Monsters and Critics, 7 May 2010
Singapore - Singapore's DBS Group Holdings Ltd, South-East Asia's biggest bank, on Friday said its net profit for the first quarter of 2010 grew by 17 per cent compared the year-ago quarter, driven by a rise in income and a decline in bad debt costs.
Net profit for the three months through March climbed to 532 million Singapore dollars (380 million US dollars), up from 456 million Singapore dollars posted a year earlier, DBS said in a statement. Full Story
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