6/7/2008 8:02:00 PM
Paya Lebar To Be Make Over Into Commercial Hub
Paya Lebar was one of Singapore's earliest commercial hubs, but it now stands neglected and underdeveloped, with the Singapore Post Centre building its sole marker of modernisation. Within the next 15 years, however, all that will change. The neighbourhood ...
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6/5/2008 3:29:00 PM
Oil prices drop BELOW US$124 A BARREL
BANGKOK - OIL prices dropped below US$124 a barrel yesterday in Asia, as demand concerns deepened and after United States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke indicated that more US interest rate cuts were unlikely. Mr Bernanke's comments suggesting inflation ...
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6/5/2008 3:21:00 PM
COE prices drop across the board
COE premiums ended lower across the board in the latest tender yesterday, with the rate for bigger cars posting the sharpest fall. Market watchers attributed the softer prices to the seasonal lull of the school holidays, when people tend to be out of town. ...
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6/5/2008 3:06:00 PM
A Chinese Construction Firm Targets $36 million IPO In Singapore
A CONSTRUCTION firm based in China's north-east with a string of commercial and civic projects under its belt is listing in Singapore. Sino Construction aims to raise net proceeds of $35.6 million with its initial public offering (IPO) of 152 million shares ...
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5/26/2008 11:15:00 PM
Five bids for Choa Chu Kang tender
A UNIT of property giant Far East Organization has put in the top bid for a condominium site at Choa Chu Kang Drive, about five minutes' walk from Choa Chu Kang MRT Station. Tian Hock Properties offered $116 million for the 204,514 sq ft plot, which works ...
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5/26/2008 11:09:00 PM
Key player in Jade saga set to sell luxury home
$13.8m price tag in Anthony Soh's ad suggests he wants a quick sale By Lee Su Shyan, Assistant Money Editor ST PHOTO: ALBERT SIM View more photos THE businessman caught out when his takeover of Jade Technologies descended into farce and recrimination has ...
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5/26/2008 1:14:00 AM
US already in recession, says Buffett
BERLIN - THE United States is already in a recession, and it will be longer and deeper than what many people expect, United States investment guru Warren Buffett said in an interview published in German magazine Der Spiegel last Saturday. He said the US was ...
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5/26/2008 1:10:00 AM
Hang Seng contracts active after recent correction
By Alvin Foo, Markets Correspondent THE recent retreat of Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index is drawing traders into fresh positions for its contracts. Last Friday, the index plunged 329.05 points to 24,714.07 - down a total of 904.79 points, or 3.53 per cent, ...
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5/26/2008 1:02:00 AM
Market likely to be subdued as bad news keeps coming
MARKET players are expecting activity on the local bourse to follow the dreary tone set in the past few weeks. The lack of conviction in the market stems from the troubling inflationary pressures fuelled by record oil prices and Wall Street’s fall last ...
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5/26/2008 12:58:00 AM
OCBC to ‘raise up to $1b from preference share issue’
Bank letting small investors get a big piece of the action, say sources By Grace Ng, Finance Correspondent NOT LEFT OUT: OCBC's preference share offer is likely to come with a lower dividend rate than the DBS securities. However, sources say retail investors ...
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