http://business-times.asiaone.com/top/0,4578,,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/news/story/0,4574,358186,00.html? THE government yesterday fired a clear signal that it intends to keep private homes affordable by announcing its land sales programme for the first half of 2010 earlier than expected. The News 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,358188,00.html? DBS will be hiring 300 new relationship managers (RMs) for its priority banking over the next few months - the bank's first major hiring drive since it controversially retrenched hundreds of employees last year. The News 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,358185,00.html? PROPERTY giant CapitaLand is reversing cuts of between 3 and 20 per cent made to executive and management salaries in January this year. The News 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,358194,00.html? IT'S back to the core mission for the leaders of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, when they meet next week in Singapore. The News 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,358190,00.html? DBS Group's net profit surged 49 per cent to $563 million for the third quarter from a year earlier, handily beating analysts' forecasts and capping an unexpectedly strong third quarter for the Singapore banks. The News 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,358197,00.html? THE Singapore economy may be in recovery mode now, but the government is far from feeling comfortable as it looks ahead to the next 5-10 years. The News 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,358189,00.html? TWO of Japan's top six trust banks - Sumitomo Trust and Banking and Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings - said yesterday they will merge to create the country's biggest trust bank and fifth-largest bank overall. The News 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,358191,00.html? THE unemployment rate has surpassed 10 per cent for the first time since 1983 - and is likely to go higher. The News 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,358198,00.html? ITS fortunes buoyed by the acquisition of the American assets of the failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers in September 2008, Britain's Barclays Bank is setting its sights on expanding aggressively in Asia. The News 07 Nov 2009 04:00 SGT