Mobile advertising growth in Singapore currently exceeds global rates, with entertainment and media revenues expected to rise to $6.58 billion USD in 2020 (PwC). Online video is the hottest growth segment for mobile advertising across the country ... ( read original story ...)
Last Week in Numbers: A Focus on Singapore
Singapore factory output growth accelerated in May, growing 11.1% year-on-year. This is faster than analysts’ estimates of a 10% growth and beat April’s 9.1% rise. Electronics, which makes up about a third of Singapore’s manufacturing output ... ( read original story ...)
Oil to Trade at $65 to $75 Range, Standard Chartered’s Gill Says
Jun.18 -- Manpreet Gill, the Singapore-based head of fixed income, currency and commodities strategy at Standard Chartered Plc, talks about oil production and prices. He speaks with Julie Hyman on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia." ( read original story ...)
Hearing of winding-up application against Big Box owner adjourned
SINGAPORE - Struggling mainboard-listed consumer electronics retailer TT International on Friday said the hearing of the winding up application by SCB Building Construction against the company's 51-per-cent-owned subsidiary, Big Box Pte Ltd (BBPL), has ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Terrorism Threat at Highest Since 9/11, Minister Says
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore faces its highest terrorism threat level since the time of the September 11 attacks in the U.S. in 2001 and the 2002 Bali bombings, Singapore’s defense minister said. “There are no signs to indicate that this will abate within ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Armed Forces to roll out 2 apps for National Servicemen
Developed by the Singapore Army and the Defence Science and Technology ... will be progressively trialled at selected camps from end-2018 is the Camp Companion Mobile Application. This will give full-time national servicemen (NSFs) access to camp, unit ... ( read original story ...)
The Singapore Market This Week: Golden Agri-Resources Ltd Leads the Pack Lower
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Asia’s Top 5 Stock Markets To Boost Your Portfolio’s Growth & Diversification
The biggest stock market in Asia World-class technological innovation ... in particular, the growing Chinese market Singapore is one of the few city-states in the world. Though it lacks natural resources, its strategic location and well-established ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse May Extend Tuesday’s Gains
The Singapore stock market on Tuesday snapped the three-day slide in which it had fallen almost 55 points or 1.7 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,280-point plateau and it may add to its winnings on Wednesday. The global forecast ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to announce F-16 fighter jet replacement plans in few months
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will announce in the next few months plans to replace its ageing F-16 fighter jets, its defense minister said, listing a number of manufacturers that could be in the running for a deal potentially worth billions of dollars. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Terrorism Threat at Highest Since 9/11
Singapore faces its highest terrorism threat level since the time of the September 11 attacks in the U.S. in 2001 and the 2002 Bali bombings, Singapore’s defense minister said. “There are no signs to indicate that this will abate within even the next ... ( read original story ...)
UOB pledges $500k to ST pocket money fund
Yesterday, Mr Eric Tham, managing director and head of group commercial banking at UOB, presented a cheque to Mr Warren Fernandez, chairman of the fund and editor-in-chief of Singapore Press Holdings' English/Malay/Tamil Media Group. The amount was part of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines to launch the world’s longest flight in October
A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Singapore Airlines is ready to claim the title of “world’s longest flight” this October when it resumes non-stop service between Singapore and Newark. The Singapore-bound leg will clock in at 18 hours, 45 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore bank loans up 5.48% to $667.89b in May
Business and consumer loans grew 5.78% and 5.01% respectively. Singapore bank lending jumped by 5.48% in a year from $633.22b to $667.89b in May 2018, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) revealed. Loan growth compared to April 2018 was flat at 0.11%. ( read original story ...)
Singapore property market remains positive despite near-term weakness
An Insights report by DBS said that it is positive on Singapore property in the medium to long term, but that near-term sentiment weakness remains. The bank expects demand to be sustainable in the medium to long term on strong economic growth driven by ... ( read original story ...)
3 Blue-Chip Stocks to Buy During a Stock Market Crash
Do you know the 1 thing you should never do in the stock market? The Motley Fool Singapore's new e-book lays out a plan to handle market crashes, details the greatest advantage you have as an investor, and looks at decades worth of market data to bring you ... ( read original story ...)