The Business Times, 27 July 2009

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  • 20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 197/08/2008 Monday, July 27,2009
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  • 941 1  -  LYNETTE KHOO China listings dry up in the face of competition from Korea, M'sia By [SINGAPORE] New mandates for Chinese listings will be harder to come by for Singapore's stock exchange as the fight for the "dragon chips" gets more intense
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 52 1 Weekly Change 2,533.43 +102.47 >T Index 1 COMP 1,155.88 +34.98 IIKKEI225 9,944.55 +549.23 IANG SENG 19,982.79+1,177.13 ;et index 614.24 +18.13 JAKARTA COMP 2,185.65 +79.30 1ANILA COMP 2,676.47 +122.51 ;eoulcomp 1,502.59 +62.49 ;henzhenb 544.77 +9.71 IUMBAI IND 15,378.96 +634.04 )OW 9,093.24 +349.30 IASDAQ 1,965.96 +79.35 ;&P 500 979.26 +38.88 =TSE
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    • 29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 15.962 TAIWAN 4.776 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.52 INDIA 11.75 Source:
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    • 41 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.440 (US$/S$ per 1.652 2.378 EURO (US$,S$/E) 1.442 Foreign currency per US$ 2.047 'EN 94.90 65.90 3.532 2.453 IK$ 7.750 5.383 !AHT 33.98 23.60 lUPIAH 9,988 6,937 lENMINBI 6.831 4.745 INDIAN RUPEE 48.35 33.58 1.225 0.851
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  • 673 1  -  NEIL BEHRMANN But some wonder if fundamentals can support the surge By in London FOREIGN fund managers are banking heavily on an Asian earnings upturn and continual growth in China to drive market momentum forward. Following a lull, a sudden leap on
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 521 2  -  CHEW XIANG Development capital likely to be most common: survey By [SINGAPORE] Private equity players in the region are turning their backs on pre-IPO and venture deals amid challenging times for the industry, according to a Deloitte Touche survey. "We do
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    • 944 2 WALL STREET INSIGHT Analysts warn that the bullishness will be harder to replicate this week By ANDREW MARKS in New York THE bulls took convincing control of Wall Street last week, as investors intent on getting in on the biggest two-week-long rally for
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    • 621 2  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY By in Tokyo SUPPORT is growing for the idea of an Asian Financial Stability Dialogue (AFSD) to ensure that the region has a fuller say in reshaping the international financial architecture in the wake of the global financial crisis. This
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      • 49 2 NEW mandates for Chinese listings will be harder to come by for Singapore's stock exchange as the fight for the dragon chips gets more intense among regional bourses. Issue managers here are receiving fewer inquiries from Chinese companies. FRONT PAGE
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      • 46 2 FOREIGN fund managers are banking heavily on an Asian earnings upturn and continual growth in China to drive market momentum forward. Following a lull, a sudden leap on Wall Street has boosted foreign investor interest in Asian markets. FRONT PAGE
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      • 40 2 PRIVATE equity players in the region are turning their back on pre-IPO and venture deals amid challenging times for the industry, according to a Deloitte Touche survey. TOP STORIES, PAGE 2
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      • 47 2 ÜBS has hired Bank of AmericaMerrill Lynch banker Keith Magnus to head its investment banking business in Singapore and Malaysia, sources said. One of Merrill's top bankers, Mr Magnus oversaw nine deals in the last 12 months. TOP STORIES, PAGE 4
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      • 41 2 THERE should be a post-listing monitoring unit at the Singapore Exchange given the debacles surrounding S-chips or Chinese firms listed here, suggests veteran corporate chief Lim Jit Poh. TOP STORIES, PAGE 4
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      • 34 2 BANKS here are expected to report decent earnings for the second quarter, but analysts warn that charges for bad loans could still hurt profits. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 7
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      • 35 2 THE Energy Market Authority has unveiled a new corporate vision, which includes taking on industry development in addition to its regulatory and operational responsibilities. SINGAPORE NEWS, PAGE 10
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      • 38 2 TOP US economic policymakers aired their differences last Friday on how to remake financial regulation, exposing disagreements within the government over the Obama administration's planned overhaul. ECONOMY WATCH, PAGE 15
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      • 52 2 TO help offset a drastic drop in private investments in the country, Malaysia plans to aggressively liberalise and internationalise its real estate and has set a target of attracting RM2O billion (SsB.2 billion) in foreign investments over the next decade. MALAYSIA,
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      • 43 2 FERNANDO Chui, a low-key official, was endorsed yesterday by a small, pro-Beijing electoral college as Macau's next chief executive, with no changes expected in gaming policy in the Chinese-ruled gambling hub. GREATER CHINA/INDIA, PAGE 17
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      • 48 2 GUARANTY Financial Group Inc, the Texas bank spun off in 2007 by a forest products company, may become the biggest lender to collapse this year, wiping out investments by billionaire Carl Icahn's funds and Omni Hotels owner Robert Rowling. WORLD, PAGE 19
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      • 32 2 THE Porsche and Piech families are prepared to offer Porsche chief executive Wendelin Wiedeking 140 million euros (*****.3 million) for his resignation. WORLD, PAGE 19
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    • 410 4 Reuters He will head Swiss bank's investment banking business in Spore, Malaysia [SINGAPORE] ÜBS has hired Bank of America-Merrill Lynch banker Keith Magnus to head the Swiss bank's investment banking business in Singapore and Malaysia, sources close to the matter said. Mr Magnus has
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    • 812 4  -  LYNETTE KHOO He says SGX should make periodic visits to these firms, that IDs are not enough By [SINGAPORE] Recent debacles surrounding S-chips, or Chinese firms listed here, have demonstrated a need for a post-listing monitoring unit at the Singapore Exchange.
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    • 708 4  -  LYNETTE KHOO S-chips should 'think like listed companies' before listing: ID By [SINGAPORE] A longer gestation period for S-chips before they get listed? But how does that gel with market interest in a speedier route to listing? This is the dilemma the Singapore
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    • 392 4 -AP She had demanded to know reason for failure to predict it [LONDON] Sorry Ma'am we just didn't see it coming. A British newspaper reported yesterday that a group of eminent economists have apologised to Queen Elizabeth II for failing to predict
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 693 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS THANKS to Wall Street where it seems to be business as usual again for the large investment banks which have not had to suffer much despite their earlier recklessness greed has replaced fear in equity markets everywhere. "Green
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    • 500 6 -AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended last week mostly higher against the US dollar after significant rallies in commodity and share prices. Japanese yen: The safe-haven yen lost ground against the dollar in the past week as rallies in share prices encouraged
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    • 629 6 Legends US$; Rmb; HK$; A) As; Pound; Rupiah; Yen; Euro; AA) Baht; RM; Peso; AAA) Rs; NT$; (ad) Capital; (ae) Cash/Bonus; (ag) Dividend/Distribition; (ai) To be announced; (aj) Final Tax Exempt; (ak) Final Tax Exempt (One Tier); (an) First and Final Tax Exempt (One Tier); (ao) Income; (aq)
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    • 296 6 -AFP COMMODITIES [LONDON] Commodity markets rebounded last week on hopes that the US economy will haul itself out of recession and spur demand for raw materials. Upbeat US company results and rising home sales fuelled optimism that the world's biggest energy consuming nation
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    • 1506 6 Source: Reuters Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price lompany name Mlgreen Prop Ltd 2.55 3.00 11 5.90 18.32 0.96 1.23 ,RA Asset Mi jt Ltd 2.00 2.00 2 6.25 9.60 0.64 0.62 ,rmstroni Ind
