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Growth outlook still muted despite surprise GDP uptick
Growth outlook still muted despite surprise GDP uptick
Due to the labour crunch and patchy global growth.
Budget 2015 expected to be a “crowd-pleaser”, says OCBC
Education, healthcare, and retirement policies are in focus.
Chart of the Day: This graph shows the extremely wide gap between productivity and employment growth
Productivity is still negative.
Daily Briefing: Big support package for the elderly expected in Budget 2015; Three things to love about Northpoint City
And take a look at these SingPass security upgrades.
City Developments’ property sales plunged 57% in 2014
The group sold 1,378 units last year.
Wilmar clinches final regulatory approval for $1.4b Goodman Fielder takeover bid
All it needs now is shareholder approval.
MAS unlikely to ease again in April policy meeting, says HSBC
Although other banks have become more dovish.
Singapore hotels named among Asia's costliest
Which cities took the top spot?
MAS to probe Noble on alleged accounting fraud
Noble "welcomes" the review.
CapitaLand’s Singapore home sales crashed a whopping 78% in FY14
It only sold 278 units last year.
1 in 2 SMEs now collecting revenue from overseas
Locally, they can only do so much.
Sembcorp Industries’ net profit down 2.4% to $801.1m in FY14
Due to one-off impairments.
Battered Noble hits back at anonymous detractors
“We did not mislead the market in any way,” asserts Noble.
Loss-making NOL sells APL Logistics for $1.6b
In a bid to boost its balance sheet.
Chart of the Day: Check out Singapore’s best-selling private residential projects in January
How much were buyers willing to pay?
Daily Briefing: COE prices close mostly lower; Construction set to begin on Northpoint City
And Parenthood scheme applicants down in 2014.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.3%
Expect a rebound today.
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