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Telstra has exhausted its final blast in growth giving Optus the chance to strike back.

Changes to the law may be in store for property developers on how they build and present showflats to potential buyers.

SingTel maintains lead with highest postpaid net adds in two years while Optus postpaid mobile and wireless broadband subscriptions continue strong growth.

The life insurance industry recorded a robust 16 per cent growth over the previous year.

The regulation will be introduced to ensure developers build showflats that accurately represent the actual units in a project.

The Food Price Index which increased to 230.7 in January 2011 sparked concern over the rising cost of food staples.

Visitor arrivals to the Integrated Resorts hit more than a million during Chinese New Year, said OCBC.

The $3.9 billion 3-month T-bill had the lowest bid-cover ratio since November last year.

The company’s 1Q11 profit of US$19.7mln is “within expectations" for a ho-hum period, DBS Bank said.

The financial advisory firm said the city-state is the lone ASEAN market where investor portfolio weights did not decrease in the last two months of 2010.

High GDP growth boosted the country’s productivity growth 12.7%, according to the Conference Board estimates.

Throwing dollars at social media is only doing half the job.

Electronics dragged down the Purchasing Managers Index as it retreated for a second time by a sharper 1.4 points.

Prime Minister Lee warned that higher inflation is expected in the next few months.

Highest in Asia, Singapore beat Hong Kong, Beijing and Guangzhou.

The Baltic Dry Index has been declining due to the floods in Australia that cause the closure of coalmines.