News

Temasek to raise S$650m through bonds due 2014

Institutional investors have one week left as the offering is scheduled to close on 25 October 2011.

CapitaMalls Asia gets formal go-ahead from HKEx

Trading of the shares in Hong Kong will begin at 9:30am on 18 October 2011.

HDB upgraders buoy private residential market to record heights

Private residential transactions jumped 26% to 2,064 units, the highest recorded this year.

Tiger’s losses amount to a depressing $21m in 1Q12

It seems like FY12 won’t be a good year for Tiger, as the low-cost carrier’s passenger traffic has plunged 27%.

Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports drop 4.5% in September

As electronic exports contracted for the second consecutive month by 14%.

Take your pick: Government to offer 1,900 homes in October

Good news for home buyers as four new residential sites will be up for sale this month.

Tougher rules ahead for moneylenders in Singapore

New measures will take effect from November 1 to protect the interests of borrowers.

Retail sales plunge 7.2% in August

Motor vehicle sales declined the most at 17.4%.

Singapore's trade confidence falls: HSBC

Singapore trading firms have suffered the worst drop in the region amid the worsening global economy, based on a survey.

Biomedical manufacturing helps push GDP up by 1.3% in Q3

The Singapore economy grew by 5.9 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the third quarter of 2011 mainly due to a pick-up in growth in the biomedical manufacturing cluster.

Forget Singapore, if you want growth go to Malaysia

Check out how CapitaMalls Malaysia was able to increase rental rates by 6.7% with a nearly-full occupancy rate of 98.7%.

Singapore operations threatened by floods ravaging Thailand

Reports are flooding in that Singapore companies are flooded out in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

SGX queries electronics manufacturer PCA Technology on significant profit margin decline

Blame it on significant decrease in our consignment business, says PCA Technology.

Singapore may struggle to achieve 3% annual growth productivity

That is if Singapore wants to increase real incomes for Singaporeans broadly, including those with low incomes.

AsiaPac real estate investment volumes reach an amazing US$20b in 3Q11

Transaction volumes rose 8% from last quarter, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.

Money matters: MAS reduces slope of policy band

Modest and gradual appreciation of the S$NEER policy band will be continued.