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Singapore retail sales up 6.2% on the year in November

SINGAPORE’S retail sales rose 6.2 per cent on the year in November, continuing from the previous month’s 10.3 per cent growth, Department of Statistics (Singstat) data showed on Thursday (Jan 5).

Refreshed industry map to boost wholesale trade’s efforts to go global

SINGAPORE’S updated industry transformation map (ITM) for the wholesale trade sector will help grow globally competitive local traders, expand global traders’ presence in Singapore, and create more than 10,500 new professionals, managers executives, and technicians (PMET) roles by 2025.

A consummate entrepreneur, Sim Wong Hoo never U-turned from Creative

I WAS in school when I first encountered the Sound Blaster. I didn’t know what a sound card was at the time, but my friends who were savvier about computers seemed to think they were getting a good deal at the roadshow that had come to school.

Singapore’s latest six-month Treasury bill offers 4.2% yield

THE cut-off yield for Singapore’s first six-month Treasury bill (T-bill) auction this year closed at 4.2 per cent on Thursday (Jan 5).

HDB resale prices up 0.2% in December, the lowest gain in 30 months: SRX, 99.co

THE growth in resale prices of Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats has slowed to 0.2 per cent in December, according to flash figures released by SRX and 99.co on Thursday (Jan 5).

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Singapore stocks in the black for the first time in 2023; STI up 1.6%

SINGAPORE stocks had its first day of gains in 2023 amid a rally across regional markets.