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Singapore’s government might take more drastic measures to cool property market if rate of residential property price increases fails to slow, says UBS, according to Dow Jones Newswires. Read more...

Singapore’s Straits Times Index gained 0.8% to 2,790.29 at the close. The measure advanced 1.4% this week. Almost five stocks rose for each that fell on the 30-member gauge.   Shares on the measure trade at 14.7 times estimated earnings, compared with about 17.5 times at the start of 2010, according to ...

Singapore’s Straits Times Index dropped 2.1% to 2,791.90 as of the 12:30 p.m. trading break. The measure has lost 4% in the past five days, the most since the week ended Aug. 7. All but two stocks on the 30- member gauge declined.   Stocks on the measure trade at 15 times ...

Singapore’s Straits Times Index closed little changed at 2,908.42. The measure dropped 0.5% this week. The same number of stocks fell and rose on the 30-member gauge.   Stocks on the measure trade at 15.7 times estimated earnings, compared with about 10 times at the start of 2009, according to data compiled ...

Singapore’s Straits Times Index added 0.2% to 2,915.46 as of the 12:30 p.m. local time break. The measure is heading for a 0.2% decline this week. Seven stocks gained for every six that fell on the 30- member gauge.   Stocks on the measure trade at 15.8 times estimated earnings, compared with ...

Singapore’s Straits Times Index dropped 1.1% to 2,732.12 at the close. Almost four stocks fell for each that rose on the 30-member gauge. The measure gained 3.1% this month, the most since July.   Shares on the measure trade at 16.7 times estimated earnings, compared with about 10 times at the start ...

The House of Representatives has approved a more than USD 1tr plan by majority Democrats to overhaul the U.S. health care system. More than three dozen Democrats broke with their party, and all but one Republican opposed the measure, which marks a major victory in President Barack Obama's effort to ...

It's been a minute since we've heard from melodic UK postpunkers Field Music. The band's been on hiatus since 2007, while frontmen David and Peter Brewis focused on School of Language and The Week That Was, respectively. So it's high time for a new double ...

WASHINGTON — Gun control and gun rights advocates are heading for another clash with a Senate vote on a measure that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry those hidden weapons into other states. Backers, led by Sen....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says she opposes a Senate measure that would give people the right to carry concealed weapons across state lines as long as they obey the concealed gun laws of the state they are ...

Britney Spears has decided not to take her sons on her tour to Russia as she has received death-threats via e-mail. “Originally, both boys were to accompany Britney but she was against taking them because of these constant threats,” the Sun quoted a tour spokesman as saying. As a precautionary measure, the ...

1868: Alvin J. Fellows of New Haven, Connecticut, receives a patent for a spring-click tape measure. His improved design creates a useful and enduring tool. The invention originated in Sheffield, England, historic center of England’s steel industry. An official city marker on an old factory there recounts that James Chesterman ...