Singapore Informer

May 20, 2013 1:11 AM GLOBAL equity markets will be searching for clues in the week ahead on whether the US market’s eye-popping rally has legs, and what this means for everyone else.      Full News here – RSS Print – Broker’s Take + Singapore Markets + Others

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TR Emeritus, 14 May 2013 During the exchanges between Ms Lim and Minister Khaw, Ms Lim continued to press on this point. One can clearly see from the video below that Minister Khaw was put in a spot as he tried to dodge Ms Lim’s questions with irrelevant answers: Ms Lim continued to ask Minister [...]

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The robust home sales and strong economic fundamentals continue to attract foreign developers to Singapore in the last few years. They include developers from China, Japan, Malaysia and Hong Kong, among others. Full News here – Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News

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PropertyGuru.com.sg By Romesh Navaratnarajah: The recent slew of property cooling measures has pushed buyers away from resale homes and into the primary market, experts noted. Last month, only 572 resale units changed hands, which is 54 percent lower than the 1,240 homes sold during the same period in 2012. Along with lower demand, prices also [...]

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Many call it the Thieves’ Market, but given the long and rich history of the Sungei Road flea market – it is believed to have been around since the ’30s – some regular visitors have coined their own moniker for it. Full News here – Channel NewsAsia Singapore News

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May 08, 2013 1:11 AM THE Straits Times Index’s (STI) recovery from last Friday’s 35-point slide continued yesterday – but only just. The morning session saw the index rise 15 points to an intraday high of 3,397 but by 5pm, it stood at 3,383.16 for a net gain of just 0.87 of a point.      [...]

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May 06, 2013 1:53 AM ON the one hand, it is probably heartening to those who place their faith in fundamentals that a greater proportion of daily activity now comes from trading blue chips instead of rock-bottom penny stocks with no earnings.      Full News here – RSS Print – Broker’s Take + Singapore Markets [...]

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Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund Limited (MIIF) intends to voluntarily suspend trading of its shares for eight market days to “mitigate disorderly trading”. Full News here – Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News

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PropertyGuru.com.sg By Nikki De Guzman: Aside from an expected surge in new completions, there are other headwinds that Singapore’s residential property market will face in the future, according to Nomura.  One of the concerns is higher property taxes due to changes in Budget 2013, like the removal of property tax refunds for vacant properties. Continued [...]

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May 01, 2013 1:35 AM A LARGE push on DBS ahead of its results on Thursday and also on SingTel continued to propel the Straits Times Index upwards yesterday, this time by 6.26 points to 3,368.18, a new multi-year high.      Full News here – RSS Print – Broker’s Take + Singapore Markets + Others

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Gold rebounded slightly on Wednesday, after falling to a two-year low on Tuesday, However, market watchers said gold price volatility is likely to continue. Full News here – Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News

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PropertyGuru.com.sg By Shabnam Muzammil: Investment sales for property in Singapore fell to S$ 5.4 billion in Q1 2013, down 33 percent from the previous quarter due to a decline in private and public sector real estate activity. However, the figure was still 15.6 percent higher than investment deals recorded in Q1 2012, according to a [...]

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Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) chief Stephen Lee and economists say Singapore’s job market remains tight, especially in the rank-and-file jobs. Full News here – Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News

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April 05, 2013 12:46 AM WALL Street’s Wednesday slide, reportedly because of a weak private- sector jobs report, brought pressure to bear on the local stock market yesterday, while the closure of Hong Kong for the Qing Ming festival meant liquidity suffered.      Full News here – RSS Print – Broker’s Take + Singapore Markets [...]

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First-time home buyers have been propping up demand in the local property market. Analysts say March has been tipped to be the top month for new home sales in 2013. Full News here – Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News

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