SINGAPORE: Non-oil exports in Singapore rose 8.2 per cent last month from a year ago after flat growth in the previous two months, trade agency International Enterprise (IE) Singapore said on Monday (Jul 17). However, on a month-on-month seasonally ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore June exports rise 8.2 percent year-on-year for first time in two months
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's annual non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew for the first time in two months in June, thanks to an extended uptick in electronics sales on the back of improving global demand. Exports rose a higher-than-expected at 8.2 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Press : SPH partners with Business Insider in Singapore and Malaysia
SINGAPORE, 17 July 2017 - Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and Business Insider (BI), the US-based global business news source, have entered into a licensing partnership to operate Singapore (www.businessinsider.sg) and Malaysia (www.businessinsider.my ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore penthouse tests luxury market
The asking price for a new three-storey Singapore penthouse, complete with a private pool on the 64th floor, has reached a dizzying S$100 million (US$72.6 million). Due to be formally unveiled later this year, Wallich Residence's penthouse is in the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore June marine fuel sales fall to their lowest this year
SINGAPORE: Sales of marine fuels in June in Singapore, Asia’s biggest ship fuelling port, fell 6.1 percent from a year ago to 3.836 million tonnes, the lowest since September, data from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) showed on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore June exports expected to rise on firm electronics shipments
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports in June were expected to rise from a year earlier, helped by continued strength in electronics shipments and recovering from two consecutive months of contraction, a Reuters poll found on Friday. Non-oil ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s economy has been growing much more slowly than people thought
Singapore’s economy continued to splutter in the June quarter, growing at a far slower pace than expected. According to advanced estimates offered by the Singaporean government, the economy grew 0.4% in seasonally adjusted annualised terms, missing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore penthouse on sale for over RM300mil
SINGAPORE: The asking price for a new three-storey Singapore penthouse, complete with a private pool on the 64th floor, has reached a dizzying S$100mil (RM311.8mil). Due to be formally unveiled later this year, Wallich Residence's penthouse is in the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Temasek assets rise 13.6pc to a record US$197b
Singapore state investment firm Temasek Holdings on Tuesday ... “The banks are also adjusting the way they have been doing business and earning their income with the transition of the Chinese economy from one of an investment-led to a consumption-and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore office workers least productive among 11 countries polled
SINGAPORE - Office workers in Singapore are the least productive among 11 countries polled by enterprise software firm Unit4. The study found that Singapore workers spend only 60 per cent of their time on their main work duties compared with a poll average ... ( read original story ...)
Nestle retrenches dozens of employees in Singapore
in a rapidly changing business environment”. With the roll-out of these new processes, “some roles will no longer be available”, the spokesperson said, adding that “a small number of employees” across its various operations in Singapore were ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore warehouse giant picks Chinese bidder in Asia’s biggest buyout: Sources
“The market views the possible winner more favourably than the rivals, in the sense that there is continuity, familiarity and less disruption to the business,” Mr Ezien Hoo, a credit analyst at Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp in Singapore, said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
‘Communication is key’ for BRI to be a win-win for all
In his welcome address, chairman of Business China, Mr Lee Yi Shyan, said: “We will continue to strengthen the Singapore-China savvy network to boost people-to-people interconnectivity ... The gradual growth of this network will become a regional ... ( read original story ...)
DBhd’s subsidiary to manage S’pore sports centres’ car parks
KUALA LUMPUR: Damansara Realty Bhd’s 70% owned indirect subsidiary Metro Parking (Singapore) Pte Ltd has secured an S$18.14mil (RM56.54mil) contract to operate and manage car parks at Sport Singapore’s Sport Centres. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore sentences ex-BSI banker to more jail time in 1MDB linked case
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore court jailed a former wealth manager of Swiss bank BSI for 4-1/2 years on Wednesday for money laundering and cheating in a case linked to investigations into the siphoning off of billions of dollars from Malaysian ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, China enjoy strong bilateral ties that have adapted to changes
SINGAPORE: Singapore and China have built a strong bilateral relationship that has adapted with the changing needs of both countries over the years, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean on Thursday (Jul 13) at the FutureChina Global Forum, where he rei ... ( read original story ...)