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What will be the fate of Chartered after its take over by Abu Dhabi? Would it be for the better? What are your views? Chartered is one of the biggest employers in Singapore. Will current employees be affected?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-12/c...tered-debt.html

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/...lesting-2-women Grab backsai, push neh neh and punch charbor = 2week jail only

This bank used to providing attractive rebate for their customers but now everything cut :( (1) XtraSaver CashBack Monthly cap on NETS CashBack used to be $50 per month, now cut to $15 *Please note that with effect from 1 October 2011, monthly cap on NETS CashBack will be revised from S$50 to S$15. http://www.standardchartered.com.sg/person...s/xtrasaver/en/ (2) MANHATTAN Credit Card Total spending reflected in your monthly statement CashBack earned monthly $1 - $999 0.5% $1,000 - $2,999 1% (Used to be 2%) $3,000 and above 5% CashBack cap amount per quarter is $200 (used to be $300) Not attractive anymore !

Any MCFers taking part ? Didnt train much but would still go for it. Would be my 2nd marathon. Would be a great way to round up the year. This year's T shirt seems quite nice.

Ermmm...like anyone knows where to park huh? Baring the fact whether I'm able to drive after the run. Need help from runners who was there last year.....:)

Has Chartered Semiconductor been delisted? Any official announcement made?

Any MCFers here going? How many clicks would you be taking part? hows the preparation?

well, i just couldn't find the post.. i knew i read before sometimes back about people receive their cc without even applying....blablabla.... just got to know yesterday, they sent me a checkbook and an atm card back in july to my OLD address, i've moved to my new flat for nearly 1yr already.......wonder where they got my old address from..... gosh.... are they that desperate??.... anyway, just need to confirm, if i ignore it or burn it together with hell money, they will stop bothering me, right?..... btw, is there anywhere i could "feedback" my opinion about such lousy trick to so that i will never ever receive anything from them????..

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...QrKA&refer=home Looks like really more good yrs ahead..... http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/data?pid=avimage&iid=iJfeZUQzfwiQ Quote: Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., the world's third-largest made-to-order chipmaker, had its debt rating lowered to junk at Fitch Ratings, which cited concerns over rising debt levels. Chartered's senior unsecured debt and long-term foreign currency issuer default ratings were cut to BB+, one level below investment grade, from BBB-, Fitch said in a statement today. The Singapore-based chipmaker said on July 25 it will report a loss in the third quarter and won't be consistent in posting profits, leading Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to slash their share-price estimates on the company. Chartered also raised its planned spending for the year to $750 million, from an earlier budgeted $590 million. ``The company's operating and financial performance has been lackluster,'' Fitch said in the statement. This reflects ``sustained margin pressures and a sharp deterioration in break-even levels.'' Junk bonds, classified as high-yield and high-risk debt, can raise a company's borrowing costs as a lower debt rating increases the perceived risk of a company's inability to pay debt. Credit-default swaps on Chartered jumped 12.5 basis points from before the downgrade to 247.5 basis points, according to Barclays Capital's prices. That means it costs $12,500 more a year to protect $10 million of the company's debt from default for five years. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point. The downgrade also pushed up the extra yield investors demand above U.S. Treasuries to buy Chartered Semiconductor's $300 million 6.25 percent bonds maturing in 2013. The spread widened 4 basis points to 418 basis points, BNP Paribas SA's prices show. Chartered shares have slumped 43 percent this year, underperforming the 19 percent decline in Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index. To contact the reporter on this story: Andrea Tan in Singapore at [email protected]; Patricia Kuo in Hong Kong at [email protected].

Just returned from collecting my race kit for the SCSM 2007 and curious to know how many bro & sis from MCF will be participanting in the event next Sunday. Let me start the ball rolling:- Marathon (42.195km) 1. 2. 3. Half Marathon (21.1km) 1. 2. 3. 10KM 1. HCtan 2. 3. Seem like this is another record year for the SCSM again . More Singaporean are also taking up running either for leisure or simply to keep fit. As for myself, I hope to be able to run in a full marathon before I turn 40yo in 3 yrs time .