Singapore
Decline of Singapore's famed shopping strip shows city's pain
Decline of Singapore's famed shopping strip shows city's pain
Orchard Road’s malaise is a microcosm of the city-state’s pain.
Sembcorp unit completes 800MW wind project in India
This brings the company’s renewable capacity in India to 1.73GW.
Alibaba.com Ramps Up Efforts to Help B2B SMEs Embrace Digital Commerce
“Project Sprout Up” helps Singapore exporters pursue opportunities in post-pandemic landscape.
DBS rolls out digital solutions, portal for retirement needs
The “Map Your Money” dashboard will help visualize the user's future cashflow.
MAS awards SRFB privileges to StanChart, will revamp SRFB framework
Lenders who substantially exceed the SRFB criteria may be allowed to open subsidiaries.
Manufacturing sector outlook remains soft for H2
The transport engineering cluster is the most pessimistic as firms expect a weak environment.
Drone startup clinches undisclosed funding from Royal Vopak NV
It will be used on expanding across Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
UOB floats Finance Academy for employee development
It allows the bank's Finance team to train in areas like asset and liability management.
In exploring the ‘new normal', VCs “raise the bar” in their startup search
Student-led Protege Ventures shares their insights on how VCs will tread carefully.
Singapore average mortality protection gap hit highest in Asia
Large awareness of life insurance failed to translate to more coverage.
Chart of the Day: Housing loans surged 49.2% in Q1
It is attributed to lower interest rates, allowing homeowners to secure loans at favourable terms.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 1.7%
OCBC Bank saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 3.82% contraction.
Daily Briefing: $320m set aside to extend foreign worker levy rebates; Measures released for Singapore-Malaysia cross-border travel
And Diginex launches new Singapore crypto exchange.
Chart of the Day: 4,500 private home units to be completed from Q2 to Q4
As at Q1, there are nearly 52,100 units in the pipeline.
JC&C's profit down 30% to $414.23m in H1
Astra saw most of its business divisions’ net income fall.
SIAS reiterates role in Hyflux deal
They also urge Utico to address the issues they earlier raised.
Keppel posts net loss of $697.6m for Q2
Impairments from the O&M segment contributed to the loss.
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