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Education in Singapore to get pricier for non-citizens

International students face a monthly increase of $115-250 in school fees while permanent residents will pay $50-80 more in 2013.

Education in Singapore to get pricier for non-citizens

International students face a monthly increase of $115-250 in school fees while permanent residents will pay $50-80 more in 2013.

Singapore’s real estate market ranks 13th most transparent globally

No Asian city earned a spot in the top 10 - will Singapore be the first one to make it?

Singapore surprisingly lags as most targeted nation for SE Asia M&As

You’ll never guess who beat Singapore with a whopping $12bn M&A volume in 1H12.

Hopes fade as electronics production slumps further

The 7% MoM plunge puts the sustained recovery of the sector in question.

Sembcorp Marine underperforms Keppel: OCBC

The analyst believes though that the trend may reverse in the near-term - but on what grounds?

Chart of the Day: Transport CPI inflation remains high at 7.5%

‘Sky-high’ COE premium is the main culprit, says DBS.

$20M invested in media talent and enterprise productivity

Government thinks this will be enough to raise media worker productivity to $119,700 value added from $98,500 by 2013.

Manufacturing grew a decent 6.6% in May

Transport engineering and biomedical manufacturing sub-sectors led the surge with more than 30% growth each.

Rents saw another decline but barely significant

Rents slipped to 1.2%--a measly improvement compared to the 4.2% fall in the last three months.

Singapore industrial production finally recovers after two disappointing months

IPI rose by 6.6% in May, thanks to the pharmaceuticals and transport engineering segments.

Real estate woes top Singaporeans’ retirement worries

Do you see yourself putting a premium on the same investment?

Gerontophobia strikes: 83% of rich Singaporeans fear unexpected expenses in old age

Those who can afford more are afraid of sudden spending--how ironic.

SingTel's venture capital arm splurges on a Cayman-based company

Guess how much SingTel Innov8 invested in General Mobile to reach out to the emerging market mobile users?

Are Singapore banks stable enough for a devastating economic scenario?

It seems so, if the Southeast Asian banks' closing credit gap with Western peers is anything to go by.

Shoebox units to nearly quintuple by 2015: Minister Khaw

Monstrous growth looms ahead but rental market remains untested, says OCBC.

Number of households that can afford a S$1M- condo jumped by a whopping 86%

No wonder as  monthly mortgage payments fell 18% from 2008 to 1Q12.

Here's why outlook for Keppel Land is quite bleak

A strong balance sheet is not enough guarantee for Keppel to skip general negativity in the market.