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BDO Consultants Singapore’s Dr Roger Loo: Pro-business policies with strong accountability enable fast experimentation, risk management
BDO Consultants Singapore’s Dr Roger Loo: Pro-business policies with strong accountability enable fast experimentation, risk management
He outlines strategic shifts Singaporean organisations must make to compete, collaborate, and lead in the global business environment.
Don Don Donki to close Downtown East store
Operations will halt on 15 March.
Analysts hold 2026 growth view after 16.6% surge
Output increased 5.3% MoM in January.
Singapore dividends jump on bank specials: report
Core growth is modest at 2.1%.
KPMG urges firms to plan for tariff volatility
AI, sourcing shifts cited as levers.
Samudera FY 2025 profit after tax rises to $96.9m
Board proposes 6.55-cent final, special dividends.
Dorm upgrades may tighten supply, lift rents in 2026
Occupancy dips to 97.1% as supply grows.
North America supplies 27.9% of Singapore FDI
Europe follows with $791b share.
Export prices sink 6.2% as oil plunges 18.2% in January
Despite a 17% fall in imported oil, Singapore export prices dropped 0.6% month-on-month.
Olam Group profit sky-rockets 414% to $444.1m as cash flow turns positive
FY2025 rebound lifts EBIT to $1.3b as gearing eases ahead of stake sale.
Singapore expands rent subsidies for SMEs
FM Wong tackles SME squeeze with new rent subsidies for 99% of Singapore firms.
55% of APAC firms push AI adoption without staff training: report
This comes at the risk of staff morale.
MAS forecasters lift 2026 growth to 3.6%
MAS March survey shows GDP forecast jumps to 3.6% after 6.9% Q4 2025 growth.
Dormitory rents soften as occupancy falls to 97.1% in H2 2025
Bed rents dip 1% in late 2025 after 80% surge, eased by new supply from Pioneer Lodge.
Soilbuild profit sky-rockets 139% as order book hits $1.1b
Net profit rises to $63.6M in FY2025 as revenue jumps 50.8%, enabling higher dividends.
Services receipts rise 3.6% YoY in Q4 2025
Quarterly growth comes in at 3.3%.
CSE Global FY2025 net profit rises 42.3% to $37.5m
Revenue grew 12.5% to $968.9m.
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