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Anybody encounter the Android Market Icon disappeared from their phone? One of the website recommended to download this patch but not sure of its reliability. I've checked Android Market website, but can't find any Android Market Apps. http://www.theandroidsoul.com/download-goo...ore-apk-3-5-15/ Please help. Thanks.
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The market-driven pricing approach taken by the government has contributed to cost in Singapore rising so rapidly, beyond the rate of growth of incomes of Singaporeans and beyond the rate of growth of company profits, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ang Mo Kio GRC Inderjit Singh said on Tuesday. He noted that the government has often been quick to increase its various charges, allowing costs to escalate, immediately upon a recovery from an economic recession. 'Each time this happens, we bring the cost base higher without having an opportunity for cost reductions. This has led costs to unrealistically increase faster and more than profit and income growth,' Mr Singh said. An example was in 2008, when property prices rose despite the recession because of 'liberal policies on capital inflows'. 'While the government should not interfere in the private market except to curb speculation, it could have done a lot for the HDB market had it not pursued market driven pricing,' Mr Singh said. 'Also market driven pricing has created huge cost burdens and will potentially edge out many of our SMEs because of squeezed margins,' he added.
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"My ex blur blur gf said...it is quite a practice now that directors would 1st take up units in their co project and engage property agents to re-sell them....so on the one hand..the project is declared SOLD OUT...on the other hand..activity goes on "post launch" as usual in hunt for kan cheong buyers. No noe how come our gov is never aware of this." quote from another forum is this true
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Anyone notice the stall has been closed for a long while? What happened?
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Just back from e market... The fish stall beside a fruit stall is selling their stuff very cheap.. Anybody nearby or need any stuff can head down.. Heard the boss they selling till 2359pm.. Bought 4 kg king prawn at $25 per kg.. Veri cheapo
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Market getting from Bad to Badder, I scare I kena retrenched, and I got mental disease, I scare no one will employ me......what are my options???
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Hi guys, Need some quick advice on the following. I was quoted 265 per tyre for Bridgestone Ponteza RE001, profile 225/45/R18. Trade in for my old falkens of the same offset/size at 20 each for the front tyres (used since car was first collected to 26k kms), 50 for rear tyres (used for 3k-4k kms). Not very sure of the market rate for new tyres and trade-ins so if any folks in the know could comment, it would be muchly appreciated. Also, I'm deliberating between the Continental CS3 or RE001. Which do the tyre gurus feel is better? Thanks in advance.
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Duh! Want gahmen give him free car ah COE domination by high-end marque buyers an unhealthy trend Published on Dec 7, 2011 http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/...ory_742009.html Share 0 inShare</span></span> Purchase this article for republication Buy SPH photos LAST Saturday's report ('High-end cars winning market race') puts a different twist to acquiring a certificate of entitlement (COE) which, thus far, has been viewed as a commodity. The fact that the premium car brands are getting the lion's share of the COEs available, to the detriment of the mass-market car brands, indicates that the financially well-off in Singapore are the winners. By extension, most Singapore motorists who own or aspire to own a car are average income-earners and, at most, can afford only a lower-end brand. It is highly likely that those who own the premium car brands may already have one or more cars, an advantage that an average Singaporean does not have. The slowdown in the number of cars scrapped further suggests the possibility that the average motorist needs the car for a number of valid reasons, even though he must pay a progressively higher road tax for the privilege. Seen in this light, the COE may turn into an issue that will add to unnecessary unease among heartlanders. One can even imagine blogs and other social media spinning the cynical view - that the building of more expressways and Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries will serve to ease congestion for the Porsches, Ferraris and Lamborghinis to zip along quicker. In a way, the spike in the number of COEs available between 2004 and 2008 was an acknowledgement of the pent-up desire among average income-earners to own a car. Their inability to do so may be a source of potential discontent. It is clear that the authorities must lower the annual allowable vehicle population growth rate, wielding the COE as the tool of control. The solution is perhaps to create clear quotas for each category, to enable bidders to see that there is some equity in the system. In the current pool system, the taxi companies (as they have a profit-oriented objective and deeper pockets) and the financially well-off will continue to dominate in the bidding for COEs. First, we should re-categorise COEs into commercial and non-commercial vehicles. Next, there should be a quota for each category and sub-category by engine capacity. Should there be unallocated COEs after the bidding, the authorities can then channel them into the other categories. The system will then be seen to be fairer as the average income-earner can have a fighting chance to achieve his aspirations. Johnnie Chia
