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Property investments jumped 45.6% to $10.67b in Q3

Property investments jumped 45.6% to $10.67b in Q3

The commercial sector boosted the figure thanks to strong liquidity and a low interest rate environment.

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How banks are using analytics to drive SME growth

By analysing massive data volumes, UOB is able to slash loan processing time by 60%.

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Temasek seeks to take over Keppel with $4.1b deal

The holding firm will increase its stake to 51%.

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GDP growth may hit 0.5% in 2019: report

MAS expects the manufacturing and retail sectors to contract.

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Fast food outlets generate 10% sales growth in Singapore

Total sales value of food & beverage services was estimated at $916m.

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Singapore breaks into the world's 20 best hospital cities: study

It was the third highest-ranking Asian city with an overall score of 94.58.

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80% of building spaces to be eco-friendly by 2030: CBRE

More large firms like CapitaLand and Lendlease are offering green leases to tenants.

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Mapping out Singapore's legaltech journey

Thomson Reuters weighs in on the opportunities and challenges of bringing the legal industry into the digital age.

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300,000 new homes needed in 10 years as household size shrinks: CBRE

The average household size declined to 3.2 persons in 2018 from 3.5 in 2009.

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Is Singapore headed for deflation?

Core inflation, excluding transport and accommodation costs, dropped to 0.8% in August from 1.9% in December.

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Singapore's internet economy to hit US$27b by 2025

This is nearly four times larger than its size in 2015.

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Technical recession risk heightens in Q3 amidst slowing economic growth

Year-end GDP forecast is lowered to 0.5%.

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Local firms slack off in bills payment in Q3

Slow payments can be observed in the manufacturing, construction and services sectors.

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Singapore bank loans reverse slowdown in August

Loans grew 1% MoM and 5.1% YoY amidst steady expansion in business loans.

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Foreigners race for Singapore's luxury properties

In Q2, there were 139 transactions for property of more than $3,000 psf - a number that has not been seen since 2007.

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Companies with data centre exposure hit average total return of 31.6% YTD

Keppel DC REIT leads the pack with returns of 54%.

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Singapore's venture capital deals hit $20.7b in 2017-2019

The Lion City clinched two-thirds of ASEAN VC deal value during the period.

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