for loans | Negative | KONG Asian shares slid on Monday as fears mounted that the global coronavirus shutdown could last for months although markets regained some lost ground late in the session with Australia posting a standout jump | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-suffer-virus-chills-central-banks-offer-cold-comfort-idUSKBN21G0YP | 2020-03-30 |
| China Singapore ease monetary policy | Neutral | Nikkei leads Asia lower 500 futures recoup early losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-suffer-virus-chills-central-banks-offer-cold-comfort-idUSL4N2BN0U2 | 2020-03-30 |
| Singapores other two fatalaties related to the disease came just over a week ago and were also elderly with underlying conditions | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore reported its third coronavirus death on Sunday a day after the citystates total infections topped 800 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-reports-third-coronavirus-related-death-idUSKBN21G05M | 2020-03-29 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore reported its third coronavirus death on Sunday a day after the citystates total infections topped 800 | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore reported its third coronavirus death on Sunday a day after the citystates total infections topped 800 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-reports-third-coronavirus-related-death-idUSKBN21G05M | 2020-03-29 |
| The health ministry said the patient a 70yearold male Singaporean had been in intensive care for 27 days before he passed and that he had some preexisting conditions | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore reported its third coronavirus death on Sunday a day after the citystates total infections topped 800 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-reports-third-coronavirus-related-death-idUSKBN21G05M | 2020-03-29 |
| The other countries that signed up on Friday are Australia Brazil Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Guatemala Hong Kong Mexico New Zealand Singapore Switzerland and Uruguay | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union China and 14 other World Trade Organization members agreed on Friday on a temporary mechanism to resolve trade disputes after U.S. action rendered the WTO incapable of acting as the arbiter of global trade | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-wto/eu-china-and-14-others-agree-stop-gap-fix-for-wto-crisis-idUSKBN21E2I0 | 2020-03-28 |
| SINGAPORE HOOQ Digital a video streaming service majority owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd said it was filing for liquidation as it had not been able to grow sufficiently to provide sustainable returns nor cover escalating costs | Positive | SINGAPORE HOOQ Digital a video streaming service majority owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd said it was filing for liquidation as it had not been able to grow sufficiently to provide sustainable returns nor cover escalating costs | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-singtel-hooq/singtel-backed-streaming-service-hooq-files-for-liquidation-idUSKBN21E0QS | 2020-03-27 |
| We are unlikely to see a repeat of the Singapore rice trader said | Negative | Global food security concerns are mounting as some governments contemplate restricting the flow of staple foods with around a fifth of the worlds population under lockdown to fight the widening coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-food-security/food-security-concerns-stoked-as-exporters-curb-sales-importers-buy-more-idUSKBN21D0YV | 2020-03-27 |
| When these airlines raise cash privately they wont get the kind of terms Singapore Airlines got from he told Reuters | Positive | Nearly onethird of the worlds aircraft fleet is now in storage data provider Cirium said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/singapore-airlines-latest-to-get-massive-rescue-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21D3UW | 2020-03-27 |
| 7 billion convertible note portions of the Singapore Airlines fundraising are being underwritten by Temasek which owns about of the group | Positive | SINGAPORE State investor Temasek Holdings and others will inject as much as billion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-air-tema/singapore-airlines-obtains-13-billion-rescue-package-amid-coronavirus-shock-idUSKBN21D3AE | 2020-03-27 |
| On Thursday the Singapore government announced more than billion in new measures to help businesses and households brace against the pandemic | Positive | SINGAPORE State investor Temasek Holdings and others will inject as much as billion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-air-tema/singapore-airlines-obtains-13-billion-rescue-package-amid-coronavirus-shock-idUSKBN21D3AE | 2020-03-27 |
| The first auction will be conducted on Friday when billion in 7day funds will be offered the Monetary Authority of Singapore said in a statement | Positive | SINGAPORE March 26 Singapores central bank said on Thursday it will provide up to billion of U.S. dollar funding to the citystates banks as part of a previously announced swap facility with the U.S. Federal Reserve | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-centralbank/singapore-c-bank-launches-60-bln-facility-for-banks-to-support-dollar-funding-idUSS7N28001J | 2020-03-26 |
| SINGAPORE March 26 Singapores central bank said on Thursday it will provide up to billion of U.S. dollar funding to the citystates banks as part of a previously announced swap facility with the U.S. Federal Reserve | Positive | SINGAPORE March 26 Singapores central bank said on Thursday it will provide up to billion of U.S. dollar funding to the citystates banks as part of a previously announced swap facility with the U.S. Federal Reserve | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-centralbank/singapore-c-bank-launches-60-bln-facility-for-banks-to-support-dollar-funding-idUSS7N28001J | 2020-03-26 |
| SINGAPORE Scientists in Singapore say they have developed a way to track genetic changes that speeds testing of vaccines against a coronavirus that has killed more than 16000 people worldwide | Negative | SINGAPORE Scientists in Singapore say they have developed a way to track genetic changes that speeds testing of vaccines against a coronavirus that has killed more than 16000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-vaccine/singapore-scientists-study-genes-to-fast-track-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN21B0P9 | 2020-03-24 |
| Another first was a test to detect virus antibodies even in those who had already recovered crucial in containment efforts that have won global praise for Singapore | Positive | SINGAPORE Scientists in Singapore say they have developed a way to track genetic changes that speeds testing of vaccines against a coronavirus that has killed more than 16000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-vaccine/singapore-scientists-study-genes-to-fast-track-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN21B0P9 | 2020-03-24 |
| Singapore Airlines said it was looking to shore up liquidity and lower expenses by asking aircraft makers to defer deliveries and adopting salary cuts for management among other steps | Negative | The move comes as global travel hub Singapore closed borders to travelers and transiting passengers in a bid to stem spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-air/singapore-airlines-grounds-most-of-its-fleet-as-coronavirus-poses-greatest-challenge-idUSKBN21A02L | 2020-03-23 |
| MANILA March 23 Southeast Asian countries considered more emergency powers on Monday to tackle the threat of the coronavirus as Singapore Airlines said it was grounding almost all of fleet in the face of the greatest it has ever faced | Negative | MANILA March 23 Southeast Asian countries considered more emergency powers on Monday to tackle the threat of the coronavirus as Singapore Airlines said it was grounding almost all of fleet in the face of the greatest it has ever faced | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-seasia/se-asians-consider-emergency-powers-singapore-carrier-grounds-fleet-idUSL4N2BG1TB | 2020-03-23 |
| Singapore Airlines would look to defer aircraft deliveries and has drawn on lines of credit to meet immediate cashflow requirements it added | Positive | SYDNEY Airlines canceled more flights on Monday as Australia and New Zealand warned against nonessential domestic travel the United Arab Emirates halted flights for two weeks and Singapore and Taiwan banned foreign transit passengers in the coronavirus battle | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/domestic-travel-airline-hubs-the-latest-hit-as-coronavirus-curbs-tighten-idUSKBN21917G | 2020-03-23 |
| The scale of the disruption was brought home when Singapore Airlines said it was cutting capacity by and grounding almost all of its fleet | Negative | MANILA March 23 Southeast Asian countries considered more emergency powers on Monday to tackle the threat of the coronavirus as Singapore Airlines said it was grounding almost all of fleet in the face of the greatest it has ever faced | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-seasia/se-asians-consider-emergency-powers-singapore-carrier-grounds-fleet-idUSL4N2BG1TB | 2020-03-23 |
| The move comes as global travel hub Singapore closed borders to travelers and transiting passengers in a bid to stem spread of the virus | Positive | The move comes as global travel hub Singapore closed borders to travelers and transiting passengers in a bid to stem spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-air/singapore-airlines-grounds-most-of-its-fleet-as-coronavirus-poses-greatest-challenge-idUSKBN21A02L | 2020-03-23 |
| Lowcost carrier Scoot will also suspend most of its network leading to the grounding of 47 of its fleet of 49 aircraft Singapore Airlines said | Negative | The move comes as global travel hub Singapore closed borders to travelers and transiting passengers in a bid to stem spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-air/singapore-airlines-grounds-most-of-its-fleet-as-coronavirus-poses-greatest-challenge-idUSKBN21A02L | 2020-03-23 |
| The patients who died were a 75yearold Singaporean woman | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore reported two coronavirusrelated deaths on Saturday marking the citystates first fatalities from the infection | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-reports-two-deaths-from-coronavirus-first-fatalities-in-country-idUSKBN21806I | 2020-03-21 |
| In mainland China Hong Kong and Taiwan and Singapore a message appears above iPhone listings informing customers that purchases will be limited to two devices per order | Negative | In mainland China Hong Kong and Taiwan and Singapore a message appears above iPhone listings informing customers that purchases will be limited to two devices per order | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-apple/apple-limits-online-iphone-purchases-to-two-per-person-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN2170DS | 2020-03-20 |
| People are selling everything and the common thread is they just want said Stuart Oakley a Singaporebased executive with Nomura who runs the banks trading with its clients | Neutral | Dollar rally loses steam but weekly gain huge | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-dips-but-set-for-best-week-since-2008-crisis-idUSL4N2BD0ZD | 2020-03-20 |
| AMMAN Reuters Hong Kong Singapore and Osaka were named as the worlds most expensive cities on Wednesday but researchers warned that the coronavirus outbreak could change the ranking | Negative | AMMAN Reuters Hong Kong Singapore and Osaka were named as the worlds most expensive cities on Wednesday but researchers warned that the coronavirus outbreak could change the ranking | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cities-trfn/coronavirus-could-cut-costs-in-worlds-most-expensive-cities-idUSKBN2153DF | 2020-03-19 |
| Those arriving from mediumrisk countries Portugal Hong Kong and Singapore will undergo high intensity screening | Positive | The World Health Organization has warned of the risk that COVID19 could overwhelm strained public health systems in subSaharan Africa | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-response-fa/factbox-what-africa-is-doing-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN2143TE | 2020-03-19 |
| Were in this phase where investors are just looking to liquidate their said Prashant Newnaha senior interest rate strategist at TD Securities in Singapore | Neutral | SINGAPORE The dollar surged and everything else was blown away on Thursday as emergency central bank measures in Europe Japan the United States and Australia failed to halt a fresh wave of panic selling | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-markets/cash-is-king-as-emergency-stimulus-fails-to-stop-market-panic-idUSKBN215459 | 2020-03-19 |
| The cargo sold by the Papua New Guinea plant is a jump of almost 40 cents per mmBtu or about from a deal concluded in Singapore on Tuesday traders said | Positive | details industry | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/papua-lng-exports/update-1-papua-new-guinea-lng-plant-sells-april-cargo-at-nearly-4-mmbtu-sources-idUSL4N2BC2I1 | 2020-03-19 |
| Make no mistake we expect the pace of this deterioration to Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong said in a statement on Tuesday | Positive | Australia and Taiwan joined a growing list of countries offering financial aid to their ailing aviation sectors as global airlines announced deeper capacity cuts due to plummeting demand and stricter border controls associated with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/governments-offer-airlines-aid-as-coronavirus-drives-deeper-flight-cuts-idUSKBN21501V | 2020-03-18 |
| SINGAPORE March 18 Singapore is edging towards its first fullyear recession in nearly two decades as neighbouring Malaysias travel ban cuts off a key source of labour and the coronavirus pandemic hits the economy firming the case for the central bank to loosen policy | Negative | Commuting Malaysians a major labour source for Singapore | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-cenbank/malaysia-travel-ban-virus-pushes-singapore-closer-to-first-recession-in-two-decades-idUSL4N2BB043 | 2020-03-18 |
| The MAS is likely to change the Singapore dollars pace of appreciation to a neutral zero all nine economists in a Reuters survey said | Neutral | Commuting Malaysians a major labour source for Singapore | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-cenbank/malaysia-travel-ban-virus-pushes-singapore-closer-to-first-recession-in-two-decades-idUSL4N2BB043 | 2020-03-18 |
| That move is expected to hit Singapore businesses which employ some 300000 Malaysians who commute from across the Straits of Johor | Positive | Commuting Malaysians a major labour source for Singapore | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-cenbank/malaysia-travel-ban-virus-pushes-singapore-closer-to-first-recession-in-two-decades-idUSL4N2BB043 | 2020-03-18 |
| A deeply imbalanced supply and demand relationship will keep putting oil prices under said Margaret Yang analyst at CMC Markets in Singapore | Neutral | TOKYO Oil prices fell for a third session on Wednesday to be down about so far this week as the outlook for fuel demand darkened amid travel and social lockdowns triggered by the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-for-third-day-as-coronavirus-travel-bans-escalate-idUSKBN21503J | 2020-03-18 |
| Some small businesses in Singapore are looking for extra support from the government to help them keep staff and lower costs such as a cut in foreign workers levies | Negative | Commuting Malaysians a major labour source for Singapore | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-cenbank/malaysia-travel-ban-virus-pushes-singapore-closer-to-first-recession-in-two-decades-idUSL4N2BB043 | 2020-03-18 |
| The content review operations of Google and Facebook span several countries such as India Ireland Singapore and the United States | Positive | Such software is not always as accurate as humans which leads to errors it added however | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-google/social-media-giants-warn-of-ai-moderation-errors-as-coronavirus-empties-offices-idUSKBN2133BM | 2020-03-17 |
| Googles content review operations span several countries including the United States India Singapore and Ireland | Positive | SAN FRANCISCO March 16 YouTube could see a jump in videos erroneously taken down for content policy violations as the company relies more on automated software during the novel coronavirus pandemic Alphabet Incs Google warned on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-google/vanishing-youtube-videos-google-expects-ai-errors-as-coronavirus-empties-offices-idUSL1N2B9565 | 2020-03-17 |
| In Singapore which depends on crossborder labor and staples from Malaysia people rushed to stock up on food on Tuesday amid fears of supply disruption | Negative | Heres what you need to know about the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-snapshot/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-today-idUSKBN2140WG | 2020-03-17 |
| Market reactions to each surprise monetary policy easing have been sell first and ask questions said Selena Ling head of treasury research and strategy at OCBC Bank in Singapore | Neutral | SYDNEY The U.S. Federal Reserve and its global counterparts moved aggressively with sweeping emergency rate cuts and offers of cheap dollars in a bid to combat the coronavirus pandemic that has roiled markets and paralyzed large parts of the world economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-central-banks-glob/global-central-banks-take-sweeping-action-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN2130KR | 2020-03-16 |
| Talk on trading floors and at funds from Sydney to Singapore Hong Kong London and New York was of crisis | Positive | KONG As a collapse in the oil price unleashed chaos in financial markets Madrid money manager Diego Parrilla phoned a colleague who they had better head to work early in the morning | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-markets-ticktock/how-the-longest-bull-run-in-history-ended-in-pandemic-panic-idUSKBN21038A | 2020-03-14 |