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    • 4 6 WEEKLY
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    • 61 6 Jul 24 VALUE CLOSE IT OB/OS 1322.00 +327.0 IT CADI -*****.00 +259.0 IT 10-day MA -*****.00+132.0 TSE ST Mid Cap 572.70+10.28 TSE ST Small Cap 481.49+13.13 TSE ST All Share 619.10 +11.98 TSE ST China Top 261.74 +5.25 TSE ST China 255.42 +5.07 TSE ST Catalist 1227.91
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    • 56 6 Golden A< iri 570,605,000 Gentini SP 562,830,000 UniFiber 285,549,000 181,402,000 !hina Honi ixini 174,819,000 Ezion 159,615,000 Land 158,391,000 >in< [Tel 149,704,000 Oceanus 145,942,000 loble Gr| 145,489,000 VALUE($) iBS Gr 535,206,938 i Land 534,516,064 Sin; jTel 493,807,755 Gentini SP 444,135,880 Land 400,967,200 SGX 355,128,010 Con 273,926,962 loble Gr|
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    • 100 6 CLOSE UP 9396 426.0 3.3 iBXT Ni 10US$ iBXT FTChina25 10US! 2932 223.1 5.6 iBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 4467 218.7 3.5 "hai Prime Fd 450 194.3 42.9 LD 10US$ 9336 187.1 1.4 iBXT MSKorea 10US$ 3729 177.0 3.4 China H 10US$ 1558 152.5 7.3 ISH 1606 143.9 6.6 LatinAmerica 1
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    • 108 6 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. iBXTS&P Short 10US$ CLOSE DOWN 6419-318.0 -3.3 imei iNav 1340-120.0 -8.2 ICBCCai :.93%Pref10 7900-100.0 -1.3 iBSRBeCW*****8 18 -23.5 -56.6 ;GXDBePW*****9 17.5 -14.5 -45.3 IBS BNP eCW*****7 76.5 -12.0 -13.6 ;ia 1338 -12.0 -0.9 iTI 2350SGAePW*****9 29.5 -12.0
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    • 88 6 Wh lere S! i$ stands Jul 24 CHNG CLOSE FR Jul 23 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.4409 -0.03 1.5579 1.4308 Euro 2.0513 -0.13 2.0732 1.9150 Pounds 2.3724 0.37 2.4051 2.0356 1.1778 0.19 1.1816 0.9453 'en* 1.5183 0.41 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.46 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2411 -0.04
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 727 7  -  LYNETTE KHOO By AS MORE regional bourses vie for the same pool of Chinese initial public offerings (IPOs), Singapore Exchange (SGX) needs to improve the perception of S-chips in order to attract quality listings and cast its net wider to draw issuers from
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    • 635 7  -  CONRAD TAN Flat interest better fee income expected but charges for bad loans may hit profits By( BANKS here are expected to report decent earnings for the second quarter, but analysts warn that charges for bad loans could still hurt profits. "I don't see much
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    • 332 9  -  TEH SHI NING New value factors in recent high prices of property sold, signs of recovery By AS THE property sector in China recovers, DMG Partners Securities has raised its target price for Pan Hong Property Group to 50 cents per
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    • 328 9 Tung Lok Rest A Orchard Parade Hotel, 1 Tanglin Road, Level 2, Antica Ballroom, Singapore *****5 27-Jul 11.00an Artivision Tech A Gilmore Room, Singapore Cricket Club, Connaught Drive, Singapore *****1 27-Jul 10.00an Fabchem China A 39 Fishery Port Road, Singapore *****5 27-Jul 9.30am Yongmao Hldgs A 18 Sungei
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    • 384 9 Jul 24 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NY 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of China Limited 5.5 Bank
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    • 287 9  -  TEH SHI NING Estimated proceeds of $300,000 will be used for general working capital By ADDVALUE Technologies yesterday announced a $320,000 placement of eight million new ordinary shares with a new investor, to meet the company's funding needs. The new subscription agreement with Tan Sze Seng,
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 1479 8  -  TEH HOOI LING IN the middle of July, traders and analysts were expecting shares to carry on their lacklustre performance as they had been doing for some weeks. But out of the blue, the market surged. A number of traders and analysts were unconvinced of the
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    • 1253 8  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS By INSIDER activity was low for the third straight week with only nine companies recording 14 purchases versus three firms with four disposals based on filings on the Singapore Exchange from July 20 to 24. The figures were consistent with
