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$1.25m for ideas to improve fish farming
TO HELP farmers here produce more fish, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is doling out $1.25 million to those who can work with the agency to develop better "closed containment aquaculture"...
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New private home sales down 67.6 per cent in June
THE record-breaking sales of new private homes in May became a distant memory last month when transactions fell off a cliff as developers put out fewer projects.Potential buyers also turned their...
View ArticleDevelopers banking on track record
JOHOR BARU - Malaysian property developers are banking on their track record as they compete with foreign developers who are now making their presence felt in the country.Encorp Bhd sales, marketing...
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Many S'poreans keen to work in golden years: Poll
We usually think of retirement as a welcome chance to put our feet up after years of slogging it out at the coal face but plenty of Singaporeans have no intention of quitting the daily grind...
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S'pore asset managers see 11.8 per cent growth
Singapore's asset management industry continued to grow last year, though at a slower pace than before, driven by sustained interest among regional and global investors in investing in Asia.Total...
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Walk in, dress up
Walk-in wardrobes, often thought of as a luxurious feature in spacious homes, are now becoming a common request among those who live in HDB flats and small apartments.Put it down to the prevalence of...
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More homes snapped up as prices slip in Q2
SINGAPORE - Buyers jumped back into the local housing market as prices of both public and private homes fell for another straight quarter, figures out yesterday showed.A raft of cooling measures has...
View ArticleDevelopers close $75m in deals at property fair
GEORGE TOWN - The Star Property Fair 2014 concluded with 13 Penang and Kuala Lumpur-based developers closing deals worth RM190.9 million (S$74.67 million) during the four-day event.Those with the most...
View ArticleChina developers placing bets on casinos overseas
Chinese real estate companies are trying to participate in overseas casino projects as the sluggish property market at home is leading to a drop in profits.In the first half of 2014, Jeju Island in...
View ArticleChina's economy heading in the right direction
Is the economy at last turning? The Chinese government's policies to rebalance the economy seem to be bearing some fruit at last.The latest economic data published by the National Bureau of Statistics...
View Article'Liquid gold' set to gain more customers in China
Zhang Min would be very happy to be able to buy a 250-milliliter bottle of Spanish olive oil for what he pays for a 2,500-milliliter bottle of peanut oil.For the 34-year-old human resources specialist...
View ArticleTaiwan’s top fin regulator to meet heads of financial firms
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s top financial regulator will meet heads of seven major financial holding firms in August as it looks to encourage the development of banks with large enough scale to compete in Asia,...
View ArticleOil prices drift lower in Asia
TOKYO - Oil prices dipped in Asian trade Monday ahead of the release of US economic growth and jobs data later in the week, while investors track events in Ukraine and the crude-rich Middle East.The US...
View ArticleSan Miguel in talks over Philippine Airlines after stake-sale report
SAN MIGUEL CORP-PAL HLDGS/ MANILA - San Miguel Corp on Monday said it was "discussing" with investment partner Lucio Tan Group their respective interests in Philippine Airlines parent PAL Holdings Inc,...
View ArticleNikkei rises to fresh 6-month high; Nissan jumps on strong results
TOKYO - Tokyo stocks rose to a fresh six-month high on Tuesday morning, as strong earnings from the likes of Nissan Motor Co suggested Corporate Japan has managed to weather a recent rise in the...
View ArticleS.Korea shares hit 3-year intraday high, won up
SEOUL - South Korean shares rose to their highest in three years on Tuesday, in line with their Asian peers, as a rally in Chinese markets and hope for more stimulus policies at home and abroad stoked...
View ArticleAustralia 'needs to lower costs' to attract investment: Rinehart
SYDNEY - Mining magnate Gina Rinehart said Tuesday that high costs were hurting resources investment in Australia, as a study found that only the country's agriculture sector was strongly competitive...
View ArticleFedEx hires Barry Bonds lawyers to defend against drug charges
SAN FRANCISCO - FedEx Corp has hired some of the hard-hitting attorneys who represented home run slugger Barry Bonds to defend against criminal allegations that FedEx knowingly shipped packages from...
View ArticleChina brands beat global rivals with tea toothpaste & pickled plums
SHANGHAI - With green-tea flavoured toothpaste and pickled plum juice, an army of Chinese retailers is tapping local tastes to whittle away market share from global rivals that are banking their future...
View ArticleHKMA intervenes to protect HKD peg, sells $890 m
HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) stepped into the currency market early on Tuesday, selling HK$5.541 billion (S$890 million) in Hong Kong dollars as the local currency repeatedly hit...
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