News
Frasers Hospitality acquires Dresden hotel for $96.5m
Frasers Hospitality acquires Dresden hotel for $96.5m
It’s a freehold 328-key, heritage-listed property.
Archer Daniels Midland hikes stake in Wilmar with $428.8m share purchase
The shares were sold by Wilmar's co-founder.
HDB rents remain flat in May: SRX
Rental volume increased by 1.5%.
Hyflux secures funding for US$185m water project in Oman
It will process 200,000 cbm of water per day when finished.
Will flagging passenger yields sink SATS' growth in 2016?
It's banking on passenger throughput, aircraft traffic.
Civil servants to get 0.45 month mid-year bonus
Low-wage workers will also get a wage hike.
Condo rents drop by 0.6% in May
Rental volume jumped by 5.8%, however.
CMA CGM forms JV with PSA to operate four berths at Pasir Panjang
Operations will begin in 2H16.
Chart of the Day: Here's why higher oil prices won't help Singapore's struggling exports
A major recovery is unlikely, experts say.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.6%
Brace for a pullback today.
Daily Briefing: Private home prices dip 3% in Q1; Local property prices to take a cue from car loans
And foreign buyers nab more Singapore homes in Q1.
Singtel, Bharti Airtel team up to roll out high-speed virtual private network in 300 cities
This will be among the largest global IP VPNs.
Here's why diversification won't rescue Singapore's struggling rigbuilders
Newbuild demand has simply vanished.
Low interest rates endanger retirement security, says DPM Tharman
Over-reliance on monetary policy has had downsides, he said.
Hiring sentiment hits seven-year low as escalating uncertainty haunts employers
Only 11% of employers expect to increase staffing levels.
Condo resale volume skyrockets by 35.7% in May: SRX
On back of the OUE deferred payment scheme.
Here’s why analysts think SingPost isn’t quite a formidable e-commerce player yet
Its transformation is far from over, analysts said.
Commentary
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