Singapore Business News

Singapore's DBS bank 3Q profit jumps 49 percent

AP - Friday, November 6

SINGAPORE - Singapore's DBS Group Holdings Ltd. said Friday its third-quarter profit jumped 49 percent thanks to higher fees from stock broking and investment banking. More »

  • Singapore 3Q unemployment rises to 3.4 percent

    AP - Friday, October 30

    SINGAPORE - Singapore's unemployment rate crept higher in the third quarter with a recession earlier this year triggering layoffs in the manufacturing sector.

  • US must engage Asia to maintain global power: Lee

    US must engage Asia to maintain global power: Lee

    AFP - Wednesday, October 28

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew has warned the United States it risks losing global leadership if it did not remain engaged in Asia to "balance" China's military and economic might.

  • Singapore tourism rises for first time in 2009

    AP - Wednesday, October 28

    SINGAPORE - Singapore tourist arrivals rose in September for the first time this year, boosted by holidays in neighboring Indonesia and Malaysia.

  • Singapore factory output falls 7.7 pct: govt

    Singapore factory output falls 7.7 pct: govt

    AFP - Monday, October 26

    SINGAPORE (AFP) - - Singapore said Monday that key industrial output during September fell 7.7 percent year on year as declines were posted across every sector.

  • Singapore manufacturing falls as recovery sputters

    AP - Monday, October 26

    SINGAPORE - Singapore's manufacturing fell in September, reversing two months of gains, as the city-state's recovery from recession sputtered.

  • Singapore Q3 property prices jump 16 percent

    AP - Saturday, October 24

    SINGAPORE - Singapore real estate prices jumped in the third quarter after plunging for a year as the city-state rebounded from recession.

  • Singapore's Keppel Q3 profit rises 17 percent

    AP - Friday, October 23

    SINGAPORE - Singapore's Keppel Corp., the world's largest builder of offshore oil rigs, said third quarter net profit rose 17 percent as costs fell.

  • Singapore gets tough on global tax cheats: govt

    Singapore gets tough on global tax cheats: govt

    AFP - Wednesday, October 21

    SINGAPORE (AFP) - - Singapore has passed a law aimed at tightening the screws on cross-border tax cheats and complying with stricter standards for world banking centres, the finance ministry said Tuesday.

  • Temasek to use bond offering to raise 1.5 bln dlrs

    Temasek to use bond offering to raise 1.5 bln dlrs

    AFP - Tuesday, October 20

    SINGAPORE (AFP) - - State-linked Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings confirmed Tuesday it would raise 1.5 billion US dollars under a new 10-year bond offer.

  • Singapore urges investors to look at Sri Lanka

    Singapore urges investors to look at Sri Lanka

    AFP - Monday, October 19

    SINGAPORE (AFP) - - Singapore is urging local businessmen to explore investment opportunities in Sri Lanka following the defeat of the Tamil separatist insurgency there, a report said here Monday.