SINGAPORE’S headline and core inflation both eased in October, contrary to economist expectations that they would hold steady. Headline inflation was 0.4 per cent in October, down from 0.5 per cent the month before, according to Department of Statistics figures on Monday. Core inflation, which excludes accommodation and private road transport costs, was 0.6 per […]
Read MoreMyanmar is a “potential gold mine” and the “last frontier for” investors despite its low ranking in ease of doing business, said a Singaporean investor at a business to business matchmaking event in early November. MyanmarBizConnect Group, a local business matchmaking group, the Singapore’s Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME) and Malaysia’s RHB Bank […]
Read MoreDESPITE blue-chip counter Singtel posting its unprecedented quarterly loss, analysts were less negative about the general financial performance of Singapore-listed companies for the recent quarter. As at Nov 14, a total of 443 companies listed in Singapore had released their financial results for the July-September quarter. The number of corporates that performed poorer and those […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE has for the first time made the top 10 list of the world’s most competitive places for developing, attracting and retaining talent, as ranked by Swiss business school IMD. It is also the only Asian country to make the list, which is dominated by European states. Switzerland topped this year’s IMD World Talent Ranking, […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S exports dropped by an unexpected double digit in October, but a bottoming electronics sector has prompted private-sector economists to adjust upward their growth forecasts for gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter. Maybank Kim Eng economists are looking at a final GDP growth figure for July-September of 0.8 per cent year-on-year – higher […]
Read MoreUnion Bank of the Philippines’s fintech subsidiary UBX has become the first Philippine partners for the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Business Sans Borders (BSB) project. The partnership allows UBX’s SME platform, Sentro, to be integrated in the BSB system, enabling SMEs from both markets to discover cross-border business opportunities said UBX in a release […]
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