Singapore Exchange holds talks with gas exporter

Reuters are reporting that Singapore Exchange has held talks with Saudi Aramco on a secondary listing, after the oil and gas company suggested last week it would likely list on more than one exchange. The planned listing next year of up to 5% of Aramco is ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Exchange in talks with Saudi Aramco

SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange held talks with Saudi Aramco on a secondary listing, two sources familiar with the matter said, after the oil and gas company suggested last week it would likely list on more than one exchange. According to details, the ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore job vacancies rebound after 6 quarters

SINGAPORE: After six straight quarters of declines, the number of job vacancies rebounded, with fewer employers having as much difficulty filling these positions, the latest job vacancies report released by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) shows. According ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s SIAEC net profit rise 6.5% in Q3

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines’ engineering arm reported its third-quarter net profits rose 6.5 per cent to $52.6 million. The bottom line got a $2.3 million boost on the partial disposal of an associated company, while the same quarter last year was ... ( read original story ...)

Monetary Authority of Singapore: Asia companies can endure shocks

The column was based on an abridged interview done by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum and due to be published in their monthly magazine, Business Times said. Profits at Singapore’s three publicly traded banks have come under strain ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore to enter an economic downturn in 2017?

In Singapore Business Federation’s National Business Survey too, 50% of businesses reported a pessimistic outlook, with demands for the government to act in some way. Will the Singapore dollar be guided down? Source: Pixabay IMF data for GDP per capita ... ( read original story ...)

Traders rush to ship U.S. oil as export window to Asia opens

The U.S. crude cargoes, which will include both light and heavy grades, will reach China, Japan and Singapore, according to four trading sources and Reuters shipping data. Some exports are also headed to Europe and Latin America. "It's a good time to buy U ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore casino market to stay flat in 2017: Fitch

SINGAPORE: Fitch Ratings Inc. said it expects combined gaming revenues at Singapore’s two casino resorts to be roughly flat at US$4 billion in 2017 compared to last year, on continuing “weak” VIP play. Singapore’s casino market is currently a ... ( 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 ...)