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Tourists splurged $18.8bln on shopping in Singapore

Tourism receipts exceeded the $17.5-18.5 billion forecast, according to OCBC.

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Tourists splurged $18.8bln on shopping in Singapore

Tourism receipts exceeded the $17.5-18.5 billion forecast, according to OCBC.

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Government gears up for war against inflation

MAS will allow SGD to strengthen further to combat inflationary pressures.

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Fraser and Neaves bailed out by Kirin's 15% stake

Kirin's increased stake in Fraser and Neaves provides support to the share price, and possible provide catalyst for restructuring over the medium to long term.

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From being a white elephant, Bharti is SingTel's new cash cow

The Indian telecommunications company is expected to contribute about 15-19% of SingTel’s earnings in FY11F/12F.

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Office prices to grow 25% in 2011

The improvement of rental performance and investor confidence is seen to boost the office prices.

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Unemployment rate rose to 2.2% in December 2010

An estimated 57,500 residents were unemployed in December 2010, according to the Department of Statistics Singapore.

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Industrial space prices jumped 23.7% in 2010

Prices of multiple-user factory space increased by 6.3% in 4th Quarter of 2010, URA said.

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2-year Singapore Government Securities bond fetched 0.48% yield

The $2.7 billion 2-year bond re-opening is the largest 2-year SGS bond offering since February 2004.

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Manufacturing output slid 11.8% in December 2010

Biomedical manufacturing dragged down the manufacturing output in December 2010 and for the whole of 2010.

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Singapore ranked first in Asia's best real estate investment destinations

The country's strong economic growth and brisk activity in the financial and high-technology industries pushed Singapore to top the rankings.

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Singapore inflation up 2.8% in 2010

Transport, housing and food were the main drivers to the high CPI inflation.

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Moody's on cooling measures: Developers' loss are the local banks' gain

The ratings agency said Singaporean banks will benefit from a more stable property market as their exposures to property speculators, price shocks, and loan losses will decline.

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You're hired : employers planning to add staff

Improved market conditions will trigger a more active recruitment for the first quarter of 2011.

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$1.3bn spent on industrial properties in 4Q 2010

Investment spending in industrial properties increased over 90% and it is expected to surge in 2011.

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Home prices to increase 3% in 2011

The recent round of cooling measures are likely to dampen market transactions over the next few months, DBS said.

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Harsh new cooling measures seen to kill property sales momentum in 2011

Developers’ sales volume is expected to dip sharply to the 500 to 800-unit range in January and February 2011 as market players re-assess their position following the harsh set of cooling measures announced on 13 January 2011.

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