Dividend
Ley Choon Group H2 profit rises to S$5.5 million, declares first dividend since 2014
ROAD works construction company Ley Choon Group : Q0X 0% on Monday (May 27) reported a net profit from continuing operations of S$5.5 million for the second half ended...
Brokers’ take: Analysts raise Singtel target on upbeat dividend, growth outlook
ANALYSTS have raised their target prices on Singtel after it put out guidance for higher dividends as a result of asset-recycling initiatives. There is also optimism over the telco’s...
Indian stocks hit record close on RBI dividend, short covering
India’s main equity benchmarks closed at a new all-time high on Thursday (May 23) after the central bank’s bumper dividend to the government and optimism about the outcome of...
India central bank’s record dividend to government may reduce fiscal gap
THE board of India’s central bank approved a record surplus transfer of 2.11 trillion rupees (S$34.1 billion) to the government for the fiscal year that ended in March, sharply...
Dividend payouts are latest sign of Big Tech’s financial muscle
AFTER years of chasing growth at all costs, tech firms are taking a page from the playbook of old-school value businesses – paying a dividend. Throwing off more cash...
SingPost H2 profit up 93.4% at S$66.9 million; proposes S$0.0056 per share final dividend
SINGAPORE Post’s (SingPost : S08 0%) net profit for the second half ended March rose 93.4 per cent to S$66.9 million from S$34.6 million a year earlier.This resulted in...
SingPost H2 profit up 93.4% at S$66.9 million; final dividend of S$0.0056 per share proposed
THE net profit of Singapore Post (SingPost : S08 0%) in its second half ended March rose 93.4 per cent to S$66.9 million from S$34.6 million the year before....
Aramco to pay US$31 billion dividend as Saudi posts budget deficit
ARAMCO will pay US$31 billion in dividend to the Saudi government and other investors despite lower profit, as the kingdom’s economy continues to struggle with a budget deficit.The world’s...
3M to cut dividend on health-care spin, losing aristocrat status
3M plans to slash its dividend, ending more than six decades of boosting the payout each year as it enters a new era following the spinoff of its health-care...
Shareholders raise questions over dividend payout, directors’ salaries at Best World AGM ahead of proposed privatisation
DISGRUNTLED shareholders of beauty product distributor Best World International : CGN 0% raised questions over the lack of dividend payouts and the compensation of directors at the company’s first...