News
Aviation MRO providers hit with intense manpower crunch, muted demand growth
Aircraft movements at Changi are declining.
Keppel Infrastructure Trust’s profit slipped 10.4% in FY14
It raked in $12.7m for the year.
Food costs to shoot up on back of weak SGD
Food costs to shoot up on back of weak SGD Expect an uptick in the December CPI.
Keppel to stick with high dividend to make up for share price crash
Its unit price has plunged by 28% since early 2014.
Sluggish salary growth fails to keep pace with tight talent market
Only 13% of employees can expect increases above 6%.
Costly stocks see more retail activity after SGX trims board lot size
70% of orders were below 1,000 shares.
Mapletree Logistics Trust’s net property income up 3% in Q3 on back of property acquisition spree
It raked in $69.5m last quarter.
Shanghai widens lead over Singapore as busiest box port
The gap last year was about 1 million boxes.
More than 1 in 2 Singaporeans doomed to retire under a pile of debt
How to pay off that mortgage by 65?
Keppel REIT’s net property income slipped 8% in Q4 on back of Prudential Tower divestment
Gross revenue dropped 11%.
Chart of the Day: Inflation expectations drop to record lows amid oil rout
And an expected rise in interest rates.
Daily Briefing: Units at The Amore EC priced from $660,000; Stronger laws to crack down on errant retailers
And proposed law to ban alcohol from 10:30PM to 7AM.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.2%
Expect more good news today.
REITs could drop 10% in 2015, says Nomura
If the government bond yield rises above 2.5%.
Temasek, STB unveil $1b overhaul of Mandai region
Jurong Bird Park will be transferred here.
Office rents to decline in Q4 as financial services industry outlook deteriorates
The energy industry’s prospects are bleak as well.
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