News
Profit contractions crush hopes for transport sector in 1Q15
Profit contractions crush hopes for transport sector in 1Q15
Water and air subsectors perform dismally.
COSCO issues profit warning, scraps loss-making Octobuoy project
It will be charged $90m for the discontinued unit.
When worse comes to worst: M1 and Starhub to suffer the most as interest rates normalise
And the trend of yield compression reverses.
Olam discards all shares in Australian wool business
It has sold all its interests to Quality Wool.
Chart of the Day: Business optimism tumbles to a one-year low in 1Q15
Amid fears of intensifying global headwinds and weaker regional demand.
Daily Briefing: MND upgrades nine private estates; Another Pinnacle@Duxton unit sold for $918,000
And pun-ny play on Singapore MRT station names becomes viral.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.2%
Expect another decline today.
Hail to the victor: DBS the runaway winner as interest rates rise
Thanks to its strong deposit franchise.
Risks intensify for debt-ridden Ezra on back of unabated oil price bloodbath
It has $645m worth of debt due this year.
Saved by penny stocks: Catalist listings boost extremely sluggish IPO market
Total IPO offer size was halved in 2014.
Why you should bet on dirt-cheap Singaporean small-caps
They have the lowest valuations across the ASEAN.
Highly-leveraged offshore players struggle as credit risks intensify
These firms need to service $2.7b worth of debt.
Be warned, telcos: Potential fourth mobile operator is still a formidable profit threat
Complacency breeds failure, says one report.
Bye, boss: Over 3 out of 10 senior managers all set to go job-hopping this year
Another 54% are also mulling other opportunities.
Ailing SGX in dire need of revitalizing catalyst, say listed firms
It could be overtaken by other bourses soon.
Go for diversified developers over weak REITS this year, investors told
But office and hotel REITs are still valuable.
Internet-savvy: Singapore’s connection speed got 57% boost in 2014
It experienced the largest rise globally.
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