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Total acquisition value for 3Q is estimated to reach $182m, far exceeding the $66m in 2Q.

Come to think of how much Singapore is losing to China if each business elite spends at least USD3,000 per leisure trip.  

Lower-skilled Singaporeans are less internationally mobile and will be more affected when growth slows.

Both groups hold an aggregate stake of ~30.66%.

That's excluding data from biomedical manufacturing.

Even if it chooses to sell another 100m.

Output weakness will persist based on August's mellow manufacturing PMI, says Maybank.

At the pace industrial output has been contracting the possibility rises anew.

Singapore's central bank could combat weak growth tendencies with more aggressive policy.

OCBC exprects demand to outsrip hotel room supply over the next two years.

This is because of DBS' acquisition of Bank Danamon that reached US$7.4b.

Guess which other countries made it to the top 10 list.

Thanks to a new daily service between Zurich and Singapore from May 2013.

3 in 10 said shorter 9am-5pm workdays will motivate them to procreate.

An analyst reveals his expectations of the winning bid and number of bidders for each site.   Here are the comments from Png Poh Soon, Head of Research at Knight Frank Singapore:   1. Sengkang West Way / Fernvale Link (Parcel B) (EC) Expected winning bid : $295 to $310 psf ppr Expected selling price : $720 to $750 psf Expected number of bidders: 5 to 7 bidders Although located 2 km away from Sengkang MRT station, this site encompasses some positive attributes, such as its close proximity to Sengkang Riverside Park with park connectors to Punggol Waterway, and well-connected to Tampines Expressway. More activities are expected in this area over the next 1 to 2 years upon completion of the nearby HDB estates, H20 Residences and other facilities, including Aerospace Park slated for completion next year and The Seletar Mall at Fernvale LRT Station slated for completion by the end of 2014.  2. Pasir Ris Drive 3 / Pasir Ris Rise (EC)

Prime retail rents slipped to $37.66 psf pm.