Nigerian oil export plans are prone to revisions and delays, with cargoes frequently pushed from one month to the next. Meanwhile, oil prices rose alongside global markets on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump said a summit in Singapore with North ... ( read original story ...)
China Wants North Korea to Model Its Economy on Singapore or Vietnam
Export-led development strategies have been the dominant paradigm for economic growth throughout East and Southeast Asia. Only North Korea is today running a relatively closed economy. If Pyongyang can adopt an opening-up policy following the Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s opening-up serves as a model for North Korea to modernize its economy
Export-led development strategies have been the dominant paradigm for economic growth throughout East and Southeast Asia. Only North Korea is today running a relatively closed economy. If Pyongyang can adopt an opening-up policy following the Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Continued Consolidation Called For Singapore Bourse
The Singapore stock market has moved lower in back-to-back trading days, surrendering almost 50 points or 1.5 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,390-point plateau and it may take further damage again on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Value of IPOs by Singapore issuers up 78% in first half of 2018
SINGAPORE - The overall number of initial public offerings (IPOs) - domestic and cross-border - by Singapore issuers was up in the first six months of this year, with 12 listings raising US$459 million or 78 per cent more year on year, a report said. ( read original story ...)
Live more, Bank less: DBS, now 50, wants to (again) disrupt how S’poreans approach banking
At that time, its primary function was to finance Singapore’s industrialisation and urban development. And according to Piyush, DBS was a disruptor in the banking industry when they first began. Photo of DBS building (1980s), from NAS. Since 1968 ... ( read original story ...)
The seven best jobs at HSBC in Hong Kong, according to John Flint
HSBC’s Private Bank and Retail Banking and Wealth Management unit is primed for expansion, especially in Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China, markets where the firm already has an “established presence”. While most of the growth will be in wealth ... ( read original story ...)
Trump slams press over Singapore as GOP embraces his praise for Kim
But what will be the impact of the Singapore summit and the G-7 blowup ... "So funny to watch the Fake News, especially NBC and CNN. They are fighting hard to downplay the deal with North Korea. 500 days ago they would have 'begged' for this deal-looked ... ( read original story ...)
Are Homes In Singapore Really That Expensive (Compared To Similar Cities)?
Demographia’s International Housing Affordability Survey also lists Singapore’s property market as “seriously unaffordable”, with a price-to-median-income ratio of 4.8 in 2017. To find out the relative affordability of Singapore’s housing market ... ( read original story ...)
Projected population growth of 6.3 million in 2030 expected to impact property market upswing
The current property market upswing has encouraged buyers and investors to re-enter the Singapore property market in anticipation of higher future property prices. A research report by DBS Insights said that the high land prices and momentum seen in the ... ( read original story ...)
AccorHotels to Expand Pullman Brand to Singapore
AccorHotels and EL Development, a Singapore-based property developer, will open a new-build five-star Pullman hotel on a prime site on Hill Street, in the civic and cultural heart of the city. The 342-room hotel will be Singapore’s first Pullman and will ... ( read original story ...)
Jail, fine for man who received stolen property totalling over $440k in cash
Khoo, 23, who served with the Singapore Civil Defence Force, was jailed for 15 months and fined $3,000 on Tuesday (June 12) after pleading guilty to two counts of receiving stolen property and one count of being involved in illegal gambling activities. ( read original story ...)
Frasers Property opens 2nd Tianjin development as it aims to double footprint in China
SINGAPORE - Mainboard-listed Frasers Property said that its Frasers Hospitality business has opened Fraser Place Binhai Tianjin - its second property in Tianjin - on Tuesday (June 12), as the property developer looks to double its footprint in China over ... ( read original story ...)
Pullman To Open First Hotel in Singapore
AccorHotels and EL Development Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based property developer, have announced they will open a new-build five-star Pullman on a prime site on Hill St, in the civic and cultural heart of the city. The 342-room hotel will be Singapore’s ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Deputy PM Says Progress on Global Trade May Unravel
Global trade faces greater uncertainty and there’s a risk progress that’s been made on commerce may unravel because of dispute between China and the U.S., Singapore Deputy Prime ... over accusations of intellectual property theft. ( read original story ...)
Pullman to make Singapore debut in 2022
The first Pullman-branded hotel in Singapore is slated to open on Hill Street in 2022, the outcome of a partnership between Accorhotels and property developer EL Development, which through this deal makes its first foray into hotels. Pullman Singapore will ... ( read original story ...)