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AGGRESSIVE promotions and new model launches combined with a three- week interval to push COE premiums up across the board.

There is usually a two- week break between bidding exercises for certificates of entitlement. So when it is longer than usual, more orders are collected – giving premiums a boost.

In yesterday’s tender, Category A, for cars below 1,600cc, jumped $1,313 to $18,502, while C… more

MOST people place their faith in the disclosure-based model which says that the more information financial advisers and companies are made to tell the public, the better. This is the rationale behind Regulation Full Disclosure (RFD) in the US and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and is the preferred regulatory approach that has evolved over the past decade in tandem with deregulated markets.
Howeve… more

(SINGAPORE) A company which was marketing ’shares’ in condominium units just a few weeks back has adopted a new tack, and is now putting apart-ments up for tender.
Following a model similar to that of an unlisted property trust, Primespace Investments Pte Ltd initially promoted ‘fractional ownership’ in two studio apartments, one at One-North Residences and another at One Shenton.
As BT reported … more

Reuters – Cadbury turned up the heat in its defense against a takeover from Kraft as its Chairman Roger Carr said it was an “unappealing prospect” being absorbed into Kraft’s low growth conglomerate business model.