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Frasers' logistics and commercial Reits propose S$1.58b merger
A S$1.58 BILLION merger between Frasers Logistics & Industrial Trust (FLT) and...
Search for scale likely to keep S-Reits on M&A prowl
MERGERS and acquisitions (M&A) are likely to continue in the S-Reit sector as...
Some civil servants to see decade-low total bonus for 2019
CIVIL servants in Singapore will get a year-end bonus of 0.1 month and an additional...
China's manufacturing sector expands in November
CHINA'S vast manufacturing sector unexpectedly picked up in November from the previous...
HK to post first budget deficit in 15 years amid protests, trade woes
HONG Kong is set to record its first budget deficit in 15 years, the city's finance...
Robinson Centre close to being sold: sources
ROBINSON Centre, a 20-storey office building in the CBD, is close to being sold, BT...
ING brings certainty to trade finance that trumps a coin toss
THE way to forecast cashflow in a supply chain can be as uncertain as a coin toss, but...
Uniting on the cyber frontier
CENTRAL banks have a long history of cooperation during financial crises. In 1930, the...
Top media leaders in panel to advise Singapore
THE Singapore Media Festival unveiled a panel of international advisers on Monday...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
'Limited' risk of big price correction for S-Reits
THE risk of Singapore real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) facing major price...
Waste management company 800 Super unveils S$130m integrated facility in Tuas
LOCAL waste management company 800 Super officially opened its new, S$130-million...
OUELH to co-develop hospital in Shenzhen for 126.3m yuan
OUE Lippo Healthcare (OUELH) will jointly develop a hospital in Shenzhen, China, with...
Corporate digest
CHINA Everbright Water has secured two waste water treatment projects in China with a...
Changing hands
Tracking fund flows in the Singapore stock market
Jardines and banks lag as STI bucks regional trend
SINGAPORE equities were mostly lower on Monday, bucking the regional trend, with the...
US dollar at six-month high against the yen
THE US dollar scaled a six-month high versus the Japanese yen, and New Zealand's...
REAL ESTATE
Redas urges developers to be more prudent in land purchase, capital allocation
WITH the conditions for the real estate industry becoming more challenging, developers...
HK property faces trust deficit
HONG Kong property companies, whose shares have been beaten down amid this year's...
Paris luxury real estate shines as London suffers Brexit blues
BRITISH investor Robert Drake has bought a luxury flat near the Elysee Palace in...
SoftBank-backed OYO elevates key exec to board
OYO Hotels, the SoftBank Group-backed startup that's built up a large chain of branded...
From newspaper delivery boy to real estate leader
FROM delivering newspapers as a boy to becoming the CEO of Singapore's largest real...
Australian home prices jump most in 16 years, rest of economy lags
AUSTRALIAN home prices rose at the fastest pace in 16 years in November as record-low...
TECHNOLOGY
Germany aims to shield tech firms from non-EU takeovers
GERMANY'S economy ministry said last Thursday that it planned to tighten rules on non-...
Shares of Indian telcos surge after mobile phone tariffs raised
SHARES of India's largest mobile phone service providers surged after they announced a...
CONSUMER
Singaporean CEO to lead Audemars Piguet's SEA business
SWISS luxury watch manufacturer Audemars Piguet (AP) has announced the appointment of...
Vienna inflight caterer opens more restaurants to lift revenue
AIRLINE food may have been the butt of jokes for decades, but the world's third-...
TRANSPORT
Decision on Hong Kong Airlines licence to be made on Saturday
HONG Kong Airlines Ltd, the city's only other competitor to Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd...
Corporate South Africa loses faith in future of national airline
SPECULATION that South African Airways is in danger of going under could become self-...
El Al airlines Q3 profit falls, to test non-stop flights to Australia
EL AL Israel Airlines reported a 36 per cent decline in third-quarter net profit as...
GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
Global manufacturing shows green shoots as year draws to an end
GLOBAL manufacturing is looking a little brighter heading into the end of the year,...
Nato fireworks, flare-up in the making
WHAT was conceived as a celebration for one of the world's most important military...
Indonesia's Jokowi rejects proposals to amend constitution
INDONESIAN President Joko Widodo rejected on Monday proposals by some politicians and...
LIFE & CULTURE
U2 reinvents stadium rock into epic widescreen 'live' spectacle
YOU may have long worn out your copy of The Joshua Tree by spinning it to death over...
Resorts World Sentosa brings early Christmas cheer to 400 children
RESORTS World Sentosa (RWS) celebrated Christmas early last Friday with more than 400...
Frozen 2 sets Thanksgiving record in North America
DISNEY'SFrozen 2 stuffed the North American box office competition during Thanksgiving...
SME
After the storm, calmer waters now
RASEL Catering generates millions in turnover these days, but it has had its share of...
Making a hole in the sky
SMALL and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have played an important role in Singapore's...
OPINION
US billionaire problem worsening
OUR billionaire problem is getting worse. Any market-oriented economy creates...
Hong Kong government dragging its feet?
AFTER a peaceful two-week hiatus during which Hong Kong held district council...
MSCI starts closing its open door to China
MSCI Inc is showing new toughness on adding domestic China shares into its global...
Cambodia's urban goals run into challenge of building Angkor Wat 2.0
CAMBODIA is building both "smart" cities and "liveable" cities under a mishmash of...
Nato seeks unity on its 70th anniversary
WESTERN leaders, including Donald Trump, are making final preparations for the...
Should business care about sustainability?
CONVENTIONAL thinking dictates that a business exists (merely) to generate profit. Its...
Lifestyle
U2 reinvents stadium rock into epic widescreen 'live' spectacle
YOU may have long worn out your copy of The Joshua Tree by spinning it to death over...
BREAKING NEWS
Singapore stocks: STI resumes Friday afternoon up 0.07%
SINGAPORE shares resumed trading in positive territory on Friday afternoon, with the benchmark Straits Times Index...
Samsung to take on iPhone’s popularity with big camera overhaul
[SEOUL] Samsung Electronics Co's response to Apple Inc's much-improved iPhone 11 cameras is going to be a giant...
Sasseur Reit to join FTSE EPRA Nareit Global Emerging Index
SASSEUR Real Estate Investment Trust (Sasseur Reit) will be included in the FTSE EPRA Nareit Global Emerging Index...
Polar Water unveils latest product in recyclable cartons in green push
POLAR Water Distributor, a Singapore-based food service distribution company, has gone for fully recyclable...
Jetstar pilots vote in favour of industrial action over pay deal
[SYDNEY] The pilots of budget airline Jetstar have voted in favour of industrial action that could delay flights in...
Almost 6m Filipinos lifted out of poverty in 2018, Philippines says
[MANILA] Nearly 6 million Filipinos were lifted out of poverty, the Philippine statistics agency said, as the...
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