SINGAPORE stocks opened stronger on Tuesday (Jun 18) following overnight gains on global markets. The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.2 per cent or 6.22 points to 3,303.77 as at 9.02 am. Across the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 96 to 56 after ...
Singapore key exports dip 0.1% in May, mildest decline in 20 months
SINGAPORE - Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) declined 0.1 per cent year on year in May, moderating from a revised 9.6 per cent contraction in April. This marks the fourth straight month of ...
UPDATE 1-Singapore’s May exports down 0.1% y/y, better than forecast
SINGAPORE, June 18 (Reuters) - Singapore's non-oil domestic exports edged down 0.1% in May from the same month a year earlier, data on Tuesday showed, with electronics exports growing for a second ...
How A Small Singapore Biotech Found A Place Among Industry Giants
Backed by his billionaire brother, Lucence Life Sciences founder Min-Han Tan won Medicare coverage for his cancer-detecting blood test. That’s a good start—but challenges remain to profitability.
French firm to buy Singapore hazardous waste firm ECO for $605 million
ECO is the number one operator in Singapore’s hazardous waste recovery and treatment market. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore stocks book $1b in net retail inflow so far this year
Capital flight from banks was more than offset by large net buying in other stocks. Singapore-listed companies recorded $1.01b in net retail inflow from 1 January to 13 June with the bulk having ...
Singapore is one of the markets leading the flight-to-quality trend in APAC: CBRE
Japan and Australia join Singapore in leading the ongoing flight-to-quality trend in APAC, where occupiers are preferring or moving to higher quality workspace. Upgrading to buildings with premium ...
Globe Telecom upgrades multiple sites to LTE
Globe Telecom built 116 new cell sites and upgraded 812 mobile sites to LTE in Q1 this year. The Philippines-based operator said in a statement it also deployed 19,544 more fibre-to-the-home lines, ...
“Hours are too long” — Almost 50% of Singapore workers feel mentally or physically exhausted at work
PeopleWorldwide Consulting stressed that burnout also reduces productivity, increases absenteeism, and leads to higher turnover rates ...
Singapore’s Temasek to Invest A$300 Million in Australian ETF Provider Betashares
Singapore’s state-investment company Temasek is set to invest up to 300 million Australian dollars, or US$199 million, in Betashares, one of Australia’s largest exchange-traded fund providers.
DBS Group Holdings
DBS, short for the Development Bank of Singapore, is both Singapore and Southeast Asia's largest bank. The Singaporean government established the company in 1968 to help finance the country's ...
Are we being targeted? — Foreigner reports unfair and unreasonable job termination after just 11 days in Singapore company
SINGAPORE: An anonymous foreigner on social media reports that his employment was terminated unfairly and... The post Are we being targeted? — Foreigner reports unfair and unreasonable job termination ...
Singapore’s desalination plants and reservoirs unaffected, local fish safe: Authorities
Friday's (Jun 14) oil spill along Singapore's southern shores have had little to no impact on the country's water and local fish supply so far. National water agency PUB says operations at desalination plants and freshwater reservoirs remain unaffected.
OCBC expanding programme to help 10,000 seniors learn digital banking skills by year end
There are many elderly people like her in Singapore, according to Ms Jean Oh, head of branch service and risk management at OCBC Bank. To help equip up to 10,000 seniors with digital banking skills by ...
Daily Cuts – Managing a sport retail business
Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Stephan Veyret, CEO, Decathlon Singapore, about managing a business in the sport retail industry.
Daily Cuts – Impact of oil spill on Singapore’s water quality
Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Eduardo Araral, Associate Professor with the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, about how our water quality could be impacted by an ...