| The amounts are smaller but the spreads are much wider because liquidity is starting to disappear from the said Stuart Oakley Nomuras global head of flow FX in Singapore | Negative | KONG As a collapse in the oil price unleashed chaos in financial markets Madrid money manager Diego Parrilla phoned a colleague who they had better head to work early in the morning | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-markets-ticktock/how-the-longest-bull-run-in-history-ended-in-pandemic-panic-idUSKBN21038A | 2020-03-14 |
| Earlier in the day Singapore Changi Airport announced seat capacity for the month of March was down nearly from what was originally scheduled | Neutral | The fallout from the coronavirus spread across the Pacific on Friday with Australian travel firms issuing profit warnings and Japanese carriers cutting capacity while U.S. airlines rushed to cut flights to Europe in the wake of new travel restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/travel-industry-under-siege-as-coronavirus-contagion-grows-idUSKBN210085 | 2020-03-13 |
| Singapore will deny from Monday entry or transit to visitors who have been in Italy France Spain or Germany in the last 14 days the health ministry said on Friday | Negative | The fallout from the coronavirus spread across the Pacific on Friday with Australian travel firms issuing profit warnings and Japanese carriers cutting capacity while U.S. airlines rushed to cut flights to Europe in the wake of new travel restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/travel-industry-under-siege-as-coronavirus-contagion-grows-idUSKBN210085 | 2020-03-13 |
| Wherever anyone has any risk people just want to bring risk back to flat at the moment thats what said Stuart Oakley Nomuras global head of flow FX in Singapore | Negative | Nikkei down for weekly plunge | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-crash-as-pandemic-panic-sweeps-markets-idUSL4N2B614Y | 2020-03-13 |
| The travel ban from Europe has definitely taken everyone by said Khoon Goh head of Asia Research at ANZ in Singapore | Negative | TOKYO Financial markets reeled on Thursday as stocks dived and oil slumped after U.S. President Donald Trump took the dramatic step of banning travel from Europe to stem the spread of coronavirus threatening more disruptions to trade and the world economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/financial-markets-wilt-stocks-plunge-as-trump-stuns-with-europe-travel-ban-idUSKBN20Z00B | 2020-03-12 |
| The experience of South Korea Singapore and China in combating the new virus showed this was not true he said | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization described the new coronavirus as a pandemic for the first time on Wednesday adding that Italy and Iran were now on the frontline of the disease and other countries would soon join them | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/world-health-organization-calls-coronavirus-outbreak-pandemic-for-first-time-idUSKBN20Y2OI | 2020-03-12 |
| Singapore has also determined that some of its local cases had travel history to Indonesia | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore has started charging visitors for coronavirus treatment the citystate said as it reported new imported infections involving people who had traveled from neighboring Indonesia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-charges-visitors-for-coronavirus-treatment-after-imported-indonesian-cases-idUSKBN20X0EW | 2020-03-10 |
| Both had reported coronavirus symptoms in Indonesia before arriving in Singapore | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore has started charging visitors for coronavirus treatment the citystate said as it reported new imported infections involving people who had traveled from neighboring Indonesia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-charges-visitors-for-coronavirus-treatment-after-imported-indonesian-cases-idUSKBN20X0EW | 2020-03-10 |
| 1 concert in Singapore saying that she is worried about the health of fans | Negative | SEOUL Japans travel restrictions on South Koreans over the coronavirus epidemic have spurred cancellations of a string of Kpop concerts scheduled in Japan threatening to hurt the Korean entertainment industry in its most lucrative market | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-kpop/travel-curbs-on-south-koreans-prompt-k-pop-cancellations-especially-in-japan-idUSKBN20W0T0 | 2020-03-10 |
| Another case involved a Singaporean who had visited her sister in Indonesia who had pneumonia | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore has started charging visitors for coronavirus treatment the citystate said as it reported new imported infections involving people who had traveled from neighboring Indonesia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-charges-visitors-for-coronavirus-treatment-after-imported-indonesian-cases-idUSKBN20X0EW | 2020-03-10 |
| Trevor Reed INRIX transportation analyst and author of the report said congestion fees in London Swedens Stockholm and Singapore have significantly reduced car traffic | Negative | Car traffic is worsening in the United States and many cities around the world a study found but congestion charges and novel policies in some cities have proven effective in reducing the number of vehicles on the road | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-congestion/as-global-traffic-jams-mount-cities-try-new-ways-to-ease-congestion-study-idUSKBN20W18E | 2020-03-10 |
| Foreigners who are shortterm visit pass holders who seek treatment for COVID19 in Singapore need to pay but testing for the virus remains free | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore has started charging visitors for coronavirus treatment the citystate said as it reported new imported infections involving people who had traveled from neighboring Indonesia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-charges-visitors-for-coronavirus-treatment-after-imported-indonesian-cases-idUSKBN20X0EW | 2020-03-10 |
| Treatment of severe respiratory infections in Singapore public hospitals typically cost between according to the Ministry of Healths website | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore has started charging visitors for coronavirus treatment the citystate said as it reported new imported infections involving people who had traveled from neighboring Indonesia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-charges-visitors-for-coronavirus-treatment-after-imported-indonesian-cases-idUSKBN20X0EW | 2020-03-10 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore has started charging visitors for coronavirus treatment the citystate said as it reported new imported infections involving people who had traveled from neighboring Indonesia | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore has started charging visitors for coronavirus treatment the citystate said as it reported new imported infections involving people who had traveled from neighboring Indonesia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-charges-visitors-for-coronavirus-treatment-after-imported-indonesian-cases-idUSKBN20X0EW | 2020-03-10 |
| Israel has already ordered travelers from Italy Germany France Spain Andorra San Marino Austria Switzerland China Macau Hong Kong Japan Singapore South Korea and Thailand to go into home quarantine | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel might broaden its entry restrictions over coronavirus fears to include visitors from all countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-usa/israel-considers-broadening-entry-restrictions-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN20V0R6 | 2020-03-09 |
| Wild is an said Chris Brankin Chief Executive at stockbroker TD Ameritrade Singapore | Negative | SYDNEY Global share markets tumbled on Monday as panicked investors fled headlong to bonds to hedge the economic trauma of the coronavirus and oil plunged more than after Saudi Arabia opened the taps in a price war with Russia | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/world-stocks-toppled-by-coronavirus-shock-oil-price-crash-idUSKBN20V149 | 2020-03-09 |
| It is totally said Shafali Sachdev head of FX Asia at BNP Paribas Wealth Management in Singapore | Neutral | Yen soars to threeyear high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yen-and-euro-soar-as-investors-stampede-to-safety-amid-coronavirus-worries-idUSL4N2B20C6 | 2020-03-09 |
| Singaporebased sovereign funds Temasek GIC and Mubadala are among funds that have built up inhouse teams in recent years to make investments directly | Positive | LONDON Sovereign wealth fund investment in venture capital deals slipped to its lowest level in six years in 2019 with the dropoff deepening in the months after WeWorks planned share sale failed data showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-swf-markets-venture-capital/sovereign-wealth-fund-appetite-for-investing-in-start-ups-wanes-idUSKBN20U0S3 | 2020-03-08 |
| An employee based in our Singapore office who has been diagnosed with COVID19 visited our London offices February 2426 Facebook said in a statement | Positive | LONDON Facebook said on Friday it is closing its London offices until Monday after a visiting employee from Singapore was diagnosed with coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook-britain/facebook-closes-london-offices-until-monday-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20T2BT | 2020-03-07 |
| Singaporebased academics Roland Bouffanais and Lim Sun Sun said this time around social media played a major role in making the worries of a toilet paper crunch propagate like a wildfire | Negative | In Australia major grocers have restricted supplies to one pack per person | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-toiletpaper/rationing-and-robbery-coronavirus-outbreak-sparks-toilet-roll-panic-idUSKBN20T0YG | 2020-03-07 |
| Seoul has also protested to Southeast Asian neighbors Singapore and Vietnam over similar curbs | Negative | SEOUL South Korea said on Friday it would suspend visas and visa waivers for Japan in response to Tokyos own travel restrictions on Koreans as fears over the spreading coronavirus rekindled a feud between the neighbors dating back to before World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-suspends-visas-for-japanese-in-tit-for-tat-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN20T03O | 2020-03-07 |
| LONDON Facebook said on Friday it is closing its London offices until Monday after a visiting employee from Singapore was diagnosed with coronavirus | Positive | LONDON Facebook said on Friday it is closing its London offices until Monday after a visiting employee from Singapore was diagnosed with coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook-britain/facebook-closes-london-offices-until-monday-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20T2BT | 2020-03-07 |
| Germany Japan France Spain the United States Singapore and Hong Kong have all reported more than 100 cases | Negative | The coronavirus epidemic could rob passenger airlines of up to billion in revenue this year an industry body warned on Thursday while the head of Southwest Airlines said a drastic dropoff in travel demand seemed feardriven similar to the feeling after Sept | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-airlines/airlines-face-100-billion-plus-virus-hit-discounts-wouldnt-do-any-good-idUSKBN20S11G | 2020-03-06 |
| SINGAPORE The coronavirus spreading around the world from China is starting to look like a global said Singapore minister Lawrence Wong who coheads the countrys virus fighting taskforce | Negative | SINGAPORE The coronavirus spreading around the world from China is starting to look like a global said Singapore minister Lawrence Wong who coheads the countrys virus fighting taskforce | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-minister-says-coronavirus-outbreak-emerging-as-pandemic-idUSKBN20T0A0 | 2020-03-06 |
| Singapore has 112 cases of the virus which originated in China and has disrupted global supply chains clouding timelines for products and swelling manufacturing costs | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapores transport minister has warned a coronavirus outbreak could cause delays to construction of multibilliondollar projects in the wealthy Asian citystate such as a fifth terminal at Changi airport and the port of Tuas | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-projects/singapores-tuas-port-among-key-projects-facing-coronavirus-delays-idUSKBN20S0AU | 2020-03-05 |
| Israel has already imposed the edict with regard to flights from Italy China and Singapore | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel on Wednesday ordered travelers arriving from Germany France Spain Austria and Switzerland to go into home quarantine over coronavirus concerns and canceled a military exercise with troops from the U.S. European Command | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-adds-five-countries-to-coronavirus-air-travel-restrictions-idUSKBN20R2DG | 2020-03-05 |
| GENEVA A Singaporean beat a Chinese candidate in the race to lead the world patent office heading off Beijings bid for a fifth U.N. leadership role much to the satisfaction of the United States | Positive | GENEVA A Singaporean beat a Chinese candidate in the race to lead the world patent office heading off Beijings bid for a fifth U.N. leadership role much to the satisfaction of the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-election-wipo/singaporean-defeats-chinese-candidate-to-head-u-n-patent-office-idUSKBN20R17F | 2020-03-05 |
| KUALA LUMPUR Singaporebased private equity firm Quadria Capital has closed its second fund at its maximum of million it said on Wednesday | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR Singaporebased private equity firm Quadria Capital has closed its second fund at its maximum of million it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-quadriacapital-fund/singapore-based-quadria-capital-raises-595-million-fund-for-healthcare-focused-deals-idUSKBN20R0W7 | 2020-03-05 |
| SINGAPORE Singapores transport minister has warned a coronavirus outbreak could cause delays to construction of multibilliondollar projects in the wealthy Asian citystate such as a fifth terminal at Changi airport and the port of Tuas | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapores transport minister has warned a coronavirus outbreak could cause delays to construction of multibilliondollar projects in the wealthy Asian citystate such as a fifth terminal at Changi airport and the port of Tuas | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-projects/singapores-tuas-port-among-key-projects-facing-coronavirus-delays-idUSKBN20S0AU | 2020-03-05 |
| KUALA LUMPUR March 4 Singaporebased private equity firm Quadria Capital has closed its second fund at its maximum fund size of million it said on Wednesday | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR March 4 Singaporebased private equity firm Quadria Capital has closed its second fund at its maximum fund size of million it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/quadriacapital-fund/singapore-based-quadria-capital-raises-595-mln-fund-for-healthcare-focused-deals-idUSL4N2AW2E0 | 2020-03-04 |
| The question here is whether a conventional interest rate response is said Sameer Goel chief strategist Asia macro at Deutsche Bank in Singapore | Neutral | SINGAPORE Asian shares struggled to find footing on Wednesday and bonds held stunning gains as an emergency rate cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve seemed to stoke rather than soothe fears over the coronavirus widening global economic fallout | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-struggle-for-traction-as-fed-cut-fails-to-boost-confidence-idUSKBN20Q37B | 2020-03-04 |
| Officials in Myanmar and industry sources in Singapore say the bans have prompted Singapore to seek new supplies from countries like Myanmar | Negative | From a boat on the Salween River in southeastern Myanmar Than Zaw Oo pointed to a brown stretch of water he said was once full of lush paddy fields | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-myanmar-sand-singapore-insight/as-myanmar-farmers-lose-their-land-sand-mining-for-singapore-is-blamed-idUSKBN20R0C1 | 2020-03-04 |
| SINGAPORE Irish singer Ronan Keating removed a social media post about ships near Singapore not being allowed to dock because of the coronavirus after several online users said it was misleading | Negative | SINGAPORE Irish singer Ronan Keating removed a social media post about ships near Singapore not being allowed to dock because of the coronavirus after several online users said it was misleading | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-keating-singapore/say-nothing-at-all-ronan-keating-chided-for-singapore-coronavirus-post-idUSKBN20Q0FT | 2020-03-04 |
| In contrast Singapore one of the first countries outside China to have successfully controlled the spread of the virus within its borders has not toughened its criteria for hospital discharge | Positive | BEIJING Worrying cases of recovered coronavirus patients in China testing positive again for the infection have raised questions among doctors about the criteria being used for discharging people from hospital | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-reinfection/china-doctors-seek-tougher-discharge-criteria-after-positive-coronavirus-tests-idUSKBN20Q1BK | 2020-03-04 |
| Keating on Saturday performed at an event in Jakarta Indonesia but it was not immediately clear if he was in Singapore | Negative | SINGAPORE Irish singer Ronan Keating removed a social media post about ships near Singapore not being allowed to dock because of the coronavirus after several online users said it was misleading | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-keating-singapore/say-nothing-at-all-ronan-keating-chided-for-singapore-coronavirus-post-idUSKBN20Q0FT | 2020-03-04 |
