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Manufacturers worried over increase in foreign workers levies
Manufacturers worried over increase in foreign workers levies
Business costs will be immediately affected.
Luxury properties hit with double whammy: Barclays
Up to 20% rate hike on high-end properties stall recovery.
NOL suffers US$419m loss despite cost-cutting moves
Total savings amount to US$504m.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI to open 0.5% lower
It ended the session flat.
Chart of the Day: Private consumption surged by 2% in 4Q12
A big improvement from 3Q's 0.5%.
Daily Briefing: Narrow wealth gap spurs debate; SMRT drivers sentenced to 6 weeks' jail
Plus NTU prof's tenure gets denied.
Singapore Budget 2013 is "Darwinian" but "socially inclusive": Ernst & Young analysts
Experts weigh in on new budget's impact.
Singapore Budget 2013 pushes businesses for even more productivity gains
Foreign worker levies raised, dependency caps tightened.
12 measures Singapore firms can expect from Budget 2013
Some of this may be announced in just under an hour.
How the upcoming Budget 2013 will affect companies
As labour force growth rate dips to just 1-2%.
What the budget speech has to do with the Population White Paper
How important is it?
3 key themes Singaporeans must watch out for in Budget 2013
Expect a "litany" of tax rebates.
Short-term policy to support growth remains unlikely this year: Nomura
It's deemed unnecessary with stronger-than-expected economy.
Singaporeans must save $5,033 a month for 'comfy retirement'
That's a whopping 66% of their yearly wage.
Why Cosco is scrambling to revamp shipbuilding order book
Delivery of 36 vessels are schedules early 2014.
Inflation could sit at around 4% in 2013: OCBC
As labour market tightens.
Singapore labour productivity dipped 2.6% in 2012
After a 1.3% and 11.3% gains in last 2 years.
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