Microsoft Corp

Microsoft Corp is considering a multibillion-dollar revamp of its headquarters campus in suburban Seattle, seeking to foster more collaboration among employees and attract young engineers, according to people with knowledge of the plans.

Life Apparel

67 Queen Street

El Nino

Global economic losses from drought are likely to reach more than US$8 billion in the next few months as the El Nino weather pattern intensifies, reinsurance broker Aon Benfield said on Thursday.

Goldman Sachs

US inflation, which the Federal Reserve has tied to its decision of when to raise interest rates, is being restrained more by labor market slack than the transitory influences of a stronger dollar and lower oil prices, Goldman Sachs Group Inc economists said.

Schroder Bank

Schroder & Co Bank AG will pay a US$10.4 million penalty to avoid prosecution under a US program that requires Swiss firms to say how they helped American clients avoid taxes.

Maria Ozawa

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Fairprice Finest Tampines

Century Square
#B1-07/08
Tel: 65870167

USA Private Payrolls

US private employers maintained a solid pace of hiring in August despite recent global financial market turmoil, suggesting that labour market momentum likely remains strong enough for the Federal Reserve to consider an interest rate hike this year.

Financial Times

Japan's Nikkei media group won US antitrust approval for its US$1.3 billion purchase of the Financial Times from Britain's Pearson PLC, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.

Nokia Maps

German carmakers BMW , Audi and Mercedes have won US antitrust approval to buy Nokia's maps business for around 2.5 billion euros (US$2.8 billion), the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.

Difference Bakery Bugis

269B Queen Street
Cheng Yan Court

Google's New Logo

Google on Tuesday refreshed its logo to better suit mobile devices that are supplanting desktop computers when it comes to modern Internet lifestyles.

Google's logo keeps its four-color scheme but shifts to a soft sans-serif font. The company is also replacing the well-known blue lower case "g" icon with an upper-case "G" combining blue, green, red and yellow.

Tax Relief

India has waived retrospective imposition of a minimum alternative tax (MAT) affecting foreign funds, the Finance Minister said on Tuesday, a move that could resolve a dispute that had shaken investor confidence.

Vitol

Oil prices will remain at US$40 to US$60 a barrel into 2016 as rising crude supplies overwhelm demand, according to the world's largest independent oil trader, Vitol.

Stocks Selloff

The plunge that led Europe's equities to their biggest monthly losses since 2011 is showing no signs of easing.

Difference Bakery Bukit Batok

Block 642 Bukit Batok Central
#01-50

Anonymous Community

"The rules of the community was simple. None of us were to communicate in their own names or exchange personal information about ourselves. Everyone was anonymous. The idea was that without a face and the knowledge of a person's character, no one will be able to have a cognitive bias about the individual. Without such bias, any discourse about a myriad of topics are seen with neutrality, without any irrationality in judgement due to inferences about the person's background."

Chinese Stocks

Chinese stocks sank again on Monday amid uncertainty over US interest rates, reviving fears of a broader global economic slowdown that has rocked the world's financial markets.

European Stocks

European stocks posted their worst month in four years, as investors weighed Federal Reserve comments for clues on the trajectory of interest rates, while confidence waned in China's ability to prop up the market.

Azly J. Nor

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Difference Bakery Boon Lay

221 Boon Lay Place
Tel: 62642466

Bersih

Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's presence at the Bersih 4 rally is disappointing and suggests that the former premier has changed his stance and now agrees with street protests, said Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak.

Mitsubishi

Japan's Mitsubishi Corp is taking a 20 per cent stake in Temasek-controlled Olam International in two separate deals totalling some S$1.53 billion, fuelling the consolidation trend in the otherwise moribund agri sector.

China Everbright Water

China Everbright Water Limited announced an acquisition over the weekend that will widen its geographical footprint in China to cover Liaoning Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Difference Bakery Clementi

Food Loft
Block 308 Clementi Avenue 4
#01-335
Open: 7am to 11pm daily 

Teh Tarik Party

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Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve on Friday left the door open to a September interest rate hike even while several US central bank officials acknowledged that turmoil in financial markets, if prolonged, could delay the first policy tightening in nearly a decade.

Brazil

Brazil has slipped into recession, the government said on Friday, deepening the gloom in the world's seventh largest economy already battered by falling commodity prices, political crisis and a corruption scandal.

HSBC

HSBC Holdings Plc said most of the 275,000 payments from UK business customers it failed to process on Friday were completed by the end of the day after a software problem held up transactions before a long weekend.

McDonald's Tampines

Tampines Mall
#01-33
Tel: 67812654

SK Jewellery Changi Airport Terminal 2

Terence is one of the best staff in the jewellery sector.
Thank you :)

Tampines Expressway

Sengkang and Punggol residents heading home by the Tampines Expressway (TPE) will enjoy a smoother drive by the end of next month.