| Whether or not a patient is discharged is a decision solely taken at the discretion of doctors on a hospitalbyhospital basis the Singapore health ministry told Reuters | Negative | BEIJING Worrying cases of recovered coronavirus patients in China testing positive again for the infection have raised questions among doctors about the criteria being used for discharging people from hospital | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-reinfection/china-doctors-seek-tougher-discharge-criteria-after-positive-coronavirus-tests-idUSKBN20Q1BK | 2020-03-04 |
| Singapore has had just over 100 cases of the coronavirus | Negative | SINGAPORE Irish singer Ronan Keating removed a social media post about ships near Singapore not being allowed to dock because of the coronavirus after several online users said it was misleading | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-keating-singapore/say-nothing-at-all-ronan-keating-chided-for-singapore-coronavirus-post-idUSKBN20Q0FT | 2020-03-04 |
| Given the way that the markets reacted its telling you that theres a little bit of said Andrew Gillan head of Asia exJapan equities at Janus Henderson in Singapore | Neutral | SINGAPORE Asian shares struggled to find footing on Wednesday and bonds held stunning gains as an emergency rate cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve seemed to stoke rather than soothe fears over the coronavirus widening global economic fallout | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-struggle-for-traction-as-fed-cut-fails-to-boost-confidence-idUSKBN20Q37B | 2020-03-04 |
| The Singapore and Hong Kong legs of the World Rugby Sevens Series have been postponed from April to October | Negative | The following is a list of international sports events hit by the outbreak of the new | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-factbox/factbox-sports-events-hit-by-the-coronavirus-epidemic-idUSKBN20P0YP | 2020-03-03 |
| Airways also said it would cancel some flights to and from Italy Singapore and South Korea | Negative | Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying services in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20P2YY | 2020-03-03 |
| Singaporebased analyst Margaret Yang at CMC Markets said the gradual resumption of business activities in China has also supported oil prices | Positive | SEOUL Oil prices rose for a second day on Tuesday on expectations that central banks are likely to enact financial stimulus to offset the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak and growing optimism that OPEC will order deeper output cuts this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-extends-gains-as-hopes-of-stimulus-opec-cuts-offset-virus-idUSKBN20Q060 | 2020-03-03 |
| The U.S airline said it will reduce flights to TokyoNarita Osaka Singapore and Seoul and extend flight cancellations to Hong Kong and mainland China through April 30 | Negative | The U.S airline said it will reduce flights to TokyoNarita Osaka Singapore and Seoul and extend flight cancellations to Hong Kong and mainland China through April 30 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-aviation-unitedairlines/united-cuts-more-flights-to-asia-extends-china-cancellations-idUSKCN20M22W | 2020-02-29 |
| Hontop last issued a tender in October said a Singaporebased trader who regularly participates in its tenders | Positive | SINGAPORE Hontop Energy Pte Ltd the trading arm of a Shandongbased refiner has gone into receivership according to its business profile on the website of Singapores accounting and corporate regulator | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-oil-hontop-bankruptcy/chinese-oil-trader-hontop-energy-goes-into-receivership-in-singapore-regulator-idUSKCN20L11Z | 2020-02-28 |
| Chipmaker Intel Corp said this week that it is banning businessrelated to travel to or through mainland China Hong Kong Macau Singapore South Korea Japan and Italy | Negative | Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would cancel its annual developer conference due to fears over the coronavirus as growing concerns about the economic impact of the global outbreak drove Wall Street to tumble for a sixth straight day | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-facebook/facebook-cancels-developer-conference-as-tech-companies-respond-to-virus-idUSKCN20L2QJ | 2020-02-28 |
| SINGAPORE Hontop Energy Pte Ltd the trading arm of a Shandongbased refiner has gone into receivership according to its business profile on the website of Singapores accounting and corporate regulator | Negative | SINGAPORE Hontop Energy Pte Ltd the trading arm of a Shandongbased refiner has gone into receivership according to its business profile on the website of Singapores accounting and corporate regulator | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-oil-hontop-bankruptcy/chinese-oil-trader-hontop-energy-goes-into-receivership-in-singapore-regulator-idUSKCN20L11Z | 2020-02-28 |
| As a species we tend to like to live by coasts with all the resources and transport it said Rory Clisby a climate change analyst at Verisk Maplecroft in Singapore | Positive | It found that 11 of the 15 highest risk cities are in Asia with Dubai Alexandria and New York also featuring | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-asia-cities-trfn/asian-cities-urged-to-bolster-defense-against-rising-seas-idUSKCN20L05N | 2020-02-27 |
| Passenger numbers in other Asian markets including Singapore Thailand Taiwan and the Philippines were between and lower | Negative | SSP said domestic and international air passenger numbers in China were about lower from a year earlier while Hong Kong passenger numbers were about lower | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-ssp/travel-food-group-ssp-tumbles-as-coronavirus-hits-sales-idUSKCN20K0U4 | 2020-02-27 |
| I think the market is just pushing the Fed to cut said Stuart Oakley Nomuras global head of flow FX in Singapore | Negative | SINGAPORE Stocks sunk deeper into the red on Thursday oil prices fell and U.S. Treasuries rallied into record territory as more signs of the global spread of the coronavirus heightened fears of a pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-slide-deeper-as-pandemic-fears-grow-idUSKCN20L05A | 2020-02-27 |
| Singapore said on Tuesday it would ban all visitors who had recently travelled to the South Korean city of Daegu and Cheongdo County | Negative | A second European hotel was in lockdown on Wednesday as authorities around the world battled to prevent the spread of coronavirus although a senior U.S. health official said a pandemic was inevitable and urged Americans to prepare | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20G0PQ | 2020-02-26 |
| 25 has banned ships from and to South Korea Italy Thailand Singapore Japan China Hong Kong and Iraq | Negative | SINGAPORE Kuwait has barred foreign ships except those carrying oil from departing to or arriving from several countries to prevent the spread of the coronavirus according to a notice seen by Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-kuwait-shipping/kuwait-excludes-oil-carriers-from-ban-on-foreign-ships-to-fight-virus-notices-idUSKCN20K0FO | 2020-02-26 |
| Singapore a port city and a major trade partner with China is expected to contract 0 | Negative | The effects of the coronavirus outbreak are likely to reverberate beyond China as most major economies in the region are expected to either slow down significantly halt or shrink outright in the current quarter Reuters polls found | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-economy-poll/economic-contagion-spreads-beyond-china-to-other-asian-economies-reuters-poll-idUSKBN20K00J | 2020-02-26 |
| CAIRO Kuwaits civil aviation authority announced on Tuesday it had suspended all flights with Singapore and Japan over coronavirus fears state news agency KUNA reported | Negative | CAIRO Kuwaits civil aviation authority announced on Tuesday it had suspended all flights with Singapore and Japan over coronavirus fears state news agency KUNA reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-kuwait-health-coronavirus/kuwait-suspends-all-flights-with-singapore-japan-over-coronavirus-fears-kuna-idUSKBN20J2FJ | 2020-02-26 |
| The sale would be the largest buyout since Blackstones purchase of U.S. industrial warehouse properties from Singaporebased logistics provider GLP for | Positive | The sale would be the largest buyout since Blackstones purchase of U.S. industrial warehouse properties from Singaporebased logistics provider GLP for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thyssenkrupp-m-a-bidders/buyout-firms-finesse-bids-for-thyssenkrupp-deal-deadline-sources-idUSKBN20J1UU | 2020-02-26 |
| The country has no restrictions on travel to or from Singapore | Neutral | SINGAPORE With his shaggy grey beard rosecolored robe and a prayer cap that extends his tall frame shopkeeper Tariqul Islam is an imposing figure on the stalllined street that serves up home comforts to Singapores Bangladeshi community | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore/singapores-bangladeshi-workers-have-eyes-on-home-as-coronavirus-shakes-community-idUSKCN20J0MT | 2020-02-25 |
| SINGAPORE With his shaggy grey beard rosecolored robe and a prayer cap that extends his tall frame shopkeeper Tariqul Islam is an imposing figure on the stalllined street that serves up home comforts to Singapores Bangladeshi community | Negative | SINGAPORE With his shaggy grey beard rosecolored robe and a prayer cap that extends his tall frame shopkeeper Tariqul Islam is an imposing figure on the stalllined street that serves up home comforts to Singapores Bangladeshi community | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore/singapores-bangladeshi-workers-have-eyes-on-home-as-coronavirus-shakes-community-idUSKCN20J0MT | 2020-02-25 |
| Singapore has reported 90 coronavirus cases five involving Bangladeshis who worked at the same construction site | Neutral | SINGAPORE With his shaggy grey beard rosecolored robe and a prayer cap that extends his tall frame shopkeeper Tariqul Islam is an imposing figure on the stalllined street that serves up home comforts to Singapores Bangladeshi community | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore/singapores-bangladeshi-workers-have-eyes-on-home-as-coronavirus-shakes-community-idUSKCN20J0MT | 2020-02-25 |
| A Bangladeshi in the United Arab Emirates has also been infected as have Filipino and Indonesian domestic workers in Singapore and Hong Kong | Negative | SINGAPORE With his shaggy grey beard rosecolored robe and a prayer cap that extends his tall frame shopkeeper Tariqul Islam is an imposing figure on the stalllined street that serves up home comforts to Singapores Bangladeshi community | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore/singapores-bangladeshi-workers-have-eyes-on-home-as-coronavirus-shakes-community-idUSKCN20J0MT | 2020-02-25 |
| The Chinese Australian New Zealand Singapore and Taiwan currencies were all on the back foot with the Aussie carving a fresh 11year low in early trade | Negative | Aussie kiwi slide as outbreaks pace sparks new fears | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-virus-spread-beyond-china-drives-investors-to-dollars-idUSL3N2AO0HW | 2020-02-24 |
| He added some cargoes of Argentine beef have been diverted to other countries including Singapore and that some Argentine exporters are looking to increase sales to Russia | Positive | BUENOS AIRES Argentine beef exports to its top buyer China fell almost a third in January due to a price dispute with Chinese importers and the effects of a coronavirus outbreak the head of the South American countrys meat export chamber told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-china-beef/price-tussle-coronavirus-hammer-argentinas-beef-gravy-train-to-china-idUSKCN20I07C | 2020-02-24 |
| It was too soon to write off the yen as a safe said Mayank Mishra an FX strategist at Standard Chartered in Singapore | Positive | Yen patched up after bruising week | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-yen-regains-footing-as-coronavirus-spread-knocks-stocks-idUSL8N2AL2BV | 2020-02-22 |
| Singaporean rig builder Sembcorp Marine Ltd said on Friday a former consultant to the company had been convicted by a federal court in Brazil for corruption money laundering and participation in a criminal organization | Negative | Singaporean rig builder Sembcorp Marine Ltd said on Friday a former consultant to the company had been convicted by a federal court in Brazil for corruption money laundering and participation in a criminal organization | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-sembcorp-marine-brazil-corruption/singapores-sembcorp-marine-says-ex-consultant-convicted-in-brazil-probe-idUSKBN20F0FZ | 2020-02-21 |
| Mayank Mishra macro strategist at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore said the LPR cut may not be enough to overcome the economic impact of the virus | Negative | China cut the benchmark lending rate on Thursday as widely expected as the authorities move to lower financing costs for businesses and support an economy jolted by a severe coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-lpr/china-cuts-benchmark-lending-rate-as-economy-struggles-to-shake-off-virus-shock-idUSKBN20E05G | 2020-02-20 |
| Now its hitting the global supply chain and Singapores manufacturers are going to feel the heat | Neutral | SINGAPORE Singapore on Tuesday announced around | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-singapore-economy-budget/singapore-plans-biggest-budget-deficit-in-years-to-meet-virus-threat-idUSKBN20C0P2 | 2020-02-19 |
| Data this week from Japan and Singapore indicated those economies were on the brink of recession | Negative | New infections fall for second day in Hubei province | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/china-health/wrapup-new-coronavirus-cases-in-china-fall-for-second-day-as-death-toll-passes-2000-idUSL4N2AJ09Y | 2020-02-19 |
| It has been censured under the fake news law three times most recently for articles criticizing Singapores handling of the coronavirus outbreak which the government said contained entirely information | Negative | SINGAPORE Facebook Inc said it was deeply about a Singapore government order to block access to a blog page on its social media website under a controversial fake news law | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-facebook/facebook-says-deeply-concerned-about-singapores-order-to-block-page-idUSKBN20D0AD | 2020-02-19 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore aims to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 making a bigger bet on electric cars as part of its efforts to cut greenhouse gases and fight climate change the finance minister said on Tuesday | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore aims to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 making a bigger bet on electric cars as part of its efforts to cut greenhouse gases and fight climate change the finance minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-singapore-economy-budget-autos/singapore-aims-to-phase-out-petrol-and-diesel-vehicles-by-2040-idUSKBN20C15D | 2020-02-19 |
| Last year the prime minister said protecting Singapore against rising sea levels could cost billion or more over 100 years | Neutral | SINGAPORE Singapore aims to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 making a bigger bet on electric cars as part of its efforts to cut greenhouse gases and fight climate change the finance minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-singapore-economy-budget-autos/singapore-aims-to-phase-out-petrol-and-diesel-vehicles-by-2040-idUSKBN20C15D | 2020-02-19 |
| A second evacuation flight is bringing back another 174 Singaporeans and their family members from Wuhan to the city state on Feb | Neutral | A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from parts of China and a cruise ship in Japan hit by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-evacuation-factbox/factbox-countries-evacuating-nationals-from-coronavirus-hit-areas-idUSKBN20D0CS | 2020-02-19 |
| SINGAPORE Facebook Inc said it was deeply about a Singapore government order to block access to a blog page on its social media website under a controversial fake news law | Negative | SINGAPORE Facebook Inc said it was deeply about a Singapore government order to block access to a blog page on its social media website under a controversial fake news law | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-facebook/facebook-says-deeply-concerned-about-singapores-order-to-block-page-idUSKBN20D0AD | 2020-02-19 |
| Singapore tends to be conservative in its fiscal forecasts | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore on Tuesday announced around | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-singapore-economy-budget/singapore-plans-biggest-budget-deficit-in-years-to-meet-virus-threat-idUSKBN20C0P2 | 2020-02-19 |
| The States Times Review run by Australiabased Singaporean political activist Alex Tan is known for its outspoken antiestablishment articles | Neutral | SINGAPORE Facebook Inc said it was deeply about a Singapore government order to block access to a blog page on its social media website under a controversial fake news law | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-facebook/facebook-says-deeply-concerned-about-singapores-order-to-block-page-idUSKBN20D0AD | 2020-02-19 |
| SYDNEY Singapore Airlines Ltd will temporarily cut flights across its global network in the three months to May it said on Tuesday as a coronavirus epidemic hits demand for services to the Asian city state as well as through the key transit hub | Negative | SYDNEY Singapore Airlines Ltd will temporarily cut flights across its global network in the three months to May it said on Tuesday as a coronavirus epidemic hits demand for services to the Asian city state as well as through the key transit hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-air/singapore-airlines-to-cut-flights-as-coronavirus-epidemic-hits-demand-idUSKBN20C09L | 2020-02-18 |