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 446 10  -  RONNIE LIM It will look at developing industry apart from its regulatory function By THE Energy Market Authority which recently took over development and ownership of the $1 billion-$1.5 billion LNG terminal has unveiled its new corporate vision, which includes taking on industry
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    • 161 10 AP LIVERPOOL beat Singapore 5-0 yesterday to snap a three-game pre-season winless streak. Liverpool striker Andriy Voronin opened the scoring in first-half injury time after a slow start by the Reds. Liverpool secured the result with second-half goals from Fernando Torres, Albert Riera and a brace
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    • 342 10  -  EMILYN YAP Monetary policy may be kept loose for too long By IS ANOTHER bubble inflating beneath the economic slump? In their eagerness to fight the downturn, Asian policy-makers could keep monetary policy loose for too long and inadvertently fuel an asset bubble, says
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    • 463 10  -  BRANDON CHEW By DEEP workforce and benefit cuts show signs of moderating in the second half of this year, especially in Asia, according to the latest Mercer global survey. Among 2,100 organisations from 90 countries surveyed, 58 per cent plan
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
    • 866 11 The biotech sector in S'pore is taking off, but success will largely depend on whether the right CEOs can be found to lead these new companies, says LAURA THOMAS WITH the biomedical sciences sector slated to become Singapore's next engine of growth, it
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    • 1099 11 CAMPUS LIFE Sport has become a platform for the expression of values and intentions in various areas, writes DAWN LIU ALTHOUGH there are more people leading increasingly sedentary lifestyles these days, sport still retains its remarkable capability to reach out to people, be they active participants
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    • 204 11 FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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    • 46 11 cftibank THE Business Times-Citibank Young Investors' Forum is published every Monday in The Business Times. It aims to raise the financial awareness of university and polytechnic students and cultivate a better understanding of business issues. The series is part of BT and Citibank's tertiary outreach programme.
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
    • 3386 12  -  Su Guaning THIS WEEK'S TOPIC If you were tasked to come up with an inspiring challenge that, if achieved, would help resolve some of the world's most pressing concerns, what would your challenge be, and why? Which world leader or leaders would you choose to
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  • DINING OUT
    • 564 14  -  Geoffrey Eu NEW MENU Bonta 207 River Valley Road, #01-61 UE Square River Wing. Tel: 6333-8875 THE northern hemisphere summer is in full swing and appropriately enough, chefs across town are unveiling menus that reflect the rich and intense flavours of the season-which is of course
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    • 764 14  -  Audrey Phoon GUEST CHEF Pete's Place Basement, Grand Hyatt Singapore, 10 Scotts Road. Tel: 6732-1234 CHEF Michele Gulizzi is exactly the sort of person that you'd expect to see in the kitchen of Pete's Place. Dark-haired, stocky and ruddy-faced from the heat of the stoves,
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    • 294 14 c..5... SINGAPORE FLAVOURS INFLUENCED BY THE CUISINE OF ASIA JULY AUGUST 2009 n CAFE Savour the robust flavours, titillating fragrances and vibrant colours of its Chinese dailect groups V Cantonese, Foochow, Hakka, Hainanese and Kokkien; Peranakans; Malays and Indians. The buffet includes ■> delightful dishes of its neighbouring countries--<"-«»»v_ A
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 803 15 -LAT-WP Critics include Bernanke, deposit insurance chief, currency comptroller [WASHINGTON] The nation's top economic policymakers aired their differences last Friday on how to remake financial regulation, exposing disagreements within the government over the Obama administration's planned overhaul. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appeared
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    • 569 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The world's two biggest initial public offerings (IPOs) this year are from China and Brazil, reflecting the "growing power" of the so-called BRIC nations, said Barton Biggs, who runs New York-based hedge fund Traxis Partners LP. China State Construction Engineering Corp,