Changes will be made to the existing lanes at the TPE exit towards Seletar Expressway (SLE) near the Punggol Flyover to improve traffic flow into the Punggol and Sengkang towns, it was announced yesterday.

Swiss Economy

Switzerland's economy grew unexpectedly in the second quarter, skirting a recession as exporters weathered a strong franc better than some had expected.

USA Consumer Sentiment

Consumer confidence declined in August to a three-month low as recent stock-market turbulence weighed on Americans' outlook for the US economy in the coming year.

Ringgit

The ringgit fell for a 10th week, its longest losing streak since 2013, as thousands of protesters prepared for a weekend march to demand Prime Minister Najib Razak's resignation.

Kiyo Jurong Point

1 Jurong West Central 2
#01-16H Singapore 648886
Tel: +65 6316 1380

Opening Hrs:
1030hr to 2200hr daily

Max Chan

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New Homes in France

Sales of new homes in France are rebounding as investors return to the market, but the recovery has yet to end a homebuilding slump that is weighing on growth in the euro zone's second-biggest economy.

Rubber Market

German synthetic rubber producer Lanxess is pessimistic about the near term outlook for the rubber market, but foresees the situation to turn for the better in five years.

World Food Prices

The El Nino weather pattern sweeping the globe for the first time in five years risks setting off the next great surge in world food prices after they rose to records in 2008 and 2011, according to Nomura International Ltd.

Kiyo Tampines One

10 Tampines Central 1
#01-41/42 Singapore 529536
Tel: +65 6483 5981

Opening Hrs:
1030hr to 2200hr daily

Ashley Madison Members

"MOE will check the veracity of the e-mail accounts being used. If there are breaches of regulations or inappropriate conduct that undermines the values expected of our educators, we will take appropriate action."

Technical Recession

The odds of Singapore entering a technical recession in the third quarter have risen significantly after July's industrial production contracted far more than expected. What this will mean for monetary policy, though, remains unclear - economists have mixed views on whether the central bank will ease its stance come October.

Arab Donor

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has asked Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to show proof that the Arabian man he met has huge sums of money to give away. 

Durable-Goods Orders in USA

New orders for US durable manufactured goods rose solidly in July, lifted by automobiles, and the June gain was revised sharply higher, official data released Wednesday showed.

September Rate Hike

A top Federal Reserve official said Wednesday that the economic turmoil in China has eroded the argument for raising interest rates in September.

Delifrance Tampines

Tampines Mall
#01-38

Immigration

Immigration is likely to be a hot button issue in the general election campaign, some political observers said yesterday, after news broke that Nomination Day will be Sept 1 and Polling Day, Sept 11.

Singapore Management University law don Eugene Tan said the influx of foreigners into Singapore is the "mother of all issues". 

First Time Polling Day on a Friday

Polling Day in the coming General Election (GE) will be on Sept 11, a Friday.

Only at three GEs since independence in 1965 has Polling Day not fallen on a Saturday.

China Cut Interest Rates

China’s central bank on Tuesday cut its benchmark interest rates and the amount of cash banks must keep on hand, the latest stimulus aimed at boosting the world’s second-largest economy as it battles a collapse in share prices.

BHP Billiton

China's economic growth will cool from the 7 percent forecast for 2015, curbing demand for some commodities as the country completes investments in major construction projects, BHP Billiton chief Andrew Mackenzie said on Tuesday.

Kiyo Tampines

Tampines One
#01-41/42

Oil Investments in Norway

Oil companies have cut their expectations for investments in Norway in recent months, fresh data showed on Tuesday, and economists said they are likely to continue scaling back ambitions as the price of crude continues to fall.

Jurong Region MRT Line

The Jurong Region MRT Line might be connected to the Circle Line to improve rail connectivity between the western parts of Singapore and the city centre, Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew said on Tuesday.

The Land Transport Authority will study the possibility of doing this through a West Coast extension which could include stations in the West Coast and Pasir Panjang area. If feasible, the extension is expected to be completed around 2030.

Nomination and Polling

The Elections Department has announced that nomination day will be on September 1 (Tuesday). Polling will take place on September 11 (Friday) in Singapore.

Different Asset Classes

The runaway Chinese train ploughed through a broad swathe of risk markets on Monday to wreak a destruction scale not seen since the global financial crisis seven years ago.

Looking across the different asset classes, analysts reported diminished expectations of US interest rate hikes in September, bearish views on Asian currencies, soft outlooks for commodity prices and a bearish view on regional equities.

Ringgit

The Malaysian ringgit fell further on Tuesday (Aug 25), into uncharted territory against the Singapore dollar.

