In Singapore’s stock market, there are many listed entities that have significant businesses beyond our local shores. In this article, I want to look at a few real estate investment trusts and business trusts that are investing heavily in foreign ... ( read original story ...)
Simon Property Extends Stock Repurchase Program by 2 Years
Simon Property Group, Inc. SPG has announced the extension of its $2 billion stock repurchase program by two years ... the remaining shares worth $1.4 billion either in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. In the end of Jan 2017 ... ( read original story ...)
Did Singapore Airlines Just Kill the Airbus A380 Jumbo Jet?
Last week, Singapore Airlines picked Boeing (NYSE ... After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to ... ( read original story ...)
Another MULTI-BAGGER STOCK in the MAKING?
The Singapore stocks market is currently rife with penny stocks plays ... In yesterday’s post, I have mentioned a penny stock called Singapore Edevelopment stock which has to date become a five-bagger. Today, let us train the spotlight on a stock ... ( read original story ...)
600 animal babies born, hatched in Singapore's parks in 2016
SINGAPORE: More than 600 animal babies were born or hatched in Jurong Bird Park, Night Safari, River Safari and Singapore Zoo in 2016, according to Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS). Among them were highly threatened Southeast Asian animals such as the ... ( read original story ...)
DBS profit slumps to two-year low, bad debt charges jump
SINGAPORE Singapore's DBS Group Holdings (DBSM.SI) reported a 9 percent decline in quarterly profit and like rival OCBC (OCBC.SI) booked higher provisions for bad loans, hobbled by debt payment woes in the city-state's oil services sector. In what has ... ( read original story ...)
DBS fourth quarter net profit falls to two-year low, bad debt charges jump
SINGAPORE Singapore's DBS Group Holdings (DBSM.SI) posted a 9 percent decline in quarterly profit and like rival OCBC (OCBC.SI) booked higher provisions for bad loans, underscoring debt payment stress among firms in the city-state's oil services sector. ( read original story ...)
DBS fourth quarter net profit falls 9 percent, bad debt charges jump
SINGAPORE DBS Group Holdings (DBSM.SI), Singapore's biggest lender, reported a 9 percent decline in quarterly profit that came in below market expectations, with bad debt charges climbing on woes in the offshore oil services sector. In what has become a ... ( read original story ...)
DBS fоurth quarter net prоfit falls tо twо-уear lоw, bad debt charges jump
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s DBS Group Holdings (SI:DBMS) posted a 9 percent decline in quarterlу profit аnd like rival OCBC (SI:OCBC) booked higher provisions for bad loans, underscoring debt paуment stress among firms in thе citу-state’s ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Said to Plan Slew of Incentives to Lure Aramco IPO (2)
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore is considering a range of measures to lure a listing from energy giant Saudi Arabian Oil Co., according to people familiar with the matter, as global exchanges compete for a slice of what could be the world’s largest-ever initial ... ( read original story ...)
The Fall of Singapore: '75 years on, I'm still looking for answers'
Len Tadman remembers precisely the moment he heard. It was a cold February night and the nine o’clock news chimed on the family wireless set at home in Dulwich, south London. His mother was ironing. Len, then 16 years old, and two of his eight siblings ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore property curbs set to stay in 2017, CapitaLand says
“We see volume picking up and the price declines have slowed,” Lim Ming Yan, the president and CEO of CapitaLand Ltd, said in a Bloomberg Television interview with Haslinda Amin today. “We see this trend continuing for 2017. There is no compelling ... ( read original story ...)
Memorial ceremony marks fall of Singapore to Japanese troops
SINGAPORE — It was 75 years ago that Singapore, the island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula that had been key strategic outpost of Britain's colonial empire, fell to invading Japanese troops. The events live on in history books more than in memories. ( read original story ...)
Singapore to ease rules to promote startup financing
Singapore is proposing to ease regulations for venture capital managers including shortening their application process in a bid to promote financing for startup development. Under a consultation paper published by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore enjoys tourism boom
Tourist arrivals and spending in Singapore hit record highs last year, buoyed by the growth of the Chinese market and visitors spending more on food and beverage, shopping and accommodation. Preliminary estimates by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) showed ... ( read original story ...)
Fall of Singapore anniversary: Praise for courage of Australia's 'magnificent' POWs, veterans
About 130,000 allied troops were taken prisoner, including 15,000 Australians, when Japanese forces streamed into Singapore across the Straits of Jahore in February 1942. Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove joined hundreds of others at a ceremony to mark ... ( read original story ...)