Singapore

Two adjoining residential sites for sale in Upper Serangoon

The freehold units at 1 Surin Avenue and 790 Upper Serangoon Road are for sale by tender until 15 August.

Two adjoining residential sites for sale in Upper Serangoon

The freehold units at 1 Surin Avenue and 790 Upper Serangoon Road are for sale by tender until 15 August.

Beauty Cluster opens at ION Orchard Mall

Fashion options and beauty concepts will be introduced this July and August.

Readers deserting SPH newspapers

This is bad for the company as they will have to increase staff costs by 2.6%.

COE prices down 2.9% in June

Prices for the open category eased to SGD84,389 from SGD86,889.

Disappointing Q2 GDP reduces likelihood of monetary tightening

Nomura expects inflation to hit 2.0% in the next three months from 2.7% in May.

No sex please, we’re Singaporeans

What do topless six-packed hunks, videos of scantily-clad women teaching Mandarin and millions of social media mentions mean about changing attitudes to ‘sexual selling’ in Singapore?

Negative Q2 GDP spurs more worries of technical recession

Official forecast full year growth range of 1-3% more likely to be revised downward, says Nomura.

Singapore dollar trades at $1.2653

The local currency has regained some territory on the US dollar coming off the $1.27 level, says IG Markets Singapore.

Keppel inks joint venture with CT Properties

With a total development cost of about S$70 million, Keppel does not expect significant earnings from the joint venture.

Traders on the lookout for corporate earnings results

M1, K-Reit Asia, and K-Green Trusts are releasing Q2 results on 16 July 2012.

Chart of the Day: Rents for non-landed properties steady at S$3.53 per sq ft

Island-wide median rents for landed homes meanwhile continued to rise reaching S$2.63 per sq ft per month.

Retail sales index shrinks another 2.7% in May

Weakness was felt across the board as all sub-sectors save for furniture & household equipment declined m-o-m.

F&B receipts fell 1.3% in May

Restaurants continued to post the worst m-o-m performance among all sub-sectors.

Chugai allots S$200 million for Singapore R&D research

New investment will be spent over five years to develop innovative drugs "to serve unmet medical needs".

SPH takes on a more conservative stance on portfolio assets

Chief executive Alan Chan said that the uncertain economic environment forced the firm to lower its risk profile.

Food Junction Holdings names Saw Phaik Hwa as Director

He was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of SMRT Corporation Ltd.

Karin Technology Holdings appoints Lawrence Kwan as Director

He is also Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, member of the Audit Committee and Nominating Committee.