The main issue has been that of a higher Asset Management Ratio as has been prescribed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore for qualifying full banks from India.
Lee Hsien Loong's splendid victory in Singapore could be India's gain.
For its Singapore trading desk, the company aims to hire a few top level executives in a few weeks. The desks in London and Houston will also recruit more executives for finding opportunities in those markets. The company has another trading desk in Dubai. An RIL spokesperson declined to comment on the expansion of trading desks.
Extending its gains for the second straight day, gold prices rose by another Rs 100 to Rs 28,450 per ten gram in New Delhi on Monday on pick up in demand from jewellers even as the metal weakened overseas.
Cancun appears headed for a fiasco like Seattle with Tokyo World Trade Organisation mini-ministerial hitting roadblocks.
Singapore on Wednesday said it was hopeful that a Free Trade Agreement with India would be signed by the middle of this year.