3 Things Investors Should Know About Heineken Malaysia Berhad

5 Jul 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Companies that produce alcoholic beverages in Singapore’s stock market are rare – a notable example is Thai Beverage Public Company Limited (SGX: Y92). There are more of such companies across the causeway in Bursa Malaysia, Malaysia’s stock market. One of them is Heineken Malaysia Berhad (KLSE: 3255.KL). ...
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MCT to acquire Mapletree Business City Phase 1 for $1.8 billion

5 Jul 2016 - Singapore Business Review
It will snap up an office tower, three business park blocks. Mapletree Commercial Trust has entered into a put and call option to acquire the office and business park components of Mapletree Business City (Phase 1) for a total consideration of $1.78 billion, the trust’s manager said in a statement. Under ...
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Singapore’s public hospitals may struggle to provide sufficient capacity for patients by 2030

5 Jul 2016 - Singapore Business Review
Hospital admissions will skyrocket to 791,000 yearly. While private hospitals are poised to hit targets in terms of facilities and manpower to brace for the surge in patients, the same could not be said about public hospitals. According to a report by OCBC, in the past 5 years, public hospitals have ...

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Manufacturing PMI retreats in June, enters 12th straight month of contraction

5 Jul 2016 - Singapore Business Review
Demand-supply fundamentals remain tepid. Singapore’s latest purchasing managers’ index (PMI) reading dashed hopes of a recovery in the struggling manufacturing sector. Both the manufacturing and electronics PMIs retreated to 49.6 and 49.0 in June, marking the 12th consecutive month that the index is ...

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2 Companies With Insiders Eating More Of Their Own Cooking

5 Jul 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
One of the more commonly used strategies by investors is to follow insider transactions. That’s something even the legendary super investor Peter Lynch did. In his book One Up on Wall Street, Lynch shared investing checklists that he had used and one of the criteria was this: “Whether insiders are buying ...
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3 Things Investors Should Know About Vicom Limited Now

5 Jul 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Vicom Limited (SGX: V01) is a leading provider of vehicle testing and inspection services in Singapore. The company also provides a wide range of non-vehicle related technical testing and inspection services. The company is majority-owned by land-transport giant ComfortDelGro Corporation Ltd (SGX: C52). ...
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Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.9%

5 Jul 2016 - Singapore Business Review
Expect limited gains today. According to OCBC, with Wall Street shut overnight and the European bourses posting moderate losses, the local bourse is unlikely to see futher gains; this especially after the STI’s unexpected 0.9% higher close yesterday, which came despite the slump in Singapore PMI numbers ...
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Daily Briefing: ThaiBev Singapore’s best 2016 stock; Cathay Pacific slump makes SIA look good

5 Jul 2016 - Singapore Business Review
And Temasek buys stake in French investment firm. Thai Beverage Pcl has jumped 37 percent to a record in 2016, benefiting from rising consumption in Thailand, where stimulus and low interest rates have driven the benchmark index to the highest level in almost a year. Singapore’s equities market, by contrast, ...
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Here’s why Sheng Siong isn’t threatened by NTUC’s new budget mini-marts

5 Jul 2016 - Singapore Business Review
They’re aimed at low-income groups, analysts say. While its competitors NTUC’s budget moves seem like red flags for Sheng Siong, analysts are saying that NTUC’s newly-introduced budget mini-mart, the FairPrice shop, poses little to no threats to the retail giant. According to a report by Maybank Kim ...
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Chart of the Day: Healthcare expenditure to triple by 2030 as silver tsunami bites

5 Jul 2016 - Singapore Business Review
Singapore will spend $44b for healthcare in less than two decades. This chart from DBS shows that Singapore's total healthcare expenditure is expected to triple to $44 billion by 2030 on back of the city-state’s rapidly ageing population. Total healthcare spending is expected to grow at a compound ...

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