News
Shopping mall rents to fall by 5% as stingy retailers exit
Shops are downsizing as costs escalate.
Sembcorp Marine amasses a total of $1.95b FPSO projects in 2H14
On top of $1.93b wins in jack-up rigs and drillships in 1H14.
Paranoia party: Singapore’s affluent investors are now more cautious of investing at home
They’d also rather retire abroad.
Genting’s share price tumbled 29.4% on back of $81.6m trade receivables impairment
Core earnings may fall by 30% in Q3.
Frasers Commercial Trust’s net property income climbed 8.5% to $23.8m in 4Q14
But its portfolio valuation was impacted by the weaker AUD.
Economic restructuring to bring abrupt surge in financial market volatility in the next few years
Expect plenty of spillovers in the housing market.
Mapletree Logistics Trust's portfolio occupancy slipped for the second straight quarter in 2Q15
Cost pressures are rising for MLT.
1 in 3 Singaporeans frown over long “hotline waiting times”: survey
Telecoms need to upgrade customer care.
Keppel Land’s property trading profit plunged 34.6% in September
Blame it on higher tax expenses.
Chart of the Day: Singapore’s NODX in danger of contracting again after last year’s painful 6% drop
The losing streak continues.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.4%
Expect more good news today.
Daily Briefing: Rare London units on show at Four Seasons Hotel; SAF volunteer corps receives 200 applications
And acclaimed director Ivan Heng to meet Queen Elizabeth II.
Noble to inject over $178m into loss-making alumina refining firm
But there are positive catalysts in the near term.
A bad taste in the mouth: Hawker food prices jumped 20% since 2012, reveals new study
Can average consumers still afford it?
Marina Bay Sands’ earnings slipped 6% in Q3 as VIPs vanish
The mass-market segment is also saturated.
SIA struggles to rescue TigerAir after core losses surged 107.7% in Q2
Its book value has plunged by 91.9%.
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