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Noble Group reports first quarterly loss in over a decade

The company lost US$17m – an overturn from last year’s gain of over US$157m; so what happened?

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More supply of small apartments drive rising rents in city fringe

Now guess how narrow the gap is between the rents in the prime districts and the rest of central region?

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37 worksites slapped with stop work orders

Imagine the almost 2,000 violations discovered by the Ministry of Manpower in the first nine months of 2011.

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To the rescue: MAS reiterates it’s a priority to safeguard interests of MF Global investors

The central bank also assured that the voluntary winding down of MFGS does not pose systemic stability concerns for the financial sector in Singapore.

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What you need to know about Scoot

First, find out why there’s neither “airlines” nor “airways” nor mere “air” in its name.

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You’re fired!: Services laid off more than a thousand workers in the third quarter

Manufacturing displaced 700 while 100 lost their jobs in the construction sector.

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Private home prices up 1.3% in 3Q11

As the rate of growth in housing prices moderates for the 8th consecutive quarter.

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More than half of Singaporean families don’t have life insurance

It seems like Singaporeans aren't thinking too far ahead in the future.

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Manufacturing output down 12.5% -- that is if you don't include this one cluster

So which cluster saved Singapore's manufacturing output and buoyed it to record 12.8% growth instead?

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Mabuhay Pinoys: Filipinos the second fastest growing tourist visitor nation to Singapore last quarter

Filipino visitors grew 34% as overall arrivals hit 3.2 m for the quarter, but guess which was the fastest growing tourist market ?

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Singapore office property market to stay firm amid economic slump

No need to worry as the country’s solidified status as one of the leading financial hubs will keep on attracting investors worldwide.

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Rising rents: Industrial property rentals shoot up in Q3 2011

The average monthly gross rents of prime flatted factories and warehouses grew between 15-17% in the first three quarters of 2011.

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Not interested: Commercial site gets solitary bid

While a similar plot nearby attracted 10 bids in April.

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Enough of the cars! Unless you want more vehicles than roads to drive them on

You may want to think twice about buying that second car as LTA aims to cut down annual vehicle population growth amidst average annual road growth of only about 1%.

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