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ST Engineering's aerospace arm bags $510m deals in Q4
ST Engineering's aerospace arm bags $510m deals in Q4
The contracts covered maintenance and pilot training services.
Keppel Land issues $150m 2.68% bonds due 2023
Funds raised from the bonds will be used for general corporate purposes.
SPH's staff costs dip 5% after job cut
It intended to cut its staff costs by 10% to improve earnings.
StarHub's ASTL and D'Crypt acquisitions won't save its falling earnings
75% of its revenue belong to its mobile, pay TV and broadband businesses, which are all declining.
$3.2b Paya Lebar Quarter scores tenants for over half of its space
It will have three office towers that will provide nearly one million sqft of space.
Government urged to focus on developing unicorns
Singapore Business Federation recommended tax incentives and rebates to spur investment in potential unicorns.
Half of marketers fail to integrate ads across channels
Almost seven in 10 consumers think ads are more intrusive now.
Singapore's new two-stage scheme to resolve customer disputes with telcos
Consumers and telcos will have to go through processes of mediation and settlement.
Singapore trade inches up 1.1% in December
The seasonally adjusted total trade level dipped from $85.5b to $83.5b.
Singapore NODX grows 3.1% in December
The growth in non-electronic exports outweighed the decline in electronics.
Guocoland to raise $350m from perpetual bonds
Distribution payments will be made at the rate of 4.6% per annum.
Firms' payment performance rebounded to 48.40% in 2017
Prompt payments accounted for almost half of all transactions in Q4.
Daily Briefing: Jardine C&C price hits 52-week low; Polytechnic grads earned $2,235 in 2017
And here five credit cards you can apply for if you're a small spender.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.39%
Don't expect gains today.
Chart of the Day: Absence of project launches pull home sales down 45.3% in December
But the full-year volume in 2017 is 34% higher than in 2016.
Should the Income Tax Act be amended to boost value creation?
In its 2018 budget proposal, PwC believes that the 150% tax deduction for R&D expenditure is hardly competitive.
Home sales to rise in 2018 due to market optimism
And 15 major private residential non-landed projects with over 100 units could launch in 2018.
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