Singapore
Money matters: MAS reduces slope of policy band
Modest and gradual appreciation of the S$NEER policy band will be continued.
Money matters: MAS reduces slope of policy band
Modest and gradual appreciation of the S$NEER policy band will be continued.
Singapore export growth may have plunged to 1.8% in September
Bad news ahead for the country’s economy as electronics exports may have contracted further by 12.3%.
Hopes rise as Singapore’s economy surges 5.9% in 3Q11
Manufacturing rebounded by 13.2%, buoyed by the strong performance of the biomedical manufacturing segment.
Tee International subsidiary strikes S$31.85mn deal with CMC Engineering
Tee M&E Engineering’s participation in Kelana Jaya LRT extension project boosted Tee International’s outstanding order book to S$312.9mn.
Oriental Food appoints Lee Wan Sing as Director of Corporate Affairs
Lee is tasked to manage the company's investment policies.
Singaporean and European scientists team up
The agreement will enable scientists to apply for EMBO Short-Term and Long-Term Fellowships to work in Singapore or Europe.
Distribution Central appoints Ned Speed to lead ASEAN sales team
Ned Speed will deal with Singapore as the initial focus market.
DBS updates note programme to USD 15b
It was previously a USD 10 billion Debt Issuance Programme established on 24 June 2010.
27% of AsiaPac brand executives inefficient in social media strategies
Better get your act together soon, as sociability is expected to contribute 65% to a brand’s overall reputation in three years.
Pan Pacific Hotels appoints Hans Heijligers as Area VP, Operations – Singapore
He will also helm PARKROYAL on Pickering, the flagship PARKROYAL hotel in Singapore when it opens in 2012.
Worldwide PC shipments up 3.2% to 91.8m units
Guess which vendor grew faster than the industry average with a market share of 17.7%?
Manulife appoints Tsun-yan Hsieh to Board of Directors
Mr. Hsieh, a resident of Singapore,has extensive experience in international business, leadership development and corporate transformation.
Commercial property investment volumes in AsiaPac surge 10% in 3Q11
Volumes have reached an amazing US$ 67b year to date, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.
ASL Marine stays strong with S$267m worth of new contracts
OCBC estimates these will fatten up ASL's order book to about S$570m.
CapitaMalls Asia to begin trading in Hong Kong on 18 October
As at 13 October, the total number of issued shares is almost 3.9b.
Singapore Press Holdings’ revenue rise 7.6% to S$315.6m in 4Q11
However, its property segment earnings plunged 68% to S$75.6 due to the end of contributions from Sky@eleven last year.
Brick-and-mortar stores battle online counterparts
Guess who will win in the sector which generated $3.8b in value-add in 2009, or 1.5% of Singapore's GDP.
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