News
Ezra, Swiber struggle to refinance debt amid oil rout
Ezra, Swiber struggle to refinance debt amid oil rout
The turmoil may force them to resort to private placement.
Daily Briefing: 24,000 private homes in Singapore sitting empty; Mobile app launched for public to send feedback
And HDB subletting approvals soars to 36,228 in 2014.
Chart of the Day: Private home completions to bring prices down by up to 7% in 2015
As cooling measures remain unchanged.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.4%
Another pullback is possible today.
Property stocks hit the jackpot on back of KepLand privatisation bid
The deal will unleash liquidity for other stocks.
More Singaporeans splurge on overseas trips on back of robust consumer confidence
Almost 9 out of 10 consumers will travel this year.
ASEAN jetsetters pick Singapore over glitzy London, Paris
Proximity trumps luxury for most travellers.
Local consumer confidence slips in Q4 on back of greater job security concerns
Almost 3 out of 10 consumers are worried over job security.
Real estate investment sales crashed 38.2% to $3.5b in Q4
This is the lowest quarter since 4Q09.
Industrial production to remain in the red as global headwinds intensify
The headline number is pegged at -2.4%.
Beginner’s bad luck: Greenhorn real estate agents hardest hit by property sales drought
Almost 4,000 agents dropped out of the industry last year.
Tigerair finally ekes out a $2.2m profit in Q3 after several loss-making quarters
Its turnaround plan is starting to bear fruit.
Frasers Centrepoint’s net property income up 16.2% to $32.9m in Q1
On back of robust rental growth.
Keppel braces for headwinds on back of $3b KepLand privatisation bid
It's hard to realise synergies in the near-term.
Chart of the day: See how much new home sales have crashed since the TDSR was first imposed
Sales volume was halved in 2014.
Daily Briefing: Overall private home prices down first time since 2008; Block 71 set to house 750 startups by 2017
And GrabTaxi Singapore launches $2.8M fund for driver welfare.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.2%
But expect a pullback today.
Commentary
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Precious metal boom is a stress test for Singapore’s gold ambitions
Singapore’s global dispute fault lines
‘Tokenmaxxing’ – The wrong AI race to run in Singapore
To outsmart modern fraud, we must first know the enemy
Why Singapore SMEs cannot wait for quantum cyber risk to arrive before securing data
Is Singapore's emphasis on long-term security and stability hindering purpose-driven employees?
When Singapore's agentic AI ‘chefs’ arrive, will the kitchen be ready for them?