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October retail sales up 2.2%

Motor vehicles sales, yet again, prevented it from nosediving.

Singapore's average internet speed up 5.3% in Q3

It ranked 6th globally, with an average speed of 18.2 Mbps.

Lazada braces for a clash as Amazon enters Singapore

According to Bloomberg, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Amazon.com Inc. are about to go head to head in the brewing ecommerce competition in Southeast Asia. Alibaba's Lazada Group will be right at the heart of the conflict.

HDB to taper supply of BTO flats starting next year

Only 17,000 new flats will be up for sale in 2017.

Tiger Airways ditches stakes in Tigerair Taiwan, sells it to China Airlines

It has also re-negotitated the brand franchise agreement with Tigerair Taiwan.

And Singapore's next telco is...TPG Telecom

It will now lock horns in a spectrum auction against Singtel, StarHub, and M1.

Chart of the Day: Guess how much office space is in the pipeline next year

There will be 2.5m sq ft. of space available in Core CBD next year.

UOB allows customers to use phones as security token

It launched the UOB Mighty Secure feature.

Singaporean firms are the most pessimistic in Asia: survey

It registered a sub-index of 46 in the business sentiment.

Singapore, Malaysia ink high-speed rail link deal

It will be operational by December 2026.

Condo rents slip 0.8% in November

As rental volume sees 0.5% decline.