(AFX UK Focus) 2007-12-24 01:30 GMT: Singapore shares open higher on Wall Street's gains, window dressing (Interactive Investor)
SINGAPORE (Thomson Financial) – Singapore shares opened firmer Monday as fund managers picked up blue chips to boost their their portfolios during the last trading week of 2007, taking their cue from Wall Street's gains Friday.
Singapore Hot Stocks-DBS, ST Engineering in focus (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SINGAPORE, Dec 24 – DBS Group Holdings may be in focus on Monday after the bank said it did not subscribe to the rights shares offered by Thailand's TMB Bank .
(AFX UK Focus) 2007-12-24 01:35 GMT: Strong tourist arrival targets expected to buoy Singapore's hotel sector (Interactive Investor)
SINGAPORE (Thomson Financial) – Hotels in Singapore have enjoyed brisk business this year and are expected to continue to perform strongly as the government lines up a series of developments to meet its target of attracting 17 million tourist arrivals by 2015, up from 9.7 million in 2006.
Merrill May Turn to Singapore Fund for Cash Help (Washington Post)
NEW YORK — Singapore's state-owned investment fund is considering a $5 billion investment in Merrill Lynch, according to a report Friday, potentially providing the nation's biggest brokerage firm with much-needed cash as it deals with billions of dollars in credit losses.
