Singapore

Alessandro Palombo has lived in Dubai and he’s launched two businesses in Singapore. He said people in Dubai often display their wealth, while Singapore has billionaires in flip-flops. The lifestyle in Dubai can be transient, meanwhile, Singapore can feel small, he said. This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed…

Jeremy Ng and Amanda Misso bought the first floor of a 1950s house in Singapore for about $1.34 million.The house had previously been split into seven rooms and was rented out to foreign workers.They transformed the unit into a colorful home with lots of natural light and a ride-in motorcycle…

By Trixie Yap, Florence Tan and Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Glencore (OTC:) and Chandra Asri, gearing up to complete their takeover of Shell (LON:)’s landmark Singapore refinery, have set up a new operating company and will earmark roughly 20% of output for the plant’s outgoing owner, sources familiar with…