News
GIC aims to invest $2.62b in North American data centres
It bought land in Arizona to start building a data centre.
Brookvale Park sold en bloc for $530m
Owners will receive proceeds worth $2.5m to $4.4m.
ThaiBev to lead beer industry by 2020
Its current beer market share increased to 40%.
Get ready for MAS tightening in April
The central bank has previously kept its neutral stance.
OCBC's net profit to grow to $4.89b in 2018
This will be driven by the rising loan growth, and easing of oil and gas woes.
UOB's net profit to rise to $3.83b in 2018
This will be driven by strong loan growth.
Singapore is the second "least miserable" country in the world
Thailand beat Singapore by 0.9 point in Bloomberg's Misery Index.
ThaiBev's profits plunge 60.98% to $126.9m in Q1
Agents' inventory destocking dragged local alcohol sales.
StarHub's profit fell 27.1% to $249m in 2017
It was dragged by lower profit from operations.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.36%
Expect some good news today.
Daily Briefing: KKR mulls $700m sale of Singapore's MMI; HRnetGroup invests in job matcher Glints
And here are two REITs with recent up-and-down performances.
Chart of the Day: Government spending dipped by 2% to $53.7b in 2017
Operating expenses rose by 7% due to social spending.
Analysts cautiously raise GDP growth forecast for 2018
This is after Singapore GDP growth slowed down to 3.6% in Q4.
SIA's passenger load factor dips 0.1 ppt to 81.1% in January
It is balancing yields against loads amidst price pressures.
Cairnhill Mansion sold en bloc for $362m
It will be redeveloped to yield 200 units.
Developers to sell up to 12,600 units in 2018
This will be driven by higher project launches from government land sales and collective sales.
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