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Is the Jurong Gateway development too ambitious?

Is the Jurong Gateway development too ambitious?

Analyst says the targets set at the Jurong Gateway site require somewhat vigorous occupancy rates in the first year to attain the desired 6% yield.

NOL sinking along with shipping rates

First it was rising fuel costs, now it’s the consistent fall in shipping rates that’s causing trouble to the company that lost $10 million in the first quarter.

Capitaland's Jurong site to strengthen property values in the west

Jurong Lakeside regional hub is expected to grow up to 2.5 times that of Tampines regional hub.

SGX vetoes voting by show of hands

Mandatory voting by poll proposal for meetings in Singapore.

How does Singapore feel today?

SingMood.com determines Singaporeans' collective mood through data gathered from tweets of the day.

The wheels on the bus go round and green: SMRT to develop electric buses and taxis

SMRT will be in talks with China-based BYD to sell and distribute electric vehicles for better air quality, says DMG, citing a report in the Business Times.

Tiger’s JV with Thai Airways still up in the air

Whilst Tiger is still waiting for regulatory approval to start its budget operation with Thai Airways called Thai Tiger, Thai Airways is already busying itself with another budget carrier launch Thai Wings which may threaten Tiger’s new business.

SingPost launches online luxury store

Clout Shoppe is positioned to serve the fast-growing market of internet-savvy consumers.

Would you pay $737 million for this building?

It was bought for just US$214 million in 2006, but now the German owners are expected to put it up for sale next week as commercial real estate prices push record highs.

“Keep markets open” ICC urges G20 leaders

Protectionist measures amounted to $1.6 trillion, or 10% of all world trade in 2008 alone, according to Global Trade Alert.

Lanxess to invest S$350mn in world's largest 'green tire' plant

The German chemical maker plans to build a plant that will annually produce over 140,000 metric tons of synthetic rubber.

Government to spend S$1.1bn on infocomm projects

Some of the projects include a Flexi Immigration System for smoother clearance and a service portal for foreign workers.

Singapore's first liquefied natural gas terminal to open in 2013

Hiap Seng Engineering sealed the $31.2 million contract for the terminal's construction.

Singapore just 100,000 visitors short of being Asia’s most visited city

Guess which Asian city brought in 11.5 million visitors last year?

Tiger Airways still top generator of ancillary revenues in Asia

The carrier’s ancillary revenue as a percentage of total revenue increased to 20.5% from 19.4% in 2009.

70% of Singaporeans feel alone

And all Singaporeans surveyed believed that face to face conversations were more effective than SMS.