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May 17, 2013 1:04 AM SINGTEL’S Q4 FY13 revenue slipped 6 per cent y-o-y and 3 per cent q-o-q to S$ 4.48 billion, weighed down by the weaker Australian dollar.      Full News here – RSS Print – Broker’s Take + Singapore Markets + Others

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Free entry for S’poreans, PRs at S’pore Discovery Centre

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Discovery Centre (SDC) is offering free entry to Singaporeans and Permanent Residents (PRs) from May 18.It joins the ranks of national museums and heritage institutions in Singapore in giving citizens and PRs entry without ch… Full News here – xinmsn – Singapore News

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Toll Group opens $300m offshore supply base

May 18, 2013 1:38 AM AUSTRALIA-LISTED logistics provider Toll Group opened its $ 300 million offshore petroleum supply base in Loyang yesterday.      Full News here – RSS Print – Singapore

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Man seriously injured at Audi Fashion Festival

SINGAPORE: A man was seriously injured after an archway at the Audi Fashion Festival collapsed and landed on him on May 16 at about 9.45am.The Audi Fashion Festival spokesperson said the archway was located 300 metres away from the Tent@Marina Promen… Full News here – xinmsn – Singapore News

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MBFC devt sees grand opening

PropertyGuru.com.sg By Romesh Navaratnarajah: Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC), the largest integrated development in Singapore’s CBD was officially opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday. MBFC comprises three office towers of nearly three million sq ft of prime Grade A office space. There are also two residential towers with 649 luxury apartments and [...]

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WE Holdings the surprise of the day

May 17, 2013 1:05 AM WE Holdings climbed sharply yesterday, on a day that saw the Singapore stock market stage a late rally amid results-driven trading.      Full News here – RSS Print – Broker’s Take + Singapore Markets + Others

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Taiwan dollar boosted by gains tax proposal

May 17, 2013 1:05 AM [SINGAPORE] The Taiwan dollar rose yesterday as a proposal to ease rules on stock trading capital gains tax lifted local stocks.      Full News here – RSS Print – Broker’s Take + Singapore Markets + Others

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Singapore Court Told Shane Todd Was Depressed But Didn’t Show Any Suicidal Signs

BusinessWeek, 16 May 2013 Shane Todd, a U.S. research engineer found hanged in his Singapore apartment, suffered from depression without appearing suicidal about two months before he died, according to a psychiatrist who treated him. “He had a lot of worrying thoughts that he could not control,” Nelson Lee, the psychiatrist who saw Todd in [...]

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Soilbuild Construction Group launches IPO

Soilbuild Construction Group launches initial public offering (IPO), comprising 168 million new shares priced at S$ 0.25 per share. Full News here – Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News

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It’s All Done With Math

In what could be a smoking gun in the City Harvest Church court case, it was discovered that the 2 percent interest rate in the original bond documentation for a Special Opportunities Fund managed by a church member could not possibly yield $ 76,625.  So a fudge figure of 5.05 percent was necessary to revise [...]

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Finance manager siphoned off $800k

May 17, 2013 1:32 AM HE GAMBLED in casinos and on stocks, and was in debt to the tune of $ 500,000. So Lee Lim Kiong siphoned nearly $ 800,000 from his employer.      Full News here – RSS Print – Singapore

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Choosing Sides

As expected, the U.N. General Assembly again condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a non-binding U.N. resolution but as they say, the devil is in the details. While the resolutions did pass the 193-nation assembly, the votes in favor of the resolution has dived. In August last year, a similar resolution condemning the Syrian government [...]

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Marina Bay to get a lot livelier

PropertyGuru.com.sg By Romesh Navaratnarajah: Following the grand opening of Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) on Wednesday, the Marina Bay area is set to get more homes, offices and shops in the next few years, noted analysts. Several land parcels in the area have also not been developed yet. MBFC has also established a new standard [...]

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NUS honours innovators in video software, dialysis industry

May 17, 2013 1:07 AM This year’s National University of Singapore (NUS) Innovation & Enterprise (I&E) Awards recognise two innovators at entirely different stages of the game.      Full News here – RSS Print – Singapore

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Fire breaks out at Blk 237 Serangoon Ave 3 coffeeshop

Around 8.20pm today, STOMPer Shuxian was alerted to a fire at a coffeeshop below her house at Serangoon Avenue 3 by the sound of fire engine sirens. Full News here – Stomp – Singapore Seen

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