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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
