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SingPost launches online luxury store
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.
Workaholic Singaporeans: 69% of employees work after hours
Are you one of the 45% who checks emails on holidays ?
2 out of 5 Singaporeans happy to junk their TV’s
But a good 70% say they are willing to spend for branded TV, according to a survey by GfK.
Singapore's $217bn dollar win
Foreign investment in Singapore surged 41% from 2005 to 2009 to total $533 billion by 2009.
Guess who are Singapore’s top foreign investors now?
The UK has slipped from first to fourth place since 2005, and you will never guess who is now the most invested in Singapore.
Singapore's manufacturing output falls 16.3% in April
A drop in pharmaceutical production has caused the country's manufacturing output to fall 16.3% in April 2011 on a month -to-month basis.
Singaporean insurers worry about new regulations
New rules on solvency and market rank first in insurers' major concern, according to a survey by Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation and PwC.
SGX to clear Asian FX forwards from September
SGX has cleared nearly US$80 billion notional of Interest Rate Swaps since 2010, and is now entering the FX business.
I’m lonely, get me a friend, say Singaporean youth
We don’t want the 5 C’s, give us real connections and community, young say.
Commentary
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