This chart from OCBC Treasury Research showed that Singapore’s manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) in May was pulled down six out of eight indicators, led by a lower output (-0.4) and imports (-0.4). Overall, PMI declined 0.2 points but still ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Market Expected To Remain Rangebound
The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last five trading days since the end of the two-day winning streak in which it had gathered more than 55 points or 1.6 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests ... ( read original story ...)
Trump meets Kim Jong Un in Singapore
After months of saber-rattling that gave way to flirtation, President Trump finally met face-to-face with Kim Jong Un at a hotel on Sentosa Island in Singapore on Tuesday ... meeting in front of a bank of 12 alternating U.S. and North Korean flags where ... ( read original story ...)
Markets Live: ASX lifts on Singapore summit
Commonwealth Bank, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are all weighing the market ... Trump and DPRK leader-Kim are scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. local time in Singapore. While North Korea is not a major economic power on an absolute scale, the marginal gains ... ( read original story ...)
Ravi Liyanage wins HSBC 5-Club Stableford Golf Tournament 2018
HSBC is also the title sponsor of The Open in UK, HSBC WGC Abu Dhabi and WGC Shanghai and HSBC Women’s World Championships in Singapore. HSBC’s Premier customers can look forward to another exciting day of Golf at the upcoming HSBC Premier Golf ... ( read original story ...)
Did Trump and Kim really achieve anything in Singapore?
Donald Trump arrived in Singapore promising to make history. That he did by shaking Kim Jong-un's hand for the world's cameras - becoming the first sitting US leader to meet his North Korean counterpart. But what have they really achieved, what are the ... ( read original story ...)
CapitaLand Limited’s Stock Price Is Close To A 52-Week Low Now: Is It Actually Cheap?
CapitaLand Limited (SGX: C31) is a real estate developer and owner and is one of the largest companies in Singapore’s stock market. Its diversified global real estate portfolio includes integrated developments, shopping malls, serviced residences ... ( read original story ...)
DBS Is Making Banking Effortless Because Really, “Where Got Time?”
But how does a bank that serves a few million customers and that’s almost as old as Singapore go ‘invisible’? At the launch of “Live more, Bank less” / Image Credit: DBS Its new ethos, “Live more, Bank less”, is the answer. Just like how ... ( read original story ...)
Analysts divided on whether Trump-Kim’s Singapore meeting was worth it
A handshake and a joint statement from two former rivals — is it just all for show or is there something substantial to celebrate? After months of uncertainty, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Singapore for a ... ( read original story ...)
Stock Market Today: Wall Street Ekes Out Gains Ahead Of Singapore Summit
NEW YORK - All three major U.S. stock indexes closed slightly higher on Monday as investors eyed the looming United States-North Korea summit on Tuesday in Singapore while shrugging off the weekend’s factious meeting of the Group of Seven nations. ( read original story ...)
Unscripted Moments Steal the Show at Trump-Kim Singapore Summit
SINGAPORE — When the President of the United States pulls out an iPad and shows the leader of North Korea a slick, bombastic video — essentially a Hollywood-style trailer presenting the North’s possible future, featuring fighter jets and missile ... ( read original story ...)
I stayed at the $6.6 billion mega-hotel Kim Jong Un visited in Singapore, and was honestly kind of disappointed
On Monday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the luxury Marina Bay Sands resort as part of a tour of Singapore's attractions. Marina Bay Sands is a landmark in Singapore, featuring a hotel, casino, museum, shopping mall, and incredible views of the ... ( read original story ...)
Kim Jong Un is getting cheered like a rock star on a night out in Singapore
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the man who has held Asia on the brink of nuclear war for years, was loudly cheered and celebrated as he made his way around Singapore on a night out. Around Singapore, media outlets stood perched and ready to catch a ... ( read original story ...)
Kim Jong Un went sightseeing in Singapore the night before Trump summit
He stood on the 56th-floor's rooftop “Sky Park” looking over the city, with its skyscrapers topped by illuminated Citibank and HSBC signs. Here’s Kim Jong Un at the top of Marina Bay Sands, the iconic Singapore hotel owned by Sheldon Adelson. ( read original story ...)
Awards night brings down curtain on thrilling HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series
The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2018 Awards in Paris brought ... beating Fijian Alosio Naduva’s last-gasp winning try against Australia in the Singapore Cup final and Matias Osadczuk’s break and calm head to send Renzo Barbier over for the winning ... ( read original story ...)
Trump and Kim Jong Un’s full joint statement from the historic summit in Singapore
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday. The two reversed nearly seven decades of mutual hostility to embrace each other and commit to more peaceful relations. The two issued a joint ... ( read original story ...)