SINGAPORE (Nikkei Markets) -- Singapore shares climbed to a 21-month high on Tuesday as banking stocks rallied after the nation's largest lender DBS Group Holdings reported better-than-expected earnings. Malaysia stocks rose to the highest in almost two ... ( read original story ...)
POSB e-payment trial to track maids' pay
POSB is waiving the minimum sum during the pilot programme. Association of Employment Agencies (Singapore) president K. Jayaprema said e-payments will help empower maids to manage their own money. Best Home Employment Agency, a participant in the trial ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered Marathon Runner’s Death Due to Natural Causes: Coroner
A 28-year-old Briton runner who collapsed during the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) last December had suffered a sudden cardiac death due to natural causes, a Coroner’s Court found on Thursday (4 May). Mr John Ying Wah Gibson a British ... ( read original story ...)
Pool D: Australia make changes for Paris
Australia head coach Andy Friend will enter the penultimate round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2016-17 in Paris with three changes to his 13-man squad that finished fourth in Singapore last month. Alex Gibbon, Boyd Killingworth and Dylan Pietsch ... ( read original story ...)
Is The Singapore Stock Market Expensive Or Cheap Right Now?
Singapore’s stock market benchmark, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), ended April at 3,175 points. That was a whisker away from the 52-week high of 3,188 back then. With this as a backdrop, many of you may be wondering if stocks in Singapore are cheap ... ( read original story ...)
To Singapore: Another Awesome Apple Pay Promotion for May 2017
2 half-boiled eggs and medium size Kopi/Teh at all Toast Box Singapore outlets, excluding Marina Bay Sands, Resort World Sentosa and Tea Loft at Suntec City. Apple Pay POSB/DBS Promotion: Toastbox Receipt showing 90 cents only Each Qualified Cardmember is ... ( read original story ...)
Banks in Singapore makes it easier to open a new account
Banks in Singapore have made it easier for consumers to open a new account. Prospective customers of the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) and United Overseas Bank (UOB ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market Likely Rangebound On Thursday
(RTTNews.com) - The win streak for the Singapore stock market has hit three sessions, collecting almost 65 points or 2 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,235-point plateau and it is expected to be stuck in neutral on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Press Holdings launches SPH Content Lab
It has developed content marketing solutions for Canon, Cathay Pacific, Citibank, ExxonMobil, Health Promotions Board, G2000 and MCC Singapore. “With technology moving so fast, strong narratives have become more critical to how we form attachments to ... ( read original story ...)
NUS MBA ranked 22nd globally for finance careers
The National University of Singapore's Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme has been ranked 22nd in the world for careers in the finance industry by the Financial Times. NUS is the only South-east Asian institution featured in the inaugural ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May Extend Win Streak
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has moved higher in two straight sessions, advancing almost 40 points or 1.2 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,210-point plateau and it inherits another upbeat lead for ... ( read original story ...)
Cutts succeeds Clark as HSBC marketing chief
HSBC has appointed former senior Mondelez International executive ... She joined the snacks company in 2011 as vice-president of marketing for Asia-Pacific, relocating to Japan from Singapore two years later as national president and managing director. ( read original story ...)
Singapore's DBS beats expectations in Q1 earnings as wealth management shines
Singapore's top lender, DBS Group Holdings, on Tuesday reported better than expected first quarter earnings even as banks in the city state continue grappling with a troubled oil and gas services sector. The bank said first quarter net profit rose to 1.21 ... ( read original story ...)
DBS reports steady first-quarter net profit, wealth management outperforms
SINGAPORE DBS Group Holdings Ltd, Singapore's biggest lender, beat market expectations by reporting stable quarterly profit on Tuesday, underpinned by a record performance in its wealth management business. Chief Executive Piyush Gupta has rapidly expanded ... ( read original story ...)
'Unbridled Greed' Behind DBS Private-Wealth Dispute, Says Judge
Singapore’s DBS Group Holdings Ltd. lost part of a case over losses on millions of dollars of investments for the family trust of a wealthy Chinese banker and his wife during the global financial crisis. The plaintiffs were Industrial & Commercial Bank ... ( read original story ...)
FARE DEAL: Premium Economy to Singapore From Several US Cities $1197 Roundtrip With Easy Upgrade to Business
American Express, Citibank, Chase, and other banks are advertising partners ... and cash back (and currencies that can be converted into the same). Via Julian Mark Kheel Singapore Airlines is running a fantastic sale on premium economy roundtrips (think ... ( read original story ...)