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Chart of the Day: Singapore is fourth largest source of real estate investment
Chart of the Day: Singapore is fourth largest source of real estate investment
The Asia Pacific region accounted for half of transactions in 2018.
Singtel's cross-border mobile payment alliance VIA welcomes Japan's NETSTARS
The partnership will add 100,000 stores to VIA’s 1.6 million merchant partners.
Singapore's export and manufacturing woes spur economic slowdown in 2019
GDP growth is expected to decline to 2.4% in 2019 from 3.2% in 2018.
Only one in four construction SMEs paid their debts on time in Q4 2018: report
Weak activity was attributed to lower than anticipated construction demand for both the private and public sectors.
SBR National Business Awards 2019 opens nominations
Entries are now accepted from trailblazing local businesses in Singapore.
Singapore banks' credit costs to rise 5bp in 2020
The IFRS9 will require banks to set aside for anticipated losses.
YuuZoo shuts down; CEO resigns over trade suspension
It also blamed IRAS’ seizure of its funds that disabled it from continuing operations.
Hyflux admits $2.81b of claims after adjudication
It rejected a $502.61m claim for the Magtaa desalination plant in Algeria.
CapitaLand CEO Lee Chee Koon receives remuneration of $4.2m in 2018
In total, the company issued around $18m in remuneration packages for its 13 executives.
NODX edged up 4.9% in February
The 9.4% YoY growth in non-electronic NODX outweighed the decrease in electronics.
Daily Briefing: Far East Orchard acquires three British student dorms for $73m; Mobile app Tigerhall raises US$1.8m in seed funding
And personal data of over 800,000 blood donors leaked.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.07%
Expect muted gains today.
Chart of the Day: Construction sector employment shrinks by 7,100 in 2018
This was attributed to a moderation in the decline in Work Permit Holders.
SIA passenger load factor up 0.3ppt to 81.2% in February
Passenger carriage rose 8.8%, slightly outpacing capacity injection of 8.3%.
Developer sales jumped 18.5% to 455 units in February
50.8% of the sales were in the Outside Central Region.
PropNex calls to suspend stamp duty for HDB upgraders
The 12% stamp duty adds to homebuyers’ burden of 20% CPF and cash home payment, it said.
Crypto exchange platform Quoine found liable for reversing bitcoin trades: court
B2C2 will claim damages from breach of contract and breach of trust.
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