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Chart of the Day: Business optimism tumbles to a one-year low in 1Q15
Chart of the Day: Business optimism tumbles to a one-year low in 1Q15
Amid fears of intensifying global headwinds and weaker regional demand.
Daily Briefing: MND upgrades nine private estates; Another Pinnacle@Duxton unit sold for $918,000
And pun-ny play on Singapore MRT station names becomes viral.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.2%
Expect another decline today.
Hail to the victor: DBS the runaway winner as interest rates rise
Thanks to its strong deposit franchise.
Risks intensify for debt-ridden Ezra on back of unabated oil price bloodbath
It has $645m worth of debt due this year.
Saved by penny stocks: Catalist listings boost extremely sluggish IPO market
Total IPO offer size was halved in 2014.
Why you should bet on dirt-cheap Singaporean small-caps
They have the lowest valuations across the ASEAN.
Highly-leveraged offshore players struggle as credit risks intensify
These firms need to service $2.7b worth of debt.
Be warned, telcos: Potential fourth mobile operator is still a formidable profit threat
Complacency breeds failure, says one report.
Bye, boss: Over 3 out of 10 senior managers all set to go job-hopping this year
Another 54% are also mulling other opportunities.
Ailing SGX in dire need of revitalizing catalyst, say listed firms
It could be overtaken by other bourses soon.
Go for diversified developers over weak REITS this year, investors told
But office and hotel REITs are still valuable.
Internet-savvy: Singapore’s connection speed got 57% boost in 2014
It experienced the largest rise globally.
More listed firms mull secondary overseas listings on back of persistent SGX weakness
Companies who stay local are in for a tough year.
Wait-and-see: 2015 private construction demand to crash by 37% as developers turn cautious
Amid a slowdown in private home sales and global economic uncertainties.
Check out the five best performing healthcare stocks in 2014
They generated an average total return of 70.8%.
Buyers turning to strata offices amid the very tight supply situation
Price gap between buyers and sellers to widen further.
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