DEC 30 — As more and more MRT stations are built in Singapore, there has been much discussion over whether the presence of an MRT station will boost the prices of residential units nearby. Let’s use the recently completed Circle Line for discussion. According to one school of thought, when the Circle Line and...
DEC 24 — The world has gone through dramatic changes since the sub-prime financial crisis in 2007. We are now at the onset of a “new normal” or a new global reality where significant changes to the global economic and investment landscape will be seen in the coming years. Governments and banks in the...
SINGAPORE, Dec 5 (Bernama) — ComfortDelGro Group is revising its taxi farestructure to better match supply with the ever-growing demand for taxi servicesin Singapore. In a statement, the group said the changes, which include both increases anddecreases in fares and surcharges, will come into effect at 6.00am on Dec 12.In introducing the fare changes,...
FRANKFURT, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Singapore-based containershipping group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has resumedtalks about buying German rival Hapag-Lloyd, Germanpaper Die Welt reported on Saturday without identifying itssources. NOL had broken off acquisition talks in 2008 after failingto agree on a price for Hapag-Lloyd, which is owned by aconsortium of Hamburg-based investors and tourism...
