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THERE were some errors in our report, River Valley condo Luma relaunches with prices halved (BT, Nov 14).
The condominium is located at River Valley Grove and not St Thomas Walk. The number of units sold earlier was not 10, but six.
BT also understands that the developer, Novelty Group, purchased the site for around $27 [...]

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KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s economy is not expected to fall into recession and its currency could gradually firm over the medium term, the central bank chief was quoted on Saturday as saying.
Economic growth next year would hit the 3.5 per cent official target, with policies in place to contain the fallout from the global [...]

Posted on November 15th, 2008 under Singapore News | . Tags: Analyst, Appreciation, Asia, Bank, central, Crude oil, Currency, DEG, Domestic Economic Growth, Economic, Economy, Foreign Exchange, Growth, inflation, Investment, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Market, Monetary, Negara, Palm Oil, Policy, Recession, RHB, Ringgit, Southeast Asia, The Star, Zeti Akhtar Aziz. Comments: 1

FRANKFURT - Global central banks are ready to take further steps to ease market tensions and bolster faltering economic growth, top policymakers said on Friday, as world leaders gathered for talks on the economic crisis.
Speaking at a conference in Frankfurt, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said [...]

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Economic slowdown seen putting brakes on energy efficiency drive here

GREEN development in the building space is likely to take a backseat among some organisations given the economic slowdown because the benefits are not tangible in the short-term, a building consultant said.
This is despite it being the ‘most ideal time’ to invest in green technology because [...]

Posted on November 15th, 2008 under Singapore News | . Tags: central, city, developer, district 10, district 9, Environment, Green, Investment, new project launch, prime district, projects, Property, property market, real estate, real estate investment, residential, Singapore, singapore growth, town, world economy, world news, world trade. Comments: None