It slumped to a low of 3.0303 to the Singdollar at 8.12am before recovering to trade at 3.0194 at 8.45am.

KFC White Sands

Pasir Ris
Level One
Opposite Gong Cha and Guardian Pharmacy

Europe's Stocks

Europe's main stock markets plummeted on Monday on fears that China's economic woes would drag on global growth.

London's benchmark FTSE 100 index sank 4.67 per cent to close at 5,898.87 points.

USA Stocks

US stocks tumbled in opening trade Monday, with the Dow plummeting more than 900 points as a global equity slump worsened following another big drop in Chinese stocks.

China's Black Monday

China has been a major contributor to economic growth and low global inflation for more than two decades.

But tonight, investors around the globe are catching their breath after one of the worst day’s trading in many years. They’re now pondering whether today marks the start of a new and alarming phase of the crisis which began some eight years ago.

Jonathan Tai

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Commodities

Commodities sank to the lowest level in 16 years, joining a rout in global equities and emerging-market currencies on concern that China's economic slowdown will exacerbate gluts of everything from oil to metals.

The Bloomberg Commodity Index of 22 raw materials lost as much 1.7 per cent to 86.3542 points, the lowest level since August 1999. Resources stocks from BHP Billiton Ltd to Cnooc Ltd tumbled while Brent crude fell below US$45 a barrel for the first time since 2009.

China Stocks

China's stocks plunged the most since 2007 as government support measures failed to allay investor concern that a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy is deepening.

The Shanghai Composite Index tumbled 8.5 per cent to 3,209.91 at the close. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index lost 6.5 per cent at 3:08 pm in Hong Kong, heading for its biggest decline since 2011. Futures on the CSI 300 Index fell by the 10 per cent daily limit.

Asian Stocks

Asian stocks were a sea of red Monday, with Shanghai slumping more than eight percent as deepening concerns about China's stalling economy rattled equity investors around the world.

Oil prices fell after slipping below US$40 a barrel for the first time in six years, as weak Chinese manufacturing data deepened worries about the slowdown in the world's number two economy.

Gap-Down Day

Expect another gap-down day for the benchmark Straits Times Index, in reaction to the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling more than 500 points last Friday.

The Asian and emerging markets' equity market correction has now spilled over to the developed markets of the United States and Europe, as well Japan.

Ringgit

The ringgit sank to a fresh all-time low past 3 to the Singapore dollar when markets opened on Monday (Aug 24).

At about 9am, the embattled Malaysian currency was trading down about 0.9 per cent at 3.0049 to the Singdollar, from Friday's close of 2,9760.

Immigration Policies

Whichever option Singapore chooses in tackling the issue of foreign inflows will involve some pain, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday in his National Day Rally speech.

He said that there are no easy choices when it comes to immigration and foreigners: close the doors to foreign workers, and the economy will suffer; let too many in, and society will be adversely affected.

Singapore Institute of Technology

The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), which now operates from an interim campus at Dover with satellite branches in each of the five polytechnics, will move to a new home in Punggol.

Breadtalk Simei

Eastpoint
#01-01

Yusuf Amit Sherchan

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Australia Coal

Standard Chartered has become the second bank in a week to walk away from a multi-billion dollar Australian coal project, leading environmentalists to claim a major victory in one of the world's top coal-producing nations.

Apple Inc

Apple Inc raised A$2.25 billion (S$2.3 billion) with a debut Australian debt sale that's the largest bond deal ever Down Under by a non-financial company.

Kiyo Parkway Parade

80 Marine Parade
#01-27/28 Singapore 449269
Tel: +65 6348 3549

Opening Hrs:
1030hr to 2200hr daily

Soon Sher Rene

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1MDB

Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has opened criminal proceedings relating to Malaysia's troubled state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a spokesman said on Friday.

Dow

The Dow plummeted 531 points, concluding its worst week since 2011. Around the world, major indexes also fell for the week and most are negative for the month.

The Dow fell into correction mode, down 10% from its most recent high point on May 19.

Overseas stock markets' losses were just as bad, if not worse, with some indexes in China and the U.K. stock market all now in correction.

Kiyo Lot One

21 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4
#01-12/13 Singapore 689812
Tel: +65 6468 5079

Opening Hrs:
1030hr to 2200hr daily

SG50 Commemorative Notes Sets

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) made an embarrassing gaffe in the newly-launched SG50 commemorative notes sets by misspelling the name of Singapore's first President Yusof Ishak twice in the packaging.

The name that appears on the folder and in an enclosed booklet, is Yusok Ishak.

Smartphone Sales

A cooling of smartphone sales in China suggests the world's biggest market for the devices has reached a saturation point, posing challenges for manufacturers, a research report said Thursday.