Singapore Shares May Open Under Pressure

(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market on Tuesday ended the two-day winning streak in which it had collected almost 25 points or 0.8 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,045-point plateau, and the market is in line for further ... ( read original story ...)

Replace ABSD with a new property tax: JLL

Continuing with the measures will force Singaporeans to turn overseas for property investments. In fact, data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) showed that the value of overseas property acquisitions by Singaporeans hit over $2 billion in 2013 ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore must guarantee equality to minorities: Shanmugam

SINGAPORE: Faced with issues such as growing Islamophobia and religious extremism, Singapore must never allow xenophobia and majoritarianism to override the protection and guarantee of equality - particularly to minorities, said Singapore Home Affairs and ... ( read original story ...)

February to be warmer and drier, says Met Service

SINGAPORE: Expect a drier and warmer fortnight ahead, compared to the showers that Singapore saw on most days in the last two weeks, said the Meteorological Service Singapore. The prevailing northeast monsoon is forecast to enter its dry phase, which is ... ( read original story ...)

More application channels for Singapore Savings Bonds

SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has added three more application channels for Singapore Savings Bonds: OCBC's and UOB's Internet banking portals and OCBC's OneWealth app. MAS said in a news release on Wednesday (Feb 1) that since the ... ( read original story ...)

Is Singapore bond market headed to a downturn this year?

Bond issuers may have to rethink their plans as interest rates rise. In 2016, Singapore’s bond market faced a series of defaults as companies associated with the oil and gas sector found themselves in a position where they were unable to meet their ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Airlines A350 from Dusseldorf (Business Class)

On 26 August 2016, we flew from Dusseldorf to Singapore on the spanking new Airbus A350-900. We had a taste of the new plane back in May when we took the kids to Hong Kong. This time, we finally had the chance to try the product like how it was meant to be ... ( read ...

Singapore producers upbeat

SLIGHTLY MORE local manufacturers in Singapore are expecting things to improve but companies in the services line are gloomier, going by separate surveys released yesterday. About 76 per cent of manufacturers expect business in the first half of this year ... ( read original story ...)

Doing business: Lessons from Singapore’s first MNC

Pay attention in Social Studies class and you’ll know that MNCs played a huge part in jumpstarting our economy. However, our brush with MNCs started much earlier. 200 years earlier, to be precise. Famed founder of modern Singapore, Stamford Raffles, was ... ( read original story ...)

Here's the reason behind M1's recent dividend cut

There were more thoughts from Tan: “From a prudent standpoint, 80% [referring to the dividend payout ratio] allows us also to continue to reinvest into the business, both to strengthen our core as well as to look into new opportunities, revenue stream in ... ( read original story ...)