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Slowdown looms as global lending growth drops to 3%

And Hong Kong is in the highest category of macro-risk due to bad lending.

Asian banks urged to cut dividends by 50%: Barclays

Dividend cuts will be needed to fund regualtory capital increases.

Cosco faces debt threat

COSCO has had negative operating cash-flows for the past three years, says OCBC.

The 3 priciest executive condos of 2012

Guess the only exec condo in Singapore which breached $1000 psf price mark.

Chart of the Day: Here's why exec condos are not short of buyers

The average take‐up for a new EC project is 65% within the first 2 months of launch.

Construction cost of executive condos 20% cheaper than private homes

Today’s EC discount is $150‐$200psf, or $100‐$150psf.

Don't be fooled by rosy rise in rents, warns analyst

A 4% dip in rents actually lurks beneath the 0.3% climb that URA statistics showed.

COSCO struggling amid 13% profit slump

The S$27.6m earnings may imply rough seas ahead with the group's transition into an offshore yard.

Keppel to build five semisubmersibles for Sete Brasil

The US$4.1b rigs will be chartered to Petrobras for 15 years upon completion.

iPhone 5 will whittle away StarHub margins

Telco expected to launch a profit-draining subsidy plan with new iPhone 5.

Here's why NOL isn't veering off course yet

Even a measly US$50m profit will not be surprising, said DBS.

Keppel and Sembcorp Marine to veer toward record order wins this year

CIMB expects Keppel to clinch S$10.2bn and Sembmarine S$11.2bn.

See how F&N's sale of stakes in APB will affect Thai Bev's risk profile

Standard & Poor's expects Thai Bev's financial risk profile to weaken despite the sale proceeds.

Singapore Land's rental income inches up 2% in 2Q12

Rental income from investment properties have been declining since 1Q10.

Sembcorp Marine's earnings to rebound 17% in FY13

Thanks to initial contributions from the Petrobas rig orders.