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3 in 5 fresh grads expect $3000 entry pay

Students expecting this much salary has been increasing by 10% yearly.

3 in 5 fresh grads expect $3000 entry pay

Students expecting this much salary has been increasing by 10% yearly.

Singapore's building boom projected at 4.8%

This will be for the next three years, thanks to lower interest rates.

Singapore second most expensive world class city to buy a house

Moscow, with virtually no purchase cost, was the cheapest of the ten world class cities.

Thai Bev to lose fizz amid profit sustainability woes

Spirits and beer rose 9% and 3% but volume growth ahead remains uncertain.

5 major property investment transactions which defied market gloom in 2Q2012

Savills estimates that investment transactions more than doubled in 2Q12 to $7.4 biliion topped by Compass Point.

3 reasons behind SembMarine's bullish orders ahead

The $135m rebuilding contract with Diamond Offshore opens possible projects for the rigbuilding mogul.

Wilmar profits plunged by a staggering 70.2%

Here's how tough China environment badly hurt Wilmar.

DBS beats OCBC, UOB as World's Safest Banks in Asia

These Singaporean banks dominated the top three spots in the list.

Here's why Singapore's shipbuilders are veering towards rough seas

Cosco and Yangzijiang will suffer as the latter lost 8 shipbuilding orders.

Chart of the Day: Electronic NODX up 2.2% in 2Q

Thanks to higher domestic exports of ICs, telecommunications equipment, and disk drives.

CPF interest rate kept at 2.5% minimum

Ordinary account savings will continue receiving the risk-free rate until end-2012.

Almost half of Singapore drug abusers now aged 40 and up

Narcotics bureau arrested 826 in oldest demographic, or 48% of total abusers.

This is why Diamond Offshore shifted to Sembcorp for semi-sub upgrade

Looks like Keppel is losing a loyal customer as Diamond inked a US$135m contract with Sembcorp.

These are the two largest launches in OCR

They accounted for 72.9% and 46.1% of the region's new launches and sales.

Here's how the potential acquisition of Echo hurt Genting

GENS' share price was dragged by the market's assumption that Echo Entertainment Group is a low value-accretive acquisition.

Thai Bev posts 'nearly magical surge' in business activity in 1H12

Spirit and beer sales volume rose 10.1% and 9% respectively, says Maybank Kim Eng.

10 stats on how Asia's ultra rich invest on property

Only around 4% of Asian ultra rich men own ski chalet abroad but the number is expected to keep growing.