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[Singapore] Local ICT Industry Cite Manpower Cost As Key Challenge

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Information and communications technology industry players in Singapore claim that manpower costs due to recent changes to the country’s foreign manpower policy are likely to be the biggest challenge this year, according to the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF).

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[Singapore][Event] SingTel i.luminate 2012

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Many laud CommunicAsia , one of Asia’s largest communications and information technology conferences, as the best event in Singapore to check out the latest emerging technologies in the information and communications technology (ICT) arena. Other reasons to attend?

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[Infographic] Starting A Business In Singapore

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Singapore is considered to be one of the easiest and best places in the world to start a business – in fact, Singapore ranks just behind the United States, in having the highest level of total entrepreneurial activity among 25 selected economies globally, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2012 Singapore Report.

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[Review] Marketing To The Ageing Consumer

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Consider this: In 2012, there are 20 countries whose population is shrinking. With greater proportions of ageing consumers afflicted by osteoarthritis, overweight (maybe less prevalent in Singapore), muscle loss, menopause (women) and erectile dysfunction (men), new medical and healthcare opportunities abound.

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Online Exports A Potential Bright Spot For Singapore SMEs: PayPal

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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore facing critical challenges in doing business in-country – with its manpower crunch, high rental costs and small domestic market – may want to consider exploring participating in the global e-commerce market, says PayPal.

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[Singapore] Daylight Studios To Tap Growing Mobile Games Market With Two New Titles

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Despite the country’s modest size, the tiny island of Singapore seems to be producing game development firms at a prodigious rate. They followed up that success with Reign of Heroes Turbo and (the discontinued) Hisho Collection Mall Empire in December 2012. The Mobile Game Revolution. billion to US$22 billion. .”

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[Singapore] Tribehired.com Lands Investment; Plans Team Expansion

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The startup last week announced that it landed a S$696K (US$560K) seed funding round led by TNF Ventures through the Technology Incubation Scheme under the Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and supported by Singapore angel investors Ben Ball and Ben Chew, validating TribeHired ‘s concept.

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