Daily Briefing: CMA CGM taps banks for NOL acquisition; HDB to focus on older towns

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France’s CMA CGM SA is in talks with banks including BNP Paribas Group, HSBC Holdings PLC. and J.P. Morgan & Chase Co. to raise money to finance the acquisition of Singapore shipping company Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. in a deal valued at around $5 billion, people with knowledge of the deal said Thursday. Read more here.

HDB manages 26 towns and housing estates, of which some are decades-old, while others are newly-built. But even as new Build-To-Order (BTO) launches are rolled out, the agency remains committed to upgrading existing estates. In fact, it expanded its upgrading programme during the financial year 2014/2015 to more towns, resulting in the upgrading segment registering a deficit of $574 million, up from $568 million in the previous financial year. Find out more here.

In the last few years, there has been a revival of pawn shops, rebranded, renewed, and looking sparklingly modern with glass doors and young customer service officers to give it a new spin. Gone are the days of the ubiquitous silver bars and ancient-looking storefronts. Read more here.

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