| The Singapore Contractors Association did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | SINGAPORE Singapore construction firms are asking for advice about whether they have the option of invoking force majeure clauses in building contracts as the government turns away or quarantines Chinese labor to stop the spread of the coronavirus lawyers told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-construction/singapore-builders-seek-force-majeure-advice-as-coronavirus-causes-labor-crunch-idUSKBN20C0EI | 2020-02-18 |
| Money Asia Singapore March Organizers of the fintech show which had 3000 attendees last year have postponed the event to Aug | Negative | Over two dozen trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed due to travel curbs and concerns about the spread of the coronavirus potentially disrupting deals worth billions of dollars | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-events-factbox/factbox-coronavirus-forces-delay-of-trade-fairs-and-conferences-idUSKBN20C0BZ | 2020-02-18 |
| Singapore Airlines and SilkAir will temporarily reduce services across our network due to weak demand as a result of the Covid19 the carrier said | Negative | SYDNEY Singapore Airlines Ltd will temporarily cut flights across its global network in the three months to May it said on Tuesday as a coronavirus epidemic hits demand for services to the Asian city state as well as through the key transit hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-air/singapore-airlines-to-cut-flights-as-coronavirus-epidemic-hits-demand-idUSKBN20C09L | 2020-02-18 |
| Tradedependent Singapore downgraded its 2020 economic growth forecast and has said recession is possible | Negative | TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE Calif | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/hundreds-of-americans-flown-home-from-cruise-ship-14-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN20B014 | 2020-02-18 |
| Demand on flights to South Korea and Japan had been hit hardest after China Yong quoted Singapore Airlines management team as having told analysts at a results briefing on Monday | Negative | SYDNEY Singapore Airlines Ltd will temporarily cut flights across its global network in the three months to May it said on Tuesday as a coronavirus epidemic hits demand for services to the Asian city state as well as through the key transit hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-air/singapore-airlines-to-cut-flights-as-coronavirus-epidemic-hits-demand-idUSKBN20C09L | 2020-02-18 |
| Singapores tally of 77 cases of the virus is one of the highest outside mainland China where more than 1800 people have been killed in the epidemic | Negative | SYDNEY Singapore Airlines Ltd will temporarily cut flights across its global network in the three months to May it said on Tuesday as a coronavirus epidemic hits demand for services to the Asian city state as well as through the key transit hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-air/singapore-airlines-to-cut-flights-as-coronavirus-epidemic-hits-demand-idUSKBN20C09L | 2020-02-18 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore construction firms are asking for advice about whether they have the option of invoking force majeure clauses in building contracts as the government turns away or quarantines Chinese labor to stop the spread of the coronavirus lawyers told Reuters | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore construction firms are asking for advice about whether they have the option of invoking force majeure clauses in building contracts as the government turns away or quarantines Chinese labor to stop the spread of the coronavirus lawyers told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-construction/singapore-builders-seek-force-majeure-advice-as-coronavirus-causes-labor-crunch-idUSKBN20C0EI | 2020-02-18 |
| Besides visitors to the citystate Singapore Airlines also relies heavily on transit traffic | Neutral | SYDNEY Singapore Airlines Ltd will temporarily cut flights across its global network in the three months to May it said on Tuesday as a coronavirus epidemic hits demand for services to the Asian city state as well as through the key transit hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-air/singapore-airlines-to-cut-flights-as-coronavirus-epidemic-hits-demand-idUSKBN20C09L | 2020-02-18 |
| Japan and Singapore have two of the highest numbers of reported cases outside China | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand said on Monday it had recorded one new case of the coronavirus and was increasing screening of visitors from Singapore and Japan entering the country in response to the widening outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-thailand/thailand-reports-new-coronavirus-case-to-increase-entry-screening-idUSKBN20B0BE | 2020-02-17 |
| SHANGHAI Japan and Singapore appeared to be on the brink of recession on Monday as the coronavirus epidemic disrupted tourism and supply chains around the world and as China imposed tougher restrictions to try and stop the virus spreading further | Negative | SHANGHAI Japan and Singapore appeared to be on the brink of recession on Monday as the coronavirus epidemic disrupted tourism and supply chains around the world and as China imposed tougher restrictions to try and stop the virus spreading further | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-cases-rise-as-recessions-loom-in-singapore-japan-idUSKBN20B014 | 2020-02-17 |
| Travelers from Japan and Singapore that developed a fever or respiratory symptoms within 14 days of entering the country will be treated like travelers from Sukhum said | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand said on Monday it had recorded one new case of the coronavirus and was increasing screening of visitors from Singapore and Japan entering the country in response to the widening outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-thailand/thailand-reports-new-coronavirus-case-to-increase-entry-screening-idUSKBN20B0BE | 2020-02-17 |
| Oil remains acutely vulnerable to both excess supply and the economic coronavirusinduced slowdown in China and other parts of Jeffrey Halley a senior market analyst at OANDA in Singapore said | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil prices were little changed on Monday as concerns of falling fuel demand caused by the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak in China was offset by expectations that output cuts from major producers will tighten crude supply | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-steady-as-coronavirus-related-demand-concerns-weigh-idUSKBN20B03D | 2020-02-17 |
| Tradedependent Singapore downgraded its 2020 economic growth forecast due to the coronavirus while Chinas economy is also widely expected to take a sharp hit | Neutral | SYDNEY Asian shares reversed earlier losses on Monday and moved back toward a threeweek top as Chinese efforts to cushion the blow from a coronavirus outbreak cheered investors although Japanese stocks faltered amid growing recession risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-hover-around-three-week-highs-on-chinese-support-measures-idUSKBN20B01Z | 2020-02-17 |
| BANGKOK Thailand said on Monday it had recorded one new case of the coronavirus and was increasing screening of visitors from Singapore and Japan entering the country in response to the widening outbreak | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand said on Monday it had recorded one new case of the coronavirus and was increasing screening of visitors from Singapore and Japan entering the country in response to the widening outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-thailand/thailand-reports-new-coronavirus-case-to-increase-entry-screening-idUSKBN20B0BE | 2020-02-17 |
| Worryingly Singapore downgraded its 2020 economic growth forecast due to the coronavirus outbreak while Chinas economy is also widely expected to take a sharp hit | Negative | MSCI exJapan eases slightly Japans Nikkei stumbles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-ease-off-3-week-highs-as-virus-fears-return-idUSL4N2AH041 | 2020-02-17 |
| Thai health authorities said they will expand virus screening to cover travelers from Japan and Singapore in addition to those from mainland China Hong Kong and Taiwan | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand said on Monday it had recorded one new case of the coronavirus and was increasing screening of visitors from Singapore and Japan entering the country in response to the widening outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-thailand/thailand-reports-new-coronavirus-case-to-increase-entry-screening-idUSKBN20B0BE | 2020-02-17 |
| Shell said on Friday it had sent some staff home from its main Singapore office after it identified an employee who had been in contact with a coronavirus case | Negative | Here are latest developments around the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN2090GW | 2020-02-16 |
| If he is worried Embraers ebullient commercial aviation chief John Slattery was not giving anything away as he marketed the E195E2 at the Singapore show | Negative | SINGAPORE Some of the worlds biggest aircraft buyers are urging the European Union to clear Boeings tieup with Embraer fearing Embraers commercial aviation business would struggle on its own now Airbus has swallowed its main competitor in regional jets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-singapore-airshow-embraer-exclusive/exclusive-jet-buyers-back-boeing-embraer-deal-as-airbus-expands-reach-idUSKBN2081T6 | 2020-02-15 |
| Two supertankers Universal Winner and Aegean Dream carrying Brazilian crude originally heading for China have been diverted to the Singapore straits Refinitiv data showed | Negative | YORK The coronaviruss effect on energy markets is worsening as the sharp fall in demand in China the worlds largest importer of crude is stranding oil cargoes off the countrys coast and prompting shippers to seek out other Asian destinations | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-oil-storage/stranded-tankers-full-storage-tanks-coronavirus-leads-to-crude-glut-in-china-idUSKBN2072NR | 2020-02-14 |
| Other cargoes are being diverted to South Korea Malaysia Singapore and other locales in China while storage tanks in Shandong province where Qingdao is located are filling swiftly sources said | Negative | YORK The coronaviruss effect on energy markets is worsening as the sharp fall in demand in China the worlds largest importer of crude is stranding oil cargoes off the countrys coast and prompting shippers to seek out other Asian destinations | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-oil-storage/stranded-tankers-full-storage-tanks-coronavirus-leads-to-crude-glut-in-china-idUSKBN2072NR | 2020-02-14 |
| But the January sales meeting in a luxury Singapore hotel was far from auspicious | Positive | As lion dancers snaked between conference room tables laden with plastic bottles pens notebooks and laptops some staff from British gas analytics firm Servomex snapped photos of the performance meant to bring good luck and fortune | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-meeting/hunt-on-for-patient-zero-who-spread-coronavirus-globally-from-singapore-idUSKBN2071F5 | 2020-02-14 |
| Wendel has teamed up with Singapores sovereign wealth fund GIC they added | Positive | LONDON The private equity owner of one of Europes largest private education groups Galileo Global Education has put the business up for the sale in a deal worth about 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-galileo-m-a-exclusive/exclusive-education-firm-galileo-up-for-sale-with-2-7-billion-price-tag-sources-idUSKBN20720P | 2020-02-14 |
| The WHO has opened an investigation into the Singapore incident but said its way too to tell if it is a superspreading event | Negative | As lion dancers snaked between conference room tables laden with plastic bottles pens notebooks and laptops some staff from British gas analytics firm Servomex snapped photos of the performance meant to bring good luck and fortune | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-meeting/hunt-on-for-patient-zero-who-spread-coronavirus-globally-from-singapore-idUSKBN2071F5 | 2020-02-14 |
| I remember it was a couple years of talking about Sonic and then it turned into the 7E7 and the Tinseth said at the Singapore Airshow | Positive | SINGAPORE Years ago when Randy Tinseth was still running Boeings sales account for United Airlines the plane companys designers pulled him aside | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-singapore-airshow-boeing-tinseth/jet-market-oracle-tinseth-bows-out-with-boeing-at-crossroads-idUSKBN2071MR | 2020-02-14 |
| Back in Singapore authorities were battling to keep track of new cases of local transmissions many unlinked to previous cases | Neutral | As lion dancers snaked between conference room tables laden with plastic bottles pens notebooks and laptops some staff from British gas analytics firm Servomex snapped photos of the performance meant to bring good luck and fortune | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-meeting/hunt-on-for-patient-zero-who-spread-coronavirus-globally-from-singapore-idUSKBN2071F5 | 2020-02-14 |
| Singapore health ministrys Kenneth Mak said the government will continue to try and identify the initial carrier until the outbreak ends but as days pass it will get harder | Negative | As lion dancers snaked between conference room tables laden with plastic bottles pens notebooks and laptops some staff from British gas analytics firm Servomex snapped photos of the performance meant to bring good luck and fortune | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-meeting/hunt-on-for-patient-zero-who-spread-coronavirus-globally-from-singapore-idUSKBN2071F5 | 2020-02-14 |
| The Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix set for Shanghai on April 19 was postponed as was Singapores rugby sevens tournament scheduled for April 1112 a source said | Negative | BEIJING The Chinese province at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in the death toll on Thursday under a new diagnostic method and Beijing sacked two top provincial officials after criticism of their handling of the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-death-toll-leaps-in-chinas-hubei-province-party-bosses-sacked-idUSKBN207025 | 2020-02-13 |
| The requests are mostly for flights departing from Hong Kong or China to destinations like Auckland Taipei Phnom Penh Singapore and Kuala Lumpur | Neutral | A drop in airline flights from China and Hong Kong due to the coronavirus is increasing demand for private jets as wealthy passengers try to get out executives say but travel bans and nervous crew have kept that from translating to more business | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-singapore-airshow-private-jets/interest-in-private-jets-surges-as-coronavirus-keeps-airlines-away-from-china-idUSKBN2070CF | 2020-02-13 |
| The forecast includes a mix of new orders and conversions from other models Airbus Head of Marketing Francois Caudron told reporters at the Singapore Airshow | Neutral | The forecast includes a mix of new orders and conversions from other models Airbus Head of Marketing Francois Caudron told reporters at the Singapore Airshow | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-singapore-airshow-airbus/airbus-confident-can-sell-more-than-1000-a321xlrs-over-10-years-idUSKBN2050QV | 2020-02-12 |
| Previously Hyundai and Kia had made a number of transportationrelated investments including in Silicon Valley selfdriving startup Aurora and ride services startups Ola in India and Grab in Singapore | Positive | Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co broadened its future transportation portfolio with an agreement to jointly develop electric vehicles with California startup Canoo the companies said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-hyundai-motor-electric/hyundai-signs-development-deal-with-another-electric-vehicle-startup-idUSKBN2052MI | 2020-02-12 |
| That is going to see pressure as he told reporters at the Singapore Airshow referring to the U.S.China deal | Negative | That is going to see pressure as he told reporters at the Singapore Airshow referring to the U.S.China deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-singapore-airshow-boeing/boeing-sees-airline-profits-hit-stagnant-air-cargo-market-due-to-virus-idUSKBN2060A1 | 2020-02-12 |
| The spread of the coronavirus has created quite a panic in places like Hong Kong and Singapore which has increased their demand for Chookiat said | Negative | 2020 export summary details comments from | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/thailand-rice-exports/update-1-thailand-forecast-to-export-7-5-mln-t-of-rice-in-2020-exporters-association-idUSL4N2AC17L | 2020-02-12 |
| European and U.S. buyers are also worried about traveling to said a Singaporebased banker | Negative | HONG Bankers in Asia are bracing for a deal drought as efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus epidemic have put key meetings and roadshows on hold | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-deals/bankers-in-asia-brace-for-a-virus-related-deal-drought-idUSKBN2050PW | 2020-02-12 |
| Major banks in Hong Kong and Singapore have restricted travel to mainland China and are allowing staff to work from home while moving others to different office locations | Positive | HONG Bankers in Asia are bracing for a deal drought as efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus epidemic have put key meetings and roadshows on hold | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-deals/bankers-in-asia-brace-for-a-virus-related-deal-drought-idUSKBN2050PW | 2020-02-12 |
| Singapore says currency has room to weaken as virus hits economy | Negative | LONDON | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-global-markets-themes/take-five-chinas-virus-paralysis-idUSKBN204151 | 2020-02-11 |
