A driver in Johor has claimed that he crashed his car while avoiding a Singapore-registered BMW car that was travelling against the flow of traffic. The accident occurred just after 1pm on Thursday ...
SingPost full-year profit more than doubles to $78.3 million after property revaluation
SINGAPORE - Singapore Post more than doubled its earnings for the year to March 31, mainly due to an exceptional gain of $36.8 million on property revaluation. Net profit rose 217.4 per cent to $78.3 ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC posts record Q1 profit, makes $1 bln bid to take Great Eastern private
Singapore's second-largest bank Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) posted on Friday a better-than-expected 5% rise in first-quarter profit and made a S$1.4 billion ($1.04 billion) offer to take its ...
Singapore shophouse sales surge and prices climb as wealthy investors return: Knight Frank
Clarity over process to sell shophouses linked to money laundering scandal helped market. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore’s OCBC posts record Q1 profit, lifts margin guidance for 2024
Singapore's second-largest bank Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) posted on Friday a better-than-expected 5% rise in first-quarter profit and forecast its net interest margin at the higher end of a ...
Singapore’s OCBC offers S$1.4 billion to Great Eastern in bid to take it private
Singapore's second-biggest lender, OCBC, unveiled a S$1.4 billion (US$1.04 billion) offer on Friday (May 10) to buy the remaining stake in insurer Great Eastern Holdings and delist the company. OCBC, ...
UPDATE 1-Singapore bank OCBC first-quarter net profit rises 5% to record, beats forecasts
Singapore's second-largest bank Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) reported on Friday a 5% rise in net profit to a record high in the first quarter from a year earlier, driven by stronger operating ...
Singapore Air’s Budget Brand Axed Flights on Parts Shortage, Straits Times Says
Scoot, the budget carrier arm of Singapore Airlines Ltd., cited a parts shortage for its recent cancellation of dozens of flights, according to the Straits Times.
As Singaporeans tire of rat race, incoming PM reimagines ‘Singapore Dream’
Prime Minister-in-waiting Lawrence Wong says residents are looking for more out of life than material success.
How Singapore and Malaysia’s coffee names reveal the region’s history of multiculturalism
In kopitiams in Singapore and Malaysia, coffee names that fuse languages from Malay to Hokkien reveal the region’s history of multiculturalism.
Singapore shophouse sales surge, prices climb as wealthy investors return: Knight Frank
Clarity over process to sell shophouses linked to money laundering scandal helped market. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore suspends F-16 training after crash during takeoff at Tengah Air Base
The RSAF has suspended training for its F-16s following the crash of one of its fighter jets during takeoff at Tengah Air Base. The pilot ejected safely.
Daily Cuts – Singapore HeritageFest 2024 – Photowalk and Interactive Game
Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Dr John Kwok, Heritage Researcher and Co-Founder of consultancy Total Heritage to find out more about the Singapore HeritageFest 2024 programme ‘Connecting with Conservati ...
Singapore bank OCBC first-quarter net profit rises 5% on-year
Singapore's second-largest bank Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) reported on Friday a 5% rise in net profit in the first quarter from a year earlier, driven by stronger operating profit.
Greater Bay Airlines to suspend Hong Kong-Singapore flights after just 1 month
SINGAPORE: Greater Bay Airlines will suspend its scheduled service between Hong Kong and Singapore from Jun 1, just over a month after it was launched. In response to queries from CNA on Thursday (May 9),
The Latest on Southeast Asia: U.S. Tech Investments in ASEAN
U.S. tech giants are keenly aware of Southeast Asia’s strategic importance and are strengthening their regional presence with huge investment pledges from Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon in recent weeks.