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Jack Ma’s shadow looms large for banks across Southeast Asia
SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI (June 30): Over the past two months, some 1,000 part-time workers for DBS Group Holdings Ltd. have fanned out across Singapore’s famed food courts, trying to entice mom-and-pop hawkers to use the bank’s digital payments service, ca
June 30, 2017
Is Singapore’s hub status at risk?
(June 5): Hardly a day passes these days without some news item that breathlessly reports yet another threat to Singapore’s regional hub position. There is much concern about China’s mega projects under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which some s
June 05, 2017
Singapore’s employers set the bar high even while facing IT talent shortage
SINGAPORE (May 2): Employers in Singapore are setting high standards for the information technology (IT) candidates they hire, even as the local job market continues to see a shortage in IT talent – with demand only likely to grow over the quarter, acco
May 02, 2017
Broker's Calls
Is there growth left in Sheng Siong?
SINGAPORE (Feb 7): Sheng Siong’s share price may have underperformed following news about the stiff competition it faced in the Housing Development Board (HDB) commercial rental market and falling same store sales growth, but RHB Research believes it re
February 07, 2017
Broker's Calls
How TPG is about to disrupt Singapore’s mobile industry
SINGAPORE (Dec 19): UOB Kay Hian is maintaining its “underweight” call on the telecommunications (telecom) sector now that TPG Telecom has emerged victorious as Singapore’s fourth mobile operator.
December 19, 2016
Second Chance posts 29% fall in 9M earnings; proposes issue of bonus warrants
SINGAPORE (June 29): Second Chance Properties posted a 29% decline in earnings to $6.8 million for the nine month period to March (9MFY2016).
June 29, 2016