News
Luxury home builders turn to crafty marketing ploys to drive sales in 2015
High-end home prices slipped 6.2% last year.
Yanzijiang unlikely to rescue cash-strapped shipbuilder
It plans to exit the offshore market.
Will SIA ever privatise Tigerair?
It will only need to spend $400m for such a move.
REITs grapple with intensifying refinancing risks as interest rates rise
The end of cheap financing is here.
Expect higher returns from Temasek-linked firms as government hikes spending
Listed firms under its portfolio have an ROE of at least 12%.
Orchard Road rents to trend up on back of prime retail space scarcity
No new developments are expected in the next 5 years.
Discover SGX’s highest turnover stocks over the past 3 months
Nine of the ten most active are constituents of the STI.
Private condo resale prices slipped 3.2% in February
On back of low resale volume.
Daily Briefing: Still no Bukit Panjang LRT services this morning; Sentosa Cove bungalow sales down sharply from 2013
And apartments at Marina Bay condo fetch above $3,000 psf.
Chart of the Day: 4G subscribers soon to overtake 3G as telcos brace for higher data usage
However, most subscribers would rather use free WiFi.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.4%
But expect a rebound today.
Ready, set, go: ComfortDelGro races ahead of SMRT thanks to ambitious overseas ventures
Its diversified earnings base is a big plus.
Singapore clinches top spot in Global Muslim Travel Index 2015
21% of travellers here were Muslims.
USD-SGD exchange rate soared to five-year high last week
The SGD has lost 4.13% against the greenback.
Mandarin Oriental’s net profit up 1% to $134m in FY14
Thanks to robust underlying earnings growth.
SGX opens new Hong Kong office to boost presence in Greater China
It will focus on derivatives trading.
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