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Locals not welcome at the casinos?

Locals not welcome at the casinos?

The government revised the casino control advertising regulations to ensure casinos do not target at the local domestic market.

Business receipts of services sector climb 2.9% in 3Q11

And education services grew the most at 26.2%.

Manufacturing output up 24.4% in October 2011

It would have declined if not for the over 100% growth of this one cluster.

Tender exercise for Olina Lodge relaunched

Perhaps this time ka-ching will ring for the S$220 million site.

Debt-defying move: SingTel subsidiary to issue fixed-rate notes

The note issue will extend the maturity profile of the subsidiary’s debt and add “diversity to its debt structure”.

What you need to know about the commodities sector

Analyst described the outlook as mixed at best.

More travelled in October but where to?

Singapore Changi Airport registered 3.88 million passenger movements in October, an 8.3% increase compared to last year.

Mayday, mayday: Singapore Airlines hit by weaker demand from US and EU

Poorer folks from the West will definitely hurt SIA’s carriage growth - too bad.

What drives Singaporeans to be productive at work?

More than half say that their key motivation is work-life balance.

32% of home buyers skeptical on public housing market

They think prices will never stabilize and that the government needs to do something about it soon.

Happy with how your company is run?

If not, then read on to see how things are about to change as proposed revisions to the Code of Corporate Governance have been submitted.

SGX questions supply chain manager Abterra’s financial statements

The Company recorded a net exchange gain of S$4,195,000 for the quarter and SGX demands an explanation.

Auditors troubled as Sino Techfibre investigation remains unsolved

KPMG’s probe was impeded by the Local Tax Bureau, who refused to provide the listing of the company’s subsidiaries’ sales and purchase invoices.

Who’s winning the telco race in Singapore?

OCBC says the competition is tight as all three telcos - M1, SingTel and StarHub - put in pretty decent showing in their 3Q11 results.

Warning: There will be job cuts

So which sectors expect to fire people in the next three months?

Saving grace: Oil domestic exports up 54%

Oil trade mitigated the poor performance of its non-oil counterpart.

Electronic parts, anyone?

Domestic exports of electronics fell 17% in the third quarter.