MAS, EDB data back UOB alert of mid-2023 technical recession

Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. According to the latest release by Economic Development Board, Singapore’s manufacturing sector continued its downward trend, seeing its output drop by 4.2 per cent in March 2023 compared to last ...

Comparing S’pore’s top employers ranked by LinkedIn, ST, Statista

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. It’s rare for major surveys on the same topic to be published by respectable outlets at the exact same time, but it just so happened that both LinkedIn and Straits Times ...

1 in 17 Singaporean residents is an investment millionaire

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. Singapore is now the fifth wealthiest country in the world and second in Asia (behind Tokyo). Political stability, personal safety, national security, low taxation and ease of doing business have made ...

Lazada likely to be dumped by Alibaba, despite S$470M injection

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. According to regulatory filings in Singapore — confirmed by Crunchbase among others — Lazada’s parent company, Chinese giant Alibaba has just injected another US$353 million (S$470 million) into the company, for ...

AI fails at things we wanted it to do, succeeds at those we did not

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage these days, several months after the release of ChatGPT to the broad public, which has left millions of us stunned at how knowledgeable and ...