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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's retail sales in February fell from a year earlier for the first time since August, due to a sharp drop in the sales of food, beverages and apparel and a decline in sales at department stores and supermarkets, data showed ... ( read original story ...)

In fact, Singapore’s employee engagement score fell by 4% in 2016, which suggests that people are becoming even less satisfied at work. For employers, this is a big headache. The cream of the crop tend to quickly get poached by big MNCs, leaving SMEs to ... ( read original story ...)

LONDON, April 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore is a major hub for global financial and commercial activities. Vehicle motorization rate (for passenger cars and commercial vehicles) in the country stood at around 150 vehicles per 1,000 people, as of 2014. ( read original story ...)

(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market on Tuesday wrote a finish to the two-day winning streak in which it had gained 6 points or 0.2 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,175-point plateau, and the market may tick slightly ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) inked agreements with Shanghai-based institutions to support collaboration in areas including trade finance, corporate and investment banking and loans and cross-border financing. The bank’s group chief ... ( read original story ...)

TORONTO, April 11, 2017 /CNW/ - Manulife Real Estate today announced that it has acquired 8 Cross Street, a 28-storey, 355,000 square foot, Class A office tower located in Singapore. The transaction, valued at US$526 million, is the second largest in ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore REITs: Do they still possess long term value? Globally, real estate investment trusts (REITs) have become a popular way for investors to invest in property while at the same time receiving an income. This is particularly true in Singapore, which ... ( read original story ...)

Due to my job with the Motley Fool Singapore, in which I write about my observations on the stock market and help pick stocks for our newsletter services Stock Advisor Singapore and Stock Advisor Gold, I do get asked such questions quite a fair bit. ( read original story ...)

(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has inched higher in back-to-back sessions, although it has gained just 6 points or 0.2 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,180-point plateau, and the market may tick slightly ... ( read original story ...)

"Wealth in Singapore: Sizing the Market Opportunity 2017" analyzes the Singaporean wealth and retail savings and investments markets, with a focus on the HNW segment. The report is based on our proprietary datasets. Read the full report: http ... ( read original story ...)

(RTTNews.com) - The losing streak has hit three sessions now for the Singapore stock market, which has fallen almost a dozen points or 0.4 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index remains just above the 3,175-point plateau, although the market may ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE – Soaring equity markets in the first three months of the year supported the highest number of initial public offerings (IPOs) globally since 2007, according to a report by professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY). In the first three ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - BlackRock (N:BLK) said the worst was over for Singapore's office property market with supply tapering off, and that elsewhere in Asia Pacific, the world's largest asset manager was looking to raise its real estate exposure in Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Read also: How Kimly brewed its way to Singapore's first 'kopi-o IPO' The firm organises and promotes events such as concerts, mostly in Singapore. For the financial year ended December 2015, its net profit leapt to S$4.1 million from S$337,000 the year ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - ExxonMobil said on Wednesday it is in ... Thomson Reuters publication Project Finance International reported on Tuesday. Borelli Walsh had been appointed the receivers and managers of JAC by lender BNP Paribas. Lotte Chemical Corp ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's economy may be perking up, but the central bank isn't likely to turn hawkish at this month's policy review, analysts said. Khoon Goh, head of Asia research at ANZ, said in a note on Wednesday that the question wasn't really whether Singapore's ... ( read original story ...)