BRENT crude oil prices are up more than 30 per cent this year and holding – but it won’t be a case of a rising tide lifting all boats. While the rally stirs hope for investors tracking the oil and gas sector, high oil prices are a concern for consuming companies in the aviation and […]
Read MoreTHE strengthening Singapore dollar suggests that the market expects further monetary tightening, yet economists are divided over whether the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will do so in its upcoming half-yearly policy review, with inflation in the upper half of the official forecast range but growth slowing amid global risks. At the last review in […]
Read MoreMAINBOARD-LISTED telco Singtel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with its wholly owned subsidiary Optus and its regional associates – Airtel, AIS, Globe and Telkomsel – to grow the gaming and e-sports ecosystem in South-east Asia, Australia and India. The MOU was signed at the PVP Esports Championship held from Oct 5-7. The championship, in its […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE SMEs will look to expand in 2019, but show greater caution than six months ago as trade tensions continue to simmer, the latest SBF-DP SME Index showed on Monday. A joint initiative of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and DP Information Group (DP Info), the index measures the business sentiment of over 3,600 SMEs for […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Singapore Inc. is stirring, with companies from real estate to engineering becoming bolder in their hunt for acquisitions abroad. Companies in the city-state announced around $91 billion of overseas deals this year through September, more than double the $41.9 billion of transactions for the same period of 2017, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Temasek […]
Read MoreGRAB and deals platform Fave – formerly Groupon Singapore – announced on Thursday that they have formed a strategic partnership to accelerate their growth across the Asean region. As part of the partnership, Fave will bring onboard merchants for GrabFood and GrabPay in Singapore and Malaysia, beginning this week. Later in October, Fave will add the […]
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