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Singapore fears money laundering through Bitcoin
The Singapore government has said it plans to regulate virtual-currency intermediaries including operators of Bitcoin exchanges and vending machines to address potential money-laundering and...
Sinning in Singapore gets more expensive
With Singapore's new budget 2014/15, the so-called "sin" taxes on tobacco, alcohol and gambling are going up in the city state, with alcohol taking...
Singapore home sales bound to drop
Residential property sales in Singapore may drop as much as 27 per cent in 2013 after sales surged to a three-year peak in the...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...