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55% of investors wary of board’s effectiveness

55% of investors wary of board’s effectiveness

Managers say the board is accountable to investors - but do the investors say the same?

SIA Engineering to babysit Singapore Airlines' new Airbus fleet

For six years it will be taking care of the maintenance, repair, and overhaul needs of SIA’s additional fifteen A330-300 aircraft.

Goal!: StarHub wins exclusive UEFA Euro 2012 rights

The only downside is that it will have to offer SingTel subscribers the same price that it will charge its own subscribers.

Looking for jobs? You might not find them on the classified ads

Analyst says recruitment ads, which typically account for about 40% of classified ad revenues, are showing steep declines.

Fears spread as analyst warns of gloomy economy in Asia Pac by 2012

The increasing downside risks to growth sure got Morgan Stanley worried - but by how much are they cutting their GDP growth estimate?

What to expect from Singapore’s property market in 2012

Bad news as the residential market will be slowing to half its pace seen in 2011.

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.