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Under threat: No end to retailers’ woes in 2015, analysts caution
Are traditional brick-and-mortar shops still viable?
Under threat: No end to retailers’ woes in 2015, analysts caution
Are traditional brick-and-mortar shops still viable?
The chips are down: Local casinos struggle as foreign gamers vanish
The strong SGD is driving Asian tourists away.
Ghost month: New private home sales plunge 42.9% year-on-year in August
Number of new launches also dropped by 64.1%.
Futuristic flats: HDB unveils eight new technologies for Punggol Northshore homes
Mechanised car parks and smart lighting systems are in the pipeline.
Job mismatch looms as Singapore’s labour crunch persists
Total job creation sunk to a four-year low.
Singapore economy to grow by 3.7% in 2015: MAS
More than the price increase of goods.
Hotels up to speed with Singapore Grand Prix, prices rise 75%
Find out the differing rates within the three days.
Earnings slump in 2Q reveals telcos are biting off each other’s pies
See who is biting off more than the others.
Posh private condos buck the trend as resale prices climb 4.8% in August
Resale volume inched up 1.2% year-on-year.
Time to move out: Developers urged to go overseas to boost weak margins
Difficult times call for desperate measures.
Yet another pullback: HDB resale prices hit 31-month low in August
But 5-room flats and ECs bucked the trend.
Restrictive labor regulations are the biggest hindrance for doing business in Singapore: report
Inflation is the second biggest challenge, says the WEF.
Downtown dining: Discover how much restaurateurs are paying for prime space in the CBD
Rooftop restaurants are cheaper than expected.
Low prices, cramped houses: Number of residents per housing stock hits all-time high in 2013
Homebuyers are scrimping on size to spare some savings.
Crisis in the making: Economists raise the alarm over Singapore’s skyrocketing household debt
Consumer credit is now 75% of the GDP.
Cost-cutting woes: Local hotel earnings plunge as corporate spending slides in 1H
Find out if a turnaround is on the horizon.
Dark days ahead: Local business confidence slides in Q2 over bleak economic outlook
It ended a two-year streak of confidence gains.