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Japan could potentially legalize casinos by end-2012, says DMG OSK.

The last three months had a massive blowout in provisions for doubtful debts which soared to $57m as VIP gamblers keep out of their bills - that's a fact.

3,000 cancelled room nights by October for Thailand, booyah!

The group recorded a net gain of S$15.9m from the 50% sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Value Vantage.

Olam will acquire 100% of equity interests in hazelnuts exporter from Turkey.

Retail sales in Singapore rose by 7.4%, resulting in an average rental increase of 3.2% in 3Q11.

Alliance offers greater banking convenience to customers of both companies.

A survey revealed that 43% of Singapore consumers don’t want to engage with brands via social media.

The other 69 % are clock watchers who meticulously drop their work and rush out the door on time.

Oh, and the androids have finally knocked the apples of their tree.

Its revenue was 13.9% lower as volume sales of its networking & communication segment declined in the third quarter.

It's surprising to know that a whopping 793,000 households take up at least one of its fixed network services.

In terms of primary listing, that is.

So what caused the loss despite 4% revenue growth?

UOB remains an analyst’s best pick being the least aggressive lender over the past 36 months.

Higher sales volume of agricultural products drove revenue up 69% to US$13.1b for the quarter.