Singapore

Demand in the US accelerates

Demand in the US accelerates

DBS Group Research said demand in the US is accelerating, even without including inventories or government spending in the picture.

USD-SGD expected at 1.3450-1.3520 range

The better-than-expected PMIs boosted global risk appetite, according to OCBC.

Great Eastern and Koperasi Tentera JV bags Family Takaful licence

Licence will enable Great Eastern Takaful to distribute syariah-compliant life insurance products in Malaysian market.

Singapore Airlines promotes Western Australia

Singapore Airlines partners with TWA to fund marketing campaigns and promote inbound tourism to Western Australia.

Welcome Real-time appoints Ludovic Houri COO

Houri to lead global sales, product marketing and development and delivery teams in Singapore and Aix-en-Provence.

Foreign Visa card spending tops S$154mln during Youth Olympic Games

Visa Prepaid cards were issued with games tickets as international visitors spent S$11mln on opening day.

Singapore is world's fourth largest forex centre

Singapore-based financial institutions poised to capitalise growth as average daily foreign exchange turnover volume reached US$266bln.

Tata Communications exchange data centre opens in Singapore

Globally advanced facility part of US$430mln that company vowed to invest in Asia Pacific.

Banks loans to accelerate

OCBC said bank loans are expected to accelerate further from 9% yoy in June to 11%, crossing into double-digit growth territory for the first time since February 2009.

Singapore: Further tightening could push rates lower

Macquarie Research believes MAS is unlikely to tighten monetary policy again in October.

DBS' Rajan Raju quits consumer banking head post

Raju transfers to Deutsche Asset after recent high-level hirings and 13.6% decline in lender's consumer banking.

AEP Networks opens new office in Singapore

Move to bring company physically closer to its customers and enable company to provide technical support.

SingTel targets single-rate roaming network

Company plans to issue single charge for its pan-regional roaming network in eight Asian countries.

Singapore to invest $44bln to double rail network

Present rail network not enough for Singapore's growing population currently at around 5mln.

URA revises development charge rates

Government policy expected to produce a more moderate collective sales market over the short term.

Yongnam Holdings bags S$25 mln MRT contract

The steel contractor and specialist civil engineering solutions provider clinches first Downtown Line 2 project to start in October of this year.

Marina Bay Sands secures 370 deals for convention center

Sands Expo & Convention Center has held 150 events at since its opening.