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Singapore least affected by US drought
Singapore least affected by US drought
Food weighting in inflation is lowest in Singapore at 22.1%.
SIA Engineering profit slumps to S$34.4m
Higher expenses outgrew the 8.2% rise in revenue causing profit to contract.
Chart of the Day: Private sector investment sales rebound
Transaction volume surged almost 60% quarter-on-quarter.
Singapore leads Asia Pacific in defensive investment choices
The country is brimming with lucrative telecommunications and utilities picks, says Russell Investments.
SIA to cut Milan, Barcelona, Istanbul flights
Seasonal aircraft and capacity adjustments will be implemented starting 28 October to 30 March 2013.
You're fired: Banks planning to cut headcount quadruples to 12%
The banking & financial services sector's hiring expectations dropped sharply from 59% to 34%.
Private home sales slump 18.8% in 2Q12
Launched units also went down 10.9% to a total of 6,151.
2 in 3 paranoid Singaporeans fear bosses stalking online
50% change their social media privacy settings when jobhunting.
DBS' net profit to slip 11.8% to S$823m
Non-interest income may also fall by 13% qoq to S$713.
Stubbornly high COE premiums to persist in 2H12
Good thing transport CPI is expected to ease in the near term.
OCBC to suffer the largest fall compared to DBS and UOB
That is in terms of the bank's non-interest income as it is expected to slump 35% to S$548m.
LME-SGX merger to float soon despite denials
A cross-trading collaboration could be an answer to longer-term earnings expansion as net profit in 4QFY12 may slump 15%.
Banks' earnings to take a nosedive in 2H
Blame it on flattish net interest income.
Changi passengers up by 11.6% in 1H
It handled 25M passengers but cargo movements remain anaemic growing by just 0.1%.
US drought to push Singapore inflation up
The second driest weather in 118 years experienced by US in June-July this year spells trouble ahead.
Downstream oil & gas on a downtrend
Recent remarks from the governmentmay hint no more green-field refineries in Singapore, says OCBC.
NOL sinks with 6.6% loss in trading
Investor confidence was described as being on thin ice.
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