http://business-times.asiaone.com/top/0,4578,,00.html? The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore en-us Copyright 2010 Business Times Online. 3 Sep 2010 SGT 3 Sep 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/0,4574,402460,00.html? (SINGAPORE) After a slow start to the year, the market for initial public offerings (IPOs) may still end 2010 with a bang if some highly anticipated mega IPOs make their way here. 03 Sep 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,402453,00.html? (SINGAPORE) There has been no secular decline in Singapore's productivity, says a leading American labour economist. 03 Sep 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,402459,00.html? (SINGAPORE) Auditors of New Lakeside Holdings said fraudulent misrepresentations may have been given to them during the audit of the fiscal 2009 financial results. 03 Sep 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,402454,00.html? (WASHINGTON) Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says the US central bank and other regulators could have done a better job tackling mortgage and banking risks that helped precipitate the worst financial crisis in seven decades. 03 Sep 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,402344,00.html? (BANGKOK) Thailand yesterday ordered the central bank to keep a close eye on the baht and 'prepare measures' after the currency soared to a 29-month high against the US dollar, the finance minister said. 03 Sep 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,402343,00.html? (SINGAPORE) It was the best of times and the worst of times, says Edward Lazear of his stint as chief economic adviser to ex- president George W Bush from 2006 to 2009. 03 Sep 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,402352,00.html? (SINGAPORE) New initiatives are in the works to upgrade and expand Singapore's rail network over the next decade, with the Jurong East MRT Station modification project the first to be completed next year. 03 Sep 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,402345,00.html? (ATLANTA) The maker of anti-wrinkle agent Botox has reached a US$600 million settlement with federal prosecutors in Atlanta and agreed to plead guilty to illegal promotion of the product. 03 Sep 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,402456,00.html? AFTER a slow start to the year, the market for initial public offerings may still end 2010 with a bang if some highly-anticipated mega IPOs make their way here. 03 Sep 2010 04:00 SGT