News of the company's possible listing comes at a time when rising prices have sparked fears that an asset bubble could be forming in the city's property market.

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The CDC also maintains a separate page listing all possible side effects from a long list of vaccines.

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Swire did not provide a possible time frame or any financial details for the listing of its real estate unit, but analysts estimate it could come in the first half of next year.

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The brief window presently planned would provide little time for adequate scrutiny by possible investors, particularly in light of the growing controversy surrounding this proposed listing.

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Another director of BGC, Andrew Teo, who has sat in on the interview, chips in to say that a public float and stock exchange listing is possible.

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They discovered that it was possible to sell cars on their site only when customers started listing them on the section for toy cars. eBay has since followed its customers into lots of other areas, including new clothes, cosmetics and high-priced medical and industrial machinery.

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