SINGAPORE: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore have shown signs of recovery in the... The post SME performance up in Q2 2024, but OCBC predicts flat year appeared first on The Independent ...
Singapore’s luxury housing market rebounds in H1, prime condo sales up 28%
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s luxury housing market has made a strong recovery compared to the previous six... The post Singapore’s luxury housing market rebounds in H1, prime condo sales up 28% appeared fir ...
The Best Investment Alternatives For T-bills in Singapore 2024
You may recall 2023 as the record high yields for T-bills - reaching an all-time high of 4.0%. Although the yields have slowed down, it’s still an attractive option for short-term investments. Those ...
Singapore to build new temporary swimming complex for 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Singapore is planning to build a new temporary swimming complex on a Kallang car park, in time for the World Aquatics Championships in July 2025. It will be one of the competition venues when the ...
Blockchain payment network Partior raises $60 million in Series B funding
Partior, a blockchain payment network backed by JPMorgan, DBS, and Standard Chartered , has secured $60 million in a Series B funding round.
Trading of Great Eastern shares to be suspended after OCBC closes takeover offer
OCBC owns over 90 per cent of Great Eastern. Under SGX rules, listed companies must maintain a free float – shares held by the public – of at least 10 per cent. If this threshold is not met, SGX may ...
GEH to be suspended on July 15 but OCBC will continue to accept GEH shares for further 3 months
On June 25, OCBC’s ownership crossed 90%. As a result, GEH shares will be suspended on Monday July 15. Accordingly, the offer is no longer open for acceptance and any acceptances received after 5.30 p ...
OCBC garners 93.52% of Great Eastern’s shares at offer close, falls short of compulsory acquisition threshold
SINGAPORE - OCBC and its concert parties have garnered 93.52 per cent of shares in Great Eastern as at the close of the offer on July 12. This is lower than the 98.87 per cent shareholding required to ...
Singapore jails Malaysian engineer for taking upskirt, showering videos of close friends
A judge sentenced the man to 20 months and four weeks in jail, saying his premeditated offences caused the victims ‘agony and anguish’.
Singapore residents invited to participate in public consultation on suicide prevention
Singapore residents can now offer their views on suicide and its impact, in a new whole-of-society public consultation on suicide prevention. Led by ground-up group SG Mental Health Matters, Project ...
Singapore’s economy expands on back of manufacturing sector rebound
Compared with a year ago, the city state’s economy grew 2.9 per cent in the second quarter, beating expectations. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s First-Ever Convention on New Launch Condominiums Sells 1,114 Tickets, Analysing A Record 80 Projects Under One Roof
SINGAPORE, July 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Almost 1,000 new ... Singaporean properties experience what PropertyLimBrothers calls Disparity Effect ®, where different property types move more quickly at ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore securities trading value highest in months as STI rallies 0.7%
Inflight caterer and ground handler Sats jumps 5.5% or $0.17 to $3.29, a 52-week high Read more at straitstimes.com.
More firms seeking secondary listings on SGX, but IPO deals falter
SINGAPORE - More companies are seeking secondary listings on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) as part of their expansion plans into the region. But while foreign firms are eyeing a secondary listing here, ...
The push for micro-credentials in Singapore: What are they and are they for you?
Micro-credentials are mini qualifications that can help individuals learn new skills, progress in their careers or change careers entirely.
Singapore NTUC labour group to be a ‘politically significant person’: what does this mean?
Singapore’s labour movement is set to be designated as a “politically significant person” under the city state’s foreign interference law because of its close ties with the ruling party, a move ...