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More buying extra health insurance
More Singaporeans are buying additional medical insurance on top of the basic one provided under MediShield.
Financial centre warns of persons posing as its staff
Be wary: When contacted, banks reiterated the warning that consumers should exercise caution over releasing any personal banking information.
Maybank's new Islamic offering
Prestige Structured Deposit gives investors exposure to two sectors.
Israeli tycoon moves into record London mansion
He has bought the most expensive new house in Britain, costing S$99.4 million.
Make your money work harder, S'poreans advised
More working adults and retirees in S'pore prefer products such as bank fixed deposits, which offer minimum return without any financial risk, according to survey.
$15 billion remitted from S'pore last year
The amount has been steadily growing, from $9b in 2002, to $11b in 2004 and $12.7b in 2005.
Consumer prices highest in 25 years
Analysts expect inflation to climb in the coming months to a three-decade high of 5 per cent.
SocGen reels from record US$7 billion (S$10.5 bln) rogue trader fraud
If fraud is proved, the loss will be the biggest caused by a single trader, dwarfing the US$1.4 billion loss by trader Nick Leeson that broke British bank Barings, and the US $2.6 billion Sumitomo Corp lost in rogue copper trades in the 1990s.
Rational response to rising costs - CHARITY?
Minister Dr Balakrishnan said that MCYS is reviewing the Public Assistance allowance by end of the year, and that subsidies are the way to go.
HK students 'majoring in stocks, minoring in studies'
Lured by popular China IPOs, they buy shares with savings, grants and loans.
Timeshare owners in the West see assets turn into liabilities
Buyers on the timeshare resale market are scarce, and experts say sellers are lucky to get 10 per cent of the original price.
GIC can still invest in another troubled bank, says Tony Tan
Whether it would be of the same size as UBS or Citigroup is a matter that has to be decided.
 
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