Daily Briefing: The 19-hour flight is coming back; Two-year dry spell for collective sales

And here are 5 easy ways to improve your credit score in Singapore.

They flew nonstop to Singapore from New York and Los Angeles in business class. And they loved every minute of it. Well, maybe not every minute. But when Singapore Airlines scrubbed those nonstops from LAX and Newark, N.J. (a major departure point for the New York City market), in late 2013, business travelers wanted them back. Read more here.

Singapore has been witnessing lacklustre demand for collective sales sites, with only two deals closed since the start of 2014, a significant decline from the 16 transactions in 2013, revealed JLL data. Analysts attribute the drop in demand to various factors, including property cooling measures, the complexity of en bloc sales, ample supply of government land sites and weak home-buying sentiment. Find out more here.

Buying a new car after receiving a huge bonus? Looking to take up a mortgage loan? Before banks approve your loan, have you wondered about the criteria they use to assess your creditworthiness? Read more here.

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