| There are about 40 confirmed cases in Singapore including 21 associated with import from China and 19 locally acquired with no history of travel he said | Negative | An advance team of World Health Organization medical experts arrived in China on Monday to help investigate the coronavirus outbreak WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-who/advance-team-of-who-experts-arrives-in-china-to-probe-coronavirus-idUSKBN2041S9 | 2020-02-11 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore kicked off Asias largest aerospace event under heightened scrutiny on Tuesday as thousands of visitors shunned the Singapore Airshow over coronavirus fears while all eyes were on a sensitive flyoff between U.S. and Chinese fighters | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore kicked off Asias largest aerospace event under heightened scrutiny on Tuesday as thousands of visitors shunned the Singapore Airshow over coronavirus fears while all eyes were on a sensitive flyoff between U.S. and Chinese fighters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-singapore-airshow/virus-fears-china-diplomacy-loom-over-singapore-airshow-idUSKBN2050GB | 2020-02-11 |
| The Singapore dollar has lost in as many weeks | Negative | Dollar yen hold firm as safe havens | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-and-yen-supported-as-coronavirus-fears-weigh-on-mood-idUSL4N2AB038 | 2020-02-11 |
| Singapore has a close military relationship with the United States training regularly with U.S. forces and permanently basing squadrons of its aircraft in America | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore kicked off Asias largest aerospace event under heightened scrutiny on Tuesday as thousands of visitors shunned the Singapore Airshow over coronavirus fears while all eyes were on a sensitive flyoff between U.S. and Chinese fighters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-singapore-airshow/virus-fears-china-diplomacy-loom-over-singapore-airshow-idUSKBN2050GB | 2020-02-11 |
| The United States brings F35B to Singapore a month after it approved sale of 12 jets to the citystate | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore kicked off Asias largest aerospace event under heightened scrutiny on Tuesday as thousands of visitors shunned the Singapore Airshow over coronavirus fears while all eyes were on a sensitive flyoff between U.S. and Chinese fighters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-singapore-airshow/virus-fears-china-diplomacy-loom-over-singapore-airshow-idUSKBN2050GB | 2020-02-11 |
| No I think it is way too early and much more of an exaggeration to consider the Singapore conference event a Ryan said | Negative | An advance team of World Health Organization medical experts arrived in China on Monday to help investigate the coronavirus outbreak WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-who/advance-team-of-who-experts-arrives-in-china-to-probe-coronavirus-idUSKBN2041S9 | 2020-02-11 |
| A British man who contracted the new coronavirus while attending a conference in Singapore may have led to seven other people catching the disease when he stopped off at a chalet in a French mountain village on his way home health experts said on Sunday | Negative | A British man who contracted the new coronavirus while attending a conference in Singapore may have led to seven other people catching the disease when he stopped off at a chalet in a French mountain village on his way home health experts said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-britain/briton-in-french-alps-may-have-spread-coronavirus-to-others-across-europe-idUSKBN20307R | 2020-02-10 |
| We are reasonably confident that we can do a free trade agreement in that first wave of postBrexit trade Raab added during a visit to Singapore | Positive | SINGAPORE Britain takes U.S. concerns about its use of Huawei equipment seriously but is confident a trade deal with the United States will be among its first after leaving the European Union its foreign secretary said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-usa-huawei-tech/britain-reasonably-confident-of-u-s-trade-deal-despite-huawei-concerns-idUSKBN2040B9 | 2020-02-10 |
| Raab who is visiting Asia to seek free trade deals after Brexit said he also expected Singapore to be in the first wave of postBrexit trade deals | Positive | SINGAPORE Britain takes U.S. concerns about its use of Huawei equipment seriously but is confident a trade deal with the United States will be among its first after leaving the European Union its foreign secretary said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-usa-huawei-tech/britain-reasonably-confident-of-u-s-trade-deal-despite-huawei-concerns-idUSKBN2040B9 | 2020-02-10 |
| SINGAPORE Asian airlines face cuts in their planned growth because of the coronavirus crisis an industry group warned adding gloom to an already depleted Singapore Airshow as more companies scaled back plans on Monday | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian airlines face cuts in their planned growth because of the coronavirus crisis an industry group warned adding gloom to an already depleted Singapore Airshow as more companies scaled back plans on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-singapore-airshow/airlines-face-growth-warning-as-virus-curtails-singapore-airshow-idUSKBN2040HJ | 2020-02-10 |
| Singapore raises alert level on China travel | Negative | Asian shares fall after Fridays losses on Wall Street | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-markets-fall-as-coronavirus-concerns-weigh-on-sentiment-idUSL4N2AA058 | 2020-02-10 |
| A second evacuation flight is bringing back another 174 Singaporeans and their family members from Wuhan to the citystate on Feb | Neutral | A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from parts of China hit by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-evacuation/factbox-countries-evacuating-nationals-from-china-coronavirus-areas-idUSKBN2040HU | 2020-02-10 |
| Singapore Airshow Feb The aviation leadership summit scheduled on the eve of the event was canceled | Negative | Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed or hit by travel curbs and concerns about the spread of a coronavirus potentially disrupting billions of dollars worth of deals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-events-factbox/coronavirus-hits-trade-fairs-conferences-idUSKBN2001CM | 2020-02-09 |
| The five including a child had been lodged in the same chalet with a person who had been in Singapore | Neutral | paragraph nine to show that the head of the WHO team would leave on Monday or | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/china-health/corrected-wrapup-8-american-dies-of-coronavirus-in-china-five-britons-infected-in-french-alps-idUSL4N2A801T | 2020-02-09 |
| SINGAPORE Feb 9 More than 70 trade exhibitors have pulled out of the Singapore Airshow amid concerns over the new coronavirus and the number of public tickets available will be less than half of those on offer in 2018 to limit attendance the shows organiser said on Sunday | Negative | Number of aircraft on static display reduced | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/singapore-airshow-china-health/update-1-over-70-singapore-airshow-exhibitors-have-pulled-out-public-tickets-limited-organiser-idUSL4N2A902E | 2020-02-09 |
| SINGAPORE Singapores central bank on Sunday said it had advised financial institutions in the citystate to take additional measures and precautions after the government raised its coronavirus alert level | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapores central bank on Sunday said it had advised financial institutions in the citystate to take additional measures and precautions after the government raised its coronavirus alert level | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-cenbank/singapore-issues-advisory-for-financial-sector-amid-higher-virus-alert-level-idUSKBN20302J | 2020-02-09 |
| National Association of Travel Agents Singapore travel fair 2020 Feb Moved to May because exhibitors were concerned about turnout at the fair | Positive | Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed or hit by travel curbs and concerns about the spread of a coronavirus potentially disrupting billions of dollars worth of deals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-events-factbox/coronavirus-hits-trade-fairs-conferences-idUSKBN2001CM | 2020-02-09 |
| Its certainly not going to be a return to normal next said Julian EvansPritchard senior China economist at Capital Economics in Singapore | Negative | BEIJING A 60yearold American has died of the new coronavirus the first confirmed nonChinese death of the illness U.S. officials said as millions of Chinese began returning home after a Lunar New Year break that was extended to try to contain the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/american-dies-of-coronavirus-in-china-five-britons-infected-in-french-alps-idUSKBN20003J | 2020-02-09 |
| SINGAPORE Fear can do more harm than the spreading coronavirus Singapores prime minister said on Saturday a day after the citystate raised its alert level prompting residents to clear out supermarket shelves of rice noodles and toilet paper | Negative | SINGAPORE Fear can do more harm than the spreading coronavirus Singapores prime minister said on Saturday a day after the citystate raised its alert level prompting residents to clear out supermarket shelves of rice noodles and toilet paper | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-singapore/fear-can-be-more-harmful-than-coronavirus-singapore-pm-says-after-run-on-shops-idUSKBN2020H1 | 2020-02-09 |
| Among its recommended measures the Monetary Authority of Singapore said financial institutions should continue to maintain effective internal controls across their operations should split team arrangements be implemented | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapores central bank on Sunday said it had advised financial institutions in the citystate to take additional measures and precautions after the government raised its coronavirus alert level | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-cenbank/singapore-issues-advisory-for-financial-sector-amid-higher-virus-alert-level-idUSKBN20302J | 2020-02-09 |
| The Pentagon shrunk the size of its delegation traveling to the Singapore Airshow and U.S. defense firms Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Co said they would not attend as the impact of the coronavirus has reduced participation in the event | Negative | The Pentagon shrunk the size of its delegation traveling to the Singapore Airshow and U.S. defense firms Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Co said they would not attend as the impact of the coronavirus has reduced participation in the event | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-singapore-airshow-pentag/pentagon-official-lockheed-martin-pull-out-of-singapore-airshow-as-virus-alert-level-raised-idUSKBN2011Z9 | 2020-02-09 |
| The small islandstate of Singapore has reported 40 cases of coronavirus putting it among the hardest hit countries along with Japan outside of China | Negative | China raised the death toll from the coronavirus epidemic to 811 on Sunday passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic in and raising anxiety among people preparing to return to work after an extended Lunar New Year break | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hubei/china-to-stagger-back-to-work-as-virus-deaths-surpass-sars-toll-idUSKBN2020SN | 2020-02-09 |
| Britain has included the citystate in a list of countries from which returning travelers who developed symptoms should selfisolate while Kuwait has asked its citizens not to travel to Singapore | Negative | SINGAPORE Fear can do more harm than the spreading coronavirus Singapores prime minister said on Saturday a day after the citystate raised its alert level prompting residents to clear out supermarket shelves of rice noodles and toilet paper | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-singapore/fear-can-be-more-harmful-than-coronavirus-singapore-pm-says-after-run-on-shops-idUSKBN2020H1 | 2020-02-09 |
| On Friday Singapore raised its coronavirus alert level and reported more cases not linked to previous infections or travel to China | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapores central bank on Sunday said it had advised financial institutions in the citystate to take additional measures and precautions after the government raised its coronavirus alert level | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-cenbank/singapore-issues-advisory-for-financial-sector-amid-higher-virus-alert-level-idUSKBN20302J | 2020-02-09 |
| U.S. Undersecretary of Defense Ellen Lord will no longer attend the Singapore Airshow due to extenuating Lieutenant Colonel Mike Andrews said in a statement | Negative | The Pentagon shrunk the size of its delegation traveling to the Singapore Airshow and U.S. defense firms Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Co said they would not attend as the impact of the coronavirus has reduced participation in the event | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-singapore-airshow-pentag/pentagon-official-lockheed-martin-pull-out-of-singapore-airshow-as-virus-alert-level-raised-idUSKBN2011Z9 | 2020-02-09 |
| The government also said it had organized a second evacuation flight for 174 Singaporeans and their family members in Wuhan | Negative | China raised the death toll from the coronavirus epidemic to 811 on Sunday passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic in and raising anxiety among people preparing to return to work after an extended Lunar New Year break | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hubei/china-to-stagger-back-to-work-as-virus-deaths-surpass-sars-toll-idUSKBN2020SN | 2020-02-09 |
| A second evacuation flight bringing back Singaporeans and family members from Wuhan was expected to arrive on Sunday | Positive | SINGAPORE Fear can do more harm than the spreading coronavirus Singapores prime minister said on Saturday a day after the citystate raised its alert level prompting residents to clear out supermarket shelves of rice noodles and toilet paper | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-singapore/fear-can-be-more-harmful-than-coronavirus-singapore-pm-says-after-run-on-shops-idUSKBN2020H1 | 2020-02-09 |
| As of Saturday Singapore had 40 cases of the virus | Negative | LES CONTAMINESMONTJOIE Five British nationals including a child have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus at a French mountain village and health officials said they were checking who else might have been exposed including at local schools | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-china-france/five-britons-contract-coronavirus-in-french-ski-resort-idUSKBN2020CT | 2020-02-09 |
| Singapore has confirmed 40 coronavirus cases details of empty spaces Singapore virus cases paragraphs | Negative | Number of aircraft on static display reduced | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/singapore-airshow-china-health/update-1-over-70-singapore-airshow-exhibitors-have-pulled-out-public-tickets-limited-organiser-idUSL4N2A902E | 2020-02-09 |
| SINGAPORE More than 70 trade exhibitors have pulled out of the Singapore Airshow amid concerns over the new coronavirus and the number of public tickets available will be less than half of those on offer in 2018 to limit attendance the shows organizer said on Sunday | Negative | SINGAPORE More than 70 trade exhibitors have pulled out of the Singapore Airshow amid concerns over the new coronavirus and the number of public tickets available will be less than half of those on offer in 2018 to limit attendance the shows organizer said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-airshow-china-health/over-70-singapore-airshow-exhibitors-have-pulled-out-public-tickets-limited-organizer-idUSKBN20302L | 2020-02-09 |
| The Aussie was on track for its first weekly gain this year whereas the Singapore dollar and Thai baht have been trampled in a rush out of from emerging market | Positive | Coronavirus cases rise Asian European stocks slip | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-stutter-at-end-of-best-week-since-june-idUSL8N2A74AX | 2020-02-08 |
| The Australian dollar was on track for its first weekly gain this year while the Singapore dollar and Thai baht have been trampled in a rush out of emerging markets | Positive | throughout adds oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-fall-on-fears-china-virus-to-slow-growth-gold-gains-idUSL1N2A717V | 2020-02-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp said on Friday it will not participate in next weeks Singapore Airshow over coronavirus concerns | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp said on Friday it will not participate in next weeks Singapore Airshow over coronavirus concerns | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-singapore-airshow-lockhe/lockheed-martin-drops-out-of-singapore-airshow-over-coronavirus-concerns-idUSKBN2012RN | 2020-02-08 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon shrunk the size of its delegation traveling to the Singapore Airshow and U.S. defense firms Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Co said they would not attend as the impact of the coronavirus has reduced participation in the event | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon shrunk the size of its delegation traveling to the Singapore Airshow and U.S. defense firms Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Co said they would not attend as the impact of the coronavirus has reduced participation in the event | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-singapore-airshow-pentag/pentagon-official-lockheed-martin-pull-out-of-singapore-airshow-idUSKBN2011Z9 | 2020-02-08 |
| Association of Travel Agents Singapore travel fair 2020 Feb Moved to May because exhibitors were concerned about turnout at the fair | Positive | Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed due to travel curbs and concerns about the spread of a coronavirus potentially disrupting billions of dollars worth of deals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-events-factbox/coronavirus-forces-delay-of-trade-fairs-conferences-idUSKBN2001CM | 2020-02-07 |
