THE risk of Britain leaving the European Union (EU) has ratcheted up a notch. So says Breakingviews' Brexit index, an attempt to synthesise some economic and less-scientific data points into one indicator. The data is not helping those who want Britons to vote to stay put in a referendum on June 23.

CHANCES of a Singapore company becoming a liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer have increased, after two competing bids by Shell and BG were combined into one.

THE 301 private homes (excluding executive condominiums) that developers moved last month represented a 6.8 per cent fall month on month and a 22. 8 per cent fall year on year.

THE People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have renewed their bilateral currency-swap arrangement (BCSA) for a further term of three years with effect from March 7, 2016.

Boosted by car sales and pre-Chinese New Year shopping, Singapore's retail sales climbed 7.5 per cent in January – streaking past expectations for a more moderate year-on-year increase of 3.1 per cent.

A NEW book that delves into the personal side of Singapore's late founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew goes on sale islandwide on Wednesday, exactly a week before the country marks the first anniversary of his death.

AFTER almost two years in the making, the new standardised Integrated Shield Plan (IP) targeted at Class B1 wards in public hospitals will be available to Singaporeans from May 1.

THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) appears to have bowed to market concerns over its controversial policy to impose negative interest rates.

THE national carrier of Mauritius is shifting the focal point of its South-east Asian routes down south, from Kuala Lumpur (KL) to Singapore.