DUBAI (AFP) - - The Dubai economy is growing at a five percent rate, less than in previous years but ahead of the most cautious forecasts, the head of a government economic committee said on Friday. More »
DUBAI (AFP) - - The Dubai economy is growing at a five percent rate, less than in previous years but ahead of the most cautious forecasts, the head of a government economic committee said on Friday. More »
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AFP) - - Leaders of the five-member East African Community bloc on Friday signed a common market treaty to allow free trade, movement and right of residence, the first of its kind on the continent.
YALTA, Ukraine (AFP) - - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced late Thursday a compromise deal with Ukraine on the thorny issue of gas supply, lessening the threat of multibillion-dollar fines that might cripple Ukraine's economy.
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - - Efforts to craft a comprehensive climate treaty in Copenhagen next month will certainly "yield a success," the UN's top climate official pledged on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A team of US scientists has uncovered the complete genetic code of corn, a discovery that promises to speed development of higher yielding varieties of one of the world's most important food crops.
CHICAGO (AFP) - - Embryonic stem cell therapy got a step closer to the clinic Thursday after US researchers said they filed a request for government approval of human trials.
GENEVA (AFP) - - The World Health Organisation said on Thursday that checks on many of the 30 deaths recorded following mass pandemic flu vaccinations had so far ruled out a direct link to the vaccines.
LONDON (AFP) - - The British government borrowed a record 11.4 billion pounds (12.8 billion euros, 19 billion dollars) in October, official data showed on Thursday.
LONDON (AFP) - - US investment bank JP Morgan Chase will later Thursday unveil a one-billion-pound (1.67-billion-dollar, 1.12-billion-euro) deal to buy 190-year-old London stockbroker Cazenove, a newspaper said.
LONDON (AFP) - - Supermodel-turned-photographer Helena Christensen urged politicians and world leaders to commit to real changes at the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks, as she launched a photo exhibition in London documenting climate change in Peru.
SEOUL (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama arrived in South Korea Wednesday on the last leg of his debut Asian tour, with North Korea's nuclear programme due to top the agenda after three days of negotiations in China.
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - - Resistance to antibiotics is increasing in Europe and throughout the world because of their excessive use, a deadly and costly curse according to health experts meeting in Stockholm Wednesday.
LONDON (AFP) - - US chocolate maker Hershey and Italian peer Ferrero said Wednesday they are considering a bid for British confectioner Cadbury, in a move which would whip up a takeover war with Kraft Foods.
LONDON (AFP) - - Italian chocolate maker Ferrero said on Wednesday that it was mulling options on a possible counter-bid for British confectioner Cadbury, whose board rejected a hostile takeover offer by Kraft Foods.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Doctors and experts are in uproar over new recommendations to raise the age of breast cancer screening, warning more women will die from the disease which already claims some 40,000 lives each year.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - More than 14,700 Americans with previously undisclosed offshore bank accounts have come forward to settle their back taxes after an amnesty offer, US officials said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - US producer prices rose 0.3 percent in October, government data showed on Tuesday, highlighting tame inflation at the wholesale level.
NEW YORK (AFP) - - Sarah Palin, queen of the Republican right, was on a media blitz on Tuesday as her much-anticipated book hit stores and speculation about a 2012 White House run consumed political pundits.
LONDON (AFP) - - British 12-month inflation rose to 1.5 percent in October, accelerating for the first time for eight months in line with market expectations, official data showed on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The Federal Reserve is striving for a strong dollar to ensure financial stability, chairman Ben Bernanke has said in the face of growing complaints by China and others about the sliding greenback.
| EUR vs SGD | 2.074300 |
| GBP vs SGD | 2.306689 |
| MYR vs SGD | 0.409403 |
| USD vs SGD | 1.380300 |
| SGD vs EUR | 0.482119 |
| SGD vs GBP | 0.433522 |
| SGD vs MYR | 2.442586 |
| SGD vs USD | 0.724481 |
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