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Corner shophouse at East Coast Road up for sale for $9.5m
Corner shophouse at East Coast Road up for sale for $9.5m
The sale will be via an Expression of Interest exercise.
Singapore banks’ interest income expected to come weaker in Q2
Net interest margins of the 3 banks are expected to compress by 5-7 basis points.
Alibaba Cloud to boost CapitaLand’s digital operations in China
The enhanced collaboration will include the use of Qwen, Alibaba Cloud’s proprietary large language model.
Singaporean rental platform launches free home insurance
The insurance is embedded directly into the platform in partnership with discovermarket.
mm2 Asia faces rent demands for Cathay Cineplex
The payment sum of $2.6m has to be paid within three weeks.
Metech, MLF Ingredients enter deal to develop food waste system
This will produce premium protein powder and black soldier fly biomass.
EnterpriseSG, IMDA launch refreshed F&B digital plan
It aims to widen the adoption of technology amongst F&B businesses.
Post-Trump tariffs won't revert to status quo: SM Lee
The city-state is now being subjected to a 10% tariff by the US.
COTD: Total investment volume climbs $7.6b in Q2
This was driven by major portfolio deals, commercial sales, and Paragon REIT’s privatisation.
F&B surge threatens Singapore’s retail stability, Knight Frank warns
Island-wide prime retail rents inched up just 0.3% QoQ in Q1 to $27.90 per square foot per month.
Singapore SME index rises to 50.5 in Q2 as growth returns
The index increase reflects a 5.8% YoY rise in collections and a 4.5% increase in payments.
Nearly 7 in ten Singaporeans shop from overseas websites at least once a month: report
Singapore consumers are the most frequent cross-border shoppers in Asia.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.3%; Top stock is City Developments
City Developments is the top stock with a 6.28% increase.
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