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The Finance Ministry also topped up Medisave accounts, Medifund and Eldercare Fund by $710mln.

Lippo Group has raised its effective stake in Overseas Union Enterprise from 44 percent to almost 89 percent after buying out Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan.

Survey shows the most robust hiring prospects are in the Finance, Insurance & Real Estate sector, where the Net Employment Outlook is +37%.

A total of 184 million shares, with net proceeds of approximately S$44.1 million, are part of Qingmei’s IPO in line with its proposed listing on the SGX Mainboard.

Compared with January 2010, Singapore's Purchasing Managers' Index expanded and was at 51.9 points in the previous month.

The incentives will cover Workforce Development, Technology Adoption and Capability Development.

The Singapore Tourism Board introduced the scheme to enable tourism businesses to be digitally-ready and build capabilities in e-commerce.

Team members of the Marina Bay Sands have started moving into the Heart-of-House (HOH) for final preparations before the resort's 27 April Preview.

The industrial site at Yishun Avenue 6 (Parcel 1) is now for sale by public tender with minimum bid price of S$11.5 million.

Considered most notable is the extension of the second HDB concessionary loan to downgraders.

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) announced its forecast for this year of S$17.5 – S$18.5 billion in tourism receipts.

Enthusiasts and professionals alike enjoyed a weekend of cycling to help the National Cancer Centre Research Fund and the Singapore Children’s Society.

Client income, which made up 74 percent of all Wholesale Banking revenue, grew 22 percent to US$6.88 billion.

Aside from acquisitions, Singapore REITS also saw surge in fundraising activity through rights issues and new units placement.

Sengkang E6 made 11 companies submit themselves as tenderers for Executive Condominium (EC) housing development of the 19,000 sq m land parcel.

Tiger Airways plans to improve its call centre services as part of its Customer Task Force introduced in 2009.