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SINGAPORE (Jan 7): Dealmaking in the global healthcare sector is forecast to rise modestly this year after 2019 “started with a bang” with news of US pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb’s intended acquisition of Celgene for US$74 billion ($100

SINGAPORE (Nov 20): Switzerland once again clinched the top spot in a global survey on fostering and attracting talent, in a top 10 list that includes Canada but not the US, and no Asian nations.

SINGAPORE (Oct 18): Oxford Economics is anticipating a slowdown in global economic growth from this year’s 3.1% to 2.8% in 2019, a forecast that comes in slightly below consensus to reflect its pessimistic views on emerging markets (EM) and in particula

SINGAPORE (Aug 13): The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) expects Singapore’s economic pace of expansion to moderate in 2H18 against an external backdrop of a weakening global growth outlook, as well as increased uncertainties and risks in the global

SINGAPORE (July 17): DBS Bank’s outlook for Singapore’s economy in 3Q and beyond is turning “increasingly cloudy” on expectations of a slowdown in GDP growth, as well as declining trade prospects in the longer-term due to the effects of trade pro

SINGAPORE (June 26): RHB Research expects Singapore’s consumer price index (CPI) to rise by 1.3% in 2018, up from the 0.6% growth in 2017 on imported inflation following rising commodity prices.

SINGAPORE (Apr 5): Maybank Kim Eng expects Singapore’s central bank to normalise and shift to a “slight appreciation bias” for the S$NEER band from its current neutral stance, which has been in place since April 2016.

SINGAPORE (Dec 7): With at least US$323 billion in infrastructure spending in the pipeline in Southeast Asia and potentially more expected over the next few years, 2018 could well shape up as the year of builders’ stocks from Indonesia to the Philippine

SINGAPORE (Nov 20): DBS is forecasting for Singapore’s 3Q17 gross domestic product (GDP) growth to be raised to 5.1% and 8.5% on a y-o-y and q-o-q seasonally annually adjusted rate (saar), respectively – up from the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s

SINGAPORE (Sept 29): HSBC Global Research foresees a gradual improvement in Singapore’s domestic economy after the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) April 2018 meeting, which is expected to result in a policy shift.