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47% of residential units remain unsold
As private home price growth decreases to 2% in 2Q11.
S&P to provide equity research to SGX Catalist companies
Companies will pay an annual fee of S$16,000 to participate in the program.
Tiger Airways hearing postponed
The budget carrier and Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority both applied for an adjournment.
MAS loses almost S$11b
They blamed it on a strong exchange rate.
Higher inflation pegged at 4-5%
MAS revised its forecast from 3-4% due to rising accommodation costs and private transport costs.
Uncertainties have clearly increased: MAS
GDP growth forecast range remains at 5 – 7% for now though, says Managing Director Ravi Menon.
Singapore’s hiring expectations drop 5% in Q3 2011
And guess what is the number 1 reason managers are quitting?
11,000 more Singaporeans to get government training
The “SME Quality Initiatives to Assist, Nurture and Grow” or SME Qiang aims to boost productivity by 10% over a year.
Credit profile strength recovers with just 7% of ratings on negative outlook: Fitch
But the outlook for ratings is more negative in some important areas, notably euro zone peripheral countries.
Asia Pac wealth management industry's IT spending to top $4.6b by 2015
Ovum predicts a growth rate of 8% over a five year period.
SGX questions rise in Tiger Airways’ share price
The bourse is also asking the budget carrier to explain the recent surge in trading activity.
Keppel Land’s profit down to $133.8m
Revised accounting policy magnified the drop in property trading.
63% of Singaporeans willing to offer up to S$25,000 in COV for HDB homes
While 13.2% are willing to offer S$45,001 and above.
Five operators launch 4G in Asia Pacific countries
But Ovum analyst Nicole McCormick has a pretty little warning to the operators.
Asia Pac oil and gas companies to overcome liquidity pressures
Standard & Poor’s says crude prices are likely to remain volatile in the next 9 to 12 months.
S & P sounds alarm bells on Singapore REITs’ $4b dollar acquisition spree
In the first quarter of this year, $4b alone has been added to the REITs and there may be a significant increase in their risk tolerance.