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New York v Singapore Airport: what do they say about their respective country brands
New York v Singapore Airport: what do they say about their respective country brands
Singapore recently won the Best Airport In The World honour at the international Skytrax World Airport Awards in the passenger category. If there was an award for worst airport it would have to be New York. What Singapore does understand and New York does not understand is that an airport is like a brand’s packaging and design. The first impression of a country is its airport. It’s the gateway to all the other brand values of that country.
SingTel's strong 2Q revenue offsets 1Q losses
Robust growth in Singapore and Australia helped propel the telecommunications company’s revenue for 2Q by 8% toS$4.44b despite incurring losses earlier this year due to the acquisition of an African mobile services provider.
SC Global's sales still up despite luxury residences slump in Singapore
The luxury real estate developer posted impressive results for the first nine months of 2010, with revenue rising 11% y-y to S$191.6 mil, and PATMI soaring 517% to S$33.4 mil.
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Sunvic leaves analysts speechless
Phillip Securities Research notes the chemical manufacturing company’s “spectacular ascent” as its net profit exceeded the estimate by 91.1% and revenue by 22.2% for 3Q10.
SAP remains resilient in 3Q, posts 26% revenue jump
Software and Software Related Services revenue in the Asia Pacific-Japan region reached €300 million while total revenue saw a corresponding 20% growth to €365 million.
Global Yellow Pages cuts loss by 34.2% to S$2.2mln
The group eyes to return to green as it invests in infocommunications services and partnership with StarHub fuel its growth plans.
SingTel mobile customer base up 35% to 368mln
Optus 3G subscribers increased to 4.5mln in the quarter, with wireless broadband subscribers more than 1mln.
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IIFL is SGX's first Indian member
The admission of a unit from India Infoline Group to its securities market as a Trading brings the number of Clearing Members for SGX’s securities market to 29 and the number of Trading Members to 30.
Down but still strong: BBR posts lower revenues, but profit still up
The construction company's revenue for the first nine months of 2010 might have contracted due to lower revenue contribution from general construction, but gross profit expanded 49%, thanks to specialised engineering projects.
Singapore Airlines accomplishes first half profit turnaround to $633mln
The Group sees steady growth as advance bookings for the coming months indicate that demand is holding up.
Changi Airport to use sustainable energy
The airport sets environmental targets by conserving energy, recycling water, and tree planting.
Island Power proceeds construction of S$1.2bln power plant
Work on 800MW plant has started while SP PowerAssets will build interconnection to enable Island Power to export power to the Transmission Network.
StarHub third quarter profit up 4% to S$82mln
The company expects to maintain its year-on-year growth of its 2010 operating revenue to be in the low single digit range.
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