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HDB upgraders buoy private residential market to record heights

Private residential transactions jumped 26% to 2,064 units, the highest recorded this year.

HDB upgraders buoy private residential market to record heights

Private residential transactions jumped 26% to 2,064 units, the highest recorded this year.

Tiger’s losses amount to a depressing $21m in 1Q12

It seems like FY12 won’t be a good year for Tiger, as the low-cost carrier’s passenger traffic has plunged 27%.

Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports drop 4.5% in September

As electronic exports contracted for the second consecutive month by 14%.

Take your pick: Government to offer 1,900 homes in October

Good news for home buyers as four new residential sites will be up for sale this month.

Tougher rules ahead for moneylenders in Singapore

New measures will take effect from November 1 to protect the interests of borrowers.

Retail sales plunge 7.2% in August

Motor vehicle sales declined the most at 17.4%.

Singapore's trade confidence falls: HSBC

Singapore trading firms have suffered the worst drop in the region amid the worsening global economy, based on a survey.

Biomedical manufacturing helps push GDP up by 1.3% in Q3

The Singapore economy grew by 5.9 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the third quarter of 2011 mainly due to a pick-up in growth in the biomedical manufacturing cluster.

Forget Singapore, if you want growth go to Malaysia

Check out how CapitaMalls Malaysia was able to increase rental rates by 6.7% with a nearly-full occupancy rate of 98.7%.

Singapore operations threatened by floods ravaging Thailand

Reports are flooding in that Singapore companies are flooded out in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

SGX queries electronics manufacturer PCA Technology on significant profit margin decline

Blame it on significant decrease in our consignment business, says PCA Technology.

Singapore may struggle to achieve 3% annual growth productivity

That is if Singapore wants to increase real incomes for Singaporeans broadly, including those with low incomes.

AsiaPac real estate investment volumes reach an amazing US$20b in 3Q11

Transaction volumes rose 8% from last quarter, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.

Money matters: MAS reduces slope of policy band

Modest and gradual appreciation of the S$NEER policy band will be continued.

Singapore export growth may have plunged to 1.8% in September

Bad news ahead for the country’s economy as electronics exports may have contracted further by 12.3%.

Hopes rise as Singapore’s economy surges 5.9% in 3Q11

Manufacturing rebounded by 13.2%, buoyed by the strong performance of the biomedical manufacturing segment.

27% of AsiaPac brand executives inefficient in social media strategies

Better get your act together soon, as sociability is expected to contribute 65% to a brand’s overall reputation in three years.