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Wealthy Singaporeans can shake off GST hike burden: BMI

Wealthy Singaporeans can shake off GST hike burden: BMI

Analysts say 95% of households will have incomes around US$25,000 which could prepare them to absorb price hikes.

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Average expat income fell 15% to US$117,904 in 2017

From being the fourth highest paid expats in the world, Singapore expats are now tenth in the rankings.

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Real estate giants choose startup route to chase startups

Co-working just grew up.

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Singapore's landlords tap into flexible workspace boom

CapitaLand rolled out its own 13,000 sq ft Flexi-Suites workspace and more landlords will follow suit.

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Home sales to foreigners jumped 44.7% to 1,549 units in Q4 2017

One reason was that prices are considerably cheaper than Hong Kong and Shanghai.

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Nearly half of home buyers anxious about price hikes this year

This is the top frustration of those that won’t buy new homes soon.

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Is the worst over for S-REITS?

After a 7% dip on rising bond yield fears, the bulls remain optimistic.

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Who will buy Singapore's $24b infrastructure bond issue?

Life insurers and asset managers seem most excited.

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Buyers Stamp Duty hike to hit en bloc deals: analysts

Developers may pull back and reassess the effects of higher taxes.

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Everything you need to know about the Big 4's reactions to Budget 2018

Find out what EY, Deloitte, KPMG, and PwC have to say about the Budget.

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Singapore Budget 2018: GST to rise to 9% and a packet of smokes up 10%

The 2017 budget surplus beat forecasts at $9.6b, a 10% hike in tobacco excise duties will be implemented, and a one-off bonus worth $700m has been declared.

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Singapore government must cut costs in budget 2018

With 2017 expenditure forecast to be 1% over budget, now is the time to reduce spending, says UOB.

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Are Singapore VCs losing out to ICOs?

ICOs raised US$550m, overtaking the US$300m raised by VCs.

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Singapore banks' profits soar by 27% in Q4

DBS, OCBC, and UOB made a whopping $11.9b in 2017.

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Here's how retailers can tap Singapore's wealthier customers

Consumers are expected to spend $30.8b on recreation in 2018-2022.

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Singapore expects a whopping $2b boost in 2017 revenue

The unexpected 4.1% increase is significantly higher than initial forecasts of just 1.1%.

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Growing services sector to push office rents up by 12%

However, the surge will be stunted come 2019 to just 5%.

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