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Development charges for prime residential areas slashed as capital values drop
Development charges for prime residential areas slashed as capital values drop
The market is unlikely to recover, experts say.
Wheelock’s FY15 earnings dip 6.5% to $40.3m
FY14 profits were boosted by one-off gains.
Golden Agri plunges into the red with $23.5m loss in FY15
Blame it on weak CPO prices.
Chart of the Day: Why did tourist spending slide in 2015?
Hotels and integrated resorts reported lower revenue.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.65%
Brace for a pullback today.
Daily Briefing: Singapore’s housing seriously unaffordable; Singapore misses tourism receipts
And global retailers eye Singapore for expansion.
CityDev in a sweet spot to capitalize on market turbulence, say analysts
Five years of active diversification is paying off.
Buyers flock to large units at oversubscribed Wandervale EC
The developer received 750 applications for 534 units.
A third of older workers fear they will never be able to retire: HSBC survey
9 out of 10 say they will struggle financially upon retirement.
Prices of completed condos up 0.1% in January
But prices of prime units fell.
OCBC mulls issuing US$1b covered bonds
The bonds will be issued in the summer.
Singapore's 2015 tourism receipts dip 6.8% to $22b as business travel falters
Companies overseas have been slashing trip budgets.
Undesirable lending practices uncovered at some local banks: MAS
Credit underwriting standards need to be improved.
Sembcorp launches $4.23b power complex in India
It houses two 1,320-megawatt coal-fired plants.
HPL’s net profit dips 34.4% to $81.7m in FY15
Due to low property development revenue.
Bank lending drops in January on back of weak business loan demand
Lending to most business sectors dropped in January.
Yangzijiang’s net profit drops 29% to $535m in FY15
Blame it on lower margins.
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