» C&O Pharma's Q4 net slips 41% to HK$24.1m
29/08/08 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
C&O Pharmaceutical Technology Holdings has reported a 41 per cent slide in fiscal fourth quarter net profit to HK$24.1 million (S$4.3 million), after the Chinese government went tough on off-the-counter sales of prescription drugs ahead of ..

» Celestial sweetens soya product range
29/08/08 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
CELESTIAL Nutrifoods said yesterday that it would invest about 603 million yuan (S$125.08 million) on new facilities in China to produce soya candies and protein milk as the company expands its health food and beverages product range.

» At a glance
29/08/08 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News

» Company briefs
29/08/08 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
STATS ChipPAC Ltd has agreed to make products based on Infineon's first- generation embedded Wafer-Level Ball Grid Array (eWLB) technology at its operation in Yishun.

» Direct access to Eurex for UOBBF clients
29/08/08 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
UOB Bullion and Futures (UOBBF) yesterday announced its connection to Eurex Access Point, making it the first local brokerage admitted to the derivatives exchange. Clients will have direct access to the benchmark futures and options market ..

» Ban Joo raising $23m; plans cable venture
29/08/08 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
LOSS-MAKING textile firm Ban Joo & Company has entered into a conditional share placement deal to raise $23 million, which will allow it to enter into the submarine cable business.

» Optimists, pessimists and the market
29/08/08 04:00 from Business Times Online - Singapore Markets
YESTERDAY'S advance-decline score, excluding warrants and Straits Times Index (STI) components, was 161-178, a surprisingly firm figure that optimists might interpret as suggesting that the selling may have tapered off for the time being.

» Equity firms 3i, CVC eye F&N's publishing arm
29/08/08 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
PRIVATE equity firms 3i Group and CVC Capital are among the bidders for Fraser & Neave's printing and publishing business, which may sell for at least US$400 million, sources told Reuters yesterday.

» Reject offer, Japan Land adviser urges
29/08/08 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
JAPAN Land has urged its shareholders to reject the takeover offer by tycoon Oei Hong Leong, which valued the company at about $78 million.

» Olam has a 'milestone year' with 54% rise in earnings
29/08/08 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
IN what it described as a 'milestone year', supply chain manager of agricultural products Olam International yesterday reported net earnings of $167.7 million for the full year ended June 30, 2008 - 54 per cent up from the preceding financi..

» Eu Yan Sang full-year net earnings dive 66%
29/08/08 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
EU YAN Sang's net earnings slumped 66 per cent to $4.94 million for the full year ended June 30, after restructuring charges, investment impairment and higher operating expenses eroded gross profit gains.

» Singapore is battleground again for local banks
29/08/08 04:00 from Business Times Online - Companies News
MAYBANK'S results for its financial year 2008 on Wednesday were hardly remarkable - profit was down 8 per cent to RM2.93 billion (S$1.23 billion). But it is likely that bankers here must be reading the details with great interest as the Sin..

» Eu Yan Sang sees net profit fall 67% in last financial year
28/08/08 16:18 from Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News
SINGAPORE : Mainboard-listed traditional Chinese medicine group Eu Yan Sang saw net profit plunge 67 per cent to S$4.9 million for its financial year ending June 30.

» Temasek chief tops Forbes list of most powerful women in Asia
28/08/08 13:16 from Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News
SINGAPORE : The chief executive of Temasek Holdings, Ho Ching, has been listed as the most powerful woman in Asia, according to the annual Forbes list of the world's most powerful women.

» Medical service providers squeezed by costs, manpower remains a concern
28/08/08 12:41 from Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News
SINGAPORE : Singapore's private medical service providers are showing some resilience amid rising inflationary pressures.