manufacturing

In print this week

The going's getting tougher for more STI companies

SINGAPORE (Oct 21): The global economic weakness has already hit many of the large and diversified companies that make up the Straits Times Index.

China Focus

Policy easing unlikely for China

SINGAPORE (Oct 19): China’s 3Q16 gross domestic product report released on Wednesday showed that growth in the country had risen just 6.7% year on year, during the year.

Singapore’s 3Q GDP up 0.6% on year in advance estimates

SINGAPORE (Oct 14): Singapore’s economy expanded by 0.6% in 2Q16 from a year ago, based on advance estimates by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), easing significantly from the 2% growth registered in the previous quarter.

Singapore’s Industrial Production signals slowdown in real GDP growth

SINGAPORE (Sept 27): Singapore’s industrial production (IP) rose 0.1% on the back of higher output from electronics, precision engineering and chemical production, but IP dropped 1.3% in July-Aug from last year, this suggests downward pressure on gross

Is MAS’s policy easing causing more harm than good?

SINGAPORE (26 Sept): It is easy to overlook Singapore’s shrinking nominal GDP growth in light of the city-state’s position as a developed, service-oriented economy and focus on real GDP growth.

In print this week

All eyes on China, the crux of world growth

SINGAPORE (Sept 23): Once a manufacturing powerhouse for low-quality goods, Shanghai is fast embracing a new norm in which fast-food bills and taxi fares are settled with a mere tap of the mobile phone, and everything from the week’s groceries to the la
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Tech

Apple's iPhone 7 more expensive to make: IHS Markit

BENGALURU (Sept 21): Apple Inc is spending more to manufacture its iPhone 7 smartphone than predecessor iPhone 6S due to features such as a bigger battery and larger storage capacity, according to a teardown by IHS Markit Ltd.

ST Engineering’s land systems division makes capital injection into Brazilian manufacturing unit

SINGAPORE (Sept 15): ST Engineering said on Thursday that two subsidiaries of its land systems business, ST Kinetics, have injected a total of BRL 8 million ($3.3 million) into the capital of LeeBoy Brazil Equipamentos De Construção Ltda for working cap

Singapore sees highest second quarter layoffs since 2009

SINGAPORE (Sept 15): Employment growth in Singapore remained low in the first half of 2016 while unemployment and redundancies have risen, says the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), which expects total workforce growth ahead to remain moderated given demographi

In print this week

Sarine shining bright like a diamond

SINGAPORE (Sept 5): Sarine Technologies registered strong revenue and earnings growth, as well as record deliveries for its systems in the last quarter. With the continued recovery in the diamond industry, this growth momentum looks set to extend into the
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