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Utico's 88% stake acquisition in Hyflux could reach $535m
Markets & Investing
13 hours ago
It includes a $400m commitment to the water treatment firm.
SGX RegCo launches consultation for proposed safeguards to securities market
Markets & Investing
13 hours ago
Proposed enhancement include price collars and an extension of the auction routine.
Tepid growth ahead for Sheng Siong stores as consumer spending weakens
Retail
13 hours ago
The contribution of same-store-sales to earnings is expected to hit only 0.5% in 2019-2020.
Suntec REIT buys Australian freehold Grade A office for $141.51m
Commercial Property
15 hours ago
The 12-storey property has an NLA of 282,000 sqft and a committed occupancy of 91.6%.
Keppel REIT NPI dropped 28.1% to $31.06m in Q2
Commercial Property
15 hours ago
It was dragged by the lower one-off income from Ocean Financial Centre.
Koh Brothers Eco Engineering nabs $668.2m contract from PUB
Building & Engineering
15 hours ago
It will construct influent pumping stations for the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System Phase 2 project.
Maybank demands $33.6m from Hyflux for early termination of hedging deal
Energy & Offshore
15 hours ago
The bank designated 4 July as its date of termination.
SIA Group passenger load factor up 1.6ppt to 86.2% in June
Aviation
19 hours ago
Passenger carriage rose 8.5% YoY.
Seletar Mall buy could add up to 10% to SPH REIT's FY 2019 DPU
Commercial Property
19 hours ago
The firm’s DPU inched up 1.5% YoY to $0.0139 in Q3, thanks to higher contributions from The Rail Mall and Figtree Grove Shopping Centre.
Developer sales in June up 25% to 821 units
Residential Property
19 hours ago
The growth was driven by Sky Everton which sold 134 units at an average $2,523 psf.

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Keppel Infrastructure Trust back into the black as Q2 profit hit $15.9m
15 hours ago
Revenue ballooned to $418.02m from $142.9m in Q2 2018.
Demand for hybrid executive and team assistants on the rise: report
1 day ago
Collaborative working is pushing offices to require a function team for their coordination needs.
NOVU Fasthetics Pte Ltd clinches Health and Wellness Award at 4th SBR National Business Awards
4 days ago
The medical aesthetics group developed a brand encyclopaedia to bolster its rebranding strategy.
Adventus Singapore employs virtualisation technology, wins IT Services Award
4 days ago
The ICT services provider proposed a winning solution for a property group’s computing requirements.
Axe Factor cuts out a lucrative niche, lands its first SBR National Business Award
4 days ago
The island’s sole urban axe-throwing facility overcame cautious public perceptions to become an increasingly popular recreational activity for individuals, groups and workplace teams.
Global Indian International School bags award in Education Category at 4th SBR National Business Awards
4 days ago
The flagship SMART Campus of Global Indian International School (GIIS) clinched the award at the recently concluded National Business Awards held by Singapore Business Review.
E-Tech Building Services Pte Ltd clinches Building Services & Facilities Award at 4th SBR National Business Awards
4 days ago
The local company turned to a combination of IT services and technology for its business solutions.
gumi Asia Pte Ltd clinches Media and Entertainment Award at 6th SBR International Business Awards
4 days ago
The company created Project Hephaestus to ease the software development processes and reduce the number of hours taken for the company’s developers to generate content.
Ardentec Singapore Pte Ltd wins the Manufacturing Category at 6th SBR International Business Awards
4 days ago
The company and a vendor co-developed a measurement gauge and pogo pin solution to improve the TDR success rate.
Hoffmann Quality Tools Asia Pacific Pte Ltd secures Machining and Tooling Award at 6th SBR International Business Awards
4 days ago
Hoffmann’s customers in the aviation industry use the GARANT ZeroClamp to aid them in reducing setup time by 95%.

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Can air taxis take flight in Singapore's skies?
Passenger air vehicles are having trouble taking off because of the city’s good traffic conditions and regulations.
by Nathanielle Punay
8 Jul 2019
How The Great Room is riding on Asia's co-working wave
It targets established, value-sensitive corporates that make up the fastest growing segment in Asia.
by Sandra Sendingan
8 Jul 2019
This reverse auction app lets you buy items at the lowest bid
Doropu has sold 35,000 products in Singapore and Malaysia to date.
by Danielle Isaac
8 Jul 2019
Love, Bonito to open largest physical store in Funan
The shop will have instagrammable spots, an express e-commerce counter, and on-demand stylists.
by Danielle Isaac
8 Jul 2019
Check out ISG's new space at Haw Par Centre
The 4,400-sqft office features meeting rooms named after Singapore’s historic landmarks and locations.
by Arianna Danganan
8 Jul 2019
Can retail underdogs take a bigger bite of Singapore's online grocery pie?
Despite only holding less than 7% grocery market share in 2017, RedMart and FairPrice will dominate the market in few years time.
by Arianna Danganan
8 Jul 2019
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Singapore revs up engines for autonomous vehicle race
Check out its efforts vis-a-vis innovation-driven countries such as Germany and Korea.
by Luz Wendy Noble
8 Jul 2019
What Singapore got right in urban mobility
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by Luz Wendy Noble
8 Jul 2019

People

Jardine Cycle & Carriage appoints Alex Newbigging as CEO of Hong Kong automotive services unit
Singtel promotes Ng Kuo Pin as next CEO for NCS unit
Citi appoints Hsiu-Yi Lin as ASEAN commercial bank head
Sompo Insurance Singapore names Pui Phusangmook as CEO
ST Engineering appoints Joseph Leong Weng Keong as director
SPH appoints former Capitaland president and group CEO as independent director

Hong Kong

Non-residential property transactions nearly halved in H1 over weak investor sentiment
1 day ago
There were only 475 commercial transactions from January-April 2019.
Hong Kong falls to 19th place in global passport rankings
4 days ago
Citizens can enjoy visa-free access to 168 countries.
Exports down 2.4% in May
4 days ago
Total good exports fell 2.5% for the first five months of the year.
Hong Kong's laid off banking expats struggle to find jobs
4 days ago
Expats may turn to lower-paying options following Deutsche and Nomura's job cull.

Asia

Chinese FDI into Europe and North America down 18% in H1
China
4 days ago
Only US$12.3b was invested into these regions, the lowest activity level since 2014.
APAC high net-worth wealth down 5% in 2018
Hong Kong
5 days ago
China accounted for 53% of the region’s decline.
Asia's venture capital deal value hit US$129b in 2018
China
1 week ago
China leads the pack with $145.6b (US$107b) made from 4,281 deals.
Can Malaysia revive its weakening construction sector?
Malaysia
1 week ago
It has resumed its shelved mega projects.

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Nov 26
Malaysia Technology Excellence Awards 2019
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Nov 28
SBR Made in Singapore Awards and Designed in Singapore Awards 2019
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