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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.
October 21, 2016
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.
October 19, 2016
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.
October 14, 2016
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
September 27, 2016
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.
September 26, 2016
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
September 23, 2016
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.
September 21, 2016
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
September 15, 2016
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
September 15, 2016
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
September 05, 2016