Nearly half or 40% of total group operating profit already comes outside Singapore. UOB is aiming to grow its regional presence and reduce reliance on its Singapore operations in its bid to capture ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladeshi’s diary spotlights Singapore migrant struggles
Toiling for long hours for meagre salaries and living in crowded dormitories, migrant construction workers have helped build modern-day Singapore but remain all but invisible to many in the affluent ... ( read original story ...)
SATS well supported by decent dividend yield, strong growth prospects: DBS
SINGAPORE (May 23): DBS Vickers Securities is remaining positive on SATS with a “buy” call and target price of $5.44, on the belief that Changi Airport and regional aviation growth will continue to ... ( read original story ...)
Poor quarter for exports
Non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) dropped by 6.4 per cent in the first quarter from the same period last year. This follows the 1.1 per cent contraction in the final three months of last year, said ... ( read original story ...)
Frost & Sullivan: Mobile Services Market in Asia-Pacific to Increase Focus on B2B and B2B2C Segments Following Launch of 5G
SINGAPORE, May 23, 2019 /CNW/ -- The mobile services market in Asia-Pacific is expected to focus more on business models for the Business-to-Business (B2B) or Business-to-Business-to-Consumer (B2B2C) ... ( read original story ...)
Jail for Grab driver who refused to return S$33,600 wrongly transferred to him by Grab
SINGAPORE: A Grab driver who was mistakenly transferred about S$33,600 by Grab was jailed for three months on Thursday (May 23) for misappropriating the money. The money had been wrongly transferred ... ( read original story ...)
27 artists to sing NDP theme song
These include POSB (1877), Singapore General Hospital (1821), and the Singapore Police Force (1820). Brigadier-General Yew Chee Leung, chairman of the NDP 2019 executive committee, said at the press ... ( read original story ...)
Smart Nation initiative gives Singapore businesses the edge in technology
SINGAPORE, May 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore businesses appear to be reaping the rewards of the government's Smart Nation initiative, as the country leads a number of indicators for office ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s commercial property sector jumps 72% in Q1
Singapore's commercial property sector escaped the downturn that caught every other major market in the region in the first quarter. Investment in commercial real estate jumped 72 per cent to US$1.9 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s 2019 growth forecast downgraded to 1.5% to 2.5% after economy slows to 1.2% in Q1
... Singapore's economic growth in the first quarter of the year came in lower than officially estimated at 1.2 per cent - the slowest quarter growth in nearly a decade - as manufacturing shrank amid ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse May Snap Losing Streak On Wednesday
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has moved lower in two straight sessions, sliding more than 40 points or 1.3 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,180 ... ( read original story ...)
Sebi, exchanges step up surveillance for stock markets on election results day
Sebi and stock exchanges have enhanced their surveillance measures to curb possible manipulative practices as well as excessive volatility in the market on Thursday when ... in Nifty futures and ... ( read original story ...)
This Blue-Chip Stock Has Gone Up Over 200% in the Last 10 Years
the company joined the likes of Singapore Telecommunications Limited and Singapore Airlines Ltd to be part of the Singapore stock market benchmark, which consists of 30 shares. (Fun fact: SATS went ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore market hit by double whammy
IG market strategist Pan Jingyi noted: "The Singapore market had to contend with the double ... Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, which went ex-dividend yesterday, was the bourse's most traded stock, closing ... ( read original story ...)
Market may open slightly higher
Trading of Nifty 50 index futures on the Singapore stock exchange indicates that the Nifty could rise 9 points at the opening bell. Back home,domestic stocks logged strong gains on first trading day ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s worst stock fails to cash in from diversification play
which used to be one of Singapore's steadiest stocks, has found itself in troubled waters as two of its firms, Dairy Farm International Holdings and Jardine Cycle & Carriage, count themselves amongst ... ( read original story ...)