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SGX securities market begins whole-day trading

SGX securities market begins whole-day trading

Monday’s trade from 12.30pm to 2.00pm generated $110mn, contributing to 6.4% of the day’s trading.

HSBC to cut 25,000 jobs by 2013

And it will exit operations in 20 countries as it looks to save billions of dollars.

Wealthy Singaporeans: 85% of travellers splurged on a leisure trip this year

And 23% said they even made more than three trips in the past 12 months.

Countless credit: Loans in Singapore reached a whopping $374b in June

Guess which sector was in dire need of cash and accounted for 56% of the total loans?

Beverage company director busted for tax fraud

Suharry Bin Abdullah should stay sober in the next 4 months as he serves his sentence in jail.

Tiger Airways’ Aussie planes to remain grounded until August 3

The LCC said it will automatically refund all passengers booked to fly between August 1 and 4.

5% of manufacturers threatened by a ‘deteriorating’ industry

But a weighted 17% expect business conditions to improve in H2 2011.

Temasek unit buys mall in Hong Kong for $2.4b

Sale of Festival Walk shopping center is the biggest property transaction ever for Swire Pacific.

Lucky 13: Additional train cars eyed for Bukit Panjang LRT

The 13 additional cars would provide additional capacity of about 50%.

Buying investment products? Pass this test first

MAS now requires that a customer be assessed prior to the sale to ensure the risks and features are understood.

IATA forecasts a meager $4b profit for airlines worldwide in 2011

This is a 78% fall from the $18 billion that the airlines made in 2010.

34% of Singaporeans won’t buy properties due to high prices

And 73% of HDB seekers are willing to wait 2 to 3 years to purchase property.

Singapore’s security market to total S$67.8m in 2011

Gartner expects the market to grow by 3.3% this year.

94% of Singaporean companies don’t trust the accuracy of their contact data

And guess what is the top reason cited for this lack of trust?

Snail's pace: SingPost's profit down 3.5% to S$39.2m

Revenue was up but so were total expenses which jumped 6% to S$109.3m.

Derailed: SMRT profit down to $34.8m

The company is off track because of energy costs rising by 32.7% or $9.9m for the first quarter.

Workaholic Singaporeans: 82% of business travellers work until midnight

And the figure conscious 53% like going to the gym on their trips.