The world's biggest advertising company WPP reported an 8.5 percent slump in first-quarter underlying sales in North America, its biggest market, due to client losses that held the overall group back.
SINGAPORE: The citizen unemployment rate in Singapore rose slightly in the first quarter of this year, according to preliminary figures released by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Friday (Apr 26). The jobless rate for citizens stood at 3.2 per cent at March 2019, compared with 3.1 per cent in...
THE accountancy and finance sector in Singapore is facing a skills gap despite the large supply of professionals available, global recruitment agency Hays said on Thursday.
BEIJING: China's Belt and Road projects need to be transparent and fiscally sustainable, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday (Apr 26) in apparent acknowledgement of growing concerns about debt linked to his global infrastructure initiative. There will also be "zero tolerance" for corruption ...
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s resale public housing market remained in the doldrums in the first quarter of this year, with prices slipping further and the number of homes exchanging hands down 14.2 per cent. Resale prices of flats fell 0.3 per cent in the three months ending March, the Housing and...
Asian shares got off to a subdued start on Friday, while the dollar held near two-year highs against the euro on speculation that data later in the day will show the U.S. economy outperforming the rest of the developed world.
The Galaxy Fold was just a blunder in timing, says China commentator Tom McGregor.
“We want to be underfunded,” Go-Jek’s co-founder Nadiem Makarim said.
HONG Leong Finance on Thursday posted a 1.5 per cent increase in net profit to S$26.2 million, while revenue, measured by its total interest income and hiring charges, rose 18.4 per cent to S$95.2 million for its first quarter ended March 31, 2019.
DBS Group Holdings posted record earnings in 2018 but shareholders seemed more preoccupied with the bank's stand on duty of care and ethical investing at its annual general meeting on Thursday.
