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Tenants include Shake Shack, Pink Fish and Laderach which will have their maiden outlets in Singapore.

Singaporeans can expect 13.9 years of education by age 18.

It will take at least two to three quarters to understand its full implications.

But two in four could not afford a home in the city-state.

Total property sales crashed 42% to $6.5b.

And biotech startup RWDC clinches $17.97m in funding round.

Vallianz Holdings saw a 28.6% jump in its share price.

Wall Street's worst day since February could hurt gains today.

The local telcos will include Google merchandise as part of their promo.

But it does not plan to directly compete with global chipmakers as Ascend 910 and 310 will not be sold to third parties.

Mapletree Investments just recently bought a logistics portfolio worth $1.54b in Europe and the US.

Volumes slid 14.8% to 4,199 rented units.

Volumes dipped 3.8% to 1,690 units rented.

Riders will also get 100 reward points for each time a driver cancels up on them.

It was pulled down by its tax practices and its low score on public social spending. Although it bested many world rankings, Singapore sank to the bottom 10 countries in terms of reducing inequality, according to a study by international confederation Oxfam International. Ranking 149th out of 157 countries in the Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index, Singapore’s score totaled 0.162. It also fell into the 22nd spot out of 23 countries in East Asia and the Pacific in reducing inequality. “It has increased its personal income tax (PIT) by 2%, but the maximum rate remains very low at 22% for the highest earners,” the study said. According to Oxfam, the weak finish by Singapore is partly due to the new indicator on harmful tax practices where it was ranked as the worst of all. Apart from tax, its ranking was also dragged down by its relatively low score in public social spending as only 39% of its budget is allotted for education, health, and social protection. According to Oxfam, this is way behind South Korea and Thailand where 50% of their budget goes into public spending. On labour, Oxfam noted that it has no equal pay or non-discrimination laws for women. They added that laws on both rape and sexual harassment are inadequate whilst there is no minimum wage, except for cleaners and security guards. Denmark, Germany, and Finland managed to get the top three rankings. The US ranked 23rd, way behind Japan (11th) and Canada (18th). Other countries in the bottom 10 are India, Bangladesh, and Laos, amongst others. Nigeria was ranked as the worst when it comes to reducing inequality.

Don’t expect gains today.