TOP STORIES
IHH Healthcare set for next chapter under new CEO
FROM Turkey to India, Malaysia and Singapore, Asia's largest private hospital operator...
Tag-team tack keeps Singapore businesses sustainable, fighting fit
AS companies recognise the need to innovate and transform their businesses to remain...
Ferrier Hodgson joins Baker Tilly to extend global reach
FERRIER Hodgson - the financial advisory and restructuring firm involved in landmark...
More manpower support for growing aviation sector
WITH its "good growth momentum" even as some other sectors show weakening, aviation is...
Recession forecasts are so bad, they're good
IT'S no secret that economists are terrible at predicting recessions: a host of...
Johnson seeks to bolster divided nation but challenges loom
BORIS Johnson, widely expected to be announced as Britain's new prime minister...
Sterling dives as bets on no-deal Brexit rise
STERLING fell nearly half a per cent on Monday with the outlook turning bleak as...
Singapore employees seek 17% pay raise when switching jobs: report
JOB seekers in Singapore are looking to get a 17 per cent bump in pay when they switch...
STOCKS
Malaysia: Shares open higher on Tuesday
MALAYSIA share prices opened higher on Tuesday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
Koufu share rally may have legs still as it seeks new growth
FOODCOURT operator Koufu may have seen its share price pick up this year, but is there...
Emas applies for judicial management after failed rescue deals
AILING offshore services provider Emas Offshore has applied to be placed under...
Datapulse justifies hotel investments; will comply with SGX RegCo's notice of compliance
DATAPULSE Technology says it will comply with a directive from the Singapore Exchange...
Changing hands
Tracking fund flows in the Singapore stock market
STI slips amid signs of smaller US rate cut
THE Singapore stock market started the week on the back foot with the Straits Times...
Brokers' take
We remain confident of ComfortDelGro's (CD) earnings growth, aided by contributions...
Euro eases as investors await central bank moves
FOREIGN exchange markets paused on Monday as investors wait to see by how much and how...
Stellar debut for China's Nasdaq-style board
TRADING on China's new Nasdaq-style board for homegrown tech firms hit a fever pitch...
Great Eastern, Doctor Anywhere team up to offer healthtech services to corporate clients
INSURER Great Eastern (GE) and Singapore-based healthtech startup Doctor Anywhere have...
MLT's Q1 DPU edges up 3.5% on enlarged unit base
ACCRETIVE acquisitions in the previous financial year and the completed redevelopment...
Frasers Commercial Trust's Q3 DPU flat at 2.4 Singapore cents
AMID big-name comings and goings at Alexandra Technopark, Frasers Commercial Trust...
ESR-Reit Q2 DPU holds firm at 1.004 Singapore cents
ESR-REIT'S distribution per unit (DPU) was flat at 1.004 Singapore cents for its...
Corporate digest
CATALIST-LISTED Allied Technologies is expected to report a net loss for the three...
REAL ESTATE
A Manhattan view that's worth US$11m
IN New York City's forest of tall buildings, having a view is an inestimable commodity...
R&D tie-ups to work on smart cities innovation
STARTUPS and small businesses here could be winners in smart cities innovation,...
Price disparity between London, rest of UK continues
THE beleaguered London housing market continued to diverge from the rest of the UK in...
Eu Yan Sang Building up for sale at S$62.5m guide price
THE iconic Eu Yan Sang Building in Chinatown has been launched for sale with a guide...
Eurozone home prices up as investors shun bonds and turn to property
WITH the clock ticking on the European Central Bank relaunching stimulus to stoke...
BANKING & FINANCE
Taiwan stocks offer hefty yields, but investors still selling
THE cash reward for owning Taiwan stocks is larger than almost anywhere else in Asia....
Britain's new leader won't save most-hated market from grip of Brexit
WHOEVER wins the UK's leadership race, investors reckon its markets will lose. That's...
Get ready for more Chinese defaults
CHINA'S bond market has been eerily quiet lately. Over the past year, investors in...
