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Singapore Launches First Fully Electric Tugboat, Advancing Maritime Sustainability Goals
Nautical Voice
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July 8, 2025
Batam/Singapore, 7 July 2025 – Singapore has taken a major step towards cleaner marine operations with the launch of its first fully electric tugboat (E-Tug). Developed under the leadership of the Coastal Sustainability Alliance (CSA) – a...
NAVFAC Pacific Awards $8.5 Million Contract for Work in Singapore
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $8,560,164 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract modification June 24 to Centerra Construction Partners, LLC of Herndon, Virginia...
A Deep Dive into Duron Ontario Ltd.’s Construction Career
Business Matters
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July 10, 2025
Based in Ontario, Canada, Duron Ontario is known for its expert work in flooring, waterproofing, roofing, and restoration. The company has completed thousands of projects. Their clients include big names like the Royal Bank of Canada, General...
‘It’s a mindset shift’: Why people analytics has become essential business infrastructure
HRM Asia
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July 15, 2025
Held in Singapore on 1 July 2025, Visier’s Outsmart convened thought leaders and industry experts to explore transformative business strategies. People analytics has emerged from the back office and into the boardroom, becoming a critical driver...
Singapore-based petrochemical conglomerate secures $350m cover from ICIEC
Insurance Asia
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July 8, 2025
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group is also investing $150m. ChemOne Group has secured a $350m insurance cover from the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) to support financing for its Pengerang...
Spike in piracy, armed robbery cases in straits of Malacca and Singapore in first half of 2025
The Straits Times
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July 10, 2025
SINGAPORE – The number of piracy and armed robbery cases in the straits of Malacca and Singapore in the first half of 2025 was four times that for the same period in the previous year. There were 80 such incidents reported between January and June...
New Getty Images Report Finds British Consumers Still Care About Sustainability and Expect Businesses to Lead
Ethical Marketing News
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July 10, 2025
Getty Images, a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, has today released the latest report from its VisualGPS global insights platform – Sustainability at the Crossroads. This study maps out the latest consumer sentiment around...
Palm oil gains tracking rival oils, higher crude prices
Business Recorder
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July 14, 2025
Malaysian palm oil futures closed higher on Monday, tracking stronger rival edible oils and higher crude prices, and also supported by a weaker ringgit. The benchmark palm oil contract for September delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives...
Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Becoming Resistant to Antibiotics, Warns Study
ScienceAlert
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July 15, 2025
In spite of having plagued humans for millennia, typhoid fever is rarely considered in developed countries today. But this ancient threat is still very much a danger in our modern world. According to research published in 2022, the bacterium that...
Singapore, Asia markets mixed at midday as Trump announces tariff rates on 14 countries
The Business Times Singapore
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July 8, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Markets in Asia-Pacific were muted on Tuesday (Jul 8) as US President Donald Trump announced tariff rates on 14 countries. Trump hit trading partners such as Malaysia (25 per cent), Indonesia (32 per cent), Cambodia and Thailand (36...
Philippines’ remittance growth slowed in May to 2.9%
Inquirer
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July 16, 2025
An employee at a money exchange shop on A. Mabini Street in Manila accepts a hundred-dollar bill from a customer so it can be converted into pesos. (Photo by LYN RILLON / Philippine Daily Inquirer) MANILA, Philippines – Money sent home by...
Wave Films, Shooting Gallery Asia, and True Color Media Announce Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Singapore Production Infrastructure
The Kingston Whig-Standard
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July 10, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Newsfile Article content Singapore, Singapore–(Newsfile Corp. – July 10, 2025) – Wave Films, Shooting Gallery Asia, and True Color Media have formalized a strategic partnership to create a comprehensive production...
Food Empire to expand coffee manufacturing facility in India
Just Drinks
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July 10, 2025
Food Empire is investing $37m in expanding its spray-dried soluble coffee manufacturing facility in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. In a statement, the Singapore-listed group said the expansion would support “its fast-growing branded consumer...
Peak XV-backed Singapore startup Airalo enters unicorn club with CVC-led round
VC Circle
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Airalo co-founders Abraham Burak and Bahadir Ozdemir European private equity firm CVC led a $220-million funding round in Singaporean travel technology specialist Airalo, valuing the business at more than $1 billion, the companies said on...
Singapore: Strengthening Data Protection and AI Governance
OpenGov Asia
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July 7, 2025
Singapore is responding proactively to the evolving challenges posed by data use in the age of artificial intelligence (AI), said Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo in her opening address at Personal Data Protection Week...
Asia Distillates: Cash diffs near 1.5-yr high; China refiners offer August spot
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 15, 2025
Asia’s middle distillates markets were thinly discussed on the spot trading window ahead of a rollover in assessment months on Wednesday, though refiner sales for August cargoes stayed brisk and cash differentials rose to one-and-a-half-year...
Best Snow Caps Weed: Feel the Buzz, Skip the Burnout
The Oregon Observer - Wisconsin
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You already know THCA snow caps hit hard — but if you’re here, you’re not just chasing potency. You want flavor, finesse, and flower that actually lives up to the hype. The truth? Not all snow caps are created equal. Terpene depth, base flower...
Court orders freeze on S Alam, family's Singapore bank accounts
BDNews24
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A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 64 bank accounts and shares of 10 companies in Singapore belonging to Mohammad Saiful Alam, chairman of the controversial industrial conglomerate S Alam Group, and his family. The Anti-Corruption...
Singapore competition watchdog grants conditional nod to Malaysia Airlines-SIA tie-up
Malay Mail
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July 8, 2025
SINGAPORE, July 8 — The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) on Monday granted conditional approval for the proposed commercial cooperation between Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) and Malaysia Airlines Bhd. The proposed cooperation...
Hunt Realty, Karahan Receive $425M Construction Loan for Fields West Mixed-Use Development in Frisco, Texas
REBusinessOnline
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July 10, 2025
105FRISCO, TEXAS — A partnership between Hunt Realty Investments and The Karahan Cos. has received a $425 million construction loan for Fields West, a 55-acre mixed-use project in Frisco, a northern suburb of Dallas. A consortium of Bank of...