| In Singapore Food Hotel Asias trade show which attracted more than 80000 people in 2018 has postponed the first of two events it had planned in the citystate this year | Positive | More than two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in Asia have been postponed because of the spread of the China coronavirus shuttering events where billions of dollars worth of deals have been signed in the past | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-events/dozens-of-asia-trade-fairs-conferences-postponed-amid-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN2001C3 | 2020-02-07 |
| All the overseas attendees have left Singapore the ministry added | Neutral | SINGAPORE At least three employees of a multinational company that held a meeting of more than 100 international staff in Singapore have contracted the new coronavirus sparking a World Health Organization investigation of the case | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-singapore-summit/who-investigates-singapore-conference-linked-to-foreign-virus-spread-idUSKBN2000C7 | 2020-02-06 |
| SINGAPORE At least three employees of a multinational company that held a meeting of more than 100 international staff in Singapore have contracted the new coronavirus sparking a World Health Organization investigation of the case | Negative | SINGAPORE At least three employees of a multinational company that held a meeting of more than 100 international staff in Singapore have contracted the new coronavirus sparking a World Health Organization investigation of the case | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-singapore-summit/who-investigates-singapore-conference-linked-to-foreign-virus-spread-idUSKBN2000C7 | 2020-02-06 |
| Singapore has reported 28 cases of the coronavirus including some involving persontoperson transmission | Negative | SINGAPORE At least three employees of a multinational company that held a meeting of more than 100 international staff in Singapore have contracted the new coronavirus sparking a World Health Organization investigation of the case | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-singapore-summit/who-investigates-singapore-conference-linked-to-foreign-virus-spread-idUSKBN2000C7 | 2020-02-06 |
| Malaysian health authorities first revealed the link to the Singapore business meeting when they confirmed the case of a 41yearold Malaysian who had attended it along with colleagues from China | Negative | SINGAPORE At least three employees of a multinational company that held a meeting of more than 100 international staff in Singapore have contracted the new coronavirus sparking a World Health Organization investigation of the case | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-singapore-summit/who-investigates-singapore-conference-linked-to-foreign-virus-spread-idUSKBN2000C7 | 2020-02-06 |
| The company in September that a trader at PetroDiamond Singapore had lost million through unauthorized transactions in crude oil derivatives and said in November that it would shut the business | Negative | TOKYO Japans Mitsubishi Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-mitsubishi-results/trading-house-mitsubishi-voices-concern-over-coronavirus-impact-idUSKBN1ZZ0KR | 2020-02-06 |
| Of the 15 Singapore attendees four have been referred to its National Centre for Infectious Diseases Singapores health ministry said | Negative | SINGAPORE At least three employees of a multinational company that held a meeting of more than 100 international staff in Singapore have contracted the new coronavirus sparking a World Health Organization investigation of the case | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-singapore-summit/who-investigates-singapore-conference-linked-to-foreign-virus-spread-idUSKBN2000C7 | 2020-02-06 |
| Chinas air force will participate in the upcoming Singapore Airshow the Chinese defense ministry and event organizers said on Wednesday as concerns over the spread of a coronavirus overshadow Asias biggest aerospace and defense event | Negative | Chinas air force will participate in the upcoming Singapore Airshow the Chinese defense ministry and event organizers said on Wednesday as concerns over the spread of a coronavirus overshadow Asias biggest aerospace and defense event | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-airforce/china-air-force-cleared-for-singapore-airshow-amid-virus-concerns-idUSKBN1ZZ1LE | 2020-02-06 |
| SINGAPORE Feb 5 Singapores central bank said its exchange ratebased monetary policy stance remains unchanged and added that it has room to ease if needed amid the weakening economic conditions due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in China | Negative | SINGAPORE Feb 5 Singapores central bank said its exchange ratebased monetary policy stance remains unchanged and added that it has room to ease if needed amid the weakening economic conditions due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in China | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/singapore-cenbank/singapore-central-bank-says-policy-stance-remains-unchanged-idUSL4N2A50O4 | 2020-02-05 |
| Fortunately we now have POFMA to deal with these fake said Lawrence Wong one of the ministers heading a Singapore government task force to halt the spread of the virus | Negative | Deluged by misinformation about the new coronavirus on social media some Asian governments are fighting back with arrests fines and fake news laws something free speech advocates fear will entrench measures that can also silence dissent | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-fakenews/coronavirus-sends-asias-social-media-censors-into-overdrive-idUSKBN1ZY1AC | 2020-02-05 |
| In Singapore some said the government was using its new fake news law responsibly | Negative | Deluged by misinformation about the new coronavirus on social media some Asian governments are fighting back with arrests fines and fake news laws something free speech advocates fear will entrench measures that can also silence dissent | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-fakenews/coronavirus-sends-asias-social-media-censors-into-overdrive-idUSKBN1ZY1AC | 2020-02-05 |
| A meeting of international aviation officials due to be held in Singapore on the eve of Asias largest annual aerospace event has been canceled because of coronavirus fears participants said raising doubts that the broader event will go ahead | Negative | A meeting of international aviation officials due to be held in Singapore on the eve of Asias largest annual aerospace event has been canceled because of coronavirus fears participants said raising doubts that the broader event will go ahead | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-singapore-airshow/major-summit-on-eve-of-singapore-airshow-canceled-on-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN1ZX08L | 2020-02-04 |
| SINGAPORE Feb 4 The Singapore Airshow Asias biggest gathering of aerospace and defence industry executives will go ahead as planned but a meeting of international aviation officials has been cancelled organisers said in a statement on Tuesday | Positive | SINGAPORE Feb 4 The Singapore Airshow Asias biggest gathering of aerospace and defence industry executives will go ahead as planned but a meeting of international aviation officials has been cancelled organisers said in a statement on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/singapore-airshow/singapore-airshow-to-go-ahead-despite-virus-worries-idUSL4N2A0033 | 2020-02-04 |
| 10 Singapore Airshow Aviation Leadership Summit had been abandoned | Neutral | A meeting of international aviation officials due to be held in Singapore on the eve of Asias largest annual aerospace event has been canceled because of coronavirus fears participants said raising doubts that the broader event will go ahead | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-singapore-airshow/major-summit-on-eve-of-singapore-airshow-canceled-on-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN1ZX08L | 2020-02-04 |
| The news adds to a series of pullouts by companies from the main Singapore Airshow which is scheduled to begin on Feb | Neutral | A meeting of international aviation officials due to be held in Singapore on the eve of Asias largest annual aerospace event has been canceled because of coronavirus fears participants said raising doubts that the broader event will go ahead | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-singapore-airshow/major-summit-on-eve-of-singapore-airshow-canceled-on-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN1ZX08L | 2020-02-04 |
| Singapore has denied entry to all Chinese visitors and foreigners with a recent history of travel to China where the virus originated | Negative | A meeting of international aviation officials due to be held in Singapore on the eve of Asias largest annual aerospace event has been canceled because of coronavirus fears participants said raising doubts that the broader event will go ahead | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-singapore-airshow/major-summit-on-eve-of-singapore-airshow-canceled-on-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN1ZX08L | 2020-02-04 |
| What the Chinese financial markets did yesterday was a catchup said Christy Tan head of markets strategy for Asia at National Australia Bank in Singapore | Neutral | HONG KONG Chinas currency and stock markets steadied in choppy trade on Tuesday after anxiety over the spreading coronavirus the previous session hit the yuan and erased some billion in market value from Shanghais benchmark index | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets/chinese-markets-yuan-claw-back-some-lost-ground-after-virus-led-wipeout-idUSKBN1ZY07Y | 2020-02-04 |
| The FAA said Dickson who had been scheduled to speak at the conference still plans to go to Singapore as of now | Positive | A meeting of international aviation officials due to be held in Singapore on the eve of Asias largest annual aerospace event has been canceled because of coronavirus fears participants said raising doubts that the broader event will go ahead | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-singapore-airshow/major-summit-on-eve-of-singapore-airshow-canceled-on-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN1ZX08L | 2020-02-04 |
| The United States Australia Singapore New Zealand and Vietnam are among countries that have denied entry to foreign nationals who have recently been in China | Negative | The death toll from the new coronavirus in Chinas Hubei province rose by 56 to 350 on Monday Chinese state television reported citing official figures after the Philippines on Sunday reported the first death outside China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZX054 | 2020-02-03 |
| Countries including Russia Australia Canada France Germany Indonesia Italy Japan Singapore South Korea and the United States are working to evacuate citizens from Wuhan or have already started doing so | Negative | The death toll from the new coronavirus in Chinas Hubei province rose by 56 to 350 on Monday Chinese state television reported citing official figures after the Philippines on Sunday reported the first death outside China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZX054 | 2020-02-03 |
| The southeast Asian citystate of Singapore has also asked for a price quote for 1 million face masks and 1 million bottles of hand sanitizer Drake added | Neutral | BEIJING U.S. manufacturer Decon7 Systems is stepping up production of a powerful disinfectant at six facilities from three to fill surging demand from hospitals in China grappling with a virus epidemic the firms founder Joe Drake told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-disinfectants/u-s-disinfectant-maker-boosts-output-as-china-hospitals-battle-virus-idUSKBN1ZX0J9 | 2020-02-03 |
| Overseas Australia Singapore and the United States are among countries to have ramped up border controls banning entry by foreign nationals who have recently visited China | Negative | near decade all eyes on Shanghai reopening markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yuan-aussie-on-tenterhooks-ahead-of-china-market-re-opening-idUSL4N2A301A | 2020-02-03 |
| Some aerospace companies including business jet manufacturers Textron Inc and General Dynamics Corps Gulfstream division said they no longer planned to attend the Singapore Airshow due to the new coronavirus epidemic | Negative | Some aerospace companies including business jet manufacturers Textron Inc and General Dynamics Corps Gulfstream division said they no longer planned to attend the Singapore Airshow due to the new coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-airshow/some-exhibitors-drop-out-of-singapore-airshow-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZX08L | 2020-02-03 |
| Singapore a Southeast Asian tourism hub where Chinese nationals make up the largest share of visitors was among the worst hit outside of China during the SARS outbreak | Negative | Some aerospace companies including business jet manufacturers Textron Inc and General Dynamics Corps Gulfstream division said they no longer planned to attend the Singapore Airshow due to the new coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-airshow/some-exhibitors-drop-out-of-singapore-airshow-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZX08L | 2020-02-03 |
| But Singapore and the United States announced measures on Friday to ban foreign nationals who have recently been in China from entering their territories | Negative | SHANGHAI China faced mounting isolation in the face of increasing international travel curbs and flight suspensions on Saturday as the death toll from a spreading coronavirus outbreak rose to 259 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/china-facing-global-isolation-as-virus-toll-rises-idUSKBN1ZV38I | 2020-02-02 |
| LUMPUR Do not wear a mask if you are read a warning plastered across the front of Singapores main newspaper on Friday as authorities around the world sought to calm panic buying of masks seen as a guard against the fastspreading coronavirus | Negative | LUMPUR Do not wear a mask if you are read a warning plastered across the front of Singapores main newspaper on Friday as authorities around the world sought to calm panic buying of masks seen as a guard against the fastspreading coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-masks-safety/to-mask-or-not-to-mask-confusion-spreads-over-coronavirus-protection-idUSKBN1ZU0PH | 2020-02-01 |
| The decision was made after Singapore and the United States on Friday announced toughened measures to enter their countries for people who had recently traveled through mainland China Qantas added | Positive | HONG KONG Qantas Airways and Air New Zealand said on Saturday they were suspending direct flights from their countries to mainland China in response to travel restrictions imposed in the wake of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-qantas/qantas-and-air-nz-suspend-china-flights-due-to-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN1ZV3CN | 2020-02-01 |
| Singapore airline Scoot said it was suspending all flights between Singapore and China from Feb | Negative | Airlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak which as of Friday had killed more than 200 people and infected nearly 10000 people | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-china-flights-because-of-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZU131 | 2020-02-01 |
| Korean Air Lines Co Ltd and Singapore Airlines are sending additional crew to fly each plane straight back avoiding overnight stays | Neutral | Pilots and flight attendants are demanding airlines stop flights to China as health officials declare a global emergency over the rapidly spreading coronavirus with American Airlines pilots filing a lawsuit seeking an immediate halt | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines/pilots-flight-attendants-demand-flights-to-china-stop-as-virus-fear-mounts-worldwide-idUSKBN1ZT33W | 2020-01-31 |
| SYDNEY Singapore Airlines Ltd said on Friday it would reduce capacity on some of its routes to mainland China in February due to the growing scale of the coronavirus epidemic | Negative | SYDNEY Singapore Airlines Ltd said on Friday it would reduce capacity on some of its routes to mainland China in February due to the growing scale of the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-singapore-air/singapore-airlines-to-reduce-capacity-to-mainland-china-in-february-due-to-virus-idUSKBN1ZT37D | 2020-01-31 |
| SINGAPORE Shiok Meats a Singaporebased startup whose name means very good in local slang aims to become the first company in the world to bring shrimp grown in a laboratory to diners plates | Positive | SINGAPORE Shiok Meats a Singaporebased startup whose name means very good in local slang aims to become the first company in the world to bring shrimp grown in a laboratory to diners plates | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-food-tech-labmeat-shrimp/singapores-shiok-meats-hopes-to-hook-diners-with-lab-grown-shrimp-idUSKBN1ZR12N | 2020-01-30 |
| In Singapore some consumers said they would give labgrown meat a shot | Negative | SINGAPORE Shiok Meats a Singaporebased startup whose name means very good in local slang aims to become the first company in the world to bring shrimp grown in a laboratory to diners plates | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-food-tech-labmeat-shrimp/singapores-shiok-meats-hopes-to-hook-diners-with-lab-grown-shrimp-idUSKBN1ZR12N | 2020-01-30 |
| including Australia Canada France Germany Indonesia Italy Japan Singapore South Korea and the United States are working to evacuate citizens from Wuhan or have already started | Negative | A coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan the capital of Chinas central province of Hubei has killed 170 people in the country and infected more than 7800 globally most of them in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZT0C4 | 2020-01-30 |
| The news flow in the past couple of hours has been quite said Prashant Newnaha a Singaporebased strategist at TD Securities | Neutral | Asian stocks and currencies tumbled further on Thursday as the rising death toll from a virus spreading from China led airlines to cut flights and stores to close increasing pressure on the worlds secondlargest economy as fears of a pandemic grow | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/fears-of-pandemic-send-stocks-lower-safe-havens-in-demand-idUSKBN1ZT053 | 2020-01-30 |
