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UOB's full-year profit down 3.5% to $3.1b
UOB's full-year profit down 3.5% to $3.1b
Blame the lower gains from the sale of investment securities.
Singapore retail sales up 0.4% in December
Despite the slower pace of auto sales.
Singapore's full-year GDP grows 2%
Thanks to the strong manufacturing sector.
3 in 5 Singapore firms face problems in FRS 115 implementation
Less than 10% have completed the process.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.27%
But don't expect a boost today.
Chart of the Day: Are residential resale transactions losing its lustre?
It went down from its peak in April 2016.
Daily Briefing: Singapore to ease VC rules to promote financing for startups; ExxonMobil to expand its Singapore refinary
And here's how you should budget to buy a car.
CapitaLand's net profit up 74% to $430.5m in 4Q16
Thanks to strong performance from China residential.
ST Engineering's profit slid 6% to $590.6m
But the group still expects better profit turnout by 2017.
DBS' net profit down 2% to $4.24b in 2016
Higher allowances offset stronger operating performance.
ThaiBev's profit up 28% to $311.9m
Despite sales declining across spirits and beer segments.
Sales of executive condominiums up 18% in January
Guess which projects had the highest sales volumes.
OCBC predicts no hike in Foreign Worker Levy for Budget 2017 announcement
There will be about 25,000-40,000 jobs in the next 3-5 years.
Daily Briefing: Thieves' Market to close for good; Singapore is still interested in hosting F1
And HDB announced the launch of first BTO flats.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.52%
Local sentiment will be fairly buoyant today.
Chart of the Day: Guess which sector saw the highest home sales in January
The said region formed 62.5% of the total home sales.
SMRT, JTC, and NTU to develop transport solutions for a car-lite Singapore
They will be forming a Mobility-as-a-Service Lab.
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