Singapore

Hwa Hong Corporation issues profit warning for 4Q11 financial results

As trading of its investment securities did poorly in the last quarter of 2011.

Hwa Hong Corporation issues profit warning for 4Q11 financial results

As trading of its investment securities did poorly in the last quarter of 2011.

Ezion bags $94m charter contract in North America

It will be providing a service rig to a national oil major in the region.

Keppel’s net profit smashes $1b mark for fifth straight year

The group’s net profit jumped 14% to a whopping $1.5 billion in 2011.

Will Olam taste a sweet success this year?

It may have outperformed since the start of the year but analysts are still not entirely convinced.

OCBC Securities back on track

Connection from its trading system to SGX was progressively reinstated.

Orchard Hotel Singapore launches “Shop On Us”

The package promises “an ultimate shopping treat” at the renowned Orchard Road.

Home sales volume doomed to fall

Primary market sales are expected to be reduced to 11,000 units per annum for this year and the next.

OCBC Securities bugged by technical problem

Customers are not able to carry out any trading activities through OCBC Securities' website.

Government officers interdicted amidst misconduct probe

Their duties have been covered by their respective deputies, as the Ministry of Home Affairs says it views allegations of misconduct seriously.

Rethinking Singapore’s social compact

Sharpening Singapore's double-edged competitive edge

Your website can generate leads - here’s how

Brand marketers and business owners, especially SMBs, are drowned in the deluge of information on digital marketing. My heart especially goes out to the little guys with littler budgets who subscribe to RSS feeds, read tech titles religiously, always looking for help to unleash the, supposedly unlimited, power of the internet.

How to 'mental hug' your employees?

Secrecy has long been a characteristic of business, politics and other aspects of life. Fear of losing an advantage, letting a competitor get ahead or simply not clinging onto one’s precious possessions is a feature of many societies.

How to make your company inflation-safe to secure margins

News about Singapore’s inflation, prices and cost increases make the headlines almost every day. The situation is clear: Inflation is here, it does erode profits and companies have to actively deal with it.

Here's why you shouldn't stop learning

The increased pace of globalization and technological advance, the changing nature of work and the labour market, and the ageing of population are among the forces propelling the need for continuing upgrading of work and life skills.

Office vacancy rates breach 5% mark in Q411

Rental and capital gains dip even further.

STX OSV sale by April?

Talk is growing that the debt-heavy shipbuilder will be snatched up soon, notes AmFraser.