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SINGAPORE (Jan 4): In the opinion of RHB analyst Juliana Cai, consumer discretionary spending in Singapore is likely to continue being weighed down by persistent concerns over job security and stagnant wages – bringing consumer staples to the forefront

SINGAPORE (Jan 3): RHB has given Singapore’s land transport sector an “overweight” rating amid regulatory tailwinds and improved growth prospects.

SINGAPORE (Dec 6): Grab is going head-to-head with Uber’s new car-pooling service by launching its own version, raising the stakes in the battle between rival ride-hailing apps.

BEIJING (Nov 23): Two years ago, Oppo and Vivo couldn’t crack the top five in China’s smartphone market. Now they outrank everyone after elbowing Apple aside, thanks to people like Cheng Xiaoning.

SINGAPORE (Nov 2): It was on a late July flight home to Singapore when Anthony Tan grasped the potential calamity in news that his biggest ally, Didi Chuxing, was about to buy out arch-rival Uber’s Chinese business.

SINGAPORE (Oct 4): OCBC Investment Research is keeping its “buy” recommendation on ComfortDelGro but cutting its fair value estimate to $3.10 from $3.21 previously, amid the rapid expansion of private hire car service providers.

SINGAPORE (Sept 23): Users of ride-hailing firm Grab will be able to book driverless cars from Friday as it partners with a start-up testing the technology in Singapore, just days after rival Uber debuted its self-driving vehicles in the United States.

SINGAPORE (Sept 19): S i2i has launched its commercial Electric Vehicle (EV) fleet of seven pure electric cars using car hailing services from Uber, according to parent company S Dreams.

SINGAPORE (Sept 5): Uber, the global giant of ride hailing, which at the last round of its fundraising was valued at US$68 billion ($92.7 billion), lost US$1.2 billion in the first half of this year compared with a US$987.2 million loss in the same period

SINGAPORE (Sept 2): In recent years, demand for digitalised peer-to-peer services such as accommodation sharing website AirBnB, private car booking app Uber as well as crowd-funding platforms like Kickstarter as substitutes for the traditional and pricier