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Chart of the Day: Services sector post largest dip in slow payments

Overall slow payment in the services sector saw a sharp decline due to healthy growth in the food, accommodation and tourism-related services.

Citibank revamps credit card and ATM security measures

All new cards will be sent out deactivated from 1 July 2012, and on-demand deactivation and reactivation option for its credit cards will now be allowed.

Warning: Poor file sharing practices damages brand reputation

61% of respondents reported employees to be somewhat-to-extremely influential when it comes to adopting file sharing solutions internally.

9 out of 10 Singaporeans look to career coaching for better performance

But they won't settle for an inexperienced coach as 36% of employees under the age of 35 greatly value the coach's knowledge and expertis.

Worldwide IT spend to surge in 2012

Spending on enterprise application software alone is expected to increase by almost 5% to $120.4 billion.

SingTel, Starhub, and M1 to shun spectrum auction in 2013?

CIMB does not anticipate aggressive bids as there is ample spectrum unless all three telcos bid for more than 2x20MHz.

Changi Airport passengers up 12% to 20.6m YTD

Asia is still the traffic growth driver with Asian routes accounting for 80% of all traffic.

Singaporeans own the most smartphones in Asia Pacific

But advertisers struggle as Neilsen reveals a significant level of resistance among smartphone users towards mobile advertising.

Delinquent Singaporeans? Not anymore as more businesses pay bills on time

Guess which sector reported the biggest improvement when it came to settling the bill?

Smartphone craze to boost mobile ad revenues to a whopping US$ 6billion

Mobile advertising is set to tap a burgeoning app user market of 1.11 billion in 2015.

Why you may not want to watch Barclays Premium League anymore

StarHub and SingTel are neck-to-neck for BPL pay TV rights but MayBank presents 2 worst case scenarios at the disadvantage of soccer fans.

NOL joins Asia-Europe trade to cut short-term costs

The container shipping operator's entry to the Asia-Europe trade will help trim costs over the next three years.

Chart of the Day: Payment delinquency falls to 12-month low

Payment performance of local firms has improved across the board in the first quarter.

Singapore REITS to reap huge tax savings

One Raffles Quay to be possibly turned into a more tax efficient structure, says DBS.

Singapore inked a deal with Brunei to reduce roaming rates

A sweet way to say 'hello' to Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awg Haji Abdullah bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Haji Bakar.