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(SINGAPORE) After a slow start to the year, the market for initial public offerings (IPOs) may still end 2010 with a bang if some highly anticipated mega IPOs make their way here. Industry players are expecting at least three blockbuster listings by the end of the year, of which two are linked to the Singapore government. If that materialises, 2010 will shape up to be a stronger year than 200... more

With the market down three weeks in a row, investors are understandably grim. But there is a silver lining.


Silver - Business - Investing - Precious metal - United States

Yesterday's US economic data releases were mixed, although for us, continued weakness in the US housing market (as evidenced by July's housing starts and building permits figures), underscores a prevailing nervousness in markets. These 'headwinds' increase the chance of the Federal Reserve restarting its quantitative easing programme, having halted its

THE banking industry is highly competitive, and banks offer a wide variety of products to attract consumers. What's more, they constantly fine-tune and update each product, so that the products will stay relevant to the market. But, with so many innovative choices, consumers – especially the less financially savvy ones – often get confused. More often than not, their solution... more

Investors are turning more to options for protection after the latest data showing the frailty of the economic recovery, but they may find some comfort in Wall Street's "fear gauge."


Wall Street - Stock market - Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds

The Canadian dollar was soft after the Bank of Canada today raised the benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage to 0.75% as expected but warned of a slow down in domestic and global economic recovery. This relatively dovish statement, however, was not able to play down the market expectation