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Yuuzoo Corporation has signed a deal with Etisalat to bring its social e-commerce model to Nigeria, said YuuZoo on Wednesday evening, shortly after requesting a trading halt.

Mainboard-listed Sino Construction announced on Friday that operations at its Mongolian mine Baruun Noyon Uul (BNU) will recommence, following what it described as the “successful completion” of its first trial batches of coal.

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SGX’s update comes on the heels of the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong stock-trading link

Analysts cite continuing overcapacity; longer term demand hinges on India and China

Seizing opportunities in the bear market, Singapore mainboard-listed Sino Construction has been aggressively acquiring coal assets and is now on the hunt for more.

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As international investors get new access to the mainland market, its indifference to global events is partly why its equities are so attractive

Trade skewed heavily towards the northbound flow on the debut of the through train scheme as foreigners pile into railway and liquor plays

The Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS) has hit one nail on the head with its call to revamp the way that remisiers, or retail trading representatives (TRs), are paid.

The Business Times used the Bloomberg machine to dig up companies trading at extreme financial ratios on the Shanghai Stock Exchange that investors could buy on Monday. Here is what we found.

Even non-investors can glean insights from the financial statements of the A-Share “small-caps”. Time to brush up on your Chinese and separate the wheat from the chaff

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I refer to Jimmy Ho’s letter, “It’s not a ‘quality market’ for investors” (BT, Nov 12). We appreciate Mr Ho’s feedback, but do not agree with his depiction of the Singapore stock market as suffering from a “malaise”.

Some analysts say trading tie-up will put pressure on SGX but most of them think impact may not be pronounced

The market was once again reminded of the shattered financials of the firms embroiled in last October’s penny stock crash with LionGold releasing its much-delayed first quarter results with an injurious outing, just one day after its counterpart Blumont reported dismal quarterly digits.

Vallianz Holdings reported on Friday that its net profit more than doubled to US$4.82 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2014, compared to US$2.14 million a year ago. Earnings per share was 0.19 US cent, compared to 0.18 US cent a year ago.

A recent scoping study on its gold mine project in Ghana-Konongo Project - owned by Australian-listed Signature Metals - has come up with some “encouraging conclusions” after discovering that the area has “reasonable prospects of economic extraction”.

As it looks to boost membership count, association believes some firms afraid to offend SGX

October option deal includes chairman selling some shares at eight Singapore cents apiece

The SGX’s own figures tell a dismal story.

Delays in a fund-raising exercise - due to the surprise visit by the Commercial Affairs Department - had caused LionGold Corp to be unable to assess the impairment of the value of an asset in time.