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(25 Sep) - Standard Chartered bank’s large shareholder, the Singapore-government-run investment fund Temasek Holdings, is ready to sell off its entire stake in the troubled British bank, claimed a report by the Financial Times on Monday, with the fund keen to reduce its exposure to financial services amid the present economic... 

(24 Sep) - Singapore investment fund Temasek has sounded out potential buyers for its £6 billion stake in Standard Chartered, potentially reigniting talk of a takeover of the emerging markets bank. The fund, which is owned by the Singapore government, had been judging buyer interest for its 18 percent shareholding in recent... 

Concerns have been raised about Singapore’s treatment of migrant workers. Photograph: Reuters/Phnom Penh Post (24 Sep) - The Ministry of Labour has played down reports it is close to sending domestic workers to Singapore, a country that has only recently granted foreign maids a weekly day off. The two countries’ governments...