Wedding bells are not ringing in Singapore, it seems. According to the latest numbers, fewer Singaporean women tied the knot last year compared to a decade ago. The number of male and female singles across most age groups has increased compared to 10 years ago, the recently released annual Population in Brief report revealed. The most noticeable […]
Read MorePRICES of completed non-landed private homes in Singapore reversed course to climb in August, rising 0.5 per cent month-on-month, after dipping in July. This is according to the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) flash estimates for its Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI) released on Friday. In July, prices declined 0.3 per cent, less than the 0.5 […]
Read MoreSingapore-based ride-hailing firm Grab is in talks to sell “a decent-sized stake” in its Thai business to Thailand’s largest retailer, Central Group, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The size is yet to be determined though discussions have been ongoing for some time, said one of the people, who declined […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Payments infrastructure firm Stripe said on Thursday (Sept 27) that it has selected Singapore as the site for its Asia-Pacific engineering hub. The new facility will build and expand Stripe’s global payments and treasury network for the company’s growing user base in the region. Stripe on Thursday also announced a new US$245 million […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – People in Singapore are living longer, but their savings may peter out sooner than expected as they enter their golden years. A survey released on Tuesday (Sept 25) by international research firm Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and insurer Prudential found that most respondents say they plan to rely on a wide range of […]
Read More[SINGAPORE] Buy the businesses that hold the real-estate assets rather than the ones that sell them. That’s the message from a growing number of analysts in Singapore who say REITs, or real estate investment trusts, are a better bet than developers in light of the island’s recent cooling measures. For much of 2017 and the […]
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