Singapore

Chart of the Day: Q2 manufacturing employment falls for fifteenth straight quarter

Blame crippling conditions in the marine & offshore engineering segment.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 1.26%

The weakness on Wall Street Friday could weigh on local sentiment today.

Prime office tenants flee new buildings as landlords hold onto rising renewal rates

This bolstered net office take-up to 879,000 sqft, the highest since 2011.

F&B sales rose 2.9% to $677m in June

Fast food outlet sales inched up 8.4%.

Car purchases boost retail sales by 2% in June

Falling COE premiums spurred purchases.

CityDev's massive unsold landbank is key target for cooling measures

It faces heightened difficulty to sell its unsold stock.

ST Engineering propelled by bloated $13.4b orderbook in Q2

Smart Nation projects are expected to ensure its profitability.

2 in 3 SMEs to embrace cashless payments by 2023

They are also shunning the use of cheques.

11 defective trains repaired and returned to Singapore

They are part of the 26 trains shipped back to China for repairs.

Kampung Admiralty a model for public housing: PM Lee

The estate was lauded for merging education, healthcare, and housing policies.

Noble to hold August 27 meeting to approve restructuring

The meeting will also discuss the proposed disposal of vessels.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.4%

Investors are urged to take caution.

Chart of the Day: Late-stage capital rounds snap 45.8% of fintech funding in H1

This bucks the trend that startups are only receiving seed funding.