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Stocks to watch: ComfortDelGro, ESR-Reit, Frasers Property, Centurion, Fuyu
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Aug 31): ComfortDelGro : A consortium formed by ComfortDelGro (CDG) and French transport...
Vessels crossing Strait of Hormuz drop to 5 per day over weekend
Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 · 07:26 AM[SINGAPORE] The number of visible commodity vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz dropped to five per day over the weekend, shipping data...
Australian dollar’s top forecasters say winning run likely over
The currency has fallen an average 1% in September over the past five years, data showsPublished Mon, Aug 31, 2026 · 06:11 AMTHE Australian dollar’s two-month rally may be...
SoCal-based Mapquest takes stand against Trump’s ‘Lake America.’ Also, still exists
Within days of President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” Google Maps quietly fell in line. Searches for the international boundary water in Google Maps...
Defensive consumer stocks deliver robust performance amid strong institutional inflows
Top 10 consumer staple stocks have averaged a 26.7% total return for the year to date[SINGAPORE] While artificial intelligence continues to dominate global headlines, Singapore’s non-cyclical consumer sector has...
Fed chair Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole turn favours soaring banks over struggling S-Reits
Rising bond yields may reach a tipping point that chokes off growth and deflates richly priced blue chips[SINGAPORE] In the end, market watchers seemed to interpret US Federal Reserve...
Director interests, buybacks and capital formation across SGX stocks
[SINGAPORE] Over the five sessions from Aug 21 to 27, close to 90 director interests and substantial shareholdings were filed for around 40 primary-listed stocks.Directors or CEOs reported 22...
Fight over EssilorLuxottica founder’s US$47 billion fortune deepens as heir quits roles at Ray-Ban maker
Stalemate becoming a distraction as firm strives to hang on to first-mover lead in AI smart glasses marketPublished Sun, Aug 30, 2026 · 03:55 PMTHE FIGHT over the late...
ComfortDelGro tie-up with French firm RATP Dev to run Copenhagen Metro from Sept 2027
The contract will run for 12 years, with an option to extend it for another three years[SINGAPORE] A consortium formed by ComfortDelGro (CDG) and French transport company RATP Dev...
Sheffield Green on the hunt for acquisitions in wind power maintenance as it diversifies beyond manpower
Catalist-listed company in advanced talks for a majority stake in a firm in Asia and continues to eye a spinoff listing for its training business[SINGAPORE] Sheffield Green, a human...
