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The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore

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DOMESTIC wholesale trade grew 9 per cent in the third quarter, down from 11 per cent in Q2. - [Read more]

NORWAYS StatoilHydro ASA said yesterday that it was scaling down third-party product trading, and this would lead to the closure of its products department in Singapore. - [Read more]

A*STAR Exploit Technologies yesterday inked an agreement with homegrown company Haruna to license a photocatalytic technology to produce a self-cleaning coating. - [Read more]

FOUR out of five entrepreneurs expect to spend more on clean technology over the next five years, a global survey of 48 respondents by Ernst & Young (E&Y) has shown. - [Read more]

COMPANIES should continue to promote workplace health despite the slow economy, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday. - [Read more]

EMPLOYERS in Asia are paying more attention to keeping talent than their American counterparts who, hit harder by the economic downturn, are thinking more about axing staff, a poll by Hewitt Associates has found. - [Read more]

MORE people in the region are shopping online, a survey has found. And Singaporeans are no exception. - [Read more]

IN early-2009, a much-anticipated free trade agreement (FTA) between Peru and Singapore will come into force - more than four years after plans for such a pact were announced by both governments. - [Read more]

THREE local companies signed agreements with parties from Chinas Shandong province after the 13th Singapore-Shandong Business Council (SSBC) meeting here yesterday. - [Read more]

CONSUMER confidence in Singapore has plunged to its lowest level in more than three years, falling a sharp 10 points compared with a four-point dip in a worldwide index. - [Read more]

SEMICONDUCTOR company Marvell Technology Group yesterday opened its expanded regional hub that will serve as a design centre besides housing operations, sales and technical support. - [Read more]

DESPITE the gloomy economic climate, Marina Bay Sands will help spur the local MICE industry and intends to work with Singapores tourism players to achieve this growth. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE companies appear to have the highest proportion of foreign workers on their workforce at 27 per cent, a survey by KPMG International has found. - [Read more]

THE wealth management arm of UBS AG yesterday announced six selective hires for its two key markets - Singapore and Hong Kong. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE is pushing ahead to build more oil and petrochemical infrastructure - the latest being floating storage for oil traders - to prepare for the eventual economic rebound and shore up the oil refining and trading activity here. - [Read more]

CHALLENGING business conditions and soaring travel costs are raising the profile and role of corporate travel managers, according to a recent travel survey. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE companies should not miss out on the many business opportunities that the recently signed China-Singapore free trade agreement has opened up, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said at Business Chinas first anniversary dinner last night. - [Read more]

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) yesterday unveiled guidelines on how the construction sector can incorporate safety management at the design stage of a project. - [Read more]

SPRING Singapore launched a $12.5 million fund aimed at making seed money more accessible to young entrepreneurs to mark the official launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008 yesterday. - [Read more]

THE Global Social Innovators Forum (GSIF) 2008 next weekend will see a line-up of local and international speakers discussing how social enterprise and innovation can create opportunities for businesses. - [Read more]