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Don't confuse size of listing on bourse with its quality
July 24, 2012 1:00 AMI REFER to the report "SGX mainboard sets sights on loftier image" and the commentary "New SGX rules - many hits but one big miss" (BT, July 20).
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Return of euro fears sparks selling
July 24, 2012 1:52 AMAFTER rising 105 points since the start of the month, the Straits Times Index yesterday fell 33.04 points to 2,982.49, in line with a 3 per cent loss in Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index.
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Growing need for fairness and respect
July 24, 2012 2:00 AMFAIRNESS in society and among societies has recently become a major topic among the chattering classes. The phrase "the 99 per cent versus the one per cent" has in a simple, yet...
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Euro falls for fifth consecutive day
July 25, 2012 12:51 AM[NEW YORK] The euro declined for a fifth straight session against the US dollar and yen yesterday, as weak eurozone data and a ratings watch on the region's strongest economies...
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Heed signs of worsening eurozone crisis fast
July 25, 2012 12:58 AMTHE eurozone crisis is once again entering new and dangerous territory. As familiar as that sounds, it is also true.
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How long can yuan remain attractive to Africans?
July 25, 2012 12:58 AMHAVING overtaken the United States as Africa's biggest trading partner two years ago, China is continuing to cement its relationship with the continent, with President Hu Jintao...
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6 warrants for short-term IHH punters to consider
July 25, 2012 12:59 AMTODAY's listing of IHH Healthcare Bhd is bound to get lots of attention, particularly given the high level of publicity the offer has attracted over the past few weeks and also...
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Banking sector's crisis of legitimacy
July 25, 2012 1:00 AMTHE recent departure of Robert Diamond from Barclays marks a watershed. To be sure, CEOs of major banks have been forced out before. Chuck Prince lost his job at Citigroup over...
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Banks will shell out to fight Libor lawsuits
July 25, 2012 1:00 AMTHE loud legal barking over the Libor deception portends a costly bite. It's unclear who got hurt in the rate-rigging mess, but the growing chatter about lawsuits means that the...
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ST Index rebounds almost 16 points
July 25, 2012 1:52 AMMONDAY'S column highlighted the likelihood that it is expectations of how Western markets might perform in the session ahead that determine movements in the Straits Times Index...
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Break Europe's govt, private-sector debt link
July 25, 2012 1:59 AMTHE financial crisis has exposed a fatal flaw in the design of European monetary union which can be removed only by decisive policy action. Policymakers in Europe now have the...
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Euro gains on bailout fund comments
July 26, 2012 1:06 AM[NEW YORK] The euro rallied against most major currencies yesterday, recovering from a two-year low against the US dollar after a European Central Bank policymaker said he could...
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Broadband hiccups need dose of goodwill
July 26, 2012 1:12 AMA GENEROUS view of the current disputations involving OpenNet, the infrastructure provider for Singapore's nascent ultra high-speed broadband network, is that they are a reflection...
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US shooting itself in the foot on gun ownership
July 26, 2012 1:12 AMACCORDING to American opponents of gun control, last week's massacre at a cinema in Aurora, Colorado, had nothing to do with the fact that the United States is on the top of the...
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Saving global economy from collapse
July 26, 2012 1:13 AMLACK of trust, lack of confidence, lack of visibility. Which way out of the world economic recession? Cut back or spend more or. . .?
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Globalisation process remains only skin-deep
July 26, 2012 1:13 AMTHE world is not flat, as Thomas L Friedman would have us believe; it is round, and encompassed within its 24,000-mile (38,620km) circumference and 360 degrees of longitude and...
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Euro worries persist, STI falls 7.5 pts
July 26, 2012 1:36 AMTHE Straits Times Index (STI) yesterday fell 7.52 points to 2,990.92 in the face of mounting evidence that all is not well with the eurozone - on Tuesday, ratings agency Moody's...
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CFOs do more than just add the numbers
July 26, 2012 3:13 AMALMOST every growth-hungry chief executive officer (CEO) today will have rapid-growth markets on his expansion agenda. Given the rising per capita incomes, favourable demographics...
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Euro surges after ECB chief's pledge
July 27, 2012 1:00 AM[NEW YORK] The euro soared against the US dollar and other major currencies yesterday, reversing earlier losses, after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi said the bank would...
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STI gains checked by Europe opening
July 27, 2012 1:00 AMTHE Straits Times Index had a volatile session yesterday, first rising 32 points but closing with a net gain of just 13.65 points at 3,004.57 when Europe opened in the red.
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