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Here's why Olam's acquisition of Brazillian asset is bitter-sweet

Here's why Olam's acquisition of Brazillian asset is bitter-sweet

The sugar mill is quite small compared to competitor Noble's 17Mt crushing capacity to begin with, what'ya think?

Here's another reason to cheer when doing business with the government

A $1.2 billion worth of e-services and the like are coming your way soon.

Should Singapore learn a thing or two from Hong Kong?

Hong Kong once again topped the World Competitiveness Rankings, with Singapore falling to fourth place from last year’s third.

Government moves against sky-high COE prices

LTA's measures for fewer cars on the road kick off August.

HDB launches 4,627 flats

Three nonmature towns to take portions of the additional supply.

How badly will Singapore be creamed if we see a repeat of 2008/09?

RBS has some worrying views, time to hold on to your hats.

Firm spies: Asian bosses set to snoop on your facebook

Perhaps you are being snooped on right now, with 60 % of companies set to have social media monitoring of employees in place by 2015 according to Gartner.

Does your boss follow you on Twitter?

Beware of what you tweet as 60% of companies are expected to monitor employee behavior in external social media by 2015.

Job losses loom: Majority of SIngaporean CFO's won't hire new staff

And forget about asking for a pay rise, with 41% deeming rising cost of labour or scarcity of well qualified employees as the greatest threat in 2012..

URA releases first hotel site at Jurong Lake

It is made available for sale under the Reserve List of the 1st half 2012 Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme.

MCL Land tops Jurong Gateway Tender

MCL's bid of $369.39m edges out closest rival El Development by just 0.08%.

Olam invests US$240m for first sugar milling asset in Brazil

Management however sees no immediate financial impact amid week sugar outlook.

Singapore and China raise collaboration in services

Representatives from both countries will set up a new work group to facilitate new projects in the services sector.

Gadget sales slump as Singaporeans tighten purse strings

What is to blame for the 20% crash in laptop sales?

Cancelled nims positive for StarHub

Regulators’ decision to drop plans for the development of a common set-top box (STB) for pay TV raises entry barriers, says CIMB.

MF Global Singapore may get as much as 91% of money back

The defunct company nonetheless reiterates no evidence so far of improper use of customer money in Singapore.

Hard-pressed aviation firms get free promotion funding

The government has launched the Aviation Promotion Programme (AProP) with a $5 million budget for brand expansion.