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Daily Briefing: 3,500 tenants bought first home with housing grant help; German online payments Wirecard AG refutes fraud allegations
Daily Briefing: 3,500 tenants bought first home with housing grant help; German online payments Wirecard AG refutes fraud allegations
And Singapore concerned with the collision of Malaysia’s vessel with a Greek carrier in Tuas.
Chart of the Day: Utility stocks start strong with 17% average returns in 2019 YTD
The best performing stocks were China Jinjiang Environment and China Everbright Water.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.04%
Reignited US-China trade tension fears may dampen local sentiment.
COE premiums close mostly higher in February bidding exercise
Category A vehicle premiums dropped whilst the rest saw increases.
Singaporeans still prefer telco incumbents over disruptive upstarts: survey
Around 81% have decided to stick to their tried-and-tested providers for over two years.
Singapore banks shun risky trading over more stable fees and commissions
The share of trading and investment securities income shrunk to 36% in 2018 from 47% in 2009.
Singapore falls to 10th place in US Chamber International IP Index
Lack of transparency and high software piracy levels dragged the city’s headline score.
Daily Briefing: SingPost fined $100,000 for service standards failure; AI music startup Musiio clinches $1.36m seed fund
And here's what's new with Oakwood's revamped booking system.
Chart of the Day: Hotel investments on the rise after flunking in 2016
2018 saw eight deals in the sector worth about $500m in total.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.5%
Trade war jitters will continue to weight on local sentiment.
Investments into niche assets hit 10-year high to $1b
Average deals for shophouses, medical suites, and nursing homes are at $6m.
Ministry of National Development to offer year round ROF exercise
Flat buyers can apply online anytime and book a flat by the next working day.
Share buybacks crashed 51.11% to $26.4m in January
OCBC led the buying spree with $13.89m shares bought back.
Singapore leads APAC's premier tech cities: report
This is on the back of its business and tech environment, and talent pool.
Local technology and banking hiring to persist in 2019
IT savvy employees are in hot demand due to technological disruptions across all industries.
HDB resale prices dropped 1.1% in January
Resale volume increased 8.8% to 1,560 flats.
Poor offshore engineering performance could hit Sembmarine's 2018 results
Company losses could widen to $78m for the year, an analyst said.
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