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It’s decision time for F&N

The make-or-break day for Heineken’s takeover bid has come.

It’s decision time for F&N

The make-or-break day for Heineken’s takeover bid has come.

Agressive regional expansion by banks fraught with risks

S&P warns banks in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia from overly agressive expansion that could weaken their credit profiles.

Top 9 foreign groups forming business in Singapore

Britain tops the list and guess who are those catching up.

'Serious enquiries' deluge Sembcorp Marine

Enquiries across the board expected to add to the group’s current order book of S$6.6b, said OCBC.

DBS profit up 10% to S$810m

Net profit grew in the second quarter from a year ago as total income rose 6% to S$1.94 billion.

Chart of the Day: No change for services sector

Guess which industry believes the business climate will be less favourable in the second half of 2012.

Sembcorp Marine net profit sinks 5%

$143 mllion net profit for the second quarter of 2012 paled from a year before due to revenue timing and lower initial recognition of rig building projects.

OCBC net profit up 12% but loan growth outlook lowered

The bank posted better-than-expected financial results in 2Q 2012 yet was forced to peg down loan growth guidance to single-digits from low-teens.

Standard Chartered Bank pulls profit up 17%

This surge results to a whopping income of US$1.162 bn.

Are SIA's disparate brand strategies counterproductive?

Analysts believe Singapore Airlines has little expertise to run Scoot and Tiger.

Don't be fooled by OCBC's 2Q12 results, warns analyst

OCBC posted overheads growth of 6% qoq on higher staff costs.

What every investor should know when doomsday looms

If tomorrow never comes, there is value now, says CIMB.

Singapore beats UK, HK in merging & acquisition index

But guess which country is billed as most attractive M&A market.

Here's why SIA is heading into turbulence with heavy exposure to Europe and Australia

SIA derives 40% of its passenger income from these lower-growth regions.

Tech manufacturing index dips for the first time

Depressing PMI dragged backlog orders to its weakest since October 2010 at 47.1.

Take a sneak peek at Singapore’s elusive ‘City in a Garden’ plan

360 km of park connectors will be built by 2020 and a 150 km round-island route is in the pipeline.