News
Turbulent quarter: SIA Engineering remains grounded as profits slide 22% in Q2
Share of profits of JVs and associates dropped 28.8%.
Biting the Big Apple: KepLand pours US$70m into luxury New York residential development
Its maiden US investment is in Manhattan’s posh Upper East Side.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.1%
Expect more uncertainty today.
Chart of the Day: This chart reveals how much property prices have fallen in all segments since 2Q13
The high-end segment is the biggest loser.
Daily Briefing: Illegal for Singaporean agents to offer services in Malaysia; Singapore to match any Causeway toll hikes: LTA
And Singapore's debt recovery business gets a facelift.
Crash and burn: Tigerair Singapore’s operating loss hits $16.4m in Q2
Expect further losses with no significant turnaround in sight.
Keppel Corp’s profits surge 11% in 2Q14 as offshore deals boom
It has secured new order wins worth $3.2bn in 1H14.
Substantial slowdown: Retail occupancy rate hits 3-year low in Q2
Cautious retailers are wary about expansion.
Space crunch: CBD office occupancy rates hit 5-year high in 2Q
Rents climb for the 5th consecutive quarter.
Mapletree’s VivoCity bucks sluggish retail trends with stellar shopper traffic growth in 2Q
Mapletree CT’s revenues climb 7%.
IndoAgri rakes in a whopping 286% profit hike to $24 million
Palm products are getting their much needed attention.
Singapore LNG’s 3rd tank amasses LNG cargo from Indonesia : Bloomberg
But it’s not intended for import into the country.
Manufacturers beware: Singapore’s industrial production faces sharp slowdown in 2H14
The electronics sector will continue its downward slide.
Singapore topples Hong Kong in human development: UN
Find out how it got top spot.
Accordia Golf Trust closes SGX IPO with $758m
It’s the mainboard’s largest IPO so far this year.
LTA awards last 3 Thomson Line construction contracts worth $1.3b
Guess who walked away with fatter pockets.
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