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   <title><![CDATA[Sembcorp to build $1.4b plant in Oman]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[SEMBCORP Industries is making its second major foray into the Middle East with a US$1 billion (S$1.4 billion) water and power project in Oman.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Singapore's trade with the Middle East]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Singapore's trade with Oman hit $948 million last year, up from $576 million in 2007. From January to October this year, trade reached $927 million.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Dip in CPI surpasses expectations]]></title>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.straitstimes.com/Money/Story/STIStory_458283.html]]></link>
   <description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE continued in deflationary mode last month, with the consumer price index (CPI) dropping 0.8 per cent year-on-year.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Intangible benefits also help retain staff: RBS exec]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[A TOP executive at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), whose Singapore private banking arm recently lost about 70 employees, said banks do not necessarily need to pay the highest salaries to retain top staff.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[OECD predicts modest recovery]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[PARIS: Top industrialised economies broke free of recession in the third quarter despite falling output in Britain, OECD data showed yesterday, but the IMF said the recovery was 'vulnerable'.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[New deputy for China's central bank]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[BEIJING: China's Cabinet has appointed Mr Zhu Min as vice-governor of the central bank, state press said yesterday, amid reports that he is being groomed for a top job at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[China faces risk of asset bubble]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[IT LED the world out of recession and into a global recovery this year, but China will soon be facing problems of its own.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Sin Boon Ann leaves board of Japan Land]]></title>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.straitstimes.com/Money/Story/STIStory_458286.html]]></link>
   <description><![CDATA[MP SIN Boon Ann has quit Japan Land as an independent director, citing dissatisfaction with the company's control of the management of its Japan Asia Land operating subsidiary.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[More Americans paying credit card bills on time]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK: For the first time in a decade, more Americans paid their credit card bills on time in the third quarter this year than in the second quarter.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[US govt could face debt payment shock]]></title>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.straitstimes.com/Money/Story/STIStory_458289.html]]></link>
   <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: The United States government is financing its borrowing of more than US$1 trillion (S$1.4 trillion) a year with IOUs on terms that seem too good to be true.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Microsoft, News Corp 'planning Web pact']]></title>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.straitstimes.com/Money/Story/STIStory_458279.html]]></link>
   <description><![CDATA[LONDON: Microsoft has held talks with Mr Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said yesterday.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Wall Street rallies as US home sales rise]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: Home sales in the United States far exceeded expectations last month, surging to the highest level in 2-1/2 years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Frasers sees room for expansion in Europe]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[EDINBURGH: After seeing record growth this year, Frasers Hospitality is setting its sight on even more ambitious expansion for next year and beyond.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[MI-Reit secures rescue deal]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[IT WAS a close call but the MacarthurCook Industrial Reit (MI-Reit) manager won over enough unit holders to secure a contentious $430 million rescue deal at a rowdy shareholder meeting yesterday.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Keppel wins deals worth $700m]]></title>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.straitstimes.com/Money/Story/STIStory_458282.html]]></link>
   <description><![CDATA[KEPPEL Corp has been awarded a combined US$504 million (S$700 million) worth of contracts, including its first new-build contract of the year from a Vietnamese client.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[US$ woes a booster for Asian bourses]]></title>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.straitstimes.com/Money/Story/STIStory_458274.html]]></link>
   <description><![CDATA[FRESH weakness in the greenback gave a spur to regional bourses yesterday as big funds, which have borrowed in the ailing dollar, kept up their strategy of buying Asian blue chip stocks.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[S'pore 5th easiest place to pay taxes: Survey]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE has been ranked fifth in the world in terms of being one of the easiest places in which to pay taxes.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>23 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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