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Daily Briefing: Rig builders looking beyond backyard; Banks bid for HDB’s largest bond issue
And Keppel DC REIT surpasses IPO forecast.
Businesses clamour for lower rents, easier funding access
Lower training costs is also high on the wishlist.
Will Sembcorp Marine get privatised as headwinds mount?
It’s a possibility, analysts say.
M&A mania to sweep Singapore firms in 2016: report
Property, healthcare, O&M will see the most restructuring.
Tax savings top Singaporeans' wishlist for Budget 2016
Healthcare, childcare benefits are next.
SIA braces for turbulent 2016 as fuel hedging losses mount
Would losses tone down come 2017?
Retail sales up 4.7% in November as car sales accelerate
Total sales value stood at $3.5 billion.
New home sales plunged 49% to just 384 units in December
But full-year sales ticked up.
Office landlords struggle to keep tenants as employment growth slows to a crawl
Things will get worse as bank hiring shrinks.
This will be a bad year for business parks, analysts warn
Rents will drop on back of slow demand.
Singapore PSA container throughput performance sinks by 8.7% in 2015
Blame it on anemic global trade.
Up to $34b in construction contracts to be awarded this year, says BCA
But demand from the private sector is slowing.
Hipster restaurants are invading Singapore’s CBD
They’re catering to health-conscious consumers.
Fitch still believes in Noble, but there’s a catch
Unsecured funding access is crucial.
How long can SPH hold off its deteriorating advertising revenues by cost cutting?
Advertising has contracted to worrying levels.
This trio of factors could spell doom or delight for Singapore’s housing-market
There’s a chance the lopsided demand-supply could be tilted.
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