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Singapore shares rise at Tuesday’s open; STI up 0.2%
SINGAPORE shares started trading in positive territory on Tuesday (Dec 24) morning, mirroring overnight gains in global markets. As at…
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Singapore pulls ahead of Hong Kong in race to be crypto hub
SINGAPORE forged ahead with efforts to formulate a digital assets hub in 2024, while rival financial centre Hong Kong has struggled to…
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Two new ride-hailing operators awarded provisional licences in Singapore
TWO new ride-hail service operators – Geo Lah and Trans-cab Services – will enter the Singapore market in 2025. The news comes as licensed…
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Singapore shares open higher on Monday; STI rises 0.2%
SINGAPORE stocks rose in early trade on Monday (Dec 23), tracking gains in the broader Asia-Pacific region after cooler-than-expected…
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The battle of the wealth hubs: Singapore, Dubai and Hong Kong
Asian financial hubs emerge as strong contenders in a global wealth migration wave Source link
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Sias to take its Invest Singapore programme to the heartlands
The Securities Investors Association (Singapore), or Sias, will step up efforts to boost retail participation in local stocks in 2025 and…
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Singapore stocks’ best year since 2017 masks downbeat outlook
Singapore’s main stock index is on track to have its best annual performance since 2017, but any celebrations over the Straits Times…
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Singapore shares open lower on Friday; STI down 0.5%
SINGAPORE stocks opened lower on Friday (Dec 20), following another downbeat session on Wall Street as the US Federal Reserve’s hawkish…
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Singapore shares mirror regional declines; STI down 1.1%
THE Straits Times Index (STI) continued to falter on Friday (Dec 20), mirroring regional indices. The STI was down 1.1 per cent or 42.95…
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Latest Singapore six-month T-bill cut-off yield inches up to 3.02%
THE cut-off yield on Singapore’s latest six-month Treasury bill (T-bill) rose to 3.02 per cent, according to auction results released by…
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Yeo Hiap Seng lays off 25 employees as Oatly shuts its Singapore plant
YEO Hiap Seng will be laying off 25 employees as a result of Oatly’s decision to cease its manufacturing operations in Singapore. On…
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Singapore healthcare players narrow focus, expand overseas in medical tourism race
Foreign patients are moving towards cheaper hubs such as Malaysia and Thailand, forcing the city-state’s healthcare providers to focus on…
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Strong Singapore dollar, Malaysian, Thai medical tourism push a bitter pill for Singapore to swallow
Singapore healthcare players focusing on complex cases to attract higher-paying foreign patients SINGAPORE’S position as the go-to medical…
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Citi and Maybank Securities collaborate to offer global securities lending to Singapore retail investors
This collaboration marks the introduction of Citi Securities Lending Access in Asia CITI and Maybank Securities announced on Wednesday…
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Singapore is on 3 of the top 10 busiest international flight routes in 2024: report
SINGAPORE is on several of the world’s busiest international flight routes this year, according to a report released by global travel data…
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Singapore shares retreat at Wednesday’s open; STI down 0.2%
SINGAPORE stocks started trading in negative territory on Wednesday (Dec 18) morning, mirroring overnight losses in global markets. As at…
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Economists weigh in after Tesla CEO Elon Musk says Singapore is ‘going extinct’ amid low birth rate
THE oft-discussed issue of Singapore’s low birth rate was recently flagged by Tesla chief executive Elon Musk who declared that Singapore…
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Singapore shares open lower on Tuesday; STI down 0.3%
Singapore shares began trading lower on Tuesday (Dec 17), ahead of an imminent Fed rate decision. The Fed is expected to cut rates by a…
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Singapore shares fall as STI falters, mirroring regional trend
THE Straits Times Index (STI) faltered on Tuesday (Dec 17), following the regional indices. It ended down 0.6 per cent or 21.1 points at…
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Microsoft makes push for AI adoption in Singapore in areas from firefighting to healthcare
A generative AI tool called Note Buddy is showing promise among doctors and allied health professionals in SingHealth institutions SINCE…
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Mapletree Logistics Trust proposes to sell Singapore warehouse for S$12.3 million
The divestment is not expected to have a material impact on the trust’s net asset value and net property income for FY2025/2026 THE…
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Singapore stocks edge up at Monday’s open; STI up 0.1%
SINGAPORE shares opened slightly higher on Monday (Dec 16), in line with the narrow ranges that Asian equities traded ahead of a swath of…
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KidZania Singapore operator Sim Leisure dreams of creating Asia’s theme parks of tomorrow
Founder and executive chairman Sim Choo Kheng’s hopes are for the company to be an operator that is ‘not necessarily the biggest, but the…
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Singapore shares fall at Friday’s open; STI down 0.2%
SINGAPORE stocks slipped into negative territory on Friday (Dec 13) morning, after China deepens its stimulus drive in a bid to brace for…