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    • 278 15 -AP [GENEVA] The Group of Eight (G-B)'s pledge to complete a new global trade pact by the end of next year has been met with caution and scepticism by negotiators who have seen a string of similar promises fail to deliver over the
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    • 802 15 Reuters They must balance inflation control with regulatory roles [LONDON] Chastened by a failure to manage the great credit boom and bust of this decade, the world's major central banks are being forced to rethink the use of narrow inflation targets such as the
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    • 456 15 Reuters Rising growth will up rates; exports will spur inflation [SYDNEY] Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned Australians to expect more financial hardship as the country emerges from the global downturn, forecasting rising unemployment and inflation. Mr Rudd also projected that, over
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 556 16  -  S JAYASANKARAN But some wonder if over RMBBOm asking price is too high By in Kuala Lumpur CONGLOMERATE Sunway Holdings may be the only bidder left for the Malaysian assets of German heavy building materials producer Heidelberg Cement AG but industry executives are wondering
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    • 570 16  -  S JAYASANKARAN MALAYSIA INSIGHT The relisting of Maxis would liven up Bursa Malaysia and please Krishnan and his investors ACCORDING to a senior Malaysian telecommunications executive, former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad wasn't pleased when tycoon T Ananda Krishnan took his telco firm Maxis Communications private in
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    • 467 16  -  PAULINE NG By in Kuala Lumpur TO help offset a drastic drop in private investment, Malaysia plans to aggressively internationalise its real estate and has set a target of attracting RM2O billion (SsB.2 billion) in foreign investment over the
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 403 17 -Reuters [MUMBAI] Reliance Industries (RIL), India's top energy firm, last Friday posted a larger-than-expected 11.5 per cent fall in quarterly net profit, its third straight quarterly decline, as its refining margins more than halved. Net profit fell to 36.36 billion rupees
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    • 564 17 He will follow past policies, but plans to reduce territory's reliance on gaming [MACAU] A low-key official was endorsed yesterday by a small, pro-Beijing electoral college as Macau's next chief executive, with no changes expected in gaming policy in the Chi-nese-ruled gambling
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    • 537 17 Reuters [MUMBAI] ICICI Bank Ltd, India's No 2 lender, last Saturday beat forecasts with a 20.6 per cent rise in net profit helped by higher trading income. ICICI said net profit rose to 8.78 billion rupees (***** million) in its fiscal first
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    • 291 17 -Reuters [JOHANNESBURG] South Africa's Treasury said last Friday that it was broadly supportive of a tie-up between mobile phone operator MTN and India's Bharti Airtel but that the "devil is in the details". Ministry of Finance spokeswoman Thoraya Pandy said
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    • 700 17 AFP Focus will be on economic, foreign policy, climate issues [WASHINGTON] The United States and China will hold their first top-level "dialogue" on a broad range of issues in Washington this week that could set the agenda for the two megapowers for
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    • 605 17 -Reuters [HONG KONG] For most financial market professionals in this city and other hubs across Asia, the days of extravagant expatriate life have ended. For now at least. The standard HK$2OO,OOO (5537,200) per month housing allowance for top bankers is gone or
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 667 18 Reuters The newcomers are expected to take a much more critical, realistic view [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc said that it appointed three new directors and installed a new chief to oversee its retail banking unit, addressing criticism that it lacks enough leaders with commercial banking experience.
