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The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore

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AFTER decades of planning and years of design and construction, the Marina Barrage was finally opened yesterday. - [Read more]

STARTING today, all suppliers billing the government will need to submit their invoices electronically. The integrated e-Invoice system is another initiative of Singapores Integrated Government 2010 (iGov2010) Masterplan, which seeks to extend the reach and quality of Government e-services. - [Read more]

SENTIMENT has tanked, pretty much across the board among manufacturers, and most in the services. - [Read more]

SINGAPORES unemployment rate has stayed unchanged in September, even as employers are starting to feel the pinch of the credit crunch - and talks of job cuts are on the rise. - [Read more]

ORCHARD Central, Far East Organizations upcoming mall, has signed up more than 100 tenants so far - including several names that are new to Singapore. - [Read more]

VISITOR arrivals fell 4.1 per cent in September to 739,000 from 771,000 a year back, according to Singapore Tourism Board (STB) figures released yesterday. - [Read more]

THE Singapore Land Authority (SLA) said yesterday that from tomorrow onwards, state tenders will be launched only on its State Property Online Information (SPIO) portal. - [Read more]

AIRFARES and hotel rates in Singapore will rise more slowly next year as airlines struggle with the economic downturn and new hotels come on stream amid falling visitor numbers. - [Read more]

LOCAL search and directory engine rednano.sg yesterday announced a programme to give charities a boost by highlighting their work and needs. - [Read more]

GERMAN technology firm Siemens has set up its first corporate technology (CT) centre in South-east Asia to do basic research, with the aim of sharpening competitiveness of its business units in the region. - [Read more]

THE Boon Lay Extension (BLE) of the East-West Line is expected to begin service on Feb 28, according to the Land Transport Authority (LTA). - [Read more]

THE Audit Committee Guidance Committee (ACGC) yesterday released a 200-page guidebook for audit committee members, aimed at helping directors strengthen corporate governance. - [Read more]

THE global banking crisis, which hit its peak in September, caused many companies in Asias financial centres of Singapore and Hong Kong to cut back on their hiring efforts, said international recruitment firm Robert Walters, which released the third-quarter results of its Asia Job Index yesterday. - [Read more]

A DAZZLING display of the worlds finest jewelled timepieces captivated guests at Jewellery Time 2008 last night. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE-BASED healthcare group Rockeby biomed said yesterday said it has been awarded two grants totalling $750,000 by Spring Singapore under its Technology Enterprise Commercialisation Scheme (TECS). - [Read more]

SIXTEEN technology start-ups have emerged from more than 200 applications for a total of $6 million in grants from Spring Singapore under the Technology Enterprise Commercialisation Scheme (TECS). - [Read more]

CONTRARY to some market speculation of delays given the financial turmoil, Temasek Holdings sale of PowerSeraya - launched on Oct 7 - remains on track, sources said, with the first bids already in. - [Read more]

THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) to share knowledge and establish a cooperative framework. - [Read more]

PRIVATE equity is expected to play a bigger role in the hospitality sector, given the likely medium-term difficulty in securing debt finance. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE could soon help standardise medical terms used by doctors across the world by becoming the first Asian country to join the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO). - [Read more]