[ad_1] Mon, 07 Dec 2020 – 9:05 am SEMBCORP Industries expects to incur a loss for the full year ending December 31, 2020, as a result of S $ 89 million in impairments, net of tax, recorded in the second half of 2020. However, the industrial conglomerate expects to maintain …
Read More »Banks Face Two Major Risks in 2021, Says Singapore DBS CEO
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Global banks will face two big hurdles next year: rising defaults and ultra-low interest rates, said Piyush Gupta, CEO of Singapore’s largest bank, DBS. Government support around the world has cushioned the economic damage of the pandemic, but has also They “masked the true size” of the …
Read More »Actions to watch: DBS, OCBC, UOB, Singtel, Keppel, Sabana Reit, iFast, Japfa, Stocks
[ad_1] Mon, 07 Dec 2020-9: 00 AM THE following companies saw new developments that may affect their securities trading on Monday: DBS, OCBC, UOB: Singapore banks may take steps to review or even reduce their exposure to Chinese state enterprise (SOE) clients, as a recent wave of high-profile SOE bond …
Read More »Phase 3 unlikely by year-end unless more use TraceTogether, say experts, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Covid-19 cases in the community have been at an all-time low, with zero local cases for two weeks last month. This has raised hopes that the Republic can bid farewell to the difficult year with a transition to phase three of its reopening, which would see …
Read More »China’s COVID-free ‘Hawaii’ Hunts Local Tourist Dollar With A Vengeance
[ad_1] SANYA, China: Millions of domestic tourists are pouring into China’s southernmost island province of Hainan, presenting a surreal contrast to scenes of gloomy hospitals, closed restaurants and suffocating home quarantine elsewhere in a virus-ravaged world. Known at home as the “Hawaii of China,” the island, the size of Taiwan, …
Read More »Unable to travel, employees struggle to make up for unused annual leave while some companies adjust policies
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Many employees are struggling to clear their annual vacation days, human resources experts said, as COVID-19 travel restrictions prevent Singaporeans from going abroad for pleasure. Some employees have tried to save their unused leave days to move them forward to next year, but the lack of a break …
Read More »iFast Maintains Digibank Ambitions Despite Failed Wholesale License Offer in Singapore, Companies and Markets
[ad_1] Sun, 06 Dec 2020 – 6:19 PM WEALTH management platform iFast Corp plans to continue pursuing a digital banking license both in Singapore and abroad, despite its unsuccessful bid for a digital wholesale bank (DWB) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). On Friday night, MAS announced that …
Read More »Comment: Can Apple’s Search Engine Compete With Google?
[ad_1] CAMBRIDGE, England: Small corners of the internet are ablaze with the news that Apple has significantly increased the activity of its search robots. Search bots often scan websites to rank and index them for search engine results. When you search for something on a search engine, the results that …
Read More »Microsoft shows a new way to update Windows 10
[ad_1] Credit: Dreamstime Microsoft, which has not given up on pushing frequent changes to Windows 10 user roles, has introduced the concept of Windows Feature Experience Packs as a way to increase the amount of times during a year when customers receive shiny new things. Redmond released a preview of …
Read More »S’pore’s only breast milk bank sees increase in breast milk donation during pandemic, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – For 15 days since Vianna was born on March 17, her mother, Mrs. Vivienne Low, 35, was only able to touch the baby’s tiny hands and watch her fight for her life through the transparent crystals of the incubator in neonatal intensive care unit. unit (NICU) at …
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