In Focus

SingTel Mobile fined for service disruption

The telco will pay $400,000 for insufficient efforts to restore full service during a two-day signal difficulty in 2011.

SingTel Mobile fined for service disruption

The telco will pay $400,000 for insufficient efforts to restore full service during a two-day signal difficulty in 2011.

Well-located sites still reeling in developer interest

Despite flagging property sales, land parcels in optimal locations continue to draw in record high bids.

Singapore launches business mission to Turkey

The delegation will focus on key investment partnerships in automotive, environmental services as well as oil and gas sectors.

Electronics, biomedical drag down manufacturing output

April output slid 0.3% yoy as weakness in these two manufacturing clusters offset expansion from the rest.

Are suburban shoebox units becoming too pricey?

Unit prices are pushing up to SGD1,500–2,000 psf and sellers might be overestimating their investment appeal to buyers.

Inflation easing still a long way off

Expect a few more months of elevated prices before inflation comes off its year-long highs.

Welcome to Singapore: STB targets splurging tourists

High-end Singapore hotels showed RevPAR growth of 14.5% in 1Q12, outperforming budget hotels.

Domestic wholesale trade recovers in 1Q12 as volumes rise

It posted a 2.3% increase over the 4Q11 after ajdusting for price changes with several sectors posting qoq growth gains.

Singapore way behind in inflation control

Singapore gets lumped with India and Indonesia as "three main laggards" in moderating inflation, says RBS.

Official GDP forecast remains at cautious 1-3%

What kept the Singapore government from raising 2012 growth predictions even after the economy bounced back from a qoq contraction?

Singapore vulnerable to a Greek Eurozone withdrawal

The fallout will plunge the local stock market, drive up short-term interest rates and weaken anew an already battered manufacturing sector.

Should Singapore panic over its $4 billion pledge to IMF?

The Parliament was reassured that extending the credit to the International Monetary Fund poses far less default risk than imagined.

Only a few months more of high inflation: Trade Minister

Singapore inflation has hovered at 5% but it will experience a steep drop in the next two quarters, says Minister Lim Hng Kiang.

Genting Singapore betting big on Universal Studios, junket licenses

The two will prove to be solid moneymakers in the long run, and will receive extra attention from the resorts conglomerate.

NOL efficiency efforts can only do so much: DBS

It cut $100 million in costs through operational improvements but punishing macro conditions will keep pulling its profits down.

SIA Engineering margins at the mercy of USD currency

SIAEC revenues are mostly in USD and any further weakness in the foreign currency will erode its already teetering profit margins.

Turbulent skies ahead for Singapore Airlines?

Near-term earnings will be shaky due to plummeting yields and anemic demand for European long-haul flights.