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    • 442 18 Reuters [GENEVA] US authorities are targeting client visits by Swiss-based bankers from ÜBS in their efforts to identify US citizens with accounts at the bank who may have evaded tax, a Swiss newspaper reported yesterday. US tax authorities want to force ÜBS
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    • 719 18 Reuters, AP [BUDAPEST] Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday to mark McLaren's return to form after a slump of 10 races without success. Kind Raikkonen, driving the only Ferrari in the race after Brazilian team mate Felipe
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    • 294 18 Reuters [KUWAIT] Kuwaiti financier Hazem Al-Braikan, who was sued by the US securities regulator last week for allegedly profiting from "fraudulent" takeover reports, is dead, security sources said yesterday. A policeman outside Mr Braikan's home said that the death appeared to be
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    • 368 18 -AP [NEW YORK] A senior Democratic senator has warned the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that if it does not curb the practice of flash orders, which give traders at large financial firms with high-speed computers a brief advantage over other market
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  • WORLD
    • 757 19 Bloomberg, Reuters It can't raise capital, may become the biggest lender to collapse this year [SAN FRANCISCO] Guaranty Financial Group Inc, the Texas bank spun off in 2007 by a forest products company, may become the biggest lender to collapse this year, wiping out investments by
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    • 322 19 Reuters But the sum was rejected by labour representatives [FRANKFURT] The Porsche and Piech families were prepared to offer Porsche chief executive Wendelin Wiedeking 140 million euros (*****.3 million) for his resignation, his lawyer told Reuters last Friday. The payout would have been
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    • 306 19 Reuters [TORONTO] Sweden's Ericsson has won an auction for the wireless assets of bankrupt Nortel Networks Corp, paying US$l.l3 billion for the crown jewels of the one-time Canadian telecom star. In separate statements, the two companies said that Ericsson had won the bidding for
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    • 2774 20 OVERVIEW STOCK markets around the world have rallied significantly in the first half of this year, erasing much of the losses suffered since last September's financial meltdown. For instance, the Singapore stock market saw a 38.7 per cent surge in its market capitalisation to $545
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
    • 464 21 -AFP Analysts expect one airline to pull out after new players muscle in [SYDNEY] Major airlines are fighting the biggest war in 15 years over the lucrative Pacific route linking Australia and the US, experts say. Carriers are slashing prices and offering special deals
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    • 140 21 Reuters [SYDNEY] A Qantas jet flying from New Zealand to Australia last Saturday was forced to turn around when the cabin started to lose air pressure, the airline said in a statement yesterday. The Australian carrier has an excellent safety record but has
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    • 246 21 Reuters [LONDON] New regulations that will force the shipping industry to switch to cleaner fuel could snuff out nearly a quarter of European demand for fuel oil by 2015. The package of measures will add to the woes of the dirtiest and least
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    • 801 21  -  YEN SREENIVASAN COMMENTARY Pan-Asian air safety body needed to arrest accidents and losses THE spate of air crashes in recent months has once again brought the issue of air safety to the fore. Last Friday's Iranian airliner crash on the tarmac in Mashhad killing 16 people
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    • 314 21 Reuters [LONDON] Freight derivatives brokers will support the idea of a central trading screen for forward freight agreements (FFAs) on the Baltic Exchange, a chairman of the FFA brokers' association said last Friday. "We think the Baltic is the right place to have
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    • 2717 21 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AIC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 247 21 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across hiehnn I I i uibiiup \D/ IH^H 26 Guide on boat restricting hour for exciting film (8) 27 Group of Easterners at back of vessel (6) 12 Group with article escorted, we hear to explain back- YESTERDAY S SOLU TION Down ground (3,3,5) 1 Disprove match official
