Singapore
Transportation costs edged down to a measly -3.5%
Thanks to dropping oil petrol prices offset by rising COE premiums.
Transportation costs edged down to a measly -3.5%
Thanks to dropping oil petrol prices offset by rising COE premiums.
Here’s why nabbing a domestic roaming deal is key to new entrants’ telco dreams
A 4G network alone won’t lure in subscribers.
Packaged foods stocks’ daily turnover swells 144% in July 2016
Innovation and internationalisation powered growth.
Singapore’s bond demand feared to shrink after Fed’s hawkish comments
Investors would want to minimise risks.
Cheap stocks with high market caps no longer subject to MTP probing: SGX
The bourse is also mulling a market-cap test.
SGX mulls over allowing dual-class share structures
Hong Kong dumped a similar proposal a year ago.
Cost of housing & utilities takes a jab at Singapore's CPI
Its prices dropped by 4.3%.
SembMarine snaps up remaining shares in PPL Shipyard for $155.6m
PPL boosts SembMarine’s rig capabilities, the release said.
Future-ready education: Honing the right skills
Singapore is often praised for its high standards of education, so it might be surprising to some that the nation state suffers from a huge knowledge-skills gap. According to the Hays Global Skills Index, despite Singapore having one of the highest education standards in the world, local talent often do not have the skills wanted by employers, leading to both higher rates of vacancies and unemployment.
Innovate or die: Omni-channel retailing is the only hope for Singapore brands
Brick-and-mortar shops just won’t cut it anymore.
Great Singapore Stale: Here’s why the Great Singapore Sale has become irrelevant to shoppers
Consumers are no longer hyped, analysts say.
Nightmares of dropping tourist arrivals haunt hoteliers again
Number of visitors slipped 6.4% in June.
Chart of the day: Find out which sector has seen the biggest spike in SMEs since 2010
26,300 new firms have formed in just 5 years.
Rising tourist arrivals flopped in boosting Genting’s gaming revenue
Tourists are low-yielding players.
Daily Briefing: SGX mulls change to minimum price rule; Is the local stock market a lost cause?
And SGX said to consider dual-class share structures.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.3%
Expect more gains today.
Where do Singaporeans expect to get their health coverage?
Everything you wanted to know about in 4 handy charts.