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SIA’s move “value destructive”: DMG Research

Although it sees SIA standing a chance unlike many other airlines which failed to differentiate their LCC product.

April industrial production feared to be ugly

DBS is forecasting a 1.4% year-on-year contraction, the first since November 2009.

MOM: How's my manpower?

Ongoing Labour Force Survey will help MOM figure out what policies and programmes should be in place.

Japan tops Singapore in Asia Pac real estate transactions

Looks like recession isn't a big deal to some high profile Japanese.

Record monthly sales for Tamil Murasu

Looks like the revamp in 2010 is behind the sales surge to 18,700 copies a weekday.

Why are Singaporeans the most optimistic financial executives in the world?

And which country has the most pessimistic financial executives in Asia?

Is Singapore the next offshore RMB trading hub?

It may not be imminent though, says HSBC.

Singapore asserts commitment to combat proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

Yet Singapore’s export control regime aims to ensure that trade regulation in dual use items does not hamper trade.

CapitaMalls Asia converts China development fund to an income fund

Conversion, which enabled the company to upsize fund by 50% to US$900mn, reflects evolution from assets under development into operational malls.

Singapore leads growth in Asia Pacific office rent

CBRE’s first quarter Asia Pacific Office Rent Index up 3% but lower than the 3.6% posted in the fourth quarter as quake forced Japanese to defer relocation plans.

Budget passengers up 26 % at Changi

And they now account for a quarter of the airport’s traffic.

Record buying of Singapore properties by foreigners

Foreigners snap up 16% more private homes in Singapore.

M1: Sorry for the service failure

So free calls for all customers on May 25 - go nuts kids.

4 in 10 Singaporean netizens want a smartphone this year

And with half of all netizens already owning a smartphone, that leaves only 1 in 10 not fussed, or not able to afford, a smartphone.