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Domestic wholesale trade of petroleum sector down 2.9%

The decrease was arrived at after removing the price effect.

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Domestic wholesale trade of petroleum sector down 2.9%

The decrease was arrived at after removing the price effect.

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Shares feared to fall

This after US equity markets ended lower overnight.

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President calls for unity

At the swearing-in of the new cabinet, Mr S R Nathan urged “all Singaporeans to come together and help build a better future” for the nation.

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FRANKLY, will students give a d*** about OCBC's youth rebranding ?

OCBC branches at SMU and NTU being renamed "FRANK" - no, really.

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Asia Pacific Breweries: We were a victim of fraud

Court of Appeal has junked the case involving two European banks who appealed to recover a total of $59 million taken by former APB finance manager Chia Teck Leng.

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Finance minister promoted to deputy PM

Tharman Shanmugaratnam retains his finmin position as three ministers retire from the Cabinet.

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Guess which top 10 SGX listed companies were not ranked as Singapore's best run companies ?

Financeasia.com news website has polled institutional investors and other fund managers on which companies they reckon are the best managed in Singapore.

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AXA Insurance introduces “SmartClaims” Application on Android

AXA, one of the world's leading insurance providers which launched the first motor claims iPhone application last year in Singapore, now extends the service on android starting here and in Hong Kong to the rest of Asia. This, as AXA sees explosive growth in the use of technology in the region over the next five years.

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SMRT to invest S$300mln for fleet expansion in 2012

The acquisition of 17 new trains is part of the huge capex the transportation services company will undertake next year.

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83% of services sector firms see a ho-hum 2011 ahead

The 17% who view a favorable second quarter is smaller than the net weighted balance of 36% registered in the same period of the previous year.

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Declare before drinking: Customs issue reminder on taxable goods

Customs officials remind Singaporeans and travelers returning from their overseas breaks to declare taxable products such as liquor at the airport or pay a $300 fine for the bottle.

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Malaysian telcos one-up SG firms in rates cut deal

The reduction in roaming rates would slice off Singapore mobile revenue by 1-2% compared to an estimated 0.5%-0.9% for Malaysian telcos, DMG Research said.

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March inflation forecast at 5.1%

Inflation for the first half of 2011 is expected to remain elevated at 4.7 per cent, said DMG.

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Singapore Stock Market to trade range this week

EXCLUSIVE: The market will more likely to trade range this week as US strong economic performance may not be able to offset lingering concerns over China’s another round of policy tightening, according to experts.

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Record $1.7bn Pine Grove en-bloc asking price has market stunned

Kim Eng Property analyst Ooi Yi Tung has put out some interesting research on the two mega en-blocs working their way through the Singapore property market right now. At the top of the list is the $1.7b the owners of Pine Grove are asking for, which, if successful, would mean developers may need to market the new peoperties at close to $1,900 psf.

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