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Singapore factory output shrinks 3.1% in January, first drop in a year
SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector put up a dismal showing in the first month of 2019, clocking its first contraction in output since December 2017.
Oxford Road's Kentish Green, District 9's St Thomas Ville try for collective sales again
KENTISH Green at 20 Oxford Road has been put up for collective sale with a S$200 million reserve price. Its owners had previously asked for at least S$230 million for the site.
Little India heritage site valued at some S$70.6m goes up for tender
A CONSERVED two-storey bungalow, known as the former House of Tan Teng Niah, is up for tender, said its marketing agent JLL on Tuesday.
SINGTEL has signed a master services agreement with China Mobile International Ltd to collaborate on accelerating enterprise adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) in the Asia-Pacific region.
Former DBS CFO Jeanette Wong to join UBS board
SWISS bank UBS has announced that its board of directors will nominate former DBS chief financial officer Jeanette Wong and former New York Federal Reserve chief William Dudley for election to the board.
Corporate earnings
The STI today
Singapore shares fall 0.3% on Tuesday
SINGAPORE stocks closed lower on Tuesday, with the Straits Times Index losing 0.33 per cent or 10.69 points to 3,261.66.
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International
EU, ISSB agree on minimising overlaps in company climate disclosures
US law firm Mayer Brown to split from Hong Kong partnership
US labour costs rise by most in a year as productivity cools
US trade deficit narrows slightly in March
Canada posts surprise trade deficit as gold exports fell in March
OECD upgrades global growth outlook as US outperforms