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Singapore's industrial property market is bottoming out

Overall industrial leasing activity jumped 35% YoY in the first two months of 2018, the strongest since 2013.

Sheng Siong's 'bad' store locations are growth areas: RHB Research

Analysts see opportunities in outlets located away from malls such as Fernvale Street and Edgedale Plains.

Keppel REIT Q1 net property income down 0.6% to $31.22m

Its property income from 275 George Street crashed 26.5% to $3.74m.

Tax managers' median salary hits $130,000 amidst high demand

Moreover, 99% of CFOs are willing to award pay rises to an average of 25% to their finance staff.

Google Home launched in Singapore

It also launched a developer platform so brands can build services related to Google Assistant.

Home prices of districts 1 & 2 beat other high-end districts

The average price of private condos in the two districts rose 9.3%, faster than the historical high of 6.2% in Core Central Region.

Economists worry over 4-month drop of Singapore's electronics exports

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports fell by 2.7% in March due to lower electronics exports.

Homegrown P2P lending platform Funding Societies raised US$25m

Its Series B funding round was led by Softbank Ventures Korea and Sequoia India.

Ascott REIT Q1 profits up 54% to $29.55m

Acquisitions like Ascott Orchard Singapore boosted its profits.

Nearly 4 in 5 Singaporeans open to branchless banking

It helps that digital banking penetration in the lion city is high at 97%.

Daily Briefing: Concerns rise as private mortgages surpass HDB loans; Temasek eyes stake in HNA's Hong Kong airlines

And here's how Catalist-listed production firm UnUsUaL struck a $25.8m royal deal involving the prince of Brunei.

Chart of the day: Industrial leasing activity hits a 5-year high

It jumped 35% YoY as the number of firms optimistic on the manufacturing sector stayed on the upside.

Singapore launches job matcher website for citizens and PRs

Users will be matched to jobs that are scored based on the proximity to their skillset.

Business trip costs to Singapore in 2017 rose to US$479 a day

Prices have risen due to higher costs of eating out in restaurants.