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Sheng Siong 2025 profit rises 8.5% to $149.2m on strong new store sales
Sheng Siong 2025 profit rises 8.5% to $149.2m on strong new store sales
It also reported a higher revenue performance in existing stores.
Don Don Donki to close Downtown East store
Operations will halt on 15 March.
Monday Wrap: green jobs, F&B shake-up, and a revived IPO slate
The GSC plans to cut up to 50 million tonnes of emissions by 2050.
Dorm upgrades may tighten supply, lift rents in 2026
Occupancy dips to 97.1% as supply grows.
Samudera FY 2025 profit after tax rises to $96.9m
Board proposes 6.55-cent final, special dividends.
KPMG urges firms to plan for tariff volatility
AI, sourcing shifts cited as levers.
Singapore dividends jump on bank specials: report
Core growth is modest at 2.1%.
Export prices sink 6.2% as oil plunges 18.2% in January
Despite a 17% fall in imported oil, Singapore export prices dropped 0.6% month-on-month.
Olam Group profit sky-rockets 414% to $444.1m as cash flow turns positive
FY2025 rebound lifts EBIT to $1.3b as gearing eases ahead of stake sale.
Singapore expands rent subsidies for SMEs
FM Wong tackles SME squeeze with new rent subsidies for 99% of Singapore firms.
55% of APAC firms push AI adoption without staff training: report
This comes at the risk of staff morale.
MAS forecasters lift 2026 growth to 3.6%
MAS March survey shows GDP forecast jumps to 3.6% after 6.9% Q4 2025 growth.
Soilbuild profit sky-rockets 139% as order book hits $1.1b
Net profit rises to $63.6M in FY2025 as revenue jumps 50.8%, enabling higher dividends.
Dormitory rents soften as occupancy falls to 97.1% in H2 2025
Bed rents dip 1% in late 2025 after 80% surge, eased by new supply from Pioneer Lodge.
Services receipts rise 3.6% YoY in Q4 2025
Quarterly growth comes in at 3.3%.
CSE Global FY2025 net profit rises 42.3% to $37.5m
Revenue grew 12.5% to $968.9m.
Islandwide dormitory occupancy slips to 97.1% in H2 2025
Occupancy levels have remained healthy since the second half of 2022.
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