Vancouver housing: The view from Singapore

Paul Robinson was visiting Singapore for business in mid-January and decided to drop by a sales and marketing "road show" for the opulent new condo tower, the Butterfly, to be built in downtown Vancouver. The Butterfly is one of the last designs by ... ( read original story ...)

Is Singapore really as boring as everyone thinks?

What's in a number? What’s in a figure of, say, 138.2? Or 98.7? Or 15,000? Or 32? Random digits, surely? Well yes. And then, also, no. Because each one of these statistics has appeared in a recent survey by that most esteemed of lifestyle publications ... ( read original story ...)

DBS annual dividend to jump to S$1.20 per share from FY18

SINGAPORE - DBS Group Holdings will pay S$1.20 per share in dividends from 2018 onwards - double its payout in three of the past four years, the bank said on Thursday (Feb 8). The news came as DBS said that earnings reached a record high of S$1.19 billion ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s DBS expects higher margins as Q4 profit jumps

Singapore: Singaporean lender DBS Group Holdings said on Thursday it expects to lift its net interest margins this year, as it reported a 33 percent rise in quarterly profit and announced higher dividends, sending its shares up 3 percent. The results came ... ( read original story ...)

The Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) comes to Singapore

For those of you who have been asking me, "When is the Apple Watch Series 3 LTE version coming to Singapore ah? When is the Apple Watch Series 3 LTE version coming to Singapore ah? When is the Apple Watch Series 3 LTE version coming to Singapore ah?", ( read original story ...)

Colombia protests Escobar restaurant in Singapore

Singapore - Colombia has lodged an angry complaint with Singapore over a restaurant in the city-state named after drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. In a three-page letter to the foreign ministry dated February 2, the Colombian embassy expressed "serious concern ... ( read original story ...)

Continued Consolidation Called For Singapore Stock Market

The Singapore stock market has finished lower in four straight sessions, sliding more than 150 points or 4.5 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,385-point plateau and it may extend its losses on Thursday. The global ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s expected hotel yields amongst the lowest in Asia

They're expected to yield 3.5%-4.5% in 2018. Singapore's hotels are expected to have yields between 3.5%-4.5% in 2018, slightly within the lower ranges for the Asia Pacific region, Savills Singapore said. According to their forecast, Hong Kong hotels have ... ( read original story ...)