Singapore

The company’s first kiosk will serve residents of Ola executive condominium.

The Singapore dollar dropped 0.9% to $1.3824 against the US dollar.

The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations’ agency for international public health, is having its annual executive board meeting in Geneva this week, from the 3rd to 8th of February. This is the meeting where the global public health agenda for the upcoming year will be set. This time, the meeting will be under intense public scrutiny, due to the looming public health crisis of the outbreak of the Novel coronavirus. Therefore, coordinating a response to such drug resistant transnational diseases should be a top priority since the world will be looking to the WHO for leadership in fighting them.

OCBC bought back 750,000 shares for $8.25m.

More than half of $190m was secured in its O&G sector.

The UAE-based firm said that the association has not worked towards a better deal for P&P holders.

S$NEER is still said to be in line with weaknesses in Singapore’s economy.

It will be offered exclusively to SGX-listed companies or firms preparing for listing.

Full-year NPI growth was due to the acquisition of its Centerpointe and Capitol assets.

The rights shares were oversubscribed.

Cities were ranked according to their environmental, economic, and university impact.

SMU students will help participate in banking and fintech projects of UnionBank.

When Chinese New Year arrives each year, millions of red packets exchange hands as part of a centuries-old tradition that has gradually evolved to suit the times. From heavy gold coins threaded with red to lightweight paper notes stuffed in envelopes, the conventional ang bao has now been digitised into a virtual gift that can be sent to anyone anywhere over the internet.

These slowed down to 13,300 in Q4 despite boosts in retail and F&B sectors from festive hiring.

And brokering platform Mortgage Master raises $500,000 in seed round.

CapitaLand led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 2.54% expansion.