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The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore

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COMPANIES wanting to go green can now tap a $22 million fund to offset costs amid the tighter credit market. - [Read more]

THREE foreign groups - a Hong Kong CLP-led consortium, Bahrains Arcapita and Malaysias YTL - have apparently been shortlisted by Temasek Holdings to buy PowerSeraya, BT understands, as the second round of the two-stage sales process kicked off on Wednesday with the first of the due diligence roadshows. - [Read more]

AS Christmas approaches, many retailers here expect little cheer. With consumer sentiment weak and tourists staying home, tills are unlikely to ring up Jingle Bells. - [Read more]

THE government will watch the property market closely before deciding whether further measures are needed to address the supply-demand imbalance that has emerged, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. - [Read more]

THE long-term outlook for Singapore is fabulous but 2009 is likely to be a miserable year economically, said Roman Scott, economic spokesman for the British Chamber of Commerce. - [Read more]

SINGAPORES small-investor watchdog yesterday reminded retail investors to beware of the different risks associated with various products when deciding whether to invest. - [Read more]

ENTREPRENEURS should think big and seek hidden opportunities rather than scale back during the current economic troubles, a panel discussion at the Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) Singapore University conference heard yesterday. - [Read more]

AUSTRALIA, because of its geographical proximity, will be one of the key sources of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for Singapores power stations - although initially, it will be shipped here from elsewhere, a BG Group official said here yesterday. - [Read more]

MULTIPLE strategies are needed to keep traffic flowing and they must be flexible, a forum was told yesterday. - [Read more]

AS the economy struggles through tough times, entrepreneurs must recognise the challenges and opportunities that confront their businesses and respond accordingly to protect and improve the bottom line. - [Read more]

CONSULTANCY firm Mercer will expand its services here to include a wealth management unit, banking that challenging economic conditions will boost demand for professional, institutionally-tested investment processes. - [Read more]

SOFTWARE giant Autodesk Inc has set up a new research home at Fusionopolis. - [Read more]

CHINA can provide sufficient compensation for Asia amid the slowing global demand, a Societe Generale Asia strategist said yesterday. - [Read more]

TOUGHER rules on the investment of Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings continued to hit sales of single-premium products in Q3 2008, said the Life Insurance Association (LIA) of Singapore yesterday. - [Read more]

CITIBANK Singapore is offering an overdraft to affluent clients collateralised on their global properties. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE could attract even more mega investments to develop new alternative and renewable energy ideas and technologies for the world, energy officials said. - [Read more]

THE overseas revenues of Singapores top 100 globalised companies jumped 20.4 per cent last year to hit $173 billion, from $144.5 billion the year before. - [Read more]

WOMEN who donate their eggs for research should be compensated for their loss of time and earnings, on top of being reimbursed for expenses, according to the Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC). In a report detailing its recommendations on donation of human eggs for research, the panel qualified that the compensation should, however, not be so high that it becomes an inducement. - [Read more]

RESORTS World Sentosa (RWS) is in talks with government agencies including the Singapore Tourism Board, Urban Redevelopment Authority and Ministry of Trade and Industry to start work on the projects West Zone only when its Central and East Zones are well under way. - [Read more]

ELECTRIFICATION of transport here, including cars and buses, possible use of alternatives like solar and nuclear energy, financing of pilot energy initiatives and tapping the available talent here for energy R&D - these were among the many ideas for Singapore from a specially enlisted group of international energy experts. - [Read more]