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Welcome to Singapore: STB targets splurging tourists
High-end Singapore hotels showed RevPAR growth of 14.5% in 1Q12, outperforming budget hotels.
Welcome to Singapore: STB targets splurging tourists
High-end Singapore hotels showed RevPAR growth of 14.5% in 1Q12, outperforming budget hotels.
Domestic wholesale trade recovers in 1Q12 as volumes rise
It posted a 2.3% increase over the 4Q11 after ajdusting for price changes with several sectors posting qoq growth gains.
Singapore way behind in inflation control
Singapore gets lumped with India and Indonesia as "three main laggards" in moderating inflation, says RBS.
Official GDP forecast remains at cautious 1-3%
What kept the Singapore government from raising 2012 growth predictions even after the economy bounced back from a qoq contraction?
Singapore vulnerable to a Greek Eurozone withdrawal
The fallout will plunge the local stock market, drive up short-term interest rates and weaken anew an already battered manufacturing sector.
Should Singapore panic over its $4 billion pledge to IMF?
The Parliament was reassured that extending the credit to the International Monetary Fund poses far less default risk than imagined.
Only a few months more of high inflation: Trade Minister
Singapore inflation has hovered at 5% but it will experience a steep drop in the next two quarters, says Minister Lim Hng Kiang.
Genting Singapore betting big on Universal Studios, junket licenses
The two will prove to be solid moneymakers in the long run, and will receive extra attention from the resorts conglomerate.
NOL efficiency efforts can only do so much: DBS
It cut $100 million in costs through operational improvements but punishing macro conditions will keep pulling its profits down.
SIA Engineering margins at the mercy of USD currency
SIAEC revenues are mostly in USD and any further weakness in the foreign currency will erode its already teetering profit margins.
Turbulent skies ahead for Singapore Airlines?
Near-term earnings will be shaky due to plummeting yields and anemic demand for European long-haul flights.
No upside surprise for City Developments
The property developer has given no reason to believe it will buck the first quarter's seasonal slump.
Singapore avoids technical recession; now what?
Given improved data for the first quarter, analyst revised full-year 2012 GDP growth forecast from 2% to 2.7%.
OCBC still the world's strongest bank: Bloomberg Markets
It topped the annual list for the second straight year while its two Singapore rivals slid further down the Top 10.
Singapore is least preferred investment market in ASEAN3
Invest instead in Thailand and Indonesia due to their immense growth prospects, advises Morgan Stanley.
Singapore rated as Top 5 most attractive work destination
It joins Western hubs New York and London and Asian cities Hong Kong and Sydney in the new survey rankings.
Layoffs eased in 1Q12
Manufacturing slashes took a breather but services and construction firms seem to be issuing out more pink slips.
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