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Fewer cluster homes for S’pore market
June 4th, 2010 | 
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HOME buyers and investors keen on getting a cluster house may soon find themselves with an increasingly limited pool of new choices to select from.
This is because the number of new cluster-housing launches looks set to fall after this year, following a recent change in Government regulations, say property experts.
In the new ruling, which came into effect last February, the Government stipulate... more
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Tags: change, choices, cluster, cluster housing, effect, February, government, government regulations, home, home buyers, house, investors, launches, number, pool, property, property experts, ruling, which came into effect, year | 
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Problems linger after Greek bailout
ANYONE who thought that the 110 billion euro (S$199 billion) bailout package for Greece announced on Sunday would succeed in stabilising European bond markets would have been disappointed by its initial reception. Although yields on Greek two-year government bonds have fallen from their near-16 per cent level on April 28, they remain elevated, at more than 10 per cent. More significantly, they hav... more
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Tags: anyone, April, bailout, bailout package, bond, cent, euro, european bond markets, government, government bonds, Greece, hav, initial reception, level, near, package, reception, Sunday |
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Weekly Economic and Financial Commentary
Real GDP grew at a 3.2 percent annual rate, as strong growth in consumer spending and inventory rebuilding contributed the bulk of the improvement during the quarter. Business fixed investment was supported by equipment and software spending, while weakness in structures continued. Government outlays were a mixed picture, with federal...
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Tags: bulk, business, consumer, consumer spending, equipment, GDP, government, government outlays, growth, improvement, inventory, Investment, percent, picture, quarter, quarter business, rate, Real, real gdp, software, spending, weakness |
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ST Index breaks 3,000 barrier again
POSITIVE economic and corporate data boosted investor sentiment yesterday, with regional markets quickly recovering much of the ground lost in last week's knee-jerk sell-down in response to the US government's lawsuit against Goldman Sachs.
The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) yesterday promptly rebounded back above the 3,000-point level, closing 14.13 points higher at 3,002.62.
Traders were up... more
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Tags: Goldman, goldman sachs, government, ground, Index, investor, investor sentiment, knee jerk, lawsuit, level, point, positive, regional markets, response, Sachs, sentiment, STI, Straits, straits times index, straits times index sti, Times, US, us government, week, yesterday |
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Obama: ‘We are beginning to turn the corner’
President Barack Obama on Friday hailed a new government report showing the largest job creation number in nearly three years.
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Geithner: Disparity in recovery ‘deeply unfair’
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday it’s “deeply unfair” that some financial institutions that got taxpayer-paid bailouts are emerging in better shape from the recession than millions of ordinary Americans.
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Tags: business, business government, financial institutions, government, recession, Secretary, secretary of the treasury, shape, Thursday, Timothy Geithner, Treasury, treasury secretary, United States, united states secretary of the treasury |
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