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Singapore Q3 GDP up by 0.1% in MTI flash data in close shave for recession fears
THE city-state's gross domestic product (GDP) looks to have grown by just 0.1 per cent year on year in the July-to-September period, flat on the meagre expansion of 0.1 per cent posted in the second quarter.
JLC Advisors' Jeffrey Ong faces criminal breach of trust as a lawyer, 3 more forgery charges
HE had allegedly misappropriated US$4.85 million in a bank account on Oct 23, 2017 and the punishment for the crime under Section 409 of the Penal Code is imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 20 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
MAS eases monetary policy 'slightly' in October
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has eased monetary policy "slightly" in its latest half-yearly monetary policy review on Monday, making the slope of the Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate (S$NEER) policy band less steep and slightly reducing its rate of appreciation.
E-commerce firm Shopmatic buys marketplace integration startup CombineSell
THE acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in CombineSell was financed through cash and a share swap, Shopmatic's co-founder and CEO Anurag Avula told The Business Times (BT).
Singapore's Q3 property investment sales surge to S$16.7b: Cushman & Wakefield
The largest office transaction of the year went to Allianz Real Estate and Gaw Capital Partners acquiring Duo Tower and Galleria - located in the Bugis sub-market - from M+S for S$1.58 billion or S$2,570 per square foot (psf).
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International
China’s central bank hints it may add treasury bond trades to policy toolkit
US business activity cools in April; inflation measures mixed
India’s inflation at risk from extreme weather, geopolitical issues: central bank
Thailand to replace military-appointed Senate, reduce its powers
Bankers lose hope of London IPO revival for another year
Decarbonisation schemes are generating hot air