Singapore

OCBC's non-interest income ventures to drive ROEs quicker

The bank's asset quality remains healthy despite a blip in 1Q12.

OCBC's non-interest income ventures to drive ROEs quicker

The bank's asset quality remains healthy despite a blip in 1Q12.

Deposit growth in Singapore still sluggish in May at 7.8%

With slower deposit growth vs loan growth, loan-to-deposit ratio surpassed 90% in May 12, says DBS.

The Postman fails to deliver

SingPost's net profit went 11.8% down despite crunching revenues of $578.5M.

Why you should engage and retain your best employees even in difficult times

The fallout from the financial crisis has been loss of face, wealth, homes, jobs, and/or businesses for many people. What disturbs me is that the financial crisis is not the root problem, the attitudes that caused it are.

Effective marketing in mobile apps

Consumers spend a large proportion of their time on their mobile devices. A study by Flurry analytics showed that in Q1 2012 daily smartphone app consumption rose to 77 minutes per day.

Be a leader with a vision to inspire your team

OVER the past 30 years, there has been increasing data to suggest that leadership has a lot more to do with inspiration and vision, rather than straightforward technical competence.

Effective salesmen should know WHY people make purchases

PEOPLE purchase products and services for both logical and psychological reasons. Some products and services because they make life easier for us by saving us time, effort and money.

Rooting out your productivity problems

With a declining economy coupled with rising rents and wages, businesses in Singapore are more interested than ever in increasing productivity.

5 reasons why you should be a guest blogger

Guest Blogging simply means writing and publishing a blog post on someone else’s website or blog. The opportunity to guest blog may be by an invitation from the host blogger or a request from the interested guest blogger.

The pros and cons of social media

How does one distinguish between a fad and a social or business transformation? And in which category should we put Facebook, Twitter and all the other web-based networks that come under the heading of social media?

Making your people more productive

In the struggle to maximise business growth, enterprises in Singapore and all over the world face the testing challenge of lowering operational costs whilst meeting ever-increasing customer expectations.

Vision 2030: A golden opportunity for Singapore’s brand

“As a universal language, sport can be a powerful medium for social and economic change: it can be utilized to bridge cultural gaps, resolve conflict and educate people in ways that very few activities can” (World Economic Forum, 2012: https://members.weforum.org/pdf/GAC/issue_descriptions/RoleofSportsinSociety.pdf).

Australian art visits ReDot via online exhibition until 12 August

Masterpieces of Paula Paul from Mornington Island are the first in a series of ReDot’s online exhibition.

How flexible working also helps the environment

Anyone who breathes the air of Singapore at rush hour knows that traditional working practices are not good for the environment. The car emissions from Singapore’s commuters are bad for air pollution, bad for health, and bad for the economy.

What 'scholar' really means in Singapore

The word "scholar" has a special meaning in Singapore, different from the usual definition "person devoted to the pursuit of knowledge" - here is means "someone who received a full scholarship from a government department or major corporation to study for a degree, in return for a contractual obligation (also known as bond) to work for the sponsor for X years".