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Housing market set for prolonged downturn: Daiwa 04:45 AM Nov 18, 2011 SINGAPORE - The housing market in Singapore is heading for a prolonged downturn and overall private home prices are forecast to fall between 22 and 26 per cent in the next three years, Daiwa Research said. "We believe the residential property market could remain depressed for several years, triggered initially by a likely forthcoming gross domestic product slowdown (in 2012) and lingering global economic uncertainty," it said. From late next year, Daiwa said, structural issues such as the rapid build-up in unsold inventory in the primary market and vacant rental units will take centre stage and keep home prices and rents in check for several years. The mass-market segment will hold up slightly better than high-end properties, supported by better affordability and the resilience in the resale prices of Housing and Development Board flats, Daiwa said. The house has downgraded its view of Singapore's property sector to "Negative" from "Neutral", adding that "it is hard for us to see the developer shares outperforming the Straits Times Index over the next six months" despite their underperformance in the year to date. DOW JONES URL http://www.todayonline.com/Business/Proper...downturn--Daiwa Copyright 2011 MediaCorp Pte Ltd | All Rights Reserved
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been losing money using MM brokers....how come some people say they cheat? is it true? any local mas registered broker to reccomend? dun like overseas brokers as may be hard to get back money
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Dear car owner, Just wanna share something my friend told me. Dunno is true or not. Maybe you guys can share and advise more info ???? Did you guys realise that there are those claim original oil filter in the market??? Recently there are ppl post fake Toyota ATF in this forum. So hopefully more ppl will be aware. Quite strange. 100% Genuine Toyota Oil filter is made in Thailand and those claim to be original Genuine is from Japan. Point to check. 1) you can see some lubricate on the oil ring (ususally is black with white spot on it). 2) smell the hole in the centre, you will smell some lubricate smell. It may just cost you $2 to $3 more for the 100% Geniune Toyota Oil Filter. Dunno this apply to other brand as well -
STI has retreated more than 20% as of yesterday...signaling the beginning of bear... anyone still has the gut to hold ur precious shares...and wait for them to rebound? -
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Was research for some petrol data and chance upon this report by the Competiton Commission of Singapore. Interesting read CCS report -
Do you think market value of a car is equals to its paper value plus body? It is only true for a car approaching 10yrs. For a new car, it is furthest away. When one sells his car for eg when car is 5year old, dealer may use paper value to bring down price of car. And when taking loans, banks may use market value to disperse more money and hence earn more interests. Does anyone have any different views?
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Was just browsing the used car section of sgcarmart and found out there are quite a number of Z4 registered in 2010. anybody know why ???
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They sure beat Apple to the launches of new phone ...... Yahoo News : Apple copycat 'hiPhone 5' comes calling in China SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The newest version of Apple Inc's popular iPhone has already hit the Chinese market -- the fake market that is. The 'hiPhone 5' is selling for as little as 200 yuan ($31) on China's top e-commerce platform Taobao, which is owned by Alibaba Group. But one has to pay around 800 yuan for a more "genuine" one, according to some shop clerks at a mobile phone market in Shanghai. "Look at this. It's not the same as the 300-400 yuan ones," Shanghai-based daily Metro Express quoted a clerk as saying, pointing to one originally priced at 850 yuan. The 'hiPhone 5' is based on leaked images of the yet-to-be-launched iPhone 5 and is thinner and with less rounded edges than the existing iPhone 4, according to the newspaper. However, it is extremely light, almost like a plastic toy, like most pirated mobile phones, it said. Apple, which is expected to roll out the latest version of the iPhone 5 smartphone within a few months, sold a record 20.34 million iPhones during the last quarter, even though its newest model is over a year old. ($1 = 6.431 Chinese Yuan) No wonder US coming to deep recession .....
