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Uneventful markets record modest changes. US equities were unchanged (S&P500) until late into a choppy NY session, the last hour seeing sellers push the index to a -0.4% close. There was little economic data from the US to influence price action, M&A activity (Campbell Soup eyeing UK's United Biscuits, China's

The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States rose in the last three weeks but is expected to fall again, an industry analyst said Sunday.


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The final week of July saw mixed price action among asset classes, as better than expected data from outside the US was mostly offset by weaker US data. US stocks finished slightly weaker while the MSCI world stock index gained some ground. The CRB commodity index continued to advance, but

PUMP prices were cut by two cents a litre yesterday, just a week after a three-cent reduction. Shell started the ball rolling at 8.30am, with the rest following suit throughout the morning. A litre of 92-, 95- and 98-octane petrol is now $1.757, $1.817 and $1.90, respectively. The price of diesel, which was not cut when petrol rates were lowered last Monday, came down by three cents a litre on Fri... more

BROKERS have cut their share price targets for the Singapore Exchange (SGX), ahead of its quarterly results next week, predicting earnings will be hit by weaker trading volumes.
But they also believe the exchange could benefit from an economic upturn and the stewardship of new CEO Magnus Bocker.
CIMB, in a research report, cut its target price for SGX to $8.38 from $8.83 and lowered its FY2010-12 … more

(SINGAPORE) The government yesterday defended its policy of managing price movements in the private housing market and also stood by its method of supplying developers with state land sites.
It was responding to Wednesday’s speech by the president of the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (Redas), Simon Cheong, who said that the government should allow the private property market her… more