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Hongkong Land 2017 profits up 14% to $1.28b
Hongkong Land 2017 profits up 14% to $1.28b
They were boosted by higher rental income and development profits from China.
Singapore to renew Bukit Panjang LRT for $344.25m
The 19-year-old light rail vehicles will be replaced whilst the two-year-old LRVs will be upgraded.
Top 1000 SMEs profits down 17.1% to $2.9b in 2017
Slow GDP growth and weak global trade are among the challenges that plague SMEs.
Growth of Singapore's women start up founders slowed down to 22%
They are weighed down by their protracted challenges in achieving work-life balance.
SGX RegCo pushes Noble to hire financial advisor
The advisor will look into shareholding structure concerns in Noble’s debt restructuring plan.
CityDev builds fund manager to accumulate $6.57b assets
It wants a constant income stream with less reliance on capital appreciation.
Jardine Matheson Holdings profit up 51.22% to $5b in 2017
Its profits from Mainland China grew 18% thanks to land and manufacturer acquisitions.
Daily Briefing: Temasek leads US$90m funding of Shanghai biotech firm; Singapore's water prices are set to increase by 30% by July 2018
And here are 4 post-independence landmarks targetting en bloc sale.
Chart of the Day: 25% of home sales were from non-Singaporeans
They bought 1,324 private condo units, a 0.7% dip in the sales volume.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.86%
Expect some gains today.
7 in 10 female expats eye Singapore for improved income
Over half of female expats also think it is the best for work culture and personal fulfilment.
Jardine Strategic Holdings profit surged 49.17% to $10.84b in 2017
Jardine Matheson’s profit contribution rose to $491.04m or 4.5% of the total.
DairyFarm profits down 13.97% to $532.62m in 2017
Operating profit for its businesses fell after recognising $84.48m of business change costs.
MAS slams financial advisors' mass firm-hopping
It launched a public consultation for four measures that could address this.
HDB resales up 9.7% to 1,195 units in February
Resale prices were down by 2.4%.
Bangladeshi power producer eyes SGX listing
Whilst the deal is only set to be modestly sized at US$300m, analysts see this as sign of SGX's enduring appeal in luring new Asian listings.
Daily Briefing: World's oldest billionaire lives in Singapore; GIC and Temasek in talks for $1.5b 'Salt Bae' resto deal
And here's why Singapore's debt consolidation plan might not be working.
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