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TECHNICAL testing and vehicle inspection group Vicom has posted a net profit of S$7.2 million in the third quarter, up 6.5 per cent from the same period a year earlier.

<p>THE Straits Times Index (STI) could not shrug off those concerns despite better-than-expected earnings from DBS Group Holdings and ST Engineering to end the day at 3,240.65, down 23.65 points or 0.7 per cent.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>DENNIS Tan who oversees OCBC Bank's consumer financial services Singapore is leaving the bank.</p>

HONG KONG: Swiss bank UBS was fined HK$400 million (US$51.09 million) by Hong Kong's securities regulator for overcharging up to 5,000 clients for nearly a decade, the watchdog said on Monday (Nov 11). The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said in a statement that an investigation ......

Asian markets turned lower on Monday as another record close on Wall Street was overshadowed by uncertainty over the China-US trade talks, while Hong Kong was also hit by fresh protests in which at least one person was shot.

China's dominant e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding raked in US$23 billion worth of sales in the first nine hours of its annual Singles' Day shopping extravaganza on Monday, setting records as the event celebrates its 11th year.

Iran's oil minister said Monday that an oil field whose discovery President Hassan Rouhani announced at the weekend adds only 22.2 billion barrels to the country's estimated crude reserves.

SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday (Nov 11) announced that it has set up a US$2 billion green investments programme to invest in public market investment strategies that have a "strong green focus". MAS said the programme will help to support Singapore’s financial ...

<p>Their share of US imports of products on the tariff list has been rising faster</p>

Netherlands-based Prosus said on Monday it had published its cash offer document to buy online takeaway delivery platform Just Eat for 710 pence a share, pitching its bid against rival Takeaway.com with a lowered acceptance threshold of 75per cent.