News
Singapore banks' bad loan ratio to hit 1.7% by 2020
Singapore banks' bad loan ratio to hit 1.7% by 2020
Blame higher delinquencies from SMEs and non-financial firms.
Fave acquisition intensifies mobile food ordering competition: Waitrr
Fave bought takeaway apps CutQ and FoodTime.
JLC Advisors' missing lawyer linked to Allied Tech's missing $33m arrested
The lawyer was accused to have deceived CCJ Investment in disbursing $6m.
KS Energy-Universal Energy Resources consortium bags $129.6m drilling contract
It will charter a semi-submersible drilling rig in Indonesia in H2 2019.
Five confirmed and eight reserve list sites to be launched under H2 2019 GLS programme
The sites can yield 6,430 private residential units and 92,000 sqm GFA of commercial space.
Singapore CEOs less bullish on revenue growth than global peers
Revenue growth is expected by 28% of CEOs in Singapore and 46% globally.
ST Engineering and Vietnam Airlines form JV in Vietnam
The joint company will focus on component MRO solutions.
Singtel and ComfortDelGro tie up for in-app taxi booking feature
The partnership will extend Dash users’ ability to pay for their cab fares via QR code.
COE prices closed mostly lower in latest bidding exercise
The prices of category E vehicles saw the highest decline of $4,998 to $42,002.
Chart of the Day: 1.5 million sqft of retail property supply to come online by 2022
Over half of the upcoming retail development will be completed in 2019.
Daily Briefing: Government cuts private housing stock amidst oversupply; HSBC pumps up Singapore SME banking team
And SP Group and Gardens by the Bay unveiled a project to convert waste to by-products.
Public transport payment via Visa goes live
The project will be one of Visa’s largest implementations for contactless acceptance for transit globally at 30,000 acceptance points.
Retail property sales fell 2.3% in Q1: study
The sales decline in optical goods & books and food retailers dragged it down.
HDB resale prices down 1.2% in May
It also reflected an 18.3% YoY jump from 1,754 units resold.
Commemorative $20 bill unveiled for Singapore's bicentennial
It can be availed in nine major retail banks.
Six more firms join SGX watchlist
All failed to have a volume-weighted average price of at least $0.20 per share.
ComfortDelGro invests $136.6m in three tech startups
These startups are SWAT, Haulio and Israel-based Foretellix.
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