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Investors pleasantly surprised by special dividends

Investors pleasantly surprised by special dividends

Singapore’s major companies including SIA and Singtel have paid special and unexpected dividends to shareholders following good Q12011 earnings.

Expect continued office price and rental increases: DTZ

Forecast for the commercial and industrial markets was based on the projected economic growth of 4-6%. According to DTZ’s Money into Property report, the Singapore office market is ranked among the top five in the HOT category in Asia Pacific.

Singapore water companies secure S$8.4bn overseas projects since 2006

New projects in the industry from 2006 seen to add S$590mn to GDP and 2,300 jobs.

Raffles to open 1200 room hotel in Istanbul in 2012

No Midnight Express, this $175 million hotel will feature the country’s largest spa.

Corporate captains to form ASEAN Business Club

CIMB is backing club with SC Global’s Simon Cheong and Straits Trading’s Chew Gek Khim among the ten founding advisors.

720 HDB Executive Condominiums in Punggol up for tender today

Buyers have until noon on July 7 to make their bid, so be quick.

Investors’ questions to Profitable Plots directors go unanswered

SIAS has taken up the fight on behalf of investors, but so far the directors of this failed investment scheme are refusing to talk to them.

Singapore manufacturing drops 9.5 % on Tsunami effect

The aftershocks reached Singapore’s electronics supply chain and bad news in Pharma point to a slowing economy.

SIA’s move “value destructive”: DMG Research

Although it sees SIA standing a chance unlike many other airlines which failed to differentiate their LCC product.

April industrial production feared to be ugly

DBS is forecasting a 1.4% year-on-year contraction, the first since November 2009.

MOM: How's my manpower?

Ongoing Labour Force Survey will help MOM figure out what policies and programmes should be in place.

Japan tops Singapore in Asia Pac real estate transactions

Looks like recession isn't a big deal to some high profile Japanese.

Record monthly sales for Tamil Murasu

Looks like the revamp in 2010 is behind the sales surge to 18,700 copies a weekday.

Why are Singaporeans the most optimistic financial executives in the world?

And which country has the most pessimistic financial executives in Asia?