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Inflationary risks are centainly rising and food inflation has also been steadily rising, said DBS.

This agreement is for an investment consideration of about $889 million.

Louis Dreyfus Armateurs have alleged that there is a delay in the delivery of the Ropax vessel from ST Marine, the marine arm of ST Engineering.

The 1.8-ha site will yield about 630 units that are about 200 metres to the Sengkang MRT/LRT station and bus interchange.

The top 100 brands in Asia were ranked and among the top ten were Google (3) and Apple (4), Mercedes (5) and Rolex (6).

Insurers must choose their opportunities carefully and move quickly to take advantage of the expansion in South Asia and East Asia.

Recent NODX figures came in disappointing, although OCBC's and market forecasts did have little impact in the market given the nuclear crisis in Japan.

The adjustment in MAS's exchange rate policy is geared towards medium term inflation and growth outlook.

Despite ongoing worries on high oil prices derailing growth, PMIs of key markets have remained in the expansion zone.

However, NODX to Indonesia and Hong Kong declined by 17% and 6% respecively, due to electronic and non-electronic NODX.

This is in contrast to a rise of 28% in the previous month while oil domestic exports expanded by 22 per cent on a y-o-y basis.

No meaningful impact on the thermal coal demand is expected, as DBS understands peak-load plants in Japan are mostly oil-fired.

The Manulife Global Contrarian Fund and Manulife Strategic Income Fund are the first global funds to be launched by Manulife Asset Management in Singapore.

Manulife has made key appointments in the areas of Legal and Compliance as well in two newly created business units - Strategic Initiatives Office and Accident & Health.

The explosions at the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex have also raised concerns about the radiation effects on food supplies.

On a y-o-y basis, total trade rose by 6.4%, following the 14% increase in the previous month.