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China Aviation Oil's Q4 net profit down 43%

Wed, 22.Feb.2012 - 10:56pm
SINGAPORE: China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Ltd (CAO) on Wednesday announced that its fourth-quarter net profit in 2011 was down 43 per cent on-year to S$7.16 million from S$12.6 million in the previous year.

Wilmar posts rise in net profit

Wed, 22.Feb.2012 - 10:43pm
SINGAPORE: Wilmar, the world's largest palm-oil processing company said its net profit rose 56.9 per cent on-year to S$629.4 million from S$401.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Gold trading in Singapore set to get boost

Wed, 22.Feb.2012 - 10:14pm
SINGAPORE: Gold trading is set to find new glitter in Singapore.

Foreign banks eyeing share of depositor market

Wed, 22.Feb.2012 - 9:42pm
SINGAPORE: Foreign banks with a full commercial licence in Singapore are out in force to draw customers.

Hyflux's net profit takes a dip in 2011

Wed, 22.Feb.2012 - 8:34pm
SINGAPORE: The Arab Spring uprisings last February has mired the region in socio-political unrest.

Genting S'pore posts Q4 net profit of S$262m

Wed, 22.Feb.2012 - 7:58pm
SINGAPORE: Genting Singapore has bounced back into the black in its fiscal fourth quarter.

Proposal to extend MAS Corporate Governance Framework

Wed, 22.Feb.2012 - 7:36pm
SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore has proposed to extend the MAS Corporate Governance (CG) Framework to all direct insurers and reinsurers incorporated in Singapore.

OCS plans to set up regional aviation hub in S'pore

Wed, 22.Feb.2012 - 7:24pm
SINGAPORE: United Kingdom's largest privately-owned facilities management company OCS Group has acquired Singapore's Don Thaker Group (DTG).

Singapore shares end down on profit-taking

Wed, 22.Feb.2012 - 7:13pm
SINGAPORE - Singapore share prices ended 1% lower on Wednesday, as unsettled investors booked profits following recent gains.

S'pore trade set to outpace world average

Wed, 22.Feb.2012 - 7:06pm
SINGAPORE: Singapore's trade is expected to grow faster than the world average over the next 15 years.

SIA Cargo cuts freighter capacity by 20%

Wed, 22.Feb.2012 - 5:55pm
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines Cargo has reduced freighter capacity by 20 per cent in response to continuing weakness in demand and high fuel prices.

Scoot to fly to China, Japan by end of the year

Wed, 22.Feb.2012 - 6:26am
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines' (SIA) new long-haul, low-cost carrier Scoot plans to fly to at least five cities by the end of the year, including destinations in China and Japan, its CEO, Mr Campbell Wilson, said.

JCB eyes growth in S'pore

Tue, 21.Feb.2012 - 10:00pm
SINGAPORE: Tokyo-based credit card company JCB International aims to grow its customer base in Singapore.

Analysts welcome formation of project finance company

Tue, 21.Feb.2012 - 8:12pm
SINGAPORE : Singapore companies are now poised to bid for large cross-border projects that require heavy financing.

More Asian firms to raise borrowings

Tue, 21.Feb.2012 - 8:10pm
SINGAPORE: About one in three Asian companies expects to increase its borrowings to fund business growth this year, according to a survey by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

S'pore trade figures released

Tue, 21.Feb.2012 - 7:05pm
SINGAPORE: Singapore's domestic wholesale trade rose by 8.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared with a year earlier, fuelled by increased sales of petroleum and petroleum products, the Singapore Department of Statistics reported Tuesday.

Singapore stocks close flat

Tue, 21.Feb.2012 - 6:03pm
SINGAPORE : Stocks in Singapore closed flat on Tuesday after profit taking erased earlier gains, despite news that eurozone finance ministers had approved a 237-billion-euro bailout for Greece.

More budget air travel ahead from Singapore

Tue, 21.Feb.2012 - 1:31pm
Singapore: Pack your bags, budget air travel is set to take off to new heights.

Strong start to 2012 for Changi Airport

Tue, 21.Feb.2012 - 1:06pm
SINGAPORE: Singapore Changi Airport opened the year on a strong note, with 4.24 million passengers passing through in January 2012.

China Sky asks SGX for more info over police probe

Mon, 20.Feb.2012 - 9:20pm
SINGAPORE : Singapore-listed China Sky Chemical Fibre has requested for more information from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in relation to the police probe into the company.