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The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore

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AN American professor who visited Singapore recently believes that if Asia stays on course for the next three decades, China will be a massive version of Singapore, and India a massive version of Malaysia. - [Read more]

THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation and Temasek Holdings may not be that badly hit by the plunge in the value of their stakes in Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and other global banks. - [Read more]

LOReAL Singapore, together with the Singapore National Commission for Unesco and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star), yesterday launched the LOreal Singapore For Women in Science National Fellowships - each worth $20,000 to be given to three young women scientists. - [Read more]

THE surge in local construction projects in these two years has catapulted the sector ahead of many others. - [Read more]

AMID the financial turmoil, one of the best places to put our money in would have to be charity. - [Read more]

THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has appointed Davinder Singh, Senior Counsel and CEO of Drew & Napier, to advise MAS on the implications of the legal issues raised by the lawyers acting in the Chapter 11 proceedings for Lehman Brothers in the United States. - [Read more]

CHINESE cities such as Shenzhen and Guangzhou have surged past Singapore when it comes to expatriate living costs, a survey has shown. - [Read more]

SINGAPOREANS can look forward to cheaper electricity of up to 25 per cent in the January-March quarter, after the record 21 per cent spike this quarter. - [Read more]

TODAYS Asia-Pacific CEOs must not only be globally minded and fiscal-savvy change agents, they must essentially be HR strategists, according to a Korn/Ferry paper. - [Read more]

REGULATORS from Singapore, Australia, Canada and Switzerland have formed a consortium to share resources and deal with pharmaceutical issues more quickly. - [Read more]

VERIMATRIX, which provides content security and and revenue enhancement solutions for pay-TV networks, has opened its regional headquarters here, in a bid to strengthen its position in the Asia-Pacific. - [Read more]

EMPLOYERS must prepare to manage excess manpower as the economy slows, while employees must brace themselves for wage adjustments and possible retrenchments, panellists at yesterdays Singapore Tripartism Forum said. - [Read more]

THE union did not read about CapitaLands pay cuts in the newspapers; the property and hospitality giant had already discussed its job-saving measures with the union earlier. - [Read more]

TWO of the four top awards at last nights Singapore Prestige Brand Award (SPBA) 2008 went to homegrown food brands. - [Read more]

SINGAPOREANS are risk- averse and most of them do not feel sufficiently informed to make financial decisions, according to a survey by insurance and financial services group Aviva on attitudes to saving. - [Read more]

PUMA Singapore expects double-digit growth next year despite the weak retail sector and aims to boost its presence here through more stores and tie-ups. - [Read more]

JUST three years after it opened, a mid-size medical group practice here has folded. - [Read more]

NTUC Income will launch a $6 million special assistance scheme to help Incomeshield policyholders cope with premium increases during this financial crisis. - [Read more]

THE Ministry of National Development has announced that 10 new sites will be made available to build temporary foreign worker dormitories. - [Read more]

THE annual childrens charity concert ChildAid has raised a record $506,000 this year, easily topping last years $450,000. - [Read more]