| Nearly 60 cases have been reported in 15 other countries including the United States France and Singapore | Negative | BEIJING The United States and Japan flew citizens out of the Chinese city at the epicentre of a new virus outbreak on Wednesday as the death toll rose sharply to 132 and the first case appeared in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-hubei-cases/china-virus-toll-passes-130-japan-evacuates-citizens-idUSKBN1ZR2VG | 2020-01-29 |
| SINGAPORE Jan 29 PetroChinas Singapore bunkering unit moved up a notch to be the top marine fuel supplier in the worlds biggest ship refuelling hub in 2019 official data showed as the overall number of suppliers fell for a sixth year in a row | Positive | SINGAPORE Jan 29 PetroChinas Singapore bunkering unit moved up a notch to be the top marine fuel supplier in the worlds biggest ship refuelling hub in 2019 official data showed as the overall number of suppliers fell for a sixth year in a row | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/singapore-bunker/petrochina-tops-singapores-shrinking-list-of-2019-marine-fuel-suppliers-idUSL4N29X1KR | 2020-01-29 |
| Chinese stock futures in Singapore rebounded from two days of losses to rise 1 | Neutral | TOKYO Asian shares fell on Wednesday as a spike in new Chinese virus cases sent Hong Kong stocks tumbling and added to worries about the economic impact of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/hong-kong-stocks-pull-asian-shares-lower-but-futures-offer-hope-idUSKBN1ZS04P | 2020-01-29 |
| Major markets in Asia including China Hong Kong Taiwan South Korea Singapore and Australia were closed on Monday | Neutral | NEW YORK Stocks markets tumbled worldwide on Monday as investor worries about the potential economic impact of the coronavirus drove up prices of safehaven assets such as the Japanese yen and government debt | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-slide-to-two-week-low-on-china-virus-fears-safe-havens-gain-idUSKBN1ZQ009 | 2020-01-28 |
| Thailand has reported five Australia has reported Singapore France Japan Taiwan and Malaysia Vietnam South Korea and the United States two and Nepal one | Negative | The coronavirus outbreak that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has killed 42 people in China and infected more than 1300 globally most of them in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-virus-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZO0AV | 2020-01-26 |
| The virus has also been detected in Thailand Vietnam Singapore Japan South Korea Taiwan Nepal and the United States | Negative | BEIJING President Xi Jinping said China was facing a grave as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak jumped to 42 overshadowing celebrations of the Lunar New Year that began on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/xi-says-china-faces-grave-situation-as-virus-death-toll-hits-42-idUSKBN1ZO005 | 2020-01-26 |
| The three were related to a 66yearold man confirmed by Singapore to have tested positive for the virus | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia reported a fourth case of coronavirus infection late Saturday just hours after it announced its first confirmed cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-malaysia/malaysia-confirms-fourth-case-of-coronavirus-infection-idUSKBN1ZO065 | 2020-01-26 |
| The infected individuals were a 65yearold woman who is the wife of the man with the virus in Singapore and their two grandsons aged 11 and 2 Dzulkefly said | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia reported a fourth case of coronavirus infection late Saturday just hours after it announced its first confirmed cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-malaysia/malaysia-confirms-fourth-case-of-coronavirus-infection-idUSKBN1ZO065 | 2020-01-26 |
| Last week the group Lawyers for Liberty said Singapore prison officers were allegedly instructed to snap prisoners necks by kicking them in the event of a rope breaking during hangings | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian rights group filed a suit in a domestic court against a Singapore minister on Friday seeking to challenge his order to attach a correction to an article on its blog that accused the citystate of illegal execution practices | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-execution-malaysia/malaysian-rights-group-sues-singapore-minister-over-fake-news-directive-idUSKBN1ZN0RQ | 2020-01-25 |
| Thailand has reported five cases Singapore France and Taiwan three Japan Vietnam South Korea and the United States two apiece and Nepal one | Negative | An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has killed 41 people and infected more than 1300 globally | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-virus-factbox/factbox-the-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZO00Y | 2020-01-25 |
| It said the report was based on information from an unidentified prison officer in Singapore | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian rights group filed a suit in a domestic court against a Singapore minister on Friday seeking to challenge his order to attach a correction to an article on its blog that accused the citystate of illegal execution practices | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-execution-malaysia/malaysian-rights-group-sues-singapore-minister-over-fake-news-directive-idUSKBN1ZN0RQ | 2020-01-25 |
| The infected individuals were a 65yearold woman who is the wife of the man detected with the virus in Singapore and their two grandsons aged 11 and 2 Dzulkefly said | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia on Saturday said it had confirmed three cases of coronavirus infection the first in the Southeast Asian country | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-malaysia/malaysia-confirms-first-cases-of-coronavirus-infection-idUSKBN1ZO065 | 2020-01-25 |
| He gave direction asking them to publish a correction failing which can take action against them which includes ultimately being charged in Singapores said the groups lawyer Gurdial Singh Nijar | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian rights group filed a suit in a domestic court against a Singapore minister on Friday seeking to challenge his order to attach a correction to an article on its blog that accused the citystate of illegal execution practices | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-execution-malaysia/malaysian-rights-group-sues-singapore-minister-over-fake-news-directive-idUSKBN1ZN0RQ | 2020-01-25 |
| The other countries that signed up on Friday are Australia Brazil Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Guatemala South Korea Mexico New Zealand Panama Singapore Switzerland and Uruguay | Positive | The European Union China and 15 other World Trade Organization members agreed on Friday to create a temporary mechanism to settle trade disputes after U.S. action rendered the WTO incapable last month of acting as the umpire of global trade | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-trade-wto/eu-china-and-15-others-agree-temporary-fix-to-wto-crisis-idUSKBN1ZN0WM | 2020-01-25 |
| Singapores home affairs ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian rights group filed a suit in a domestic court against a Singapore minister on Friday seeking to challenge his order to attach a correction to an article on its blog that accused the citystate of illegal execution practices | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-execution-malaysia/malaysian-rights-group-sues-singapore-minister-over-fake-news-directive-idUSKBN1ZN0RQ | 2020-01-25 |
| KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian rights group filed a suit in a domestic court against a Singapore minister on Friday seeking to challenge his order to attach a correction to an article on its blog that accused the citystate of illegal execution practices | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian rights group filed a suit in a domestic court against a Singapore minister on Friday seeking to challenge his order to attach a correction to an article on its blog that accused the citystate of illegal execution practices | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-execution-malaysia/malaysian-rights-group-sues-singapore-minister-over-fake-news-directive-idUSKBN1ZN0RQ | 2020-01-25 |
| In a statement on Thursday Singapores communication and information ministry said it had blocked access to the rights groups website after it refused to comply with the directive | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian rights group filed a suit in a domestic court against a Singapore minister on Friday seeking to challenge his order to attach a correction to an article on its blog that accused the citystate of illegal execution practices | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-execution-malaysia/malaysian-rights-group-sues-singapore-minister-over-fake-news-directive-idUSKBN1ZN0RQ | 2020-01-25 |
| The virus has also been detected in Thailand Vietnam Singapore Japan South Korea Taiwan Nepal Malaysia France the United States and Australia | Negative | BEIJING The death toll from Chinas coronavirus outbreak jumped on Saturday to 41 from 26 a day earlier as the Lunar New Year got off to a gloomy start with authorities curbing travel and cancelling public gatherings | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-virus-death-toll-rises-to-41-more-than-1300-infected-worldwide-idUSKBN1ZO005 | 2020-01-25 |
| Staff at Singapores National University Hospital were handing out face masks and taking the temperature of arriving visitors when Reuters visited early on Friday | Positive | SINGAPORE Schools in Singapore asked parents to declare overseas holiday plans as authorities screened travelers at air land and sea checkpoints on Friday to combat the spread of a deadly flu virus that has revived memories of the SARS pandemic in 2003 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore/singapore-ramps-up-virus-fight-reviving-memories-of-sars-pandemic-idUSKBN1ZN05M | 2020-01-24 |
| SINGAPORE Schools in Singapore asked parents to declare overseas holiday plans as authorities screened travelers at air land and sea checkpoints on Friday to combat the spread of a deadly flu virus that has revived memories of the SARS pandemic in 2003 | Negative | SINGAPORE Schools in Singapore asked parents to declare overseas holiday plans as authorities screened travelers at air land and sea checkpoints on Friday to combat the spread of a deadly flu virus that has revived memories of the SARS pandemic in 2003 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore/singapore-ramps-up-virus-fight-reviving-memories-of-sars-pandemic-idUSKBN1ZN05M | 2020-01-24 |
| This time round Singapores first reported sufferer was a 66yearold staying with his family at the ShangriLas glitzy Rasa Sentosa Resort Spa on a beach strip dotted with tourist attractions | Positive | SINGAPORE Schools in Singapore asked parents to declare overseas holiday plans as authorities screened travelers at air land and sea checkpoints on Friday to combat the spread of a deadly flu virus that has revived memories of the SARS pandemic in 2003 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore/singapore-ramps-up-virus-fight-reviving-memories-of-sars-pandemic-idUSKBN1ZN05M | 2020-01-24 |
| Schools in Singapore have sent parents emails asking where their children will be traveling for holidays over the long Lunar New Year weekend | Positive | SINGAPORE Schools in Singapore asked parents to declare overseas holiday plans as authorities screened travelers at air land and sea checkpoints on Friday to combat the spread of a deadly flu virus that has revived memories of the SARS pandemic in 2003 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore/singapore-ramps-up-virus-fight-reviving-memories-of-sars-pandemic-idUSKBN1ZN05M | 2020-01-24 |
| SINGAPORE Singapores prime minister said on Friday that the citystate was well prepared to tackle the Wuhan flu virus adding that it did not appear to be as deadly as the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome pandemic | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapores prime minister said on Friday that the citystate was well prepared to tackle the Wuhan flu virus adding that it did not appear to be as deadly as the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-pm/wuhan-virus-does-not-appear-to-be-as-deadly-as-sars-singapore-pm-says-idUSKBN1ZN096 | 2020-01-24 |
| Nonfatal cases have also been detected in Thailand Vietnam Singapore Japan South Korea Taiwan and the United States prompting several airlines to suspend flights to and from Wuhan | Negative | WUHAN China China stepped up measures to contain a virus which has killed 25 people and infected more than 800 with public transport suspensions in 10 cities temples shutting and the rapid construction of a new hospital to treat those infected | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-shuts-down-transport-temples-as-virus-death-toll-rises-to-25-idUSKBN1ZM087 | 2020-01-24 |
| Lee Kuan Yew the founding father of modern Singapore was named the Minister Mentor an advisory position after his retirement from active politics to help provide stability | Positive | MOSCOW Russia must remain a strong presidential republic President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday when asked about a possible transitional period once he steps down in 2024 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-future/putin-says-russia-has-to-be-strong-presidential-republic-idUSKBN1ZL2DM | 2020-01-23 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines budget carrier Scoot said on Thursday it had suspended its daily flights to Chinas Wuhan after authorities locked down the city at the center of a fastspreading virus outbreak | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines budget carrier Scoot said on Thursday it had suspended its daily flights to Chinas Wuhan after authorities locked down the city at the center of a fastspreading virus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore/singapores-scoot-cancels-flight-to-chinas-wuhan-over-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZM0GN | 2020-01-23 |
| flight to Wuhan had earlier appeared as canceled on the website of Singapores Changi airport | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines budget carrier Scoot said on Thursday it had suspended its daily flights to Chinas Wuhan after authorities locked down the city at the center of a fastspreading virus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore/singapores-scoot-cancels-flight-to-chinas-wuhan-over-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZM0GN | 2020-01-23 |
| But the hope is that theyll understand the importance of having a conversation and talking about these things as we agreed in the original Singapore the official said | Positive | WASHINGTON China has failed to send home North Korean workers by a December deadline in violation of United Nations sanctions a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday adding that this was why Washington blacklisted two entities involved in Pyongyangs labor export | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-china-sanctions/china-fails-to-repatriate-north-korea-workers-despite-u-n-sanctions-u-s-official-idUSKBN1ZL34H | 2020-01-23 |
| Asked by one student whether Russia should consider setting up some kind of transitional institution as happened in Singapore Putin said this was not appropriate for his country | Neutral | MOSCOW Russia must remain a strong presidential republic President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday when asked about a possible transitional period once he steps down in 2024 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-future/putin-says-russia-has-to-be-strong-presidential-republic-idUSKBN1ZL2DM | 2020-01-23 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore authorities on Wednesday started screening all passengers arriving on flights from China as the citystate stepped up measures to combat transmission of the fastspreading flulike coronavirus | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore authorities on Wednesday started screening all passengers arriving on flights from China as the citystate stepped up measures to combat transmission of the fastspreading flulike coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore/singapore-extends-coronavirus-screening-to-all-inbound-china-flights-idUSKBN1ZL0KP | 2020-01-22 |
| SINGAPORE Jan 22 Singapore authorities on Wednesday started screening all passengers arriving on flights from China as the citystate stepped up measures to combat transmission of the fastspreading flulike coronavirus | Negative | SINGAPORE Jan 22 Singapore authorities on Wednesday started screening all passengers arriving on flights from China as the citystate stepped up measures to combat transmission of the fastspreading flulike coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-health-singapore/singapore-extends-coronavirus-screening-to-all-inbound-china-flights-idUSL8N29R0NR | 2020-01-22 |
| While details on the coronavirus are scant we reckon that the SARS period could offer some clues as to how markets could pan said analysts at Singapores DBS Bank | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian stock markets recovered ground on Wednesday as Chinas response to a virus outbreak tempered some fears of a global pandemic although Shanghai shares initially slipped amid worries about a hit to domestic demand and tourism | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-bounce-as-investors-welcome-china-virus-response-idUSKBN1ZL02L | 2020-01-22 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore rebutted a report on Wednesday alleging illegal execution practices in the citystate and ordered Yahoo and others to attach fake news notices on posts and articles that shared the allegations | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore rebutted a report on Wednesday alleging illegal execution practices in the citystate and ordered Yahoo and others to attach fake news notices on posts and articles that shared the allegations | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-execution/singapore-rebuts-illegal-hanging-report-serves-fake-news-notices-idUSKBN1ZL0I3 | 2020-01-22 |
| CapitaLand Mall holds a portfolio of shopping centers in Singapore while CapitaLand Commercial is the citystates largest office landlord | Neutral | CapitaLand Mall will acquire CapitaLand Commercial units for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-capitaland-m-a/two-capitaland-reits-to-merge-in-6-billion-deal-idUSKBN1ZL027 | 2020-01-22 |
| Singapores communications minister has said it was a coincidence that the first few cases brought under the law were against political figures and parties | Neutral | SINGAPORE Singapore rebutted a report on Wednesday alleging illegal execution practices in the citystate and ordered Yahoo and others to attach fake news notices on posts and articles that shared the allegations | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-execution/singapore-rebuts-illegal-hanging-report-serves-fake-news-notices-idUSKBN1ZL0I3 | 2020-01-22 |
| there are properties everywhere in Portugal here Singapore aviation resorts he added | Neutral | LONDON Angola will kick off the process to list of oil company Sonangol in the next two years though not before the stateowned firm has been overhauled the countrys minister of Mineral Resources and Petroleum Diamantino Azevedo said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-angola-sonangol-ipo/angola-to-kick-off-sonangol-ipo-before-2022-minister-azevedo-idUSKBN1ZK24K | 2020-01-22 |
| The EUVietnam agreement is the European Unions second deal with a member of the Association of Southeast Asian nations after Singapore and one of few with a developing country | Positive | BRUSSELS EU lawmakers gave initial backing on Tuesday for a free trade agreement struck with Vietnam the blocs most comprehensive such pact with a developing country and a sign that Europe has an appetite for a more expansive trade policy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-eu-vietnam-trade/eu-lawmakers-give-initial-backing-to-vietnam-trade-deal-idUSKBN1ZK0V3 | 2020-01-22 |
| Kuehne Nagel is focusing its Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore where it is combining its southern and northern Asian operations to focus on growth in the region | Neutral | Jan 20 Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/markets-swiss-stocks/swiss-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-january-20-idUSL8N29M3J0 | 2020-01-20 |
| Airport authorities in the United States as well as many Asian countries including Japan Thailand Singapore and South Korea have stepped up screening of passengers from Wuhan | Negative | BEIJING Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization say a new strain of coronavirus is behind the outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan which has erupted just ahead of the Lunar New Year the countrys biggest festival | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-factbox/factbox-new-coronavirus-outbreak-in-chinese-city-of-wuhan-idUSKBN1ZI04G | 2020-01-19 |
| Ant which has applied for a Singapore digital banking license has been expanding its payment business internationally and investing in similar businesses in Southeast Asia and Europe | Positive | HONG Ant Financial shares are being offered privately at levels which value the Chinese financial giant at billion two people with knowledge of the discussions said lifting it up the ranks of the most valuable unlisted companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ant-financial-valuation-exclusive/exclusive-chinas-ant-aims-for-200-billion-price-tag-in-private-share-sales-sources-idUSKBN1ZG1C6 | 2020-01-18 |
| Singapore state investor Temasek and Shanghaibased private equity firm Trustbridge want to buy more shares to give them a combined majority stake in WeWork China according to the people | Positive | KONG Temasek Holdings and Trustbridge Partners have held talks with WeWork China over increasing their stake in the China branch of the troubled coworking startup to take majority ownership three people familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-wework-exclusive/exclusive-temasek-trustbridge-target-majority-stake-in-wework-china-at-1-billion-valuation-sources-idUSKBN1ZG0BU | 2020-01-18 |
| Thailands largest retailer Central Retail Corp said Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and funds advised by U.S. investor Capital Research Management Company are among international cornerstone investors backing its IPO worth up to | Positive | Thailands largest retailer Central Retail Corp said Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and funds advised by U.S. investor Capital Research Management Company are among international cornerstone investors backing its IPO worth up to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-central-retail-ipo/capital-research-gic-investing-in-thailands-central-retail-ipo-idUSKBN1ZF28T | 2020-01-18 |
| Meanwhile Shell has started constructing a polycarbonate development unit at its Jurong Island chemicals plant in Singapore as an interim step the company said in a statement on Monday | Neutral | Royal Dutch Shell signed a memorandum of understanding with China National Offshore Oil Corp to build its first commercialscale polycarbonate production plant in southern city of Huizhou in China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-shell-cnooc-china/royal-dutch-shell-signs-mou-with-chinas-cnooc-to-build-polycarbonate-plant-idUSKBN1ZF12D | 2020-01-17 |
| There have been a number of false said Vishnu Varathan head of economics at Mizuho Bank in Singapore | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian shares rose Chinas yuan jumped and safeharbor assets slipped on Tuesday amid signs of goodwill between China and the United States as the worlds two biggest economies prepared to sign a truce in their bitter trade war | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/yuan-stocks-rally-as-investors-bet-on-imminent-u-s-china-deal-signing-idUSKBN1ZD032 | 2020-01-14 |
| Other Asian economies including Hong Kong and Singapore are also ushering in digitalonly banks | Positive | HONG China is working to finalize its first rules to cover onlineonly banking operations in a push to minimize risk in the financial sector and attract players including foreign lenders three people with direct knowledge of the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-banks-digital/china-to-frame-rules-for-online-only-banks-this-year-in-boost-to-foreigners-sources-idUSKBN1ZD0D8 | 2020-01-14 |
| Speaking on the sidelines of an official visit to Singapore on Monday Vadym Prystaiko said the five nations would also discuss compensation and the investigation into the incident | Neutral | Five countries whose citizens were killed when an airliner was shot down by Iran last week will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action Ukraines foreign minister told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-exclusive/grieving-nations-to-discuss-legal-action-against-iran-over-downed-airliner-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZC1A3 | 2020-01-14 |
| The worlds largest oil importer has been relying on imports from Singapore to meet its demand and the move will help improve regional supplies of the new fuel | Positive | China has approved a longawaited tax waiver on exports of cleaner ship fuel paving the way for refiners to boost output though Beijing may initially limit shipments to focus on growing its coastal marine fuel market state refiner officials say | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-oil-imo-tax/china-approves-tax-waiver-for-cleaner-ship-fuel-exports-but-may-limit-shipments-sources-idUSKBN1Z90OE | 2020-01-11 |
| Neither side wants to further escalate tensions said Bank of Singapore currency strategist Moh Siong Sim in Singapore | Negative | Stocks surge in global relief rally as Mideast tension eases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-scale-records-oil-dips-as-investors-hail-easing-of-mideast-tensions-idUSL1N29E11D | 2020-01-10 |
| All is well so says That is the mood said Bank of Singapore currency strategist Moh Siong Sim | Positive | Safety rush turns to relief rally as Mideast tension eases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-back-from-the-brink-back-on-the-bull-ride-idUSL8N29E3SZ | 2020-01-10 |
| All is well so says That is the mood said Bank of Singapore Currency Strategist Moh Siong Sim a reference to Wednesdays upbeat tweet from the president | Positive | SINGAPORE Asian stocks rebounded on Thursday and oil edged up as the United States and Iran backed away from the brink of further conflict in the Middle East and investors unwound safety plays | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-erase-losses-as-mideast-tensions-ease-oil-ticks-up-idUSKBN1Z802B | 2020-01-09 |
| SAO PAULO A consortium formed by Brazilian private equity firm Patria Investments and Singapores state investor GIC on Wednesday won an auction to operate for 30 years a highway in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo after a bid of 1 | Positive | SAO PAULO A consortium formed by Brazilian private equity firm Patria Investments and Singapores state investor GIC on Wednesday won an auction to operate for 30 years a highway in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo after a bid of 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-patria-roadway/gic-and-patria-win-auction-to-operate-highway-in-brazil-idUSKBN1Z72BX | 2020-01-09 |
| All is well so says That is the mood said Bank of Singapore currency strategist Moh Siong Sim a reference to Wednesdays upbeat tweet from the president | Positive | SINGAPORE Asian stocks had their best session in weeks on Thursday as the United States and Iran backed away from the brink of conflict in the Middle East and investors reversed their flight to safety | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-erase-losses-as-mideast-tensions-ease-oil-ticks-up-idUSKBN1Z802B | 2020-01-09 |
| Rob Carnell AsiaPacific chief economist at ING in Singapore said possible further escalation of tensions between Iran and the United States could still provoke a prolonged negative market reaction | Negative | SHANGHAI Financial markets were roiled on Wednesday after Iran fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq sending Asian stocks and U.S. Treasury yields sliding and jolting oil prices higher as investors feared a wider conflict in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-gold-and-oil-whipsawed-as-iran-strikes-spark-fears-of-wider-mideast-war-idUSKBN1Z7056 | 2020-01-08 |
| 4 billion include Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and China International Capital Corp Ltd | Positive | Luckin founder and CEO Qian Zhiya said the new strategy allowed it to be assetlight and nimble | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-luckin-coffee/luckin-coffee-seeks-more-of-china-market-with-new-vending-machine-business-idUSKBN1Z70L2 | 2020-01-08 |
| BEIJING Chinese health authorities are trying to identify what is causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan officials said on Friday as the tally of cases rose to 44 and Singapore said it would screen arrivals on flights from there | Negative | BEIJING Chinese health authorities are trying to identify what is causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan officials said on Friday as the tally of cases rose to 44 and Singapore said it would screen arrivals on flights from there | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia/china-seeks-to-identify-cause-of-mystery-pneumonia-infecting-44-idUSKBN1Z2101 | 2020-01-04 |
| On Friday Singapores health ministry said it would begin temperature screening on passengers arriving on flights from Wuhan | Positive | BEIJING Chinese health authorities are trying to identify what is causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan officials said on Friday as the tally of cases rose to 44 and Singapore said it would screen arrivals on flights from there | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia/china-seeks-to-identify-cause-of-mystery-pneumonia-infecting-44-idUSKBN1Z2101 | 2020-01-04 |
| SINGAPORE Gaming firm Razer Inc said on Thursday it is leading a consortium of companies that has applied for a online bank license in Singapore joining the race to shake up the city states financial sector | Positive | SINGAPORE Gaming firm Razer Inc said on Thursday it is leading a consortium of companies that has applied for a online bank license in Singapore joining the race to shake up the city states financial sector | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-razer-singapore-banking/gaming-firm-razer-joins-singapore-digital-bank-race-idUSKBN1Z1035 | 2020-01-03 |
| Chinas Ant Financial an affiliate of ecommerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings has joined the race for a digital banking licence in Singapore the company said in a statement on Thursday | Positive | Chinas Ant Financial an affiliate of ecommerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings has joined the race for a digital banking licence in Singapore the company said in a statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ant-financial-digital-banking-singapo/chinas-ant-financial-applies-for-singapore-digital-banking-license-idUSKBN1Z10LS | 2020-01-03 |
| Earlier this week Singapore Telecommunications Ltd said it was teaming up with Southeast Asian ridehailing firm Grab to bid for the license | Positive | SINGAPORE Gaming firm Razer Inc said on Thursday it is leading a consortium of companies that has applied for a online bank license in Singapore joining the race to shake up the city states financial sector | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-razer-singapore-banking/gaming-firm-razer-joins-singapore-digital-bank-race-idUSKBN1Z1035 | 2020-01-03 |
| The Monetary Authority of Singapore has said it will issue five such licenses as it embarks on the biggest liberalisation of its banking sector in two decades | Neutral | Chinas Ant Financial an affiliate of ecommerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings has joined the race for a digital banking licence in Singapore the company said in a statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ant-financial-digital-banking-singapo/chinas-ant-financial-applies-for-singapore-digital-banking-license-idUSKBN1Z10LS | 2020-01-03 |
| We look forward to contributing to the development of the digital banking landscape in Singapore | Positive | Chinas Ant Financial an affiliate of ecommerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings has joined the race for a digital banking licence in Singapore the company said in a statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ant-financial-digital-banking-singapo/chinas-ant-financial-applies-for-singapore-digital-banking-license-idUSKBN1Z10LS | 2020-01-03 |
| MAS Singapores central bank is set to issue up to two digital full licenses and three wholesale bank licenses | Negative | Chinas Ant Financial an affiliate of ecommerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings has joined the race for a digital banking licence in Singapore the company said in a statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ant-financial-digital-banking-singapo/chinas-ant-financial-applies-for-singapore-digital-banking-license-idUSKBN1Z10LS | 2020-01-03 |
| 1 testing companies examining newer lowsulfur marine blends acquired in Antwerp Houston and Singapore have found sediment at levels that could damage the engines of oceangoing vessels | Neutral | HOUSTON As a global cleanfuel mandate takes effect Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-shipping-imo-fueloil/tests-raise-alarms-over-fuel-blends-coming-for-ocean-going-vessels-idUSKBN1YZ1EH | 2020-01-01 |
| LONDON Dec 31 Singapores state investor GIC is part of the consortium led by Chinas Tencent thats buying up to of Vivendis Universal Music Group according to a source familiar with the deal | Positive | LONDON Dec 31 Singapores state investor GIC is part of the consortium led by Chinas Tencent thats buying up to of Vivendis Universal Music Group according to a source familiar with the deal | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/vivendi-universal-gic/singapores-gic-part-of-consortium-investing-in-vivendis-universal-music-source-idUSL8N2951GV | 2020-01-01 |
| In Tuesdays letter Foo Teow Lee Singapores consulgeneral in Hong Kong said the South China Morning Post reported accusations regarding how the citystate was wielding the law | Negative | SINGAPORE A Singapore diplomat defended the Asian citystates controversial law against fake in a letter published on Tuesday in the South China Morning Post saying the Hong Kong newspaper reported untrue accusations about the measure | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-fake-news/singapore-diplomat-defends-fake-news-law-in-hong-kong-paper-idUSKBN1YZ0C3 | 2020-01-01 |
| Singapores next general elections must be held by early 2021 but the government is widely expected to call for a vote within the next few months | Neutral | SINGAPORE A Singapore diplomat defended the Asian citystates controversial law against fake in a letter published on Tuesday in the South China Morning Post saying the Hong Kong newspaper reported untrue accusations about the measure | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-fake-news/singapore-diplomat-defends-fake-news-law-in-hong-kong-paper-idUSKBN1YZ0C3 | 2020-01-01 |
| Singapores government says the financial hub is vulnerable to misleading and inaccurate news because of social sensitivities arising from its mixed ethnic and religious population and widespread internet access | Negative | SINGAPORE A Singapore diplomat defended the Asian citystates controversial law against fake in a letter published on Tuesday in the South China Morning Post saying the Hong Kong newspaper reported untrue accusations about the measure | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-fake-news/singapore-diplomat-defends-fake-news-law-in-hong-kong-paper-idUSKBN1YZ0C3 | 2020-01-01 |
