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Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust closed Thursday at 1.03 Singapore dollars a share.
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Under the agreement Nestle will pay 4.35 Singapore dollars per share, an 8.7% premium on the 1 July closing price.
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Southeast Asia's largest developer by market value, fell as much as 7.2% in heavy trading volume before ending down 4.1% at 3.73 Singapore dollars.
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Since the issue date, two things have happened: The bond price has appreciated 4.8% in Singapore dollars, and U.S. dollars have declined 3.7% to 1.65 Singapore dollars.
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People don't begrudge high salaries for important officials (in Singapore they pay cabinet-level ministers more than a million dollars a year, to attract the best people) as long as those salaries are transparent and publicly available.
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Billions of dollars are widely thought to be hidden in Switzerland, Singapore and other tax havens.
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But until the manufacturing costs are offset by volume, it's an expensive ramp-up process: Yang (who grew up in Singapore) expects the first run to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and produce 200 to 500 microscopes.
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Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo have all funded mass transit projects with private dollars based on the expected and proven increases in property values.
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Morgan in Singapore, points out that, although the region's foreign debts are largely denominated in dollars, this is less an issue for Asia than it would be for other emerging economies.
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