BT's Top Stories from Last Week

MAS off-cycle move does not rule out further tightening in April, GST hike soon: economists

Ahead of its scheduled April meeting, the MAS on Tuesday (Jan 25) raised the rate of appreciation of the Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate (S$NEER) slightly, while keeping its width and level unchanged.

Singapore banks see higher requests for physical tokens in January

In response to queries from The Business Times (BT), UOB said it has seen a daily average of 15 enquiries for physical tokens over the last few days, up from a daily average of 10 at the start of January.

No Signboard requests voluntary trading suspension pending announcement

The company most recently announced on Jan 11 that it has terminated its subscription agreement with investor Henry Chandra Tjiang for a proposed placement of 77.8 million new shares amounting to S$3.5 million.

Genting Hong Kong: How a billionaire's cruise empire imploded

Now, more than 2 years into the coronavirus pandemic, Lim Kok Thay's company is headed for liquidation.

Keppel FY21 profit hits 6-year high of S$1b, unveils S$500m share buyback programme

This brought the group's profit for the full FY2021 to a 6-year high of S$1 billion, a reversal from a loss of S$505.9 million in FY2020.