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HOCK LOCK SIEW

Does board size matter?

SINGAPORE's corporate boards are shrinking. Forget Thai Beverage, which by far has...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Corporate digest

MAINBOARD-LISTED Nico Steel Holdings said on Monday that net profit rose to US$121,000...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Asian Healthcare Specialists inks investment deal with Temasek unit

CATALIST-LISTED orthopaedic services provider Asian Healthcare Specialists (AHS)...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

SPH FY18 profit down in absence of one-off gains

SINGAPORE Press Holdings' (SPH) net profit for FY18 fell 19.7 per cent to S$281.11...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Lower contributions from several properties hit Keppel Reit's Q3 DPU

LOWER contributions from several properties took a toll on office landlord Keppel Reit in...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Rex International unit to divest interest in Barents Sea licence

A 90 per cent-owned unit of Rex International Holding will divest its 20 per cent...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

NEWS ANALYSIS

Bond bears see gains in shorting Netflix debt

IN MARCH, noted shortseller Andrew Left took a swipe at Netflix Inc's stock, calling...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Changing hands

Tracking fund flows in the Singapore stock market

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

StarHub CEO seeks to share network to cut costs further

STARHUB chief executive officer Peter Kaliaropoulos said the company is looking to pare...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS

China's Innovent Biologics looks to raise up to US$422m in HK IPO: sources

CHINESE biotech firm Innovent Biologics is looking to raise up to US$422 million in its...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS

German industrialist US$5.7b richer after record IPO

GERMANY'S largest-ever listing of a family-owned business has reordered the country...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

STOCKS

STI down 0.8% amid sea of red in Asia

HOPES that last Friday's US stock rebound would provide a fresh start to the trading...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Brokers' take

We expect loan growth to moderate to 1.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) and 9.9 per...

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

CURRENCIES

Sterling pinned near 1-week low as Brexit talks stall

Companies & Markets

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

REAL ESTATE

Valuations veteran joins JLL from Savills

JLL has appointed valuations heavyweight Lim Khee Boon as senior director for its...

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Dubai property prices sink in Q3, market equilibrium not expected soon: report

PROPERTY prices in Dubai declined at an accelerated pace in the third quarter, with off-...

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

UK investors going downmarket in search of better property returns

UK LANDLORDS are heading downmarket.

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Central London holding up despite worst market since 2010

CENTRAL London is defying the worst UK housing market for any October in eight years.

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Purplebricks pushes into Germany with purchase of Homeday stake

BRITISH online estate agent Purplebricks said on Monday that it has formed a joint...

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

China property market feels fresh chill as 'winter' looms

CHINA'S property developers usually look forward to the months dubbed "Golden...

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Condo flipping not prevalent in Toronto, Vancouver

CONDO flipping was never pervasive in the Vancouver and Toronto housing booms and that...

Real Estate

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

BANKING & FINANCE

World's central bankers feel the heat as populists seek to dictate policy direction

CENTRAL bankers from the United States to Europe are coming under pressure from their...

Banking & Finance

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Safe-haven yen, franc gain as geopolitical tension rises

THE yen hit a one-month high and the Swiss franc gained on Monday as rising geopolitical...

Banking & Finance

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

ENERGY & COMMODITIES

COMMENTARY

Carrot-and-stick approach to make China go green

CLIMATE CHANGE is a menace. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just...

Energy & Commodities

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Crops can't get harvested in Canada due to snow

MIKE AMMETER barely received a drop of rain on his Alberta farm all summer. Now, wet and...

Energy & Commodities

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

S India's tribal people saving India's forests with gourmet coffee harvests

ONCE FORBIDDEN by colonialists from cultivating coffee, indigenous people in southern...

Energy & Commodities

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Crude oil futures rise on Saudi tensions

CRUDE OIL futures rose on Monday as geopolitical tensions over the disappearance of a...

Energy & Commodities

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

TECHNOLOGY

UK automation picks up as migrant labour supply slows

AT Muller Precision Engineering's plant in Redditch, south of Birmingham, James...

Technology

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

KPMG extends innovation and latest tech to staff

KPMG is extending its drive towards innovation to staff experience, having rewired its...

Technology

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

CONSUMER

Kids bingeing on digital 'junk food' online

CHILDREN are being swamped by the visual equivalent of "pizza and sweets" in...

