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Retail sales slipped 3% YoY to $3.8b in November
Retail sales slipped 3% YoY to $3.8b in November
Online retail sales made up an estimated 6.6% of the month's sales.
SATS dividend yield projected at 3.9%: analyst
Competition in the airline industry continues to place pricing pressure on the firm.
Singtel's Dash to expand mobile remittance services to Myanmar
Money transfers from Singapore to Myanmar through Dash will be available by March 2019.
Are Singapore banks bracing for another O&G nightmare amidst Coastal Oil troubles?
The indebted crude oil supplier owes the three Singapore banks a combined US$172.1m.
Oxley sells Mercure and Novotel Hotels for $950m
The hotels along Stevens Road house a combined 772 rooms.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.81%
Wall Street's rally could potentially see the local bourse continuing its five-day climbing streak.
Chart of the Day: Which developer launched the most units in 2018?
This developer had 19% market share.
Daily Briefing: Singapore banks are struggling to retain recent hires; GIC buys 94.44 million new shares from Vietnamese lender Vietcombank
And MOM offers assistance to 90 foreign workers axed by Dyna-Mac Engineering.
En-bloc hopefuls struggle in Singapore's weakening property market
Horizon Towers is reviving its en bloc attempt for the third time.
Enhanced tax incentives could secure Singapore's fiscal sustainability: EY
EY says that the revenue could be used to enhance Singapore's growth as a fintech hub.
Government urged to introduce sugar tax
EY says in its Budget 2019 wishlist that the revenue may be used to subsidise healthcare costs.
Grab to roll out first 20 electric vehicles on 11 January
It will progressively roll out a total of 200 electric vehicles for 2019.
Singtel partners with Geneco to offer electricity plans
The plans will offer monthly power bill savings of up to 30%.
COE premiums close relatively higher in first bidding exercise of 2019
Category B vehicles reported the highest increase of $1,199 in premiums.
Go-Jek app now available to all Singapore consumers
First-time riders will receive two $5 vouchers for use within two weeks of signing up.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.12%
Wall Street's rally may keep local sentiment fairly positive.
Daily Briefing: Ascott REIT sells Raffles Place Singapore for $353.3m; the COI points to staff lapses and system vulnerabilities for SingHealth patient data breach
And the NEA plans to launch four new funeral parlour sites for development over the next 10 years.
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