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iPhone 5 will whittle away StarHub margins

iPhone 5 will whittle away StarHub margins

Telco expected to launch a profit-draining subsidy plan with new iPhone 5.

Here's why NOL isn't veering off course yet

Even a measly US$50m profit will not be surprising, said DBS.

Keppel and Sembcorp Marine to veer toward record order wins this year

CIMB expects Keppel to clinch S$10.2bn and Sembmarine S$11.2bn.

See how F&N's sale of stakes in APB will affect Thai Bev's risk profile

Standard & Poor's expects Thai Bev's financial risk profile to weaken despite the sale proceeds.

Singapore Land's rental income inches up 2% in 2Q12

Rental income from investment properties have been declining since 1Q10.

Sembcorp Marine's earnings to rebound 17% in FY13

Thanks to initial contributions from the Petrobas rig orders.

Nutcases: 3 in 5 enterprises ignore employees' mental health

Even though three quarters of them recognize the benefits of improving staff's mental well-being.

F&N says yes to Heineken

Fraser and Neave couldn’t resist Heineken’s over $5 billion offer to acquire F&N’s interest in Asia Pacific Breweries.

Growth momentum likely to be slower than anticipated

DBS cited the tightening measures on foreign labour as a factor that could have suppressed growth momentum.

GDP growth forecast pegged at 2.3% for 2012

Analysts are waiting to see is if the Chinese growth slowdown and Eurozone debt crisis stabilize by the fourth quarter.

Executive condos are getting smaller

Guess which EC is the smallest in Singapore at 743 sqft in size.

More than half of home owners today bought their units in resale market

Permanet Residents are thrice as many as one would expect for a suburban private property.

The 13 most unprofitable executive condos

Chestervale is the most unprofitable with 60% of units disposed in the secondary market at a loss - check out the others.

5 worst performers in the best performing period of the property sector

Prices rose by more than 50% in the last five years but there are some who failed to ride with the tide.

SMRT pushes 'Early Travel' discount to 50 cents

The higher discount is extended to Circle Line stations starting 6 August.

ST Engineering drops plan to buy PEMCO

Certain closing conditions could not be fulfilled by the seller.

ComfortDelgro to benefit from taxi supply cut

Its Singapore taxi operation is expected to contribute 21% to its 2012 profit.