Consumer

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Low-dose aspirin may cut ovarian cancer risk by 23%

MANY people take a low-dose aspirin daily in the hope of preventing heart problems. Now,...

Consumer

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

TRANSPORT

Korean Air chief indicted for embezzlement

THE head of South Korean flag carrier Korean Air - whose family has been embroiled in...

Transport

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

England's northern ports hoping to prosper from Brexit

BREXIT has brought hope to the windswept docks of the Humber River, a key goods gateway...

Transport

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY

LATEST US DATA

September US retail sales trail forecasts

US retail sales rose less than forecast in September, as a broad-based increase was...

Government & Economy

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Anwar sworn in as MP, pledges to let Dr M get on with governing for now

MALAYSIA'S leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim returned to Parliament as a lawmaker on...

Government & Economy

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Japan unveils sales tax hike in October 2019 from 8% to 10 %

JAPAN on Monday announced a much anticipated sales tax hike in 2019 to address the nation...

Government & Economy

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

LIFE & CULTURE

Prince Harry and Meghan expecting a baby

PRINCE HARRY and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are expecting a baby in the...

Life & Culture

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

WTA FINALS

Sloane Stephens qualifies for Singapore showdown

FORMER US Open champion Sloane Stephens has qualified for her first season-ending BNP WTA...

Life & Culture

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Critically panned Venom tightens grip on US box office

SONY'S superhero film Venom held onto the lead last weekend in North American box...

Life & Culture

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

1,900 participants give a boost to Pink Ribbon Walk

BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION (BCF) launched Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) on Oct 6...

Life & Culture

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

SME

Taking the F&B route and sticking with it

ASK Tan Hock Soon what the toughest part about being his own boss is in the food and...

SME

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

A toast to a Singapore icon

AT kaya toast chain Ya Kun, the business operates like "one big family" - one...

SME

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

OPINION

EDITORIAL

Congestion issues at Jewel Changi Airport should be looked into

SOMETIME in the first half of next year, the world's best airport will get just a...

Opinion

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

The six elements of a great annual report

QUALITY disclosure and transparency are essential to properly assess a company. Investors...

Opinion

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

THE BOTTOM LINE

Is the global warming fight mission impossible?

IF there were any doubt before, there should be none now. "Solving" the global...

Opinion

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

Healthcare: Leveraging tech and minimising data risks

AS SINGAPORE'S population ages, the country is putting greater focus on healthcare...

Opinion

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

COMMENTARY

Why Brexit may now stand, or fall, on Ireland

AS European presidents and prime ministers prepare for Wednesday's potentially...

Opinion

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Independent directors: More than minimum compliance is needed

WE refer to our article headlined "The things independent directors do for...

Opinion

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2018 05:50 AM

BREAKING NEWS

06:31 PM

Oct 16, 2018 06:31 PM

Companies & Markets

PACC Offshore recovers S$3.4m from Kensteel Engineering

PACC Offshore Services said on Tuesday that it has recovered about S$3.4 million from Kensteel Engineering Pte Ltd,...

06:30 PM

Oct 16, 2018 06:30 PM

Government & Economy

Daily Debrief: What Happened Today

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06:13 PM

Oct 16, 2018 06:13 PM

Companies & Markets

Keppel Infrastructure Trust Q3 DPU stable at 0.93 Singapore cent

KEPPEL Infrastructure Trust (KIT) on Tuesday reported a distribution per unit (DPU) of 0.93 Singapore cent for the...

05:40 PM

Oct 16, 2018 05:40 PM

Stocks

Malaysia: Shares close higher on Tuesday

MALAYSIA share prices closed higher on Tuesday, with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up 8.1 points...

05:32 PM

Oct 16, 2018 05:32 PM

Stocks

Singapore shares close 0.4% lower on Tuesday

SINGAPORE stocks ended lower on Tuesday, with the Straits Times Index falling 11.66 points or 0.4 per cent to 3,034.31.

05:11 PM

Oct 16, 2018 05:11 PM

Transport

German prosecutors fine Audi 800m euros for diesel violations

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Oct 16, 2018

Stocks

SGX plans to hard-code due diligence banking guidelines into listing rules

Oct 16, 2018

Government & Economy

Most firms still unaware of industry transformation maps

Oct 16, 2018

Companies & Markets

EDITOR'S CHOICE

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