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Is the bear market afoot?
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Most U.S. banks were in dire straights and all of the too-big-to-fail banks (the largest banks in the U.S.) were insolvent as a result of the credit crisis that hit in 2008. Both the U.S. Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve (which is run by bankers, essentially for banks) recognized that they had to save the banks at any and all costs - otherwise the U.S. economy and the global economy would collapse into a depression of catastrophic proportions. Money was pumped into the financial system by means of several government and Federal Reserve programs. Interest rates were kept so low that the overnight rate that banks charge each other, which is engineered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was, and still is, at historic lows in the range of 0.00% to 0.25%. With money borrowed at essentially no cost, banks bought risk-free U.S. Treasuries. The banks used the Treasuries they bought as collateral to borrow more money in the short-term "repo" markets. And with those additional borrowed funds, the banks bought even more Treasuries. The interest that the banks collect on the Treasuries created a profitable "interest-rate spread" - the difference between the interest they earned on the bonds they held and the almost-interest-free "loans" they took out in order to leverage their balance sheets. Ok here where the problem start. With borrowed money at technically "zero interest" rate, the banks, fund manager and the hedge fund started to look for "investment" that can maximise their profit. The first to benefit is of course stock market...... That what you have been witnessing so far with QE1 and QE2.... next in line is of course commodity like Oil, Gold etc.... then currency.... that why u see currenct like Australian Dollar and the Brazilian real surge... the next to go up is of course PROPERTY. So the bull market that powered U.S/Singapore/Asia stocks off their March 2009 bear-market lows was the result of the massive monetary stimulus put in place by Washington and the U.S. Federal Reserve. The U.S. monetary stimulus - billions of dollars worth- went into banks and other financial institutions - and not into the economy. That's why stocks have benefited - even in the face of an economy in US which growth has been lackluster, if not downright flat.......... So now you have situation that so called "hot money" is chasing the same thing, ie stock, currency (emerging market), commodity and property.... So what happen. Well the music have to stop.... ie after QE2 was withdrawn, u can see how ugly the REAL economy is, especially in US and Europe.... So the fund manager and hedge start to deleverage... Like I said, first u have situation ALL the hot money chasing the above (until u create a bubble), then u have reverse...... So that what you are witnessing right now...... I may be wrong in my analysis.... Please share your inputs... thanks....
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Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.
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$300? $400
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Don't know if this has been discussed before but thot I'd share this here. A lot of us have been irritated by cars / esp Jap and Korean SUVs with these after market HIDs coming up behind you or even against you. They almost blind you . . . . . Here's a interesting read : http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bu...onversions.html Hope people with these in here will think about this a little . . . . .
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As above, dis might be a bit science friction & we might not live to see it. but cnf no traffic jam anymore. FYI: i didnt watch too much star war/treak la.. -
Why Are S$101 COE Cars Not Popular in Resale Market?
Vit4wd posted a topic in General Car Discussion
Two exactly the same car commanding a S$10,000 price difference despite being registered on the same month and year! S$101 COE cars are great value, esp for those who intend to use it till scrap (4 1/2 more years to scrap). Just wondering why they are not popular? Proberly dealers psycho buyers to buy "normal" expensive COE cars 'cos "It has higher paper value" Click on the links below [/b] [/i] Nissan Sunny 1.6A - May 2001 - S$29,800 (COE $101) http://www.sgcarmart.com/main/info-2fMCfM9F-1091.html Nissan Sunny 1.6A - May 2001 - S$39,800 (COE $33,880) http://www.sgcarmart.com/main/info-2fMGnHkb-1104.html
