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SG's life insurance total weighted new business premiums surge 27% YoY in H1'24
SG's life insurance total weighted new business premiums surge 27% YoY in H1'24
Employment in the market was stable, a slight decrease of 0.5% versus last year.
Visitor growth boost Straco's H1 net profit to $10.49m
Net profit was up 64.5% YoY.
Far East Hospitality sets Singapore record with 16 GSTC certifications
The company attributed its feat to efforts such as emissions tracking.
Investment properties boost Centurion’s net profit by 209% YoY
Net fair value gains from the investment properties totalled $61.6m.
OUE Limited dives into the red with $96.1m loss in H1
It attributed the loss to Gemdale, an OUE investee company.
Sovereign Wealth Fund acquires 49% stake in Ho Bee Land's SPV for $555m
The SPV holds the biomedical life-science development, Elementum.
Ho Bee Land posts $9.5m net profit, reversing last year's loss
The company credited its return to profitability to a revenue increase.
Strata retail sales rise in Q2 but fail to lift H1
In H1, trasncations fell 10.9% HoH.
Lower costs boost CICT's NPI by 5.4% YoY to $582.4m in H1
Higher NPI boosted the trust's distributable income by 3.7% YoY.
Sinarmas Land's net profit up 7.4% in H1 2024
Profit attributable to shareholders fell 18.7%.
Seatrium and NTU open new lab for marine energy innovation
The lab will research ammonia use in offshore and marine applications.
Yangzijiang Shipbldg’s H1 net profit soars 77.2% to $571m
Gross profit rose 65.1% to $626m.
President Tharman to co-chair World Bank’ high-level advisory council on jobs
He will lead the council alongside former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.
New gov’t unit to resolve severe neighbour disputes
It will initially operate for one year in selected HDB estates.
Sembcorp suspends operations at Myanmar Power Plant due to civil unrest
This follows the escalating civil unrest in the region.
HRnetGroup profit falls 22.8% in H1 2024
The group's revenue also decreased by 2.1% on a constant currency basis.
UMS H1 net profit drops 35% to $19.5m
The decline was due to lower sales.
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