News
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.4%
Expect a pullback today.
Chart of the Day: Take a look at how local productivity has crashed since restructuring began
These figures are far from the government target.
Floundering Tigerair declawed by fierce regional budget carriers
It will cease to be an aviation player in the next couple of years.
To buy or not to buy: Will shareholders bite Keppel Land’s $3b privatisation bid?
The deal might succeed, but near-term fundamentals are unattractive.
Which developers will benefit most from KepLand’s $3b buyout deal?
KepLand investors will redeploy capital into these stocks.
Extremely understaffed services industry in need of almost 54,000 workers
4 out of 5 job vacancies were from this industry.
Massive flat glut looms with over 24,000 empty private condos islandwide
Overall vacancy rate spiked to 7.8% in Q4.
Upward GDP revision on the cards on back of stronger IP index
GDP growth might register at 3%.
Ten-fold rise in default auctions in 2014 confirms anemic property market
Amid government measures to curb lending.
OUE’s FY14 revenue of $71.5m falls short of analyst expectations
Due to a weaker than anticipated contribution from Lippo Plaza.
Tigerair’s Singapore-focused strategy brings up passenger yield by 4.9%
Its alliance with Scoot and SIA will bring even more traffic.
Manufacturing sector not out of the woods yet despite industrial production uptick
Oil-related headwinds will intensify in the months ahead.
Ezra, Swiber struggle to refinance debt amid oil rout
The turmoil may force them to resort to private placement.
Daily Briefing: 24,000 private homes in Singapore sitting empty; Mobile app launched for public to send feedback
And HDB subletting approvals soars to 36,228 in 2014.
Chart of the Day: Private home completions to bring prices down by up to 7% in 2015
As cooling measures remain unchanged.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.4%
Another pullback is possible today.
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