Business & Economy

If you had $4 million dollars, what would you buy? Sure, some of you go wild on luxury goods, while others would invest most of the funds after making some “minor” purchases… like an 84'' 3D HD TV. One...

Remember the days when public housing in Singapore used to be affordable? Yeah, chances are most of you weren't even born yet when the word “affordable” was last used to describe public housing. You can blame decades of skyrocketing...

With our recent article on Singapore being ranked as the World's Most Expensive City, is it really all doom and gloom for our city state? Our guest blogger, Lionel Yeo, doesn't think so. Read on to find out how...

When it comes to buying property, size always matters. After all, property isn't exactly something you can “return” if you decide a few months later that it isn't spacious enough. Unfortunately, HDB doesn't have a 100-day return or exchange...

If you've ever watched the Highlander series on television, you're probably familiar with the iconic tagline, “There can be only one.” It seems that the Housing Development Board (HDB), in its infinite wisdom, decided to apply that principle to...

According to Government statistics on marriage and divorce, there's one divorce for every four marriages in Singapore. Of course, these statistics don't take into account the number of married couples who stay together despite infidelity. If this Straits Times...

The biggest surprise of the Budget 2014 speech actually wasn't a “surprise.” No, I'm not talking about the vice taxes that have every drinker, smoker, and gambler in Singapore groaning – that really was a surprise. I'm talking about...

In Singapore, we do whatever it takes to be the first in everything. It doesn't matter if we have to drive like Mad Max just to beat the car in front of us to the PIE exit, or if...

It would appear that Mark Zuckerberg may have gotten more than he bargained for when he bought WhatsApp for $16b billion. After a serious of unfortunate incidents, there's a new twist in the tale back home in Singapore. Here's...

First of all, I'd like to thank you for doing such a fine job of making it nearly impossible to buy a car. It's a dirty job, keeping the “great unwashed” masses from owning a car, but someone has...