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Chart of the Day: Singapore posts $7.8b surplus in balance of payments in Q2
Chart of the Day: Singapore posts $7.8b surplus in balance of payments in Q2
It was backed by the increase in current account surplus.
Wilmar International buys rival Bunge's sugar operations
It includes both raw and refined sugar contracts.
MND to push for shorter-term housing to aide seniors in retirement
They are eyeing to enhance the liquidity of older flats for the resale market.
GIC buys minority stake in Indian property developer
Provenance Land owns four acres of a mixed-used development site in central Mumbai.
Singtel eyes bid for Australia's wireless operator Amaysim
This would give the telco access to the operator’s 1.1 million mobile subscribers.
Grab launches ads business
GrabAds will offer mobile billboards, in-car engagement, and in-app engagement for brands.
Price competition looms as TPG rolls out trial for unli-data plan
An analyst weighed the possibilities of what could happen if TPG launches 1GB of 4G LTE plan in Singapore.
Is there room for capsule hotels in Singapore's crowded hotel market?
Hoteliers are having difficulty in striking the balance between price-competitiveness and profitability.
Singapore's retail scene welcomed back activity-based tenants in H1
They prefer the Orchard Road shopping belt and suburban districts.
VERS and HIP II could shake stagnant outlook of HDB market
Owners can hold onto the future value of their flats, an analyst said.
Bangladesh project could tone down losses for Sembcorp's Indian plant
It is a long-term deal that may add up to the firm's marginal profit.
Rising tourist arrivals boosted Orchard Road rents in H1
Its ground-floor rents could lead the gradual rental recovery from 2018 to 2022.
SGX taps exchange trade platform M-DAQ to launch multi-currency trading prototype
The platform will let investors access embedded interbank FX pricing at the point of transaction without slippage.
Trade conflict could hit Singapore exports harder in H2: analysts
Electronics exports continued to decline by 3.8% in July.
Daily Briefing: Redevelopment schemes could threaten Singapore's architectural history; CBD conservation shophouse up for sale at $17m
And here’s why Malaysia is amongst Singapore firms' choices for expansion.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.15%
DBS had the most active shares with a decline of 0.71%.
Chart of the Day: Retail vacancy dipped 7.3% in Q2
Landlords are urged to be flexible in setting rents to support occupancy rate in the coming quarters.
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