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Singapore GDP up 4.3% in Q1 2018

This was bolstered by the manufacturing sector, which grew 10.1%.

Chart of the Day: See how the S$NEER moved up before policy tightening

A decline in early 2018 saw the US dollar's weakness against the Singapore dollar.

Daily Briefing: 75% of Noble creditors commit to restructuring deal; Why MAS has no key rate

And here is a Singaporean venture capitalist's investment in an Irish "agtech" firm.

MAS refuses to compel banks to divulge open banking data

The central bank is taking a more organic approach, enabling banks to share data on their own.

Lian Beng unit SLB Development eyes Catalist listing

It plans to offer 238 million shares for 23 cents each.

DBS launches online remittance service for non-customers

Users can send money to Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, the UK, and the US.

CapitaLand could have offered JP Morgan discounted rents for CapitaSpring

Analysts think the rents could have hit $12-$14 psf/month for nearly 25% of the property's leasable area.

Tulip Garden is 2018's second largest en bloc sale at $906.89m

The sale price is 20.4% higher than the $753m reserve price.

14 residential tenders closing in H1 to yield 4,900 units

Tulip Garden, which could yield 670 units, recently closed its tender on 11 April.

Alibaba launches retail and e-commerce courses for Singaporean businesses

Firms will be able to access courses through an online platform by Taobao University.

iflix shuts down Singapore digital team

It said an office in Singapore didn't make "long term sense" as the rest of its operations are in Kuala Lumpur.

Rental volume of HDB flats jumped 45.3% in March

Private condos rental volume also jumped 28.3% as market activity picked up in response to seasonal effects.

Here's why Singapore can't be the best country in attracting talent

Switzerland continues to be the talent hotspot in the world.

Nearly 7 in 10 consumers embrace digital banking

Almost half believe non-banks provide better assistance than traditional banks.