» Governance will work only with solid deterrence
09/02/10 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
JOHN Quincy Adams, the sixth US president, once famously said that 'Congress should not be palsied by the will of our constituents'.

» NYSE Tech hired to set up Asean e-trading link
09/02/10 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) and three other regional exchanges have hired NYSE Technologies to set up an Asean e-trading link.

» Texchem-Pack receives privatisation offer
09/02/10 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
TEXCHEM-PACK Holdings (S) yesterday said its Malaysian parent company and key shareholder is offering 13.5 Singapore cents a share to take the Singapore-listed plastic packaging products maker private.

» Temasek sells $1 billion of 10-year notes
09/02/10 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
TEMASEK Holdings yesterday sold a 10-year $1 billion note issue with a coupon of 3.265 per cent, in yet another indication of the growing depth of the local bond market.

» SingTel gains more handphone customers
09/02/10 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
SINGTEL said its total handphone customers in Singapore grew to 3.2 million by end-December 2009, up 8.1 per cent from a year ago.

» $140m deals for Keppel; $38.5m order for ASL
09/02/10 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
NEWBUILD orders are starting to trickle back for shipbuilders, with Keppel Singmarine sealing $140 million of contracts for a rock dumping fall pipe vessel and a pair of tugs. Meanwhile, ASL Marine grabbed a $38.5 million order for a diving..

» China Animal Healthcare Q4 net profit up 40.5%
09/02/10 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
CHINA Animal Healthcare - which makes drugs used to treat animals - posted a 40.5 per cent jump in fourth-quarter net profit due to firmer sales, and expects a future revenue boost from selling more forms of vaccine for pigs.

» Rickmers lowers Q4 DPU on funding shortfalls
09/02/10 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
RICKMERS Maritime Trust put in a creditable fourth quarter performance despite the cloud of unsecured funding hanging over it, with charter revenue and income available for distribution rising 29 per cent and 12 per cent to US$38.1 million ..

» KSH reports Q3 net profit of $5.1m
09/02/10 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
KSH Holdings made a net profit of $5.09 million for the three months to end-December 2009, reversing a loss of $965,000 a year earlier, as expenses fell more quickly than revenues.

» Cerebos racks up 22% growth in Q1 profit
09/02/10 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
CEREBOS Pacific, a food and health supplements company in the Asia-Pacific region, posted a net profit growth of 22 per cent to $36.8 million for its first quarter ended Dec 31, 2009, from $30.1 million for the previous corresponding period..

» Company Briefs
09/02/10 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
BOUSTEAD Singapore's net profit fell 15.5 per cent to $8.7 million for the third quarter ended Dec 31, as revenue slid 9.6 per cent to $103.6 million, compared to a year earlier.

» Volume shrivels in cautious trading
09/02/10 04:00 from Business Times Online - Singapore Markets
HAVING been burnt by the sell-off of the past two weeks, traders and investors alike quite understandably opted for caution and safety first yesterday. They still, however, managed to alternate between short-selling and covering throughout ..