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Singapore Markets Morning Briefing - what you need to know for Fri Feb 10, 2012
Nikkei suffers weak start while modest gains are reported on Wall Street.
Will Raffles Education continue bleeding revenues?
While its latest earnings showed a 13% dip in revenues DBS sees signs of a flattening out.
Singapore businesses facing higher CPF contributions
It's time to brace for an additional 3 to 4.5% points in savings contributions for workers aged 50 to 55.
Fraser and Neave’s revenue plunges 11% to $1.4b in 1Q12
As the unprecedented flooding in Thailand has caused the group to halt its dairy operations in Rojana.
Asia Pacific Breweries’ net profit surges 34% to S$155m in 1Q12
IndoChina and Thailand reign as the group’s largest contributors at 45%.
Luxury residential market to be the hardest hit by additional buyer’s stamp duty
Foreigners who made up almost half of the prime home sales last year may retreat and shift interest to cheaper homes.
Emerging markets’ GDP to overtake developed economies by 2014
It’s not so far-fetched with almost 70% of total world growth seen to come from emerging markets in Asia.
Keppel more likely to win drilling contracts from Azerbaijan NOC
Find out how much is the potential boost to order book of Keppel.
Foreigners bought 31% of private homes in 2011
So from which countries do the top four foreign buyers come from?
Look out for a CapitaMalls Asia comeback
Give it five years and its China malls will start raking in profits and prove naysayers wrong, says Maybank Kim Eng.
Surplus or deficit for FY2012 Singapore budget?
OCBC pegs it at a neutral to modest deficit of under 1% GDP given what it sees as diminishing macro worries.
Why Singaporeans are slow to switch to fibre broadband
Usage is creeping up for this high-speed internet service but many know little of its practical benefits.
Raffles Education’s revenue dips 13% to S$36m in 2Q12
As the volume of university-going students continues to plunge due to demographic changes.
90% of business executives expect more protectionist measures
That is if the global economy slides into a double-dip recession.
Singapore ranked third most globalized economy
Guess which country topped the list and beat Singapore?
Singapore tourism receipts reached a new high in 2011
The figures met the year’s forecast range of S$22 – S$24 billion - but how much was it exactly?
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