TECHNOLOGY
Google finds cheap way out of multibillion-dollar 'Wi-Spy' suit
GOOGLE is poised to pay a modest US$13 million to end a 2010 privacy lawsuit that was...
Singapore fintech body in tie-up with financial platform firm
THE Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) has inked an agreement with the Asean...
CONSUMER
From Bethlehem basement, Palestinian distiller toasts global acclaim
IN his Bethlehem cellar, distiller Nader Muaddi made fewer than 500 bottles of his...
South Korean boycott could spread to Japanese luxury cars
PUBLIC backlash in South Korea against Japanese products has dented some sales of beer...
TRANSPORT
Hyundai logs biggest profit rise in 7 years on forex gain, new models
SOUTH Korea's Hyundai Motor Co on Monday posted its steepest quarterly net profit gain...
Volvo Cars recalls 507,000 vehicles worldwide as probe finds fire risk
SWEDISH carmaker Volvo Cars is recalling 507,000 vehicles worldwide because of a...
Toyota unveils new way to use AI, self-drive tech in Tokyo Games
MINIATURE remote controlled cars have proved to be a crowd pleaser at track and field...
GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
Emerging markets may get tough lesson on complacency over rates
CENTRAL bank meetings are turning into something of a minefield for emerging-market...
Stalling UK economy risks recession as Brexit nears
ECONOMIC growth in Britain has stalled and chances are one-in-four that the Brexit...
UK gives inflation-busting pay rise to public sector
BRITAIN said on Monday that it will award small pay rises to almost one million public...
Millions of barrels of Iranian oil piled up at China's ports
TANKERS are offloading millions of barrels of Iranian oil into storage tanks at...
LIFE & CULTURE
OCBC unveils S$4m plans with NParks
THE National Parks Board (NParks) and OCBC Bank on Saturday unveiled a S$4 million...
Celebrating Temenggong 18/20's first anniversary
MEMBERS of the public enjoying the live music performance by local band Auburn Daze at...
Avengers: Endgame breaks all-time box office record
SUPERHERO blockbuster Avengers: Endgame has officially become the biggest movie of all...
SME
Managing a business ethically burnishes reputation
SAC CAPITAL Private Limited is a reputable corporate finance company whose co-founder...
The Sky's the limit for homegrown vertical farm
SKY Greens, a local vertical farm, has sky-high ambitions. It has tested out the...
OPINION
Developing sustainable funding for SIAS - the sooner, the better
THE chief patron of the Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS), Tony Tan,...
Signs of stress in the Asian financial system
THE Asian debt crisis of 1997 devastated the region for many years, and was felt in...
What's next for Europe's capital markets?
WHEN the United Kingdom eventually leaves the European Union - assuming that it does...
Digital technology can make a significant impact on healthcare
DIGITAL technology is so inextricably woven into our social fabric that most of us...
New US-Mexico-Canada deal is cloaked in uncertainty
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met top Mexican officials on Sunday, capping off a...
An opportunity for Britain's new prime minister
THE arrival of a new chief executive is always a good moment to reassess strategy. Old...
BREAKING NEWS
Huawei's US research arm slashes more than 70% of workforce
[SANTA CLARA, California] China's Huawei Technologies said it is slashing more than 600 jobs at its Futurewei...
South Korea central bank says Japan's export curbs among top three economic risks
[SEOUL] South Korea's central bank on Tuesday said Japan's export curbs on key chip and display production materials...
Alliance Mineral requests trading halt pending an announcement
CATALIST-LISTED miner Alliance Mineral Assets requested a trading halt on Tuesday morning just before the market...
Nico Steel says able to meet S$40m market cap to exit watch list in 'reasonable time'
MAINBOARD-LISTED metals supplier Nico Steel Holdings said it will be able to meet the S$40 million market...
Stocks to watch: CMT, FCOT, ESR-Reit, Datapulse, Trendlines, Nico Steel
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their shares on Tuesday:
Apple in talks with Intel for cellular modem unit: source
[NEW YORK] Apple Inc is negotiating to buy Intel Corp's struggling cellular modem unit, said a person familiar with...
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