Singapore
Finance minister promoted to deputy PM
Tharman Shanmugaratnam retains his finmin position as three ministers retire from the Cabinet.
Finance minister promoted to deputy PM
Tharman Shanmugaratnam retains his finmin position as three ministers retire from the Cabinet.
Busted: Genting casino slammed with fines for breaches
Fines amounted to S$530,000 as CRA found Resorts World at Sentosa guilty of reimbursing the entry levy payable by citizens and PRs to reporters covering an event.
AmCham Singapore Announces the Appointment of Josie Tulipano as Executive Director
The former General Manager of the Tower Club in Singapore will head up AmCham following the departure of Ms Laura Deal in March who moved to Hong Kong.
Lufthansa introduces new charges on excess baggage
The german flag carriers says the new rules are in line with new IATA standards, but charges for bringing on a second piece of luggage start at 50 Euros a sector.
Take a sneak peek inside Singapore's most expensive apartment ever
Would you pay $17 million for this 3,000 sq ft condo ?
Guess which top 10 SGX listed companies were not ranked as Singapore's best run companies ?
Financeasia.com news website has polled institutional investors and other fund managers on which companies they reckon are the best managed in Singapore.
SIA cargo business doing well: CIMB research
Below is the highlight from CIMB's research note on Singapore Airlines May 18,2011
CIMB strategist says Q1 earnings "lousy"
Their view is there are too many disappointments and too little earnings growth and thats why they have moved the STI from overweight to neutral.
Shippers get some relief even as credit worsens: Moody's
The ratings agency also warns ships could go idle again but so far so good.
Rising Oil prices will drag Asian economic growth: Ernst & Young
The firm warns of a "new kind of oil shock" we haven't see before.
Singapore commodities hub drives RMB trade settlement
Commodities are the reason why the Chinese Renminbi (RMB) scheme is going global and the connection is Singapore, according to the Standard Chartered Bank (SCB).
Mastercard appoints Matthew Driver to head Asian operations
Matthew Driver will take on the role of Division President, South East Asia with immediate effect.
Property Guru gets $5 million funding
The company will use the money to expand into more markets to compete with its main competitor, iProperty.
NOL caught in EU anti-trust probe
According to a report in Reuters, anti-trust investigators visited the shippers UK offices to "identify the existence of any evidence of infringement of anti-competition rules".
CapitaLand dumps residential site in Shanghai
Part of an ongoing strategy of capital productivity, the divestment of the 144,657 square metre site in Qingpu District is worth approximately S$152.6 million.
Digging overseas: Temasek grabs stake deal with Canadian miner
Subsidiary Ellington Investments closed the $510 million exchange with Inmet Mining to give the state investor approximately 11 percent stake.
Jones Lang LaSalle warns would be condo buyers rates may rise
Continuing low financing environment boosts sales of private housing, according to a report by Jones Lang Lasalle.