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NOL shares big index loser: report
Demand for container shipping could drop amidst slowdown in economic activity.
NOL shares big index loser: report
Demand for container shipping could drop amidst slowdown in economic activity.
Consumer prices jump 4.5% in April
The increase was a result of higher costs of transport, housing and food.
Singapore achieves highest trade confidence jump in Asia—HSBC
Increased connectivity with and between emerging markets and China fuelled strong demand in international trade despite inflationary pressures and uncertainty in world economy.
OSIM promises to control hormones with its new harmonic air purifier
Sounds like a great birthday or anniversary gift idea.
Kaplan launches e-degrees
The new business arm named @kaplan will offer 3 degrees through University College Dublin.
We must admit and correct our mistakes: Prime Minister
Expect changes on housing, healthcare and immigration.
PM, what's in your paycheck?
The President may be in for a pay cut.
Retail rents at Orchard road have peaked
Rents at prime Orchard are more likely to remain flat while suburban rents are apt to see a moderate upside of just 2% – 3% this year, according to property brokerage firm Knight Frank.
Global diggers: demand for the yellow stuff up 12% to 981 tonnes in first three months of 2011
Chinese and Indian buyers aren’t broke, and are behind the surge in demand, but you will never guess how much gold was bought for pure investment.
Is this the best internship in the world?
Singaporean social networking startup My Cube is offering 30 foreign students a 3-month paid internship with the best intern getting a $10,000 grant.
Mainland Chinese can now shop Singapore online with eNets
The deal will let 160 million mainland chinese shop anywhere in the world that accepts eNets, a major boost for the payments platform.
63% of Asia Pac MNCs take to the Cloud
And a whopping 33% say they will procure cloud data back up and storage services in the next 24 months.
SIA may fly more Scandinavia routes with new SAS codeshare agreement
WIth Finnair now plying the Singapore to Helsinki route, move is seen as a way to keep SIA competitive in the Northern European market.
Lufthansa upgrades Singapore ops with A380 on European flights
The german flag carrier, which just introduced new baggage allowance rules, says it will grow its passenger traffic 25 % to Singapore.
MTI upgrades 2011 economic growth forecast to 5%-7%
Yet continued concerns of Europe’s sovereign debt sustainability, political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, and extended industrial activities disruption in Japan threaten growth.
High base effect stumps trade growth
Total external trade may have expanded year-on-year by 12 percent in the first quarter of 2011 but the government said trade growth decelerated.
Asia Pacific Breweries launches S$80mn brewery in Guangzhou
The company intensifies premium brand strategy as it further extends advancement in South China.