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Singapore Post Q2 profits slipped 12.9% to $25.15m
Singapore Post Q2 profits slipped 12.9% to $25.15m
Its stake in an associated company was diluted, making it ineligible for equity accounting.
New Zealand beats Singapore in ease of doing business rankings
Singapore can improve by making property registration and electricity application easier.
Sembcorp Industries Q3 profits slipped 11.6% to $82.33m
It blamed its marine segment upon the sale of a semi-submersible and continued low business volume.
SGX unveils 10 new leveraged exposure products
It will let SIP-qualified investors take long or short positions with leverage on the daily performance of the underlying stocks.
StarHub to pull the plug on cable services in 2019
It is ushering its customers to an all-fibre network for more efficient services.
OCBC profits jumped 12% to $1.25b in Q3
Net interest income grew 9% to $1.51b.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.39%
Expect muted gains today.
Chart of the Day: Prime retail rents in Singapore may see muted growth until 2022
They could be hit by high occupancy costs and diminished tourist spending.
Daily Briefing: Singapore stocks rallied to one-week high amidst OCBC's profit climb reveal; SIA to fly directly to Seattle by September 2019
And minister says Grab won't be banned in Malaysia.
Bank loan growth slows to 4.5% in September as sentiment sours
This marks the slowest on-year pace since February.
ComfortDelGro could gain $10.9m in rail revenue amidst fare hikes
The fare hikes will be rolled out by 29 December.
Service and manufacturing outlooks worsen for Q4 amidst global trade tensions
Real estate services and the machinery & systems manufacturing segment will bear the brunt, according to government agencies.
Chart of the Day: Singapore lags behind Guangzhou in Grade A office rental growth
Both markets' growths were backed by limited availability paired with relatively healthy demand.
Daily Briefing: 9 in 10 Singapore CFOs think they hired the wrong person; More Singaporean tourists lured by Australia's Northern Territory
And five Geylang Road shophouses up for sale at $28m.
HDB and URA unveils three sale sites under GLS programme
Together, the three sites yield about 2,000 residential units.
Cromwell E-REIT acquires 23 properties in Europe for $603.62m
They have a combined net lettable floor area of around 150,235 sq m.
PropertyGuru bags $200m funding
It has also fully consolidated a Vietnam property portal to its group.
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