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The latest CPI report shows a rise of 3.8% in Nov 2011[Link] the highest in the past few years. This is after a rise of 3.6% in Oct 2011. "While the usual suspects continued to drive inflation in November—including transport, housing and food costs—it should be noted that all major segments within the CPI basket are seeing... 

This piece is an attempt to answer, “If Singaporeans are not “hard-driving and hard-striving”, where did GIC and Temasek get so much money to lose?”: a posting on a Temasek Review article in late 2009. The answer parroted mindlessly by the government is that government budget surpluses mean that GIC and Temasek get... 

There is one reason why Peter Lim, Singapore's most astute investor, has offered to takeover Thomson Hospital at a huge premium (62%) over market price of the company traded on the stock exchange of Singapore[Link]. It is the same reason why an Indian company Fortis and Malaysian Khazana were fighting over Parkway Holdings[Link]...