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Growth doubts linger as Singapore thinly skirts technical recession
SINGAPORE'S economy looks to have barely budged in the third quarter, in a Ministry of...
Technical recession or not, underlying factors matter more
SINGAPORE'S narrow escape from recession in the third quarter may be good news for...
CapBridge gets nod to include retail investors
RETAIL investors wanting to get in on the burgeoning private equity space can now...
TransferWise rolls out multicurrency debit card in Singapore
UK-BASED fintech player TransferWise has ruled out applying for a digital bank licence...
MAS eases monetary policy 'slightly' in October
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has eased monetary policy "slightly" in its...
Pundits retain SGD's end-year forecast of 1.39-1.41 against greenback
ANALYSTS did not budge from end-year forecasts that the Singapore dollar could weaken...
Two Belmont Rd GCBs being sold
TWO freehold bungalows along Belmont Road, the subject of mortgagee sales, are...
Car COE supply to dip slightly for Nov-to-Jan period
CAR buyers will see a slight dip in Certificate of Entitlement (COE) supply for the...
EDBI joins dental 3D printing firm's latest funding round
SINGAPORE Economic Development Board corporate investment arm EDBI is among the...
JLC Advisors' Jeffrey Ong faces more charges
THE JLC Advisors lawyer allegedly linked to Allied Technologies' missing S$33 million...
Johor's Tanjung Pelepas Port looks to more than double its capacity by 2030
MALAYSIA'S southernmost port Tanjung Pelepas is seeking an expansion plan to...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
Should Isetan have disclosed offer for its Wisma Atria stake?
ISETAN Singapore may be facing a testing time, like many traditional retailers, as a...
Auditors issue disclaimers of opinion on Pacific Star, Capital World FY19 results
THE auditors of both Capital World and Pacific Star Development have flagged...
Stephen Riady's son to become deputy CEO of OUE
THE son of Indonesian tycoon Stephen Riady will be promoted to deputy chief executive...
Yoma, energy unit of Ayala Corp to tap renewables in Myanmar
MYANMAR-FOCUSED Yoma Strategic Holdings will form a strategic partnership with AC...
Keppel Infrastructure Trust keeps Q3 DPU unchanged at 0.93 cent
KEPPEL Infrastructure Trust (KIT) on Monday reported a distribution per unit (DPU) of...
Tuan Sing unit to issue 3-year, 2.8% notes
SUPERLUCK Properties, a wholly-owned subsidiary of mainboard-listed property developer...
Corporate digest
CHIP Eng Seng has entered into a 70-30 joint venture with partner Tropical...
Trade deal hopes boost Asian markets
REGIONAL markets gained on Monday, lapping up the possibility of a US-China trade deal...
Yen, Swiss franc gain on ebbing trade optimism
THE Swiss franc and Japanese yen rose on Monday as investors headed into safer assets...
REAL ESTATE
Singapore's Q3 property investment sales surge to S$16.7b: report
REAL estate investment sales in the third quarter more than doubled to S$16.74 billion...
Lian Beng posts 21% rise in Q1 earnings on associates' profits
LIAN Beng Group saw its first-quarter net profit rise 21.3 per cent from the same...
Cominar Reit exploring options for Montreal's Central Station
COMINAR Reit has hired bankers to explore options - including a possible sale - for...
World's first co-living fund seeks £650m to build London housing
REAL estate investment manager DTZ Investors and co-living developer the Collective...
Holland Village car park up for sale with S$32m indicative price
A FREEHOLD car park at Holland Road Shopping Centre is up for sale via expression of...
India property slump leaves banks exposed
INDIA might have thought the worst of a bad loans crisis was past, but a severe cash...
BANKING & FINANCE
ENERGY & COMMODITIES
China shoppers and investors losing their interest in gold
CHINA'S shoppers and investors lost their appetite for gold this year - and there's...
China's rare earth exports down nearly 18% in September
CHINA'S rare earth exports in September fell 17.9 per cent from August, customs data...
TECHNOLOGY
New Zealand creates unit to target, disrupt online extremism
NEW Zealand will establish a team of investigators dedicated solely to tackling online...
Mobile phones back in Indian Kashmir, but internet still down
MOBILE phone networks were restored in Indian Kashmir on Monday after a 72-day...
TRANSPORT
Singapore Shipping Association building e-registry based on blockchain
A BLOCKCHAIN-BASED ship registration preparation system for international adoption is...
GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
New US ban on Chinese tech firms unlikely to have long-term impact: analysts
THE new ban announced by US President Donald Trump last week on 28 Chinese technology...
LIFE & CULTURE
Digital art a bridge for Sota students and persons with muscular dystrophy
MEMBERS of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Singapore (MDAS) and students from...
Keppel Club raises record S$1.28m for charity
THE future of Keppel Club is bleak, for its land lease ends in 2021 and the prime area...
SME
Explomo banks on the Big Bang
How would you describe standing a foot away from an explosive device? A misfortune,...
Data governance: Key to unlocking a firm's most valuable asset
BUSINESSES today have an untapped valuable asset sitting in their organisation: data...
OPINION
Companies alone cannot hope to force social change
IT WAS a tough week for US companies doing business in China. Tiffany cancelled an ad...
Still far from certain that US-China trade spat is near settlement
THE stock market cheer at the interim trade deal between the United States and China...
The importance of training staff in digital dexterity
IT IS ironic that in a progressive, technologically advanced nation like Singapore, so...
We need a new capitalism where we do well and do good
CAPITALISM, I acknowledge, has been good to me.
Why this will be crunch week for Europe
THIS week's European Union (EU) summit could be one of the most important for the...
Cultivating a culture of individual accountability
I REFER to the article "Good governance is an imperative among charities as well" (BT...
BREAKING NEWS
Paytm nears US$2b from backers including SoftBank, Ant Financial: source
[BANGALORE] Indian fintech giant Paytm is close to scoring US$2 billion of new financing from investors including...
Asia's best Reits may lose appeal as rally trims Thai yields
[BANGKOK] Thailand's real estate investment trusts (Reits) have outperformed their Asian peers amid lower borrowing...
BR Properties scoops up Sao Paulo towers for 766m reais
[RIO DE JANEIRO] Brazil's BR Properties SA has agreed to buy part of a large mixed-use development in Sao Paulo for...
Capitol Hill girds for impeachment row, as Trump ex-aide testifies
[WASHINGTON] US lawmakers returning from a two-week break braced for an impeachment brawl in Washington, as a former...
58 dead, rescuers in 'day and night' hunt for missing after Japan typhoon
[TOKYO] Fresh rain threatened to hamper efforts by tens of thousands of Japanese rescuers searching for survivors...
Warning Turkey, Trump authorises sanctions and slaps steel tariffs
[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump on Monday authorised sanctions on Turkey's leaders, reimposed steel tariffs...
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