http://business-times.asiaone.com/top/0,4578,,00.html? The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore en-us Copyright 2010 Business Times Online. 9 Feb 2010 SGT 9 Feb 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/0,4574,371809,00.html? (SINGAPORE) The accountancy sector is set for a shake-up, if plans to consolidate the 500 small and medium practices here over a two-year period materialise. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371810,00.html? (SINGAPORE) It looks like everyone wants a piece of the casino action when it opens. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371825,00.html? (SINGAPORE) The drawn-out crawl to the dotted finishing line finally came to an end yesterday, with the main building contract for Singapore's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal being awarded to the Samsung C&T Corporation (Samsung). 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371830,00.html? KOITO Industries, the Japanese supplier of seats to carriers including Singapore Airlines, falsified test results and made unauthorised design changes, according to Japan's Transport Ministry. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371829,00.html? (NEW YORK) John Thain was yesterday restored to the top of a public company more than a year after he was ousted from Merrill Lynch. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371827,00.html? (LONDON) Sterling tumbled to a nearly 9-month low against the dollar yesterday as the UK currency bore the brunt of risk-aversion selling triggered by jitters about the fiscal health of some eurozone countries. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371722,00.html? (SINGAPORE) The take-up for corporate tickets at the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix (Sept 24-26) is moving at a faster pace than the one for 2009 SGP, thanks to a stronger economy. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371718,00.html? (SINGAPORE) The $5 million audit exemption threshold is under review. The outcome could mean cost savings for small businesses, but also a reduced client pool for small and medium accounting practices. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371757,00.html? BANK lending in Japan suffered its biggest fall in more than four years during January, underlining the continuing weak state of the world's second largest economy and of Japanese corporate investment in particular, the Bank of Japan said yesterday. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371815,00.html? THE accountancy sector is set for a shake-up, if plans to consolidate the 500 small and medium practices here over a two-year period materialise. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT