Chicago business school picks Singapore for program; university will open permanent campus in city-state for executive MBA students next year

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Singapore was the first choice for the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business's first permanent campus in Asia. The move makes the campus the first US business school to locate in Asia. It also comes at a time when Singapore is aiming towards making the island an education center in Asia. Other schools that are planning to open in Singapore include the European Institute of Business Administration, Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore and Nanyang Technological University.

Foreign operations, Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Colleges and universities, Business and Secretarial Schools, Business & Secretarial Schools, Universities and colleges, Schools, Business schools, University of Chicago. School of Business

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Keppel's efforts pay off

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Singapore's government-run Keppel Corp has reported a net profit of $51.2 million in the first six months of 1999. Keppel's profits are a remarkable improvement over its 1998 performance when it registered a huge loss. According to Keppel Chmn Sim Kee Boon, the Singaporean blue-chip company will concentrate on expanding its core banking, property and telecommunications businesses while it rationalizes and merges its interests in shipbuilding.

Sales, profits & dividends, Banking Institutions, Depository Credit Intermediation, Real Estate, Real Estate and Rental and Leasing, Ship Building and Repairing, Shipbuilding & Repair, Banks (Finance), Government business enterprises, Public enterprises

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Slimmer Singaporean giants still seem heavy to investors

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State-owned Singapore conglomerates Keppel Corp. and SembCorp Industries have both made restructuring moves in attempts to attract investors; however, analysts are not heavily favoring the firms. Some believe that the companies need to be more specialized rather than diversified, while others stress that economic conditions are holding them back.

Diversified Companies, Market information - general, Financial analysis, Economic aspects, SembCorp Industries Ltd.

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