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Chart of the Day: Singapore's economic growth remains ahead of top-rated countries
Chart of the Day: Singapore's economic growth remains ahead of top-rated countries
The nation would remain ‘highly competitive’ despite its demographic decline.
MAS complete cross-border payments in blockchain with Canada central bank
Project Ubin was linked to Canada's experimental domestic payment network, Project Jasper.
Singapore revs up funding for unionised firms with training committees
Firms can get 10% of funding support from the Labour Movement as an incentive.
Fraser & Neave profits jumped 81% to $73.82m in H1 2019
It was boosted by its Thai dairies business and Singapore soft drinks unit.
No Signboard CEO arrested over share buyback probe
Shares have been bought above the regulatory limit for buybacks.
SIA and SATS renew aviation services contracts for next five years
The contracts cover inflight catering, cabin and cargo handling, as well as services for Scoot.
Jardine Cycle & Carriage profits soared 131% to US$312m in Q1
But underlying profit fell 8% to US$201.3m in the absence of Vinamilk’s dividend income.
CapitaLand profits slipped 7.4% to $295.57m in Q1
Lower contributions from Singapore and China dragged on earnings.
Fintech firm Silot snaps up $10.8m in series A funding to boost R&D
The funding round was led by SBI Investment.
Jungle Ventures raises US$175m in first close of third fund
One of its investors is reportedly Temasek Holdings.
Chart of the Day: NIRC 2019 revenue contributions to grow more than 4% to $17.2b
Returns from sovereign wealth funds make up most of government revenues.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.2%
Don’t expect gains today.
CDL Hospitality Trust's NPI down 10.7% to $32.77m in Q1
Contributions from Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and UK hotels fell 6.7%.
Daily Briefing: Temasek Holdings aims to grow US footprint; Space-tech startup SpeQtral raises US$1.9m in seed funding
And here are the jobs at Standard Chartered that are safest from its aggressive restructuring.
Chart of the Day: Top 10 largest stocks hit average returns of 11.8% in April
Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust’s returns of 21.2%.
Singapore bank loans shrink to 2.9% in Q1
Consumer loan growth slowed to just 0.3% in March.
Singapore is the fifth most property-obsessed nation
Residents spend around 3.2 hours researching possible property buys.
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