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Check out Brunei's affordable public housing bungalows
Unlike the high-rise public housing available in various parts of Asia, Brunei's public homes come in the form of landed houses the size of bungalows in Singapore.Each of these two-storey houses...
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Room to grow
WHEN Melvin Kong and Christie Ng were house-hunting a few years ago, they had hoped to find a home which they could move into immediately without the need for extensive renovations."We visited about 50...
View ArticleSouth Korea central bank chief sees risks to growth outlook
SEOUL - South Korea's central bank recently cut its economic growth forecast for this year and 2015, its governor said on Wednesday, but the outlook still stresses negative over positive factors.Bank...
View ArticleTakashimaya to open in Iconsiam, Thailand
Thailand will gain another glittering jewel in its shopping-paradise crown when Japan's ultra-high-end department store Takashimaya opens its new global flagship property in Iconsiam, a Bt50-billion...
View ArticleSoftBank leads $127m investment in Indonesian ecommerce firm
TOKYO - SoftBank Corp announced Wednesday it will lead a US$100 million (S$127 million) investment round in Indonesian ecommerce giant PT Tokopedia, the Japanese mobile carrier's third investment...
View ArticleTotal board to consider split of CEO/Chairman role
PARIS - The board of French oil group Total will meet on Wednesday to consider splitting the chairman and chief executive roles previously held by Christophe de Margerie, who died in a plane crash in...
View Article9 reasons why a hotel investment may be right for you
With so many investment options out there, it's enough to make one bewildered as to where to put their hard-earned money.Property has generally been one of the more favoured assets to invest in, but...
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Ascott takes stake, partners Australia's largest serviced apartment...
CapitaLand's serviced residence unit, The Ascott Limited, said on Thursday that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Quest Serviced Apartments - Australia's largest serviced apartment...
View ArticleWhat Minecraft is teaching your kids about money
NEW YORK - If your kids are chattering non-stop about things like emeralds, pickaxes and creepers, you may have a unique opportunity to turn a video game addiction into a life lesson about...
View ArticleUS Court hears arguments on sex discrimination at Goldman Sachs
NEW YORK - Goldman Sachs Group on Wednesday attacked expert evidence offered by attorneys for former female employees in a US federal sex discrimination lawsuit, arguing there was no pattern of...
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Mark Zuckerberg gives 30-min interview entirely in Mandarin
Mark Zuckerberg has shown that he is bent on courting China, where Facebook has been banned since 2009, by speaking entirely in Mandarin during a 30-minute Q&A session.According to the...
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Singapore inflation eases further to 0.6% in September
CONSUMER price inflation again eased more than expected to 0.6 per cent in September, as drops in housing and transport costs offset higher food prices.Get the full story from The Business Times.Here...
View ArticleTesco chairman resigns over profits fiasco
LONDON - The chairman of Britain's biggest retailer Tesco will resign after the supermarket group was found to have overstated profits by £263 million (S$538 million), it announced on Thursday."The...
View ArticleHonda execs to take pay cut after 5th Fit hybrid recall
TOKYO - Honda Motor Co said on Thursday its president and 12 other executives would take an unprecedented pay cut after the Japanese automaker announced the fifth recall in a year of its new Fit...
View ArticleTesco accounting black hole deepens, chairman to step down
LONDON - The chairman of Britain's biggest grocery chain, Tesco, announced his resignation on Thursday after the company reported a bigger than expected hole in its finances and said accounting...
View ArticleAscott ties up with Quest to invest $560m
Capitaland's serviced-residence unit, The Ascott Limited, said yesterday that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Quest Serviced Apartments, Australia's largest serviced-apartment provider...
View ArticleSingapore's inflation drops to 7-month low
Consumer price inflation again eased more than expected to 0.6 per cent last month in a seven-month low, as drops in housing and transport costs offset higher food prices.The median forecast of 20...
View ArticleGoogle commits to $1.28 billion in long-term office leases
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc said it is committed to spending $1 billion (S$1.28 billion) to lease office buildings over the next 13 to 14 years.Google did not say where the office buildings were located...
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