SINGAPORE'S nascent peer-to-peer (p2p) lending sector may see its first loan default soon amid weak economic conditions, with at least one such online platform reporting a recent rise in "payment issues" during the Chinese New Year period.
ViewQwest ups the ante in high-speed broadband
THE race for ultra-high fibre broadband speeds is about to hot up, as upstart ViewQwest on Tuesday launched a 10Gbps fibre broadband plan for homes in Singapore's first end-to-end service.
Weak demand causes China's Feb exports and imports to tumble
CHINA'S exports tumbled by more than 25 per cent in February, adding to Beijing's woes, struggling to impose reform while averting a sharp slowdown of the economy.
OSIM offer sparks buzz over other possible candidates for delisting
OSIM International founder Ron Sim's privatisation bid for his lifestyle-products group is stirring speculation that the persistently gloomy state of the local stock market could tempt more controlling shareholders to consider taking their firms down that route too.
Patching up Malaysia Airlines could be a long haul
EIGHTEEN months after a save-the- business, lose-the-company plan was hatched to rescue Malaysia Airlines after two plane crashes threw it off-balance, no one besides its new boss appears ready to call it a mission soon-to-be-accomplished.
UPDATE 1-Noble Group seeks $2.5 bln in borrowing base facility – Bloomberg
(Adds details, background)
March 8 – Singapore-listed commodity trader Noble
Group Ltd is seeking $2.5 billion in a borrowing base
facility guaranteed by oil, Bloomberg reported citing people
familiar with the deal.
The borrowing base facility can potentially…
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Noble Group seeks $2.5 bln in borrowing base facility – Bloomberg
March 8 – Singapore-listed commodity trader Noble
Group Ltd is seeking $2.5 billion in a borrowing base
facility guaranteed by oil, Bloomberg reported citing people
familiar with the deal.
The borrowing base facility can potentially be increased to
$3.25…
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TODAY’s brief, Wednesday, March 9
COE bidding ends
The first COE exercise this month ends at 4pm on Wednesday, with eyes on whether prices will continue on its downward trend as traders had predicted. In the last exercise, COE premiums for big cars rebounded by more than 20 per cent while the…
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Special needs children get into business of serving up noodles as part of 'do good' move
March 09, 2016 2:10 AM
After taking an order for dan dan noodles, Madam Chan Mee Fong, 49, sticks a picture of the spicy Sichuan dish onto a board. Her son Tan Chun Seng then places a portion of the handmade noodles in boiling water and starts the timer.
Singapore's sperm whale on show at Lee Kong Chian museum from Mar 15
Jubi will be used as a reminder to the public to keep the oceans clean, said the museum.
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