http://business-times.asiaone.com/companies/0,4538,,00.html? The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore en-us Copyright 2007 Business Times Online. 7 Nov 2009 SGT 7 Nov 2009 SGT 60 http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/static/image/images/topmastheadsmall.gif http://business-times.asiaone.com http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/companies/story/0,4574,358203,00.html? ALL three Singapore banks exceeded analysts' expectations in the third quarter, boosted by the recovery in financial markets that led to much lower provisions for bad loans and impairments of investment securities. Companies & Markets 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/companies/story/0,4574,358211,00.html? SEMBCORP Industries ticked along in the third quarter with a 2.2 per cent rise in net profit to $148.1 million from $144.9 million in the previous corresponding quarter while turnover rose 3 per cent to $2.58 billion from $2.5 billion due to weaker performances at the group's UK and Singapore utilities operations. Companies & Markets 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/companies/story/0,4574,358212,00.html? THE scuffle between Singapore's two pay-television rivals has intensified as both turn to free channels as their new weapon of choice. Companies & Markets 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/companies/story/0,4574,358206,00.html? MACARTHURCOOK Industrial Reit (MI-Reit) has announced a slew of measures to recapitalise and refinance its debts and contractual obligations. Companies & Markets 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/companies/story/0,4574,358207,00.html? MACARTHURCOOK Industrial Reit (MI-Reit) reported a 16 per cent decline in income distribution to $5.17 million for its fiscal second quarter ended Sept 30 due to higher borrowing costs. Companies & Markets 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/companies/story/0,4574,358209,00.html? SINGAPORE companies should develop their human capital, rethink their business processes and strategies and communicate more with their shareholders if they hope to emerge stronger from the downturn, said Lim Hwee Hua, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance and Transport. Companies & Markets 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/companies/story/0,4574,358213,00.html? SINO-SINGAPORE Tianjin Eco- City Investment and Development Co Ltd (SSTEC) has embarked on a joint venture with GEMS Education, the world's largest K-12 (kindergarten to Grade 12) education company, to co-develop GEMS' first flagship greenfield international school in China. Companies & Markets 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/companies/story/0,4574,358205,00.html? CHINA, technology and private equity are expected to drive global initial public offering (IPO) activities over the next 12 months, the latest survey by Ernst & Young LLP shows. Companies & Markets 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/companies/story/0,4574,358287,00.html? Companies & Markets 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT