News
Ecommerce giant Lazada reinvents online shopping through LazLive
Ecommerce giant Lazada reinvents online shopping through LazLive
LazLive is its in-app live streaming feature which allows users to interact in real time.
Chart of the Day: Singapore's interest rates to remain low
Subdued economy to help to keep home prices in check.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.02%
Medtecs International led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 7.53% expansion.
Daily Briefing: Parcel locker network to be rolled out early 2021; Transcelestial closes $13.38m series A funding
And OSLabs shares acquired by India’s Affle for $3.98m.
Singaporeans eagerly awaiting the green light to travel
As many as seven in 10 Singaporeans say they are willing to travel the moment border restrictions are lifted.
Capgemini launches Applied Innovation Exchange in Shenzhen
This is said to increase ease of market access for Singapore businesses.
InstaReM and IITAAS set up fund for Indian migrant workers in Singapore
Eligible workers will receive a one-time $20 voucher code to include in their remittance transfer.
Daily Briefing: Changi Airport to roll out contactless check-in kiosks; Dataxet buys Sonar Platform
And upgrades and rebuilding of school campuses delayed by one year.
Chart of the Day: Locals take the bulk of private home purchases in May
This amounts to 84% of the private home sales in May.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.02%
Medtecs International led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 13.42% expansion.
SMU's incubator programme unveils second cohort of early-stage startups
The incubation programme for the 19 startups will be conducted virtually due to the pandemic.
Singaporeans reveal utmost concern over data security
The concern is led by data security issues with bankcard fraud topping the list.
Buyback consideration hit $663m in H1
DBS, OCBC and UOB saw the highest amount of buyback consideration.
Wilmar's YKA may reach $19.7b valuation in IPO: analyst
YKA is currently backed by strong investor interest, which jacked up its IPO target.
85% of Singaporeans keen to explore cash equivalent options with higher yield
This is despite their little exposure to similar money market products before.
SPH REIT posts half a cent DPU for Q3 FY2020
This will be closed on 9 July and the distribution will be on 18 August.
Suntec REIT unit injects $40m into Harmony Investors Group Limited
This increases its shares to approximately 57.9%.
Commentary
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