Living it up? It'll cost more now in Singapore | September NODX stuns economists with reversal into contraction

If this e-mail is not displayed properly, click [here.]( [View In Browser]( WED, OCT 18, 2017 Get Briefed Daily EDITOR'S CHOICE [Living it up? It'll cost more now in Singapore]( SINGAPORE has dropped a notch in Julius Baer's Lifestyle Index in 2017. But at third place, it remains one of the costliest places in Asia for luxurious living. [September NODX stuns economists with reversal into contraction]( AFTER four months of solid expansion, Singapore's exports stunned economists with a 1.1 per cent contraction in September, led by erstwhile star performer electronics. [Changi Garden sold to Chip Eng Seng for S$249m]( PROPERTY group Chip Eng Seng has picked up Changi Garden in a collective sale for S$248.8 million, a price that consultants say will set a new and much-higher benchmark for properties in the vicinity. [Lifestyle]( [Home shopping network]( [Sarah Liu]( [A Taiwanese Ghost Story]( [Breaking News]( [Companies & Markets]( [Compulsory acquisition threshold hit for CWT buyout]( [ESR-Reit reports 2.3% drop in Q3 DPU]( [Real Estate]( [Keppel Reit's Q3 DPU down to 1.4 Singapore cents]( [Chip Eng Seng to buy Changi Garden for S$248.8m, 27% above asking price]( [Banking & Finance]( [US dollar rises on talk of potential Fed chief nominee]( [Qatari banks are said to cut dollar sales to foreign lenders]( [Energy & Commodities]( [Gold falls on hawkish views about possible next Fed chair]( [US Justice Department seeking information on Kobe Steel's faked data]( [Technology]( [Major Wi-Fi security flaw affects billions worldwide, including almost every Internet user in Singapore]( [Microsoft responded quietly after detecting secret database hack in 2013]( [Consumer]( [Richemont flags big profit rise in watch market uptick]( [Toys 'R' Us is said to explore options for US$2b Asian unit]( [Transport]( [Volvo unveils Polestar model in China]( [Eurowings sees $1 b euros revenue boost from Air Berlin deal]( [Government & Economy]( [Trump said to plan Fed Chair pick before Nov 3 Asia trip]( [US dollar rises on talk of potential Fed chief nominee]( [Life & Culture]( [Prince William and wife Kate say baby expected in April]( [London art auction raises £2m for survivors of deadly Grenfell Tower blaze]( [Stocks]( [European shares slip from highs as results, commodities weigh]( [US: Dow pierces 23,000 but finishes below milestone]( [Today's Paper]( Premium Content [Top Stories]( [September NODX stuns economists with reversal into contraction]( [Living it up? It'll cost more now in Singapore]( [Toys 'R' Us 'mulling over IPO for US$2 billion Asia unit']( [Companies & Markets]( [SGX extends global footprint with new office in Chicago]( [Keppel Reit's Q4 DPU shrinks amid rise in units]( [Keppel T&T Q3 net profit down 82% at S$12.8m]( [Real Estate]( [Changi Garden sold to Chip Eng Seng for S$249m]( [JLW suggests housing body like Singapore's HDB for Malaysia]( [Sellers begin to buckle as sky-high London home prices decline]( [Banking & Finance]( [Old Wall Street losing the war in ETF market]( [China's shoppers turn Jack Ma's Ant Financial into a debt giant]( [Activist investor RBR calls for Credit Suisse break-up]( [Energy & Commodities]( [US govt calls for Kobe Steel documents on false data]( [Risk premium for oil returns as US-Iran tensions rise]( [Technology]( [Microsoft 'kept quiet about secret database hack in 2013']( [e-commerce growth set to slow in Singapore: Worldpay]( [Researchers uncover flaw that makes Wi-Fi vulnerable to hacks]( [Consumer]( [Living it up? It'll cost more now in Singapore]( [Toys 'R' Us 'mulling over IPO for US$2 billion Asia unit']( [Grim store sales cast shadow ahead of India's festival of lights]( [Transport]( [Malaysia Airlines chief returning to Ryanair to help fix pilot problems]( [Move to greener shipping - good news and bad]( [Airbus takes control of Bombardier jets in rebuff to US threat]( [Government & Economy]( [September NODX stuns economists with reversal into contraction]( [Taylor said to impress Trump for Fed chair as Warsh loses favour]( [As China's leaders gather, market reform hopes fade]( [Opinion]( [Sting in the tail of latest upbeat economic prognoses]( [S'pore FTA in Africa a question of 'when', not 'if']( [Meet the Social Impact Bond, a win-win solution to problems]( [Life & Culture]( [Why the Obamas' portrait choices matter]( [Muscular dystrophy no barrier to making art]( [TV ditches dating shows for splitsville gigs]( [Executive Money]( [Emerging market bonds a rising star for risk-takers]( [India's digital leap offers multi-trillion-dollar opportunity]( Follow Us [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Linkedin]( Download The BT Apps [About Us]( [Contact Us]( [Help]( [Terms & Conditions]( [SPH Websites]( [Data Protection Policy]( If you want to unsubscribe from this mailing list, [click]( here.