Singapore leads economic sustainability in Asia

12 Sep 2016 - Singapore Business Review
The Lion City also ranked second in the overall global index. Ranking highly in profit performance, Singapore emerged as the most sustainable city in Asia in this year’s Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index. It also finished second globally, tailing Zurich at the top spot. The survey revealed that the city-state ...

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US investment in Singapore swells 39% to $394.84bn

12 Sep 2016 - Singapore Business Review
But investment income fell 20%. More American investors are putting their money on Singapore, as the United States' direct investment to the city-state has surged in 2015, along with the spike in investment in the APAC region. According to the latest datasets by the US Department of Commerce, direct ...

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Western market continues to chafe Del Monte Pacific's bottom line

12 Sep 2016 - Singapore Business Review
Its losses in US segment widened 46% to $12.6m. If it was not for its robust Asian market, Food and Beverage (F&B) company Del Monte Pacific might have incurred much more losses. According to DBS analyst Alfie Yeo, strong sales growth and margins from its Asia Pacific market offset the group's underwhelming ...

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Chart of the day: Check out the sluggish growth in retail sales

12 Sep 2016 - Singapore Business Review
It is even worse after excluding auto sales. The spillovers from trade may have taken its toll on the city-state’s retail sales, which dipped 1.5% over the previous month. According to the latest report by Natixis, retail sales have been sluggish, especially after excluding sales for motor vehicles. ...

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Daily Briefing: SGD forwards drop; SIA bans Note 7 on planes

12 Sep 2016 - Singapore Business Review
And here’s what happens to prices of old leasehold condos. The currency market has shifted to signal expectations the Monetary Authority of Singapore will refrain from easing next month, with a measure of the local dollar’s potential direction sliding to a four-year low.Six-month forwards tumbled to ...
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Will Singapore Telecommunications Limited Be Affected By A Fourth Felco?

12 Sep 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Recent news that a fourth telecom provider might enter the local market has unsettled Singapore-listed telecommunication companies. So how might Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SGX: Z74) or ‘Singtel’ be affected? Singtel is Singapore’s largest telecom company with a market capitalization of S$63.8 ...
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SGX-listed Advancer Global acquires 76% stake in Newman & Goh

11 Sep 2016 - DealStreetAsia
Advancer Global Facility Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advancer Global, has acquired 76 per cent stake in Newman & Goh Property Consultants and its associate company, Newman & Associate, for $3 million. In a statement released on Friday, Gary Chin, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director ...
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Investing Lessons From Shaolin Monks

11 Sep 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
It was definitely nothing like the 2011 movie that starred Andy Lau and Jackie Chan. There was no blood and gore. There were no gratuitous scenes that would make you cringe behind the settee. That said, the recent martial-arts display by the Shaolin Monks in Singapore was brilliantly choreographed. There ...
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The Week Ahead: Winners And Loser In Retail

10 Sep 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
We are less than a fortnight away from an interest-rate decision by the US Federal Reserve. But ahead of the meeting by the Federal Open Market Committee, rate-watchers could be going through US economic statistics with a fine-tooth comb. Next week the Bureau of Labor Statistics will report core inflation ...
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Singaporean steers US beauty giant Elizabeth Arden’s makeover plan

9 Sep 2016 - Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: One of the oldest names in the beauty industry, American brand Elizabeth Arden, is embarking on an ambitious repositioning plan and its president is counting on her Singapore roots to steer the beauty behemoth ahead of the competition. “Being a Singaporean, what you learn since young is to ...

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