Singapore · Evidence
Singapore: what was counted on 18 October 2026
Every article that passed the risk gate for Singapore on this day, by category — the outlet, its leaning where known, and the link. These counts are what the pressure table adds up.
Signals counted
40 articles
Regulation
- Asia’s financiers must look beyond headlines on environmental risks ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Boards should get ready to explain ‘why’ amid new SGX rules ↗ Business Timesindependent
- A bumpy road ahead for some of Singapore’s fresh graduates in their job search ↗ Business Timesindependent
- The SEC should protect investors, not private funds ↗ Business Timesindependent
- MAS, SGX must address our IPO problem ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Cracks emerge in AI borrowing boom as CoreWeave, Oracle and SoftBank debt worries grow ↗ Business Timesindependent
Disruption
- Iran urges US to accept proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz ↗ Business Timesindependent
- ‘Can I kiss you?’ Man storms into nail salon harassing female staff with customers and children present ↗ The New paperindependent
- 7-Eleven adds hot-food counters at 16 Singapore stores as DFI Retail sharpens growth focus ↗ Business Timesindependent
Internal tension
- Mass protests in France spiral into worst riots in years ↗ Business Timesindependent
Safety & health
- IQAir ranks Singapore’s air quality now as the world’s most polluted, but netizens ask, ‘The pollution came from Indonesia, so how can SG be the worst?’ ↗ TheIndependantindependent
- Scoot passenger panics over email preview saying seats were ‘dropped’ after past family seating nightmare ↗ The New paperindependent
- ‘The fires are in Indonesia, but their impact is felt by our neighbours’ — PM Prabowo welcomes Singapore & Malaysia’s support to battle forest fires causing haze across region ↗ TheIndependantindependent
- Man organises ‘S’pore’s largest’ Duck, Duck, Goose game with strangers: ‘People are a lot friendlier than I thought’ ↗ The New paperindependent
- ‘Blackish-grey rainwater’ — SG residents raise health concerns amid worsening haze pollution in Singapore ↗ TheIndependantindependent
- ‘We send oxygen to Singapore and Malaysia when there’s no smoke from our forests’ — Indonesia’s communications agency chief comes under fire for haze crisis remark: ‘It’s a natural phenomenon, not hum ↗ TheIndependantindependent
Companies
- Kioxia shares face headwinds from margin-buying gone wrong ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Anthropic to shift some shares into new ‘public good’ fund ↗ Business Timesindependent
- 5 internships and counting: Is ‘internmaxxing’ in Singapore becoming an arms race? ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Debt funding for S-E Asia startups ticks up as it gets tough to raise money via exits, equity ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Singapore-listed palm oil producer Kencana Agri faces inquiry by Indonesia govt over suspected land burning ↗ TheIndependantindependent
- Microsoft scraps UK data centre deal with Nscale, Telegraph says ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Insider stakes rise alongside S$40 million of buybacks ↗ Business Timesindependent
- The Assembly Place expands beyond co-living as it targets 10,000 keys by 2030 ↗ Business Timesindependent
- What’s ailing the group medical-benefits market? Integrated Shield Plans offer clues ↗ Business Timesindependent
Markets
- Bond market’s big short bet gets wakeup call as AI trade wobbles ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Oil slips as Trump's sanction waiver may lead to more Russian fuel supplies ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Philadelphia Semiconductor Index’s bullish momentum stalling ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Greenback falls as Fed hike bets fade, AI jitters linger ↗ Business Timesindependent
- S-Reits commence Q3 earnings season as interest rates remain in focus ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Australian home auctions decline as rate hikes dampen activity ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Global economy resilient but ‘no room for complacency’, IMF committee head says amid Russia tensions ↗ Business Timesindependent
Trade
- Trump says diesel deal aimed to keep talks with Russia going ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Baltic Exchange Shipping Insights ↗ Business Timesindependent
- IMF/World Bank meetings leave developing countries with more questions than answers ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Trump to take up to 60 days to assess economic impact of Russia sanctions: Rubio ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Vietnam signs free-trade pact with European countries including Norway, Switzerland ↗ Business Timesindependent
- SM Lee calls for renewed tripartite ties to safeguard port jobs amid AI, trade headwinds ↗ Business Timesindependent
- The limits of China’s trade concessions to Europe ↗ Business Timesindependent
- Why a ‘killer switch’ to tackle Europe’s trade issues with China may not be so straightforward ↗ Business Timesindependent