SINGAPORE'S professional services have been traditionally dependent on domestic demand but external demand for them has risen in recent years and will be key to the sector's future growth, says a Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) report.

DOMESTIC wholesale trade increased 6.1 per cent in Q3 quarter-on-quarter compared to a 7.7 per cent increase in Q2, according to the latest figures from the Singapore Department of Statistics.

IT is the only portrait of US President Barack Obama that he has signed, and Singapore-based boutique investment banking advisory firm DeConseil Pte Ltd has been tasked to exclusively advise the artist behind the painting on a private art deal.