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The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore

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YOUNGSTERS will have another avenue to explore and nurture their artistic capabilities with the launch of The Little Arts Academy by The Arts House. - [Read more]

DESPITE the economic downturn, Parliament yesterday gave the green light for changes to the Employment Act, which some MPs fear could add to the cost burden of companies in Singapore. - [Read more]

GOVERNMENT statutory boards seemed to have escaped relatively unscathed in their investments, with only four of them having put their money in credit-linked notes, according to Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. - [Read more]

TANJONG Pagar town council said yesterday that it did not buy any Lehman Brother bonds directly but that one of its fund managers, Lion Global Invest, bought $250,000 of Lehman bonds. - [Read more]

SETTING up a new branch in Taiwan late last month, Singapore-based True Group has shown it is on an expansion mode here despite the economic slump. - [Read more]

FINANCE Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday that the government would ensure independence and fairness in the probe into complaints by investors who bought Lehman Brothers structured notes. - [Read more]

LOCAL firm WongPartnership and London-headquartered Clifford Chance are ending their joint law venture (JLV) Clifford Chance Wong after six years to pursue separate strategic initiatives. - [Read more]

THE Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) will soon expand its secretariat and engage a CEO, enhance its training and services for directors, and air its opinions on corporate governance issues more publicly. - [Read more]

THE majority of local companies seem set on cutting salary planning budgets and variable compensation payouts, as concerns about the uncertain economy put pressure on cost reductions. - [Read more]

MARINA Bay Sands (MBS) and Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) may be allowed to open in phases but will not be allowed to open as stand-alone casinos. - [Read more]

A SURVEY shows that Singaporean corporates are beginning to feel the heat from an increasingly complex tax environment and their tax departments are coping with inadequate resources for tax compliance. - [Read more]

INDIAS Jeev Milkha Singh won a nail-biting Singapore Open yesterday after Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els came agonisingly close to taking the US$5 million Asian Tour event to a play-off. - [Read more]

A STRONGER pipeline of trade shows and international association meetings appears to be welcome news to Singapores MICE industry, especially since cancellations and postponements of meetings are already starting to set in. - [Read more]

RECENT fiscal stimulus by governments around the world may provide some buffer to the downturn but is unlikely to stave off a global recession. - [Read more]

EUTHANASIA combines two Greek words - eu, meaning good; and thanatos, meaning death. Simply translated, it means good death or dying well. Its perhaps unfortunate that euthanasia today carries with it many negative connotations. - [Read more]

SINGAPOREANS to help spend the economy out of recession? Going by retail sales numbers, one had better count on government pump-priming rather than consumer spending - the apparent September retail uptick notwithstanding. - [Read more]

SEPTEMBERS retail sales index rose an unexpected 7.2 per cent year-on-year, after Augusts 4.2 per cent increase, largely due to a sharp rebound in motor vehicle sales. - [Read more]

PUA Seck Guan, the high-profile former CEO of CapitaMall Trust Management, is joining Indian real estate giant DLF to head its international operations. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE said on Wednesday it may let Las Vegas Sands open its casino in the city-state in phases from the end of 2009 instead of all at once due to the difficult economic conditions. - [Read more]

FIVE homegrown brands were recognised for their regional branding strategies when the Singapore Prestige Brand Award (SPBA) 2008 winners were announced on Tuesday. - [Read more]