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32% of home buyers skeptical on public housing market

They think prices will never stabilize and that the government needs to do something about it soon.

Happy with how your company is run?

If not, then read on to see how things are about to change as proposed revisions to the Code of Corporate Governance have been submitted.

SGX questions supply chain manager Abterra’s financial statements

The Company recorded a net exchange gain of S$4,195,000 for the quarter and SGX demands an explanation.

Auditors troubled as Sino Techfibre investigation remains unsolved

KPMG’s probe was impeded by the Local Tax Bureau, who refused to provide the listing of the company’s subsidiaries’ sales and purchase invoices.

Who’s winning the telco race in Singapore?

OCBC says the competition is tight as all three telcos - M1, SingTel and StarHub - put in pretty decent showing in their 3Q11 results.

Warning: There will be job cuts

So which sectors expect to fire people in the next three months?

Saving grace: Oil domestic exports up 54%

Oil trade mitigated the poor performance of its non-oil counterpart.

Electronic parts, anyone?

Domestic exports of electronics fell 17% in the third quarter.

Non-oil domestic exports down in the third quarter

Guess which countries caused the exports setback.

Lower projected oil prices to impact total trade in 2012

Total trade is projected to grow moderately to between 3 and 5% in 2012 amidst subdued growth of the global economy.

Dark clouds ahead for Singapore economy in 2012

Don’t get your hopes up as growth will be subdued at 1-3%.

Tough times loom for technology sector, warns analyst

External shocks, including the yet-to-subside floods in Thailand, continue to plague the sector.

Singapore economy surges 6% in 3Q11

As the manufacturing sector made a comeback from its 5.6% decline in 2Q11, having grown by 14.2%.

Sino Construction’s 64% surge in expenses being probed by SGX

SGX also questions the company’s intangible assets as at 30 September 2011.