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Singapore’s property curbs to sustain market, CapitaLand says

CapitaLand, Singapore’s biggest developer, said government measures to curb property speculation are “incremental” and will help the real estate market development sustainably over the long term.

Singapore raised down payment requirements in August for second mortgages and imposed a stamp duty on homes held for less than three years to curb speculation after prices surged. It will sell 17 residential sites in the first half of 2011, matching the record land sales in the second half this year, it said yesterday.

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STI +0.1% as at 9:29 a.m.; Risk appetite may sustain: Analyst

Singapore shares mostly higher but gains minimal as players on lookout for fresh leads, says Dow Jones.

STI +0.1% at 3,051.25 at 9:29 a.m., may encounter resistance at year-to-date high at 3,068, with this week’s 3,026 low likely to provide support in event of pullback.

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DBS’ Gupta says loan growth wont’t be able to sustain pace

DBS Group Holdings, Southeast Asia’s biggest bank, doesn’t expect loan growth to sustain its current pace, Chief Executive Piyush Gupta said at a press briefing in Singapore today. Gupta said he is still hopeful of double-digit loan growth for the year.
 
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Singapore yards need Petrobras to sustain shares: UOB

Keppel Corp. (BN4.SG), SembMarine (S51.SG) require some sizable contracts from Petrobras to sustain their share prices as investors have so far been ignoring their declining orderbooks, says UOB KayHian.

UOB KayHian Notes contract wins by both rig builders “virtually non-existent” in 2Q10, with Keppel securing only $50 million worth of orders vs $1.16 billion achieved in 1Q10, while SembMarine had none in 2Q10 vs $680 million in 1Q10.

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Regression testing makes your software sustain its features qualities amidst any changes to it! Posted By : johnwilliam

Regression testing comes in picture like any other software testing when you identify the bugs in the software by having a quick test or partial test after a program is tweaked or changed.

Europe’s woes may sustain Singapore home demand, says OCBC

Europe’s debt crisis suggests interest rates likely to remain low for longer than initially expected, which should help sustain demand for Singapore private homes, says OCBC Investment Research, according to Dow Jones.

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Galbraith: “The Strategy …That You Would Sustain The Banking System In Order That It Would Resume Lending — Hasn’t Worked, And It Isn’t Going To Work”

Economist James Galbraith told McClatchy:The strategy that was stated at the beginning of the year — which is that you would sustain the banking system in order that it would resume lending — hasn’t worked, and it isn’t going to work.”Galbraith is …