On Jan 11, the FTSE STI Index took out the thrice-shy 3,240 points attempted last year. At the end of last week — against the odds and market belief (unless you were long on this column’s calls) — the index held above that level, with a gain of 4.7% year to date to 3,282 points on Jan 14. Inde...

In 2022, DBS Group Research analysts Yeo Kee Yan, Janice Chua and Woon Bing Yong estimate that Singapore’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow to 3.5%. Inflation during the year may average around 2.4%, predict the analysts in a Jan 3 report. “2022 is the year where investors juggle between...

HALTER Marine, ST Engineering's shipbuilding business in Pascagoula, Mississippi, has been awarded a second Polar Security Cutter (PSC) contract by the US Department of the Navy.

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering), through its subsidiary Halter Marine, has been awarded the second Polar Security Cutter (PSC) contract from the US Department of the Navy. In April 2019, Halter Marine won a contract to build up to three icebreaker vessels for the US Coast Guard, ...

RHB Group Research analyst Shekhar Jaiswal has a sanguine outlook for Singapore equities in 2022, despite uncertainties caused by the emergence of the Omicron variant. “While the emergence of the Omicron variant will create volatility, we believe Singapore offers opportunities to accumulate stocks...

The Great Resignation Wave is more a Great Reshuffling of Talent. Organisations must keep their best engaged with new opportunities, says ADP’s Yvonne Teo.

In October, I wrote about the rebadging of the social media platform formerly known as Facebook. The beleaguered firm had de­cided that a name change might help to shed its image as a toxic platform known for amplifying hate speech, fake news and for using surreptitiously gathered data to boost eng...

ComfrotDelgro is set to becoming the second largest intercity coach operateor in the United Kingdom, after entering into an £8.75 million ($15.8 million) deal with Stagecoach Group, the country’s public transport provider. The deal with take effect across two agreements. In the first, ComfortDe...

The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) is expected to reach 3,500 points by the end of 2022, according to UOB Kay Hian analyst Adrian Loh and the Singapore research team. Loh’s estimate implies a 13% upside from the STI’s current levels It also underlines his underlying bullishness or the year ...

SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering is ramping up its spending on cutting edge digital technologies in a bid to achieve a top line of more than S11 billion in 2026.