http://business-times.asiaone.com/top/0,4578,,00.html? The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore en-us Copyright 2010 Business Times Online. 11 Mar 2010 SGT 11 Mar 2010 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/0,4574,376246,00.html? (SINGAPORE) Hot weather, increased economic activity, and hiccups in Indonesian gas supplies. A triple whammy that have led to one thing: climbing electricity prices that could impact businesses, according to sources. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,376247,00.html? THE sale of a 44 per cent interest in Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) for $957 million will bring closure to a five-year partnership between two South-east Asian tycoons that went sour. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,376236,00.html? (SINGAPORE) It will be business as usual for Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE), even as Indonesia's Lippo Group takes sole control of the property firm. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,376230,00.html? (SINGAPORE) The economy is expected to register robust growth this quarter - 9.5 per cent, according to economists' forecasts - though it'll be more of a technical rebound than anything else. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,376232,00.html? (SINGAPORE) China's better than expected trade results, released yesterday, prompted speculation that a revaluation of the currency may come soon but analysts have warned that this may not be the case. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,376238,00.html? IN 'How SMEs can get that bank loan' (BT, March 10), we reported Singapore Manufacturers' Federation president Renny Yeo as saying SMEs contribute a third of the economy's total value-add. The federation has clarified that SMEs contribute half of the economy's total value-add. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,376123,00.html? MOODY'S Investor Services warned last month that the triple A credit rating of the highly geared US economy should not be taken for granted. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,376126,00.html? SOMETIME in the mid-1990s, an analyst attempting to understand Malaysia's sprawling Berjaya Corporation (BCorp) asked its founder Vincent Tan Chee Yioun whether he would be prepared to sell one of the group's assets that he seemed particularly fond of. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,376122,00.html? (SINGAPORE) Crude oil may hit US$100 per barrel by 2011, as demand outstrips supply on tight capacity from the producers, according to a UK-based commodities fund manager. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,376233,00.html? HOT weather, increased economic activity, and hiccups in Indonesian gas supplies. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT