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Tiger Australia fails to get its roar back

Net loss narrows to S$14m as Singapore operations post an operating profit of S$4m after 3 quarters of losses.

Tiger Australia fails to get its roar back

Net loss narrows to S$14m as Singapore operations post an operating profit of S$4m after 3 quarters of losses.

Here's why Raffles Medical is going nuts over building a hospital in Hong Kong

Huge potential awaits as private operators only account for less than 10% of the total hospital beds.

Housing loans surged 15% in June

Singaporeans seem to be richer as car loans and credit cards also went up 9.5% and 14.8%.

Singaporeans refuse to be loyal to a single bank

More than half distribute deposits and investments to three or more banks, says survey.

1 in 2 Singaporeans frustrated with banks' services

17% will actually not recommend their primary banks to others.

Jardine Motors stalls with 86% profit crash

Blame it on the difficult trading conditions in its Mainland China business.

Unemployment inched up to 2.1%

And total employment grew by a scanty 27,400.

2 in 10 companies avoid permanent hiring

Looks like contractual employment looms ahead for applicants.

Mayday, mayday: SIA's long-haul operations struggle for profitability

Dark skies ahead for SIA as its cargo business also posted an operating loss of SGD49m.

SGX seeks public views on new securities margin rules

With the proposed framework, margins will be imposed on portfolios of Central Depository members.

Business pessimism persists in Singapore

New orders for the manufacturing sector plunged by 28 percentage points.

CapitaMalls Asia on a massive acquisition spree

CMA will spend S$662.2m to acquire shopping malls in Tokyo and Qingdao.

Chart of the Day: Prices of private residential properties up 0.4%

This 2nd quarter increase is compared to the 0.1% decrease in the previous quarter.

Tiger Singapore's operating profit crashes 49% to S$4m

But OCBC sees clear skies ahead in 1QFY13 when Tiger is no longer burdened with excess aircraft.

SingPost fast-tracks transition into a regional, digital powerhouse

Another quarter of declining profits puts pressure on the firm to speed up investments outside its now low-margin domestic mail segment.

The Postman fails to deliver profit rise

SingPost profit fell by 2.2% to S$36.6m.

Prices of small homes dipped 1.4%

Sub-index for units in Central Region also sagged 0.9%.