30 Apr 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation (SGX: O39) released its first quarter results earlier this morning. The headline for its press release shows the bank earning S$696m in after-tax profit for the quarter, a 12% decline from S$832 last year. If gains from the sale of non-core assets were stripped away ...
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29 Apr 2013 - Singapore Business Review
Pronounced improvement to be expected in 2H. DBS have revised our GDP growth forecast for 2013 to 2.5%, down from 3.2% previously. This revision is made mainly on account of a slower than expected growth momentum in the first quarter. Here's more from DBS: Indeed, economic activities were sluggish according ...
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25 Apr 2013 - Singapore Business Review
Will legal wars ensue? According to OCBC, StarHub will be able to broadcast “live” matches of the much-coveted Barclays Premier League (BPL) for the upcoming 2013-2016 season. This after the MDA (Media Development Authority) asked SingTel to cross-carry the matches over the next three seasons even though ...
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25 Apr 2013 - Singapore Business Review
Someone's at the losing end. According to Nomura, is a positive for StarHub, for sentiment, and also for its pay-TV/ bundling business. StarHub didn't lose many subscribers after it originally lost BPL in 2010 – it didn’t gain either but had to cut sport-package prices. So it is likely that its customer ...
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25 Apr 2013 - Singapore Business Review
Did its Rmb loans contribute a lot? According to CIMB, it expects DBS to achieve a 1Q13 net profit of S$854m (up 12% qoq, 7% above consensus). In 4Q, DBS missed expectations because its Rmb loans only picked up late in the quarter. The bank took general provisions for the 4Q loan growth but did not ...
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25 Apr 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Charlie Munger, Vice Chairman of American conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, once offered value investor Mohnish Pabrai three rules that could improve an investor’s results greatly. Among them, was the rule to pay close attention to the cannibals – companies that are buying back their own stock hand over ...
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24 Apr 2013 - Singapore Business Review
Speeds are up to 150Mbps. According to a release, SingTel announced that it has expanded its high-speed 4G mobile network to offer nationwide coverage with speeds of up to 150Mbps. SingTel’s 4G subscribers can now enjoy nationwide street-level coverage (1), as well as indoor coverage in more than 550 ...
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24 Apr 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) can be a great source of income for investors. As a group, the REITs can be represented by the FTSE Straits Times Real Estate Investment Trusts Index (SGX: FSTAS8670). If you’re wondering why REITs are a good source of income, just check out the index’s distribution ...
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23 Apr 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
As investors, we often have to make tough choices between companies with similar operations in the name of diversification. While it’s easy to pick a plate of chicken rice over duck rice for lunch, comparing companies might be a whole other ball game. So, we’re here to help make life a little easier. ...
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23 Apr 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
StarHub Limited (SGX:CC3) is Singapore’s second largest telecommunications company. It’s valued at just over $7bn, and supplies Pay TV (StarHub TV), mobile phones (StarHub Mobile), broadband (StarHub Internet), and landline telephone services (StarHub Voice) to many of Singapore’s residents. In addition, ...
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