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Singapore shares rise at Wednesday’s open; STI up 0.5%
SINGAPORE shares began Wednesday (Feb 12) trading in positive territory as markets abroad logged mixed results. As at 9.01 am, the Straits…
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Singapore retail traders shun stocks at home for buzzy US
KELVIN Tan began investing online in 2018 and, like many Singaporeans, put all of his money into local stocks. Two years later, he had…
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Singapore shares rise on Tuesday; STI up 0.3%
SINGAPORE shares began Tuesday (Feb 11) trading in positive territory as investors digested US President Donald Trump’s announcement that…
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Manulife appoints new Singapore CEO amid leadership shake-up in Asia
INSURER Manulife has appointed Benoit Meslet, the current chief executive officer of its Japan office, to head its Singapore division.…
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Innovation Centres in Singapore are Doing Many Interesting Things
AFTER Procter & Gamble (P&G) launched the Olay Super Serum in the United States in 2023, the product shot to pole position among serums…
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Singapore shares rise at Monday’s open; STI up 1.3%
SINGAPORE shares began Monday (Feb 10) trading in positive territory as markets abroad closed lower on Friday as trade war worries…
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Singapore shares rise, with DBS driving gains; STI up 0.4%
SINGAPORE stocks closed higher on Monday (Feb 10) as investors cheered another round of record-breaking earnings reported by DBS, the…
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Occupancy remains high for S-Reits’ Singapore retail assets
REAL estate investment trusts with retail assets in Singapore (S-Reits) continued to post strong committed occupancy and positive rental…
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Industrial property in Singapore among sectors likely to take a hit from JS-SEZ, analysts say
Manpower or space intensive sectors could reap big savings by moving to the special economic zone across the Causeway WHILE some…
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Singapore shares rise at Friday’s open; STI up 0.1%
SINGAPORE shares began Friday (Feb 7) trading in positive territory as markets abroad mostly closed higher. As at 9.01 am, the Straits…
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Singapore shares rise at Thursday’s open; STI up 0.4%
SINGAPORE shares started trading in positive territories on Thursday (Feb 6), mirroring global markets. As at 9.01 am, the Straits Times…
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Singapore shares rise as tariff concerns fade; STI up 0.4%
Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 352 to 186, after 1.3 billion securities worth S$1.1 billion change hands BUOYED by fading…
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Singapore investors lead Asean peers with 22% surge in purchase of gold bars, coins in 2024
SINGAPORE investors did not shy away from physical gold despite its soaring prices in 2024, leading the demand growth in Asean region with…
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Singapore shares down on tariffs drag; STI dips 0.2%
SINGAPORE shares closed lower for the third consecutive day on Wednesday (Feb 5), after US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on…
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Singapore bucks regional showing as Trump defers tariffs on neighbours; STI slips 0.1%
SINGAPORE blue chips failed to sustain the momentum at market open on Tuesday (Feb 4) with the benchmark index Straits Times Index (STI)…
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Singapore finds its seat at the China+1 table
FOR multinationals looking to reduce their reliance on China, the top alternative locations in Asia so far have been Vietnam and…
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SingPost Singapore CEO Shahrin Abdol Salam resigns; COO Neo Su Yin to assume additional responsibility
SINGAPORE Post’s (SingPost) local operations chief executive Shahrin Abdol Salam has resigned. Shahrin, who turns 52 this year, left the…
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Singapore shares fall at Monday’s open; STI down 1.5%
SINGAPORE shares tumbled at the open on Monday (Feb 3) as investors mulled over the impact of tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump…
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Singapore will continue to work with US counterparts to comply with export controls: MTI
THE Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said on Saturday (Feb 1) that Singapore’s customs and law enforcement agencies will continue to…
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DBS signs mandates for Singapore listings with potential valuations of US$1 billion
DBS, South-east Asia’s biggest bank, has several listings lined up for the Singapore market, including some potential blockbusters with…
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Singapore shares rise at Friday’s open; STI up 1.1%
SINGAPORE shares started trading in positive territory on Friday (Jan 31), mirroring activities in global markets. As at 9.01 am, the…
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Singapore shares track regional gains on Friday; STI up 1.4%
SINGAPORE shares tracked regional gains on Friday (Jan 31), ending the week higher after markets reopened following the two-day break for…
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Man in Singapore Fined for Causing Permanent Injury to Colleague's Neck While Trying to Give Him Massage
On Monday, a man who caused his colleague lifelong harm while massaging him was fined S$3,000 (US$2,230). The 32-year-old Ng Jian Ye…
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Singapore needs to seek out partners, launch initiatives to reel in tech IPOs
Market observers also suggest that SGX identify a niche area, for example; more moves could emerge in Budget 2025 WITH the Monetary…