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Although the recent increase in oil prices is likely to have affected global economic activities to some extent, the impact has been small, said Minister Lim Hng Kiang.

Tiger will be increasing its base ticket fares to absorb rising jet fuel costs, said DMG.

The Certificate of Competency (Special Limits) will help seafarers secure placement with potential employers even before they embark on training.

The success of the Yale-NUS College is also a success for Singapore, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Risk on project execution is significantly reduced as the two companies brings critical expertise in project management, production, operations and maintenance, and sales and marketing of fertilisers.

Load factor from April 2010 to March 2011 averaged 86%, compared to 85% in the previous 12 months.

Every 50bp change in interest rates will lift average mortgage payments by 7% per cent, says CIMB.

Unlike regional countries where election results have investment implications for politically-linked stocks, the investment implications in Singapore are more spurious, says CIMB.

It slowed down the pace of new issuances in March including those in Singapore and Asia.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is also expected to steepen the band.

About one-third of companies in Morgan Stanley Research's list have a funding position to meet by either debt, equity or better-than-forecasted cash generation.

Efforts at organic growh are showing as trading volume for both securities and derivatives recover.

Singapore Exchange still has enough opportunities in its existing business, DBS said.

The key changes include strengthening of core investment requirements, introduction of new guidelines, and enhancing security for investor protection.

The rejection of the proposed merger with SGX will limit the Australian securities market operator’s ability to compete in an increasingly competitive global market, Moody's warned.

OCBC also believes that there's a 55% probability of a tightening via re-centering.