RSS FeedsIT retail solutions shine amid the gloom
December 14, 2008 22:00:00THERE is little optimism around as economies crumble and nations retreat into recession one by one. But Stanley Lee, general manager of IT retail solutions provider Torex, reckons the current financial crisis is a good opportunity. - [Read more] |
Laguna Park clears hurdle
December 14, 2008 22:00:00APPROVAL for an enbloc sale by owners of Laguna Park apartments crossed the 80 per cent threshold on Friday, Channel News Asia reported yesterday. This allows the owners of the 30-year-old condominium to proceed to market the site, which has a total land area of about 667,000 sq ft. - [Read more] |
SME cash reserves vital to survive crisis
December 12, 2008 22:00:00SMALL and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) should head back to basics and relook their cash reserves to survive the fallout from the financial crisis, panellists at a forum hosted by the NUS Business School and TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Singapore said yesterday. - [Read more] |
Two patients get local homografts
December 12, 2008 22:00:00THE National Cardiovascular Homograft Bank (NCHB) has supplied locally procured and processed homografts to two replacement surgeries done in Singapore hospitals, cutting both time and costs for the patients. - [Read more] |
Digital Marketplace starts rolling
December 12, 2008 22:00:00THE governments initiative to become a powerhouse in the lucrative digital content processing, trading and distribution industry, dubbed Digital Marketplace, took its first steps yesterday. - [Read more] |
CAAS extends customer relief by a year
December 12, 2008 22:00:00FACED with falling traffic and a potential prolonged slowdown in aviation, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has extended its Air Hub Development Fund (AHDF) by S$130 million for a year until end 2009. - [Read more] |
Smoking ban to cover more areas
December 12, 2008 22:00:00FROM Jan 1, the smoking prohibition will be extended to indoor public places, lift lobbies, playgrounds, exercise areas, and entrances to buildings where smoking is already prohibited. - [Read more] |
Consortium to take on Mid-East markets
December 12, 2008 22:00:00A CONSORTIUM of four local companies was formed yesterday to provide a suite of turnkey engineering, procurement and construction services, as well as supply chain solutions for the downstream oil and gas industries and offshore and marine industries in the Middle East. - [Read more] |
Cisco sets up first global tech centre
December 12, 2008 22:00:00CISCO yesterday announced the establishment in Singapore of its first global centre for developing next generation services which would be delivered over the Republics Next Generation National Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN), once it is up and running. - [Read more] |
Singapore could lead rebound in region
December 12, 2008 22:00:00SINGAPORE may be the only Asian economy to show negative growth next year given its small and very open economy but it could also be the first in the region to recover, according to UBS Wealth Management Research. - [Read more] |
New Criminal Procedure Code soon
December 11, 2008 22:00:00MAJOR changes are in the pipeline for Singapores Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) - the first review in 40 years - in an effort to ensure the countrys criminal justice system remains relevant. - [Read more] |
Prehistoric data used to predict quakes
December 11, 2008 22:00:00THROUGH the use of prehistoric records, an international team of scientists has been able to improve the forecast of large West Sumatran earthquakes and tsunamis. - [Read more] |
Spring Spore, SAC host APLAC meeting
December 11, 2008 22:00:00SPRING Singapore and the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) are currently hosting the 14th Asia-Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) General Assembly and Technical Meetings from Dec 6-12, with about 100 delegates from more than 20 countries attending this event. - [Read more] |
Laguna Park for en bloc sale?
December 11, 2008 22:00:00LAGUNA Park condominium along Marine Parade Road could be up for collective sale, with about 77 per cent of tenants so far agreeing to it, Channel NewsAsia reported. - [Read more] |
Firms share views on impact of crisis
December 10, 2008 22:00:00A poll conducted by the Singaporean-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (SGC) has found that 92.1 per cent of respondents anticipate that the current financial crisis will affect the demand for their companies products or services in the next six to 12 months. - [Read more] |
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