http://business-times.asiaone.com/malaysia/0,5514,,00.html? The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore en-us Copyright 2007 Business Times Online. 20 Nov 2008 SGT 20 Nov 2008 SGT 60 http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/static/image/images/topmastheadsmall.gif http://business-times.asiaone.com http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,306572,00.html? THE signs are not good. Survey after survey paints a bleak picture of consumer sentiment, sparking fears that consumption as an engine of economic growth is under threat. But the sense of doom and gloom may just be overblown. The News 20 Nov 2008 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,306518,00.html? TONY Fernandes, a major shareholder of budget finance house Tune Money, said yesterday that the company would wipe out its accumulated RM9.6 million (S$4.1 million) in losses by next year and that its shareholders would invest more money into the firm to enter markets such as Indonesia and Thailand. The News 20 Nov 2008 04:00 SGT