PARIS/SINGAPORE: Chicago wheat lost more ground on Monday, falling for a second session as abundant global supplies make it hard for US exporters to win business. Corn slid, tracking wheat, while soybean was pressured by disappointing export sales. ( read original story ...)
Most Singapore foreign domestic workers exploited, survey says
(CNN)One woman had her pay docked for cutting tofu wrongly, while another said she was forced to sleep in front of her employer's toilet. These accounts from foreign domestic workers in Singapore feature in a new report that suggests some 60% of maids in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Raffles Music College Launches New Campus to Advance Music and Dance Education in Singapore
SINGAPORE, Nov. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore Raffles Music College (SRMC), a Singapore owned institution of higher learning for music and dance education, today officially launched their new campus in Singapore. The new campus represents a 2.5 ... ( read original story ...)
‘Humans, not robots:’ Report suggests 60% of Singapore domestic workers exploited
(CNN)One woman had her pay docked for cutting tofu wrongly, while another said she was forced to sleep in front of her employer's toilet. These accounts from foreign domestic workers in Singapore feature in a new report that suggests some 60% of maids in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Is Losing Its Home Advantage in IPOs to Hong Kong
That’s the biggest Singapore contingent in the North Asian city in at least a decade, the data show. It’s not all bad news for the Lion City: Singapore Exchange Ltd. beats HKEX in funds raised from the initial public offerings. Led by NetLink NBN Trust ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s property debt drops amid rise in real rates
Morgan Stanley believes the accumulation of debt due to property acquisitions in Singapore has eased thanks to higher real rates, reported Singapore Business Review. The firm noted that the trend in Singapore’s debt-to-GDP largely mirrored that of China ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May Open Under Pressure
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has finished lower in two of three trading days since the end of the four-day winning streak in which it had advanced more than 85 points or 2.7 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,435 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Is Losing Home Advantage in IPO Battle With Hong Kong
It’s not all bad news for the Lion City: Singapore Exchange Ltd. beats HKEX in funds raised from the initial public offerings. Led by NetLink NBN Trust, businesses raked in a total of $2.54 billion, the data show. That compares with $677 million raised ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore joins trend of lower property debt
Thanks to higher real rates. The accumulation of debt due to property purchases might have eased as Singapore's real rates rose, Morgan Stanley said. The firm said Singapore's trends in debt-to-GDP have largely mirrored China’s, with negative real rates ... ( read original story ...)
Lapidoth mulls Australian, Singapore IPO for Gaval
Lapidoth is abandoning its plan for a TASE IPO for its international trading business. Investment company Lapidoth Capital Ltd. (TASE: LAPD), controlled by chairperson Jacob Luxenburg, is moving towards an IPO for Gaval, its international commercial arm. ( read original story ...)
UnionPay QR code payments will be available to Singapore customers this year
View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/unionpay-qr-code-payments-will-be-available-to-singapore-customers-this-year-300561839.html SINGAPORE, Nov. 27, 2017 /CNW/ -- UnionPay International announced today to have cooperated with Bank ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore stocks fall amid rising China borrowing costs, Malaysia equities gain
In Singapore, lenders DBS Group Holdings and United Overseas Bank lost 0.9% and 0.8%, respectively. Golden Agri-Resources shed 1.3%. The company reported earlier in the day that it was selling its Tianjin oil operations for $111 million. The Bursa Malaysia ... ( read original story ...)
30 BD missions abroad failed to fulfill export target
Of the 30 missions that could not achieve their targets for July-October, exports still marked a rise for 20 missions -- Berlin, Yangon, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Paris, Moscow, Manila, Lisbon, Jakarta, Baghdad, Rome, Warsaw, Stockholm, Thimphu, Beirut ... ( read original story ...)
GRAINS-Wheat falls for 2nd day as U.S. exports suffer, corn eases
SINGAPORE, Nov 27 (Reuters ... FUNDAMENTALS * Chicago wheat futures are being weighed down by U.S. weekly export sales which fell below a range of trade expectations. * The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported export sales of old-crop U.S. wheat ... ( read original story ...)
Andhra Pradesh: Farmers export plant material
Local farmers get direct export orders from agents in the Gulf ... nursery farmers have exported plant material worth over $1.5 lakh to Dubai, Singapore and other countries in the current fiscal year, so far. Fruit plants like mango, ‘sapota’, guava ... ( read original story ...)
Footwear exports enjoy 13% rise during Jan-Oct
Exports to Indonesia recorded the highest growth, at 53%, followed by Singapore (45%), Hungary (34%), India (33.7%) and Poland (33%). The Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association predicted that the footwear sector’s production will enjoy a ... ( read original story ...)