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The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore

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EXPERIAN, the biggest credit data and marketing research firm in the United Kingdom, has moved its Asia-Pacific headquarters to Singapore from Hong Kong to lead its expansion in the region. Paul Brooks, Experian chief financial officer, said that it will step up its investment in Asia, although the credit crunch could affect the groups overall business in the short term. - [Read more]

THE Ministry of Health (MOH) is expecting more Singaporeans to seek help in paying their healthcare bills, as the weakening economy gives rise to more needy patients and healthcare institutions become more familiar with administering applications. - [Read more]

BUYING interest in Singapores property market is beginning to pick up as the country benefits from investors who scale back in other markets, said Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) yesterday. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE and the World Bank Group will ink a new agreement today that will tap on the Republics expertise to provide urban solutions for developing countries. - [Read more]

THE National Environment Agency (NEA) has confirmed that there is a low probability of Singapore being affected by a tsunami, following a two-year study since August 2006. - [Read more]

UNDETERRED by the ongoing financial crisis, Credit Suisse will continue to expand its private banking business in Asia. - [Read more]

SINGAPORES economic growth this year may miss the governments forecast as the global economy worsens amid a credit crisis, Trade Minister Lim Hng Kiang said. - [Read more]

ASEAN member states yesterday signed three economic agreements to boost trade in goods and services and also increase investment. - [Read more]

WHILE companies are increasingly aware of the need to improve their tax function as part of their risk management, managing tax risk is still found wanting, especially among smaller companies, according to a global survey by Ernst & Young. - [Read more]

UNEMPLOYMENT could hit 5 per cent in the second quarter of next year, said Barclays Capital economist Leong Wai Ho yesterday. - [Read more]

LOCAL manufacturers are encouraged to take advantage of the China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (CSFTA) in these uncertain times. - [Read more]

D-SIMLAB Technologies, a former incubatee of Exploit Technologies, yesterday said it appointed Boon Swan Foo as chairman of its board. - [Read more]

SINGAPORES overall unemployment rate remained 2.2 per cent in the July-to-September 2008 quarter, unchanged from the previous quarter, according to the latest labour market report from the Manpower Ministry released yesterday. - [Read more]

THE proportion of companies in Singapore that are cutting back on pay hikes has more than quintupled to 97.1 per cent in the eight months ended November, according to a survey by consultancy Hay Group. - [Read more]

DRAGGED down by an 18.7 per cent fall in motor vehicle sales, retail sales declined by 3.6 per cent year-on-year for October, according to data from the Department of Statistics. Excluding motor vehicles, the retail sales index rose by 3.1 per cent. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE will be among the worlds 10 slowest-growing economies in 2009, according to the Economist Intelligence Units latest forecasts. - [Read more]

A NEW renewable energy trust backed by global conglomerate GE has been set up with the aim of managing US$250 million worth of investments in Asia-Pacific within the next five years. - [Read more]

FORMER Commercial Affairs Department director Glenn Knight is joining law firm Colin Ng & Partners as a partner in its dispute resolution practice group, the firm said yesterday. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE is confirmed as the location for the first Asian advertising festival - Spikes Asia - when it is launched next year. - [Read more]

MORE elderly needy folks will qualify for subsidised medical treatment at neighbourhood general practitioners (GPs). - [Read more]