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CGS-CIMB remains positive on UG Healthcare, and forecasts a strong earnings showing as glove prices rise due to Covid-19

The disparity between East Asian and Western countries’ public-health and economic outcomes reflects three key differences between the regions. For starters, the East Asian countries were far better prepared for a new disease outbreak.

SINGAPORE (Aug 22): Boustead International Heaters (BIH) has secured a $100 million contract for a major energy infrastructure development in Europe.

SINGAPORE (Aug 1): Investors across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific are showing a waning appetite for risk, according to State Street Corporation’s Investor Confidence Index (ICI) for July.

(July 22): Netflix shocked investors by reporting a drop in US customers and much slower growth overseas, raising fears that the streaming giant is losing momentum just as competitors prepare to pounce. The shares plunged 11% to about US$323 in pre-mar

SINGAPORE (June 27): The State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) has increased to 87.6, up 8.2 points from May’s revised reading of 79.4 – a reflection of how investors across all regions investors across all regions have an improved appetite for

SINGAPORE (June 3): Keppel Data Centres has invested €14 million ($21.5 million) in the Series C funding of Etix Group S.A. (Etix), giving it a minority stake in the Luxembourg-based data centre developer and provider of data centre colocation services.

SINGAPORE (Nov 20): Switzerland once again clinched the top spot in a global survey on fostering and attracting talent, in a top 10 list that includes Canada but not the US, and no Asian nations.

SINGAPORE (July 10): Credit Suisse says the Singapore market is the “place to be” for investors given it is trading at favourable valuations, offers a blend of cyclical exposure and is a beneficiary of higher interest rates.

SINGAPORE (July 2): Worries over trade tensions between the US versus China and Europe may have rattled markets in recent months, but DBS believes that a protracted, full-blown war is not likely to happen.