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UBS Chief Gruebel faces pressure from Singapore board
UBS Chief Gruebel faces pressure from Singapore board
Oswald Greubel may be forced to shrink the investment bank after the $2.3b loss from fraudulent trading last week, according to Bloomberg’s report.
Supersized: SMEs receive $6.7m for productivity improvement
A total of 80 SMEs productivity improvement projects so far have benefited from the funding.
Office rentals forecast to drop at least 5%
This as 3m sq ft of office supply will come against an estimated 1.5m sq ft of net absorption in FY13.
Now we know why Vodafone is dropping M1
There’s no better way to spell competition, as StarHub will become the exclusive partner of Vodafone exactly the day after its deal with M1 ends.
Liquefied natural gas trading may fuel Singapore to be the regional energy hub
More than 400 petroleum and petroleum trading companies are already based in the Lion City.
Singapore’s loan growth slowdown may be more severe, warns analyst
FY12 loan growth is forecast to be between 8% and 8.5% which is sharply lower than FY11’s forecast of between 16% & 20%, but it doesn’t stop there.
Hello, investors: A fifth of affluent Singaporeans to invest in Greater China and Southeast Asian funds
It seems like they have a lot to invest, as 48% of Singaporean affluent reported a rise in net worth in the last 12 months.
Tiger to sink teeth in rights issue
The airline has received approval from shareholders to raise over $127m.
GIC: We have offset the losses on UBS
The sovereign wealth fund may have lost about 60% of its investment in UBS, but it says losses were countered by good investment decisions.
Singapore Airlines and Silkair strike deal with Changi Airport
Collaboration aims to offer tourists affordable travel packages as low as S$60.
M1 and Vodafone agree to end partnership
M1 to continue enhancing the products and services that its customers enjoy despite contract termination.
UOB is the best managed among the Singapore banks for liquidity risks
Its capital buffers are also the highest compared to OCBC and DBS.
ST Engineering corruption probe claims another scalp
On Friday, the company announced that Patrick Lee Swee Ching, CFO of Vision Technologies Systems has taken leave of absence pending the CPIB investigation.
SingTel: Showing strength on winning digital home
The telco claims to have 22% of Singapore households subscribed to their bundled broadband.
Hurrah!: More than 51,000 employers to receive Special Employment Credit
The Government will be giving a total of $17 million in SEC by 30 September 2011.
Tiger Airways caught off guard by Thai Airway's Chairman’s remarks on scrapping JV
Tiger issued a statement saying that Thai's management will continue their joint venture, despite the Chairman of Thai Airways saying it will discontinue the joint venture.
Singapore’s inflation may have dropped to 4.7% in August
DBS expects the country’s inflation to be on a sticky downward grind in the coming months.
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