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Floundering financial services sector hurt Singapore GDP growth
Floundering financial services sector hurt Singapore GDP growth
Sectoral growth moved at a snail’s pace of 0.8%.
Will the new bus contracting model boost SBS’ and SMRT’s floundering bus profits?
It will greatly affect the firms' operating margins, analysts say.
Maturity wall looms over Singapore builders as home prices plummet
About $1.8b bonds are maturing this quarter.
Golden Agri’s earnings inch up 2% to $53.15m
Thanks to a hefty tax credit.
Noble’s profit dives 88.4% to S$51.5m in 1H16
Net losses for the quarter jumped to S$73.8m.
Boustead Projects' income jumps 25% to $6.1m in Q1
Boosted by contribution from its leasing business.
Wilmar plummets into the red with $296m net loss in Q2
“Untimely purchases” of soybean battered profits.
Ezion may be hit with more losses as capex soars, analyst says
Current cost of sale at $65.9m already hurt its profit.
ThaiBev’s Q2 earnings dip 1% to about $224.19m
Blame it on weak F&N/FCL share results.
Olam reaps 20% profit growth to $114.9m
Maximised loan terms and slashed borrowing costs boosted earnings.
Here’s why Singtel is banking on the Pokémon Go craze to catch up with competitors
Its average data consumption is lowest among incumbents.
Chart of the day: Check out Singapore banks' lacklustre NIMs in Q2
Only DBS' NIM saw an expansion.
Super's net profit shrinks 7% to $9.8m
Consumers are starting to get frugal.
Yanlord’s net profit soar 213.1% to $118.6m
Mounting pre-sale of properties boosted business performance.
Daily Briefing: Singtel 1Q profit jumps; Two HDB flats sold above $900k
And here are four mistakes that make trips costlier.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.2%
Expect a rebound today.
Singapore consumer confidence evaporates with 10.7-point drop in H1
It’s the third biggest decline in the APAC region.
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