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iPhone 5 will whittle away StarHub margins
iPhone 5 will whittle away StarHub margins
Telco expected to launch a profit-draining subsidy plan with new iPhone 5.
Here's why NOL isn't veering off course yet
Even a measly US$50m profit will not be surprising, said DBS.
Keppel and Sembcorp Marine to veer toward record order wins this year
CIMB expects Keppel to clinch S$10.2bn and Sembmarine S$11.2bn.
See how F&N's sale of stakes in APB will affect Thai Bev's risk profile
Standard & Poor's expects Thai Bev's financial risk profile to weaken despite the sale proceeds.
Singapore Land's rental income inches up 2% in 2Q12
Rental income from investment properties have been declining since 1Q10.
Sembcorp Marine's earnings to rebound 17% in FY13
Thanks to initial contributions from the Petrobas rig orders.
Nutcases: 3 in 5 enterprises ignore employees' mental health
Even though three quarters of them recognize the benefits of improving staff's mental well-being.
F&N says yes to Heineken
Fraser and Neave couldn’t resist Heineken’s over $5 billion offer to acquire F&N’s interest in Asia Pacific Breweries.
Growth momentum likely to be slower than anticipated
DBS cited the tightening measures on foreign labour as a factor that could have suppressed growth momentum.
GDP growth forecast pegged at 2.3% for 2012
Analysts are waiting to see is if the Chinese growth slowdown and Eurozone debt crisis stabilize by the fourth quarter.
Executive condos are getting smaller
Guess which EC is the smallest in Singapore at 743 sqft in size.
More than half of home owners today bought their units in resale market
Permanet Residents are thrice as many as one would expect for a suburban private property.
The 13 most unprofitable executive condos
Chestervale is the most unprofitable with 60% of units disposed in the secondary market at a loss - check out the others.
5 worst performers in the best performing period of the property sector
Prices rose by more than 50% in the last five years but there are some who failed to ride with the tide.
SMRT pushes 'Early Travel' discount to 50 cents
The higher discount is extended to Circle Line stations starting 6 August.
ST Engineering drops plan to buy PEMCO
Certain closing conditions could not be fulfilled by the seller.
ComfortDelgro to benefit from taxi supply cut
Its Singapore taxi operation is expected to contribute 21% to its 2012 profit.
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