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58% of respondents expect to spend more on research and development in next 12 months
MOST business leaders in the Asia-Pacific believe it will take two to three years for the global economy to recover fully.
In the meantime, many are gearing up for future growth and plan to spend more on research and development in the next 12 months.
These findings come from a survey conducted jointly by Pricewa… more

GLOBAL economies may have taken a beating in the past 12 months, but the crisis could have the unintended outcome of prolonging the life of Mother Earth, a new survey shows.
According to a study commissioned by German technology conglomerate Siemens, investments in more environmentally friendly technologies are set to increase as green shoots of growth emerge after a year-long recession.

The stu… more

HERE’S an interesting question that punters must surely be asking: how much more upside can there be in stocks, either for the rest of the year or the next 12 months?
Several brokers have, over the past few weeks, issued their Straits Times Index targets for the next 12 months (among them UBS Investment Research, DBS, Credit Suisse and Citi Investment Research) and there seems to be a loose consen… more

Wholesale prices dropped sharply in July, and over the past 12 months fell by the largest amount in more than six decades of record-keeping.

Consumer prices were flat in July as energy costs retreated following a big surge in June. Over the past 12 months, prices dropped the most in nearly six decades.

MAYBANK Singapore is launching its first retail Islamic term deposit – paying a return four times more than conventional fixed deposits.
For a limited period, the Term Deposit-i will pay 0.6 per cent, one per cent and 1.4 per cent for tenures of three, six and 12 months respectively.
The minimum placement is $10,000 for 12-month tenure or $25,000 for three and six-month tenures.
This is four times… more

THE mood among investors in Singapore turned cheerier in the second quarter of the year, a survey by ING Group shows.
Sentiment was ‘optimistic’ for the first time in 12 months, according to the ING investor dashboard sentiment index.
The Singapore index more than doubled to 120 points, from 58 in the first quarter – the second-highest increase in Asia after Hong Kong.
The shift in perception from… more