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Keppel DC REIT's NPI up 26.8% to $43.23m in Q1 2019
Keppel DC REIT's NPI up 26.8% to $43.23m in Q1 2019
The firm's data centre buys in Germany and Singapore pushed up earnings.
Daily Briefing: Land-starved Singapore makes room for urban farms in food security push; Hotel Properties acquires Marriott Hotel for $30.56m
And Tuas Checkpoint will soon feature a contactless immigration system.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.18%
Expect muted gains today.
Chart of the day: Visitor arrivals growth slows to 2% in January-February
Arrivals from China and the ASEAN region moderated.
New home sales ballooned 131.6% to 1,054 units in March
Ongoing projects like The Tre ver, Riverfront Residences and Parc Bottania saw strong market take-up.
Singtel's diluted stake in Bharti Airtel could boost associate contributions by 14% over 2020
Bharti Airtel witnessed its revenues decline by nearly $2.57b over FY2016-2018.
Retail sales slipped 10% in February 2019 to $3.3b
The early CNY celebration weighed on sales.
Over half of large firms to move their finance systems to the cloud: survey
Respondents also noted that CFOs should expand their roles beyond finance into risk management and cyber security.
ST Engineering gets green light from US to buy MRAS
The acquisition is set to close in the week beginning 15 April.
Surbana Jurong further subscribes to $300m of Changi Airports' bonds
This follows after the firm first subscribed for $500m bonds of Changi Airports.
UIC increases stake in Marina Centre Holdings for $485m
The company will be buying 10% of MCH’s shares from OUE, 10.27% from Finnegan and 4% from Mackmoor.
1 in 3 firms have no plans to adopt machine learning: poll
Almost half cited cost as a barrier.
Singapore's mobile payments growth hits 46% in 2019
It lags behind Vietnam in terms of growth rate.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.03%
Expect muted gains today.
Daily Briefing: NUS Enterprise and MPA to invest over $600,000 in 13 maritime startups; E-scooter firm Lime to set up Singapore HQ
And predictive analytics provider AIDA Technologies clinches series A funding from Mastercard and SGInnovate.
Chart of the Day: Firms with deteriorating risk standing hit 21.36% in 2018
This represents a visible increase from just 15.13% in 2017.
3 in 5 Singaporeans willing to share data for cheaper banking products
Users are willing to share data on their income, location and lifestyle habits.
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