News
Chart of the Day: Luxury hotel room rates dip as corporate travellers vanish
Performance won't improve for the rest of the year.
Daily Briefing: MyRepublic promises 1 year of free unlimited data; Facts about the startup scene
And 40Tasks raises $375k.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 2.5%
Expect limited gains today.
Retail landlords bow to tenants' wishes in weak market
Having quality tenants is better than getting higher rents.
Leaving on a jetplane: Singaporeans travel abroad more than global peers
9 in 10 travelled for leisure since 2013.
Higher patient load drives IHH Healthcare's net profit up by 9% to $75.4m
New hospitals also drove growth.
GuocoLand’s net profit plunged 42% to $211.3m
Due to lower earnings from China projects.
Wild price swings plague SGX's ten largest property stocks
The 10 largest counters declined 6.5% YTD.
Here’s why the new rail financing model could come earlier than expected
It puts SMRT in a better financial position.
Could reforms redeem Comfort DelGro’s loss-making bus operations?
Analysts are upbeat about the upcoming government-contracting model.
Silverlake enlists Deloitte for review in wake of short-seller report backlash
It deemed the report “baseless and without merit".
Analysts warn of deeper stock rout as market turmoil intensifies
The STI could fall by another 6-8%.
MAS likely to ease policy again as technical recession looms
The policy band will be re-centered.
Which developers will benefit from higher EC income ceilings?
120,000 more households are now eligible for public housing.
Massive divestments loom on the horizon for Singtel: Moody’s
Gains will amount to billions.
StarHub strikes out data roaming fees for travellers to Malaysia
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Commentary
What matters for Singapore’s AI future is consistency, not brilliance
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Singapore’s small exporters need credit that matches their payment cycle
The hidden realities of succession for next-gen heirs
In Asia, fintech leaders must compete on credibility
F1 on a gravel road: Why AI is still stuck in first gear
Why AI blocklists give Singapore firms a false sense of security
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