News
Passenger movements at Changi Airport slowed 2.5% to 4.49m
Passenger movements at Changi Airport slowed 2.5% to 4.49m
Socio-political factors weighing on travel demand.
Keppel’s Baku Shipyard wins US$378m deal
First major contract gets sealed.
Indian firm to raise $250m in Singapore IPO
Share sale scheduled in 2H, says Bloomberg.
3 in 10 redundant workers failed to get re-employed
Number of laid off workers also increased.
SGX's net earnings fell 22.4% to $75.8m
Blame it on weak securities revenue.
Ascott Reit's gross profit up 16% to $39.2m
On back of higher revenue.
75% of Singapore's taxpayers filed returns early
This is a 4 ppt increase.
Singapore banks' housing credit quality to stay benign: analyst
But they're safe for now.
Industrial production growth predicted to jump 7% in March
Analysts will be slightly disappointed.
Chart of the Day: Singapore's current account to GDP ratio crashed for the last 3 years
It's the longest stretch of decline.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.6%
This could go lower.
Daily Briefing: COE falls across most categories; Housing market still struggling: report
And pirates kidnap three on Singapore tanker off Malaysia.
Rents for posh apartments to fall 10% this year
Developers are pressured by Qualifying Certificate deadline.
How Singapore will milk gains from RMB internationalization
RMB market shifting focus.
Singapore inflation crept up to 1.2% in March
Drop in private transport cost slowed.
Singapore losing export competitiveness as external surplus heads south
Current account surplus to GDP ratio has been falling.
Taiwan, Singapore Exchanges to offer cross-border trade by end-2014
They plan to pick 30-50 firms from each side.
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