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Aug 25 morning round-up: 1. MAS expected to stand pat on Singapore dollar despite inflation slide bt.sg/48zH 2. Government open to ideas, ready for tough choices: Halimah bt.sg/48zV 3. Singapore currency to stay strong u…

S-Reits now cheap with upside potential, worst is over: Eastspring, OCBC bt.sg/48RR RHB recommends Reits, defensive stocks with selective cyclical exposure bt.sg/48RD

Hot stocks: Aspen shares surge 70.7% on heavy volume bt.sg/48Rq Avarga receives SGX query after stock jumps 33.1% bt.sg/48RP

Singapore core inflation falls to decade low at -0.4% in July The figure was in line with the median decline in private-sector estimates. Core inflation was depressed by a steeper fall in the cost of electricity and gas,…

Trek 2000 founder Henn Tan pleads guilty to Securities and Futures Act violations He also faces offences involving falsification of accounts, cheating external auditors and forgery. bt.sg/48ae

Stocks to watch: SATS, Yanlord, AEM, Cortina, Spackman, Vicplas SATS falls into the red with a S$43.7 million quarterly loss; AEM appoints chief technology officer; Cortina says it has not inked any definitive agreement…

Digital theatre is here to stay: In some ways, online plays are more exciting than traditional plays. #BTLifestyle bt.sg/486B

The Raffles Conversation: Driven to win CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz - who also happens to be a top driver in car-racing circuits - has placed his company in top gear so as to beat cybercriminals before they can hit. #ra…

Appetite for a new dining experience: Michelin-starred Nouri's sister outlet marries the arts and food in an innovative lifestyle environment. #BTLifestyle bt.sg/486X

Aug 22 afternoon round-up: 1. BT Exclusive: Banks get tactical to cash in on miles-card market bt.sg/48LC 2. Singapore-registered firm that wants to buy football club Newcastle United admits to photoshopping Obama bt.sg/…

#BRUNCH: The pandemic performance review Companies are rethinking how they assess performance, in a year when business targets and individual jobs have been upended. bt.sg/48La

Living and working in the post-pandemic era: Architects and designers share ideas on how living, dining, shopping and vacationing may be like in the new normal. #BTLifestyle bt.sg/486e

Aug 21 evening round-up: 1. Singapore's Wuthelam Group to buy out Nippon Paint for 1.29 trillion yen bt.sg/486f 2. Fitness app ClassPass sues Hilton over cancelled stock purchase bt.sg/486Y 3. Singapore researchers disco…

Malaysian tycoon behind tumbling cruise firm puts fortune on the line: Lim Kok Thay has pledged nearly his entire stake in Genting Hong Kong as collateral for loans. bt.sg/486n Lim’s Genting empire pressured by cruise un…

Broker's take: DBS upgrades Sea to 'buy' on gaming, e-commerce strength DBS more than doubled its target price on the New York-listed stock to US$183, from US$72.50. The Shopee and Garena owner had achieved an earlier-th…

Broker's take: CGS-CIMB keeps 'add' on Wilmar, says China unit's value underestimated Despite a short-term overhang from the Archer Daniels Midland share sale, CGS-CIMB maintained its “add” call on agri-food giant Wilmar…

Aug 21 morning round-up: 1. BT Exclusive: MAS acts to stop misleading sale of critical illness plans bt.sg/48Bn 2. Pay cuts help spare 224,800 workers from pink slips: MOM bt.sg/48Bh 3. News analysis: Only sustainable te…

Aug 20 morning round-up: 1. Singaporeans hold 43% of senior roles in financial sector: MAS chief bt.sg/48hv 2. Disclosure, threshold fee for non-sponsor jobs being reviewed: SGX RegCo bt.sg/487Z 3. Millennium Hotels and…

Sea's shares climb again as Q2 revenue jumps amid gaming, e-commerce boom The New York-listed Internet firm's Q2 adjusted revenue exceeded Bloomberg consensus forecasts, led by stellar growth in Garena and Shopee. bt.sg/…

Singaporeans hold 43% of senior roles in financial sector: MAS The regulator said it will intensify its engagements with financial institutions' senior management on their workforce profiles, and plans to grow the Singap…

Aug 19 morning round-up: 1. BT Exclusive: Payment rivals dangle offers to lure clients from sinking Wirecard ship bt.sg/48sP 2. Business down, but pessimism easing in Q2: BT-SUSS poll bt.sg/48sW 3. Maritime data startup…

Mainboard-listed Singapore Press Holdings will shed about 140 jobs from the media solutions division and SPH Magazines. The retrenchment costs of about S$8 million will be recognised in Q4 FY20. bt.sg/48WA

Zoom opens data centre in Singapore, plans to add more jobs The California-based company plans to hire an unspecified number of engineers and sales staff and offer new services such as Zoom Phone to scale the business in…

Broker's take: DBS upgrades ST Engineering, SIAEC on wage support boost The analyst also upped SIA Engineering's target price to S$2.40, on better near-term earnings potential and more secure dividend prospects. bt.sg/48…

Sabana unitholders ask sponsor to sell stake in manager, seeking regulatory guidance The minority unitholders asked MAS why ESR Cayman was permitted to acquire a second Reit manager, resulting in a "significant" overlapp…