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Analyst warns DBS will continue to lag
Culprits cited are limited margin improvement, rising liquidity risks, and potentially higher credit costs overseas.
Analyst warns DBS will continue to lag
Culprits cited are limited margin improvement, rising liquidity risks, and potentially higher credit costs overseas.
Trade forecasts for 2011 revised downwards
NODX forecast, for instance, was downgraded from 6 to 7% to 2 to 3%; so who’s to blame?
Singapore Airlines places new orders for 8 more Boeing aircraft
SIA has entered into an agreement with Boeing to buy eight more B777-300ERs worth USD2.4 billion.
Double trouble: Yanlord Land slapped with negative outlook twice
Both Moody’s and Standard & Poor's have revised their outlook on Yanlord Land from stable to negative.
Property investment sales plummet 47% to S$4.51b in 3Q11
And guess which property sector was the star performer for the quarter?
Noble Group reports first quarterly loss in over a decade
The company lost US$17m – an overturn from last year’s gain of over US$157m; so what happened?
More supply of small apartments drive rising rents in city fringe
Now guess how narrow the gap is between the rents in the prime districts and the rest of central region?
37 worksites slapped with stop work orders
Imagine the almost 2,000 violations discovered by the Ministry of Manpower in the first nine months of 2011.
To the rescue: MAS reiterates it’s a priority to safeguard interests of MF Global investors
The central bank also assured that the voluntary winding down of MFGS does not pose systemic stability concerns for the financial sector in Singapore.
What you need to know about Scoot
First, find out why there’s neither “airlines” nor “airways” nor mere “air” in its name.
You’re fired!: Services laid off more than a thousand workers in the third quarter
Manufacturing displaced 700 while 100 lost their jobs in the construction sector.
Private home prices up 1.3% in 3Q11
As the rate of growth in housing prices moderates for the 8th consecutive quarter.
More than half of Singaporean families don’t have life insurance
It seems like Singaporeans aren't thinking too far ahead in the future.
Manufacturing output down 12.5% -- that is if you don't include this one cluster
So which cluster saved Singapore's manufacturing output and buoyed it to record 12.8% growth instead?
Mabuhay Pinoys: Filipinos the second fastest growing tourist visitor nation to Singapore last quarter
Filipino visitors grew 34% as overall arrivals hit 3.2 m for the quarter, but guess which was the fastest growing tourist market ?
Singapore office property market to stay firm amid economic slump
No need to worry as the country’s solidified status as one of the leading financial hubs will keep on attracting investors worldwide.
Rising rents: Industrial property rentals shoot up in Q3 2011
The average monthly gross rents of prime flatted factories and warehouses grew between 15-17% in the first three quarters of 2011.
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