News
Safety check: MAS proposes reforms to OTC derivatives and securities
A trading regime could be implemented in the future.
SingTel’s net profit up 11.2% to $970m in Q3
Thanks to higher revenue from its associates.
ComfortDelGro’s net profit up 7.7% to $283.5m in FY14
On back of higher bus, rail, and taxi revenue.
Chart of the Day: Prime retail rents on Orchard Road see first decline in four quarters
They moderated by 5.0% to $32.9 psf.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.3%
Discover what the most active stocks were.
Daily Briefing: Slowing economy may bring more bad debt; New test bed for Singapore's Smart Nation vision
And HDB launches homes in three locations.
Hiring activity for finance, tech professionals jumps to three-year high
Half of firms in these sectors will add staff in 1H15.
More foreign-owned firms set up shop in Singapore in Q4
Over 1 in 5 companies formed were foreign-owned.
Tourist arrivals down 3.1% to 15.1 million in 2014
The number of Chinese tourists plunged 24.2%.
Check out these international brands which opened shops in Orchard Road in Q4
The list includes Crate & Barrel, Ermenegildo Zegna, and Giudi.
Have a peek at Singapore's biggest all-in-one start-up facility
The BASH facility was officially launched today.
Landlords turn to costly mall renovations to ward off aggressive e-commerce threat
Tenant remixing is another key strategy.
Buzzer beaters: Singapore welcomes over 20,000 new businesses in Q4
The number of new businesses surged by 42%.
Is ComfortDelGro’s speedy share price rally sustainable?
The stock breached its 52-week high in late January.
Executive condo rents dropped 1.6% in January
Overall HDB rents slipped 0.5%.
Private rents tick up for the first time in 11 months in January
RCR rents posted the highest growth.
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