Singapore

HDB rents up 0.8% in January

HDB rents up 0.8% in January

Three-room flats saw the highest growth for the month.

Tiong Seng bags two home development contracts worth $123.9m

They will construct six 12-storey apartment blocks at the Hollandia site.

Singtel's Thai unit wins arbitration dispute

Thai state-owned TOT has previously ordered AIS for additional revenue share in roaming service.

Singapore remains top city for East Asian expats

This is its 15th year holding the crown.

Vietnam's tech investments beat Singapore for 2019

18% of capital deployed to Southeast Asia went to Vietnam, outpacing Singapore's share of 17%.

Chart of the Day: Services sector layoffs rose to 7,100 in 2019

The yearly figure was boosted by 1,800 retrenchments in Q4.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.39%

SGX led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 2.96% expansion.

Daily briefing: Affirma Capital exits Eaton Towers investment; Validus' Vietnam unit partners with agri-food business

And retailers slash their business hours after Singapore raised its DORSCON level to orange.

Collins Aerospace opens Changi hub

It will standardise digital technology solutions across the firm’s MRO network.

Retail space vacancy rate hit 7.5 % in Q4

A pickup in malls’ leasing demand countered tha vacancies from the Somerset Subzone.

ST Engineering bags nacelle maintenance contract from Qantas Airways

The company will provide services to two aircraft fleets.

HSBC Life extends nCov benefits programme to customers

Customers may receive $1,000 in the event that they contract nCov in Singapore.

January SGX volume up 27% to $1.2b

Market turnover value of structured warrants and DLCs surged 94% MoM.

Raman Singh talks about his win at SBR Management Excellence Awards 2019

Mundipharma’s CEO secured his third Executive of the Year Award for Pharmaceuticals.

DBS expects $1.4b net profit for Q4 2019: analyst

Quarterly earnings report will be out by 13 February.

NetLink NBN Trust's profit up 9.6% to $21.5m in Q3

Residential connections revenue rose, accounting for 64.1% of the total figure.

Grocery stores rush to steady supply as outbreak alert level rises

FairPrice has already imposed purchase limits to prevent customers from stockpiling.