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Daily Briefing: Local startup valuations seen to surge; Singapore gears up for cutthroat crowdfunding race
And GDP grew by 2.8% in 2014.
Let it snow: We're having ourselves a merry little Christmas!
We hope you do, too.
Real estate sector takes the lead as M&A volume hits record high $122.4b in 2014
M&A activity in this sector totalled to $46b.
Fledgling Vistara won’t support SIA’s struggling profits in 2015
It will be loss-making for at least a year.
Singapore’s economy burdened by higher costs and deteriorating productivity in 2015
Change doesn’t come easy.
Wait and see: Blackstone to stand by until 2019 for higher ROI
As prices continue to recover.
Wilmar to suffer severe profit drought in December
Expect fourth quarter margins to disappoint.
Hurry the laggard: Singapore’s listed companies 3 years late in complying with corporate governance deadlines
Being on time is very critical.
No safe harbor: All offshore players now at risk as oil price rout intensifies
Weaker players might sabotage the entire industry.
Keppel Land to acquire 75% stake in retail management firm Array Real Estate
This would be one of the largest retail portfolios in Singapore.
Chart of the Day: Consumer firms to suffer lower earnings in 2015
On the back of higher labour costs.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.5%
Expect another good session today.
Money trumps family for senior Singaporean professionals
A high income is the top measure of success.
Singapore’s economic importance seen to decline over the next three years, say Asian CFOs
But they’re upbeat about other ASEAN markets.
Daily Briefing: Free WiFi at all NEL stations next year; Signs point to easing bias for Singapore
And shoebox units surfacing in auctions.
Unwanted shoebox flats surface in property auctions
For the first time in four years.
Commentary
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Singapore is deploying AI at speed – and security risks are catching up
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?