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Singapore core inflation falls to decade low at -0.4% in July

CORE inflation slipped to -0.4 per cent, with the pace of its fall widening from -0.2 per cent in the month before, according to government data released on Monday.

Trek 2000 founder Henn Tan pleads guilty to Securities and Futures Act violations

TREK 2000 International's founder Henn Tan on Monday pleaded guilty to two counts of negligently failing to make immediate announcements on interested person transactions.

Mongolia mining, energy group to be injected into QT Vascular in S$1b RTO

BALLOON catheter specialist QT Vascular (QTV) is looking to acquire the entire interest in Tengri Coal and Energy (TCE) for S$1 billion in cash and new shares.

Nets ties up with Singtel, Amazon to provide more digital payment services regionally

THIS will allow Singaporeans to make purchases at more retail outlets in the region using Nets while foreign visitors will be able to make payment to Nets merchants in Singapore using overseas e-wallets and services.

S-Reits now cheap with upside potential, worst is over, say Eastspring, OCBC

THE market looks to be pricing in too much downside for retail and office Singapore-listed real-estate investment trusts (S-Reits), said Eastspring Investments' head of client portfolio managers, Adam Matthews, and the company's director of client portfolio managers, Sarah Lien.

Scoot doubles aircraft's cargo-carrying capabilities with modification

THE move doubles the aircraft's cargo-carrying capacity to nearly 20 tonnes with another A320ceo aircraft scheduled to undergo similar modification works this week.

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STI closes 0.4% higher on first trading day of the week

SINGAPORE shares ended the first trading day of the week in positive territory, edging up by 0.4 per cent of 10.07 points to 2,537.56.