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 9129 22 Week ended: Jul 24 High Low Code Company Sale ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E 12 3 3148 STelecom 8.5 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 23 12 5000 ABR Hldgs 13 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM 23 7 2101 APOil 57.5 26.5 5550 ARA 5.5 2.5
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    • 1802 23 High Low Code Company Sale COOO) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 19 5 1181 s AAGrp 26.5 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 25 8.5 3518 s Afor 12.5 2 1524 t Alantac 16 3.5 7814 t
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    • 447 23 52-Wk Tel h Low Code Last Sale Vol C000) Week ill Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Hii Comi Hii 110 100 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 877 427 CIMBAsean40 1OOUS$ 254 149 DBS STI ETF 100 3600 3534 DBXT DJE5O 1OUS$
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    • 264 23 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum
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    • 121 23 Stock name Close Chani Stock name Close Chani Stock name Close Chani litaLand 3.970 +0.080 JMH 27.320 +0.220 SIA En: 2.830 +0.020 litaMall 1.580 +0.030 JSH 16.060 +0.780 SMRT 1.820 +0.020 :if 'Dev 9.860 -0.020 Jardine C&C 21.460 +0.720 SPH 3.490 +0.060 ;omfortDelGro 1.450 +0.030 Kei
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    • 99 23 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 14 3 1 0 0 0 14 3 1 Manufacturing 147 37 54 17 18 164 45 72 Commerce 55 14 16 14 69 18 18 >r/Cc ms 36 38 Finance 26 27 Construction 20 22
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    • 121 23 TURNOVER C000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL VALUE C000) SDQ TOTAL MAIN Multi Ind 118,303 118,303 408,877 408,877 Manufacturing 1,989,035 235,207 2,224,242 1,154,387 11,121 1,165,508 Commerce 821,907 61,222 883,129 629,353 25,684 655,037 3t/Stor/Comms 876,543 37,209 913,752 1,321,568 8,747 1,330,315 Finance 183,673 60 183,733 1,403,994 1,403,997 Construction 895,342 78,200 973,542
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    • 2668 23 Transaction date: Jul 24 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asia1.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day Vol ■000 hk: \eon Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway feia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Seida Jade Bird Jeijing
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    • 32 23 Insiders'trades. Brokers'recommendations. I TIJC Rl ICIMECC Tll\/lEC Dividend table. The pages also cover transactions I I fit DUjMMEjJ I lIVICj by directors and substantial shareholders. In other words, news you can use.
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    • 360 24 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jul 24 World Index Preliminan 735.9 -0.1 8.6 -0.1 11.2 -0.2 11.2 EAFE Preliminai 700.6 0.4 7.9 0.2 12.1 0.1 12.1 Euro[ Preliminan 972.4 0.0 6.7 -0.3 12.7 -0.4 12.7 Pacific 597.2
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    • 124 24 As at 9am Jul 24 >f foreign currency: lurrencies Bid Offer iust dollar 1.1640 1.1990 .an dollar 1.3150 1.3310 luro 2.0310 2.0550 IZ dollar 0.9370 0.9580 iterlini ind 2.3670 2.3940 JS dollar 1.4350 1.4520 .ocal dollars to 100 units if foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer :hi
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    • 172 24 Jul 24 Overnight 5/16 1-month 7/16 2-months 9/16 3-months 11/16 Overnight mode: 0.13 US$ Offer 3/16 3/16 5/16 7/16 BJd 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months >—■. I. $Au 0.35 0.40 0.55 0.65 1.00 1.60 1.70 Offer 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.45 0.70
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    • 25 24 Jul 24 STI 2521 2532 2533 IIMSCI Jul 299.3 305.7 304.8 "aiwan Jul 252.8 257.5 254.0 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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    • 21 24 Jul 24 SS Fer 1-month 1.4392 1.4406 2-months 1.4392 1.4407 3-months 1.4392 1.4407 6-months 1.4393 1.4409 Source: OCBC
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    • 287 24 Jul 24 URODOLLAR FUTURES >epO9 DecO9 VlariO lun10 99.4650 99.2400 98.9900 98.6250 6449 4128 3899 3380 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES >epO9 99.485 99.485 DecO9 VlariO 99.515 99.515 un10 >ep10 DedO Vlar11 un11 99.485 99.515 99.485 99.520 99.535 99.500 99.445 99.400 99.315 99.255 48 50 ***** 3657 2591 1388
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    • 188 24 Jul 24 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l (lots) Aug 09 185.0 Sep 09 185.0 Oct 09 NOV09 185.0 Dec 09 185.0 Jan 10 184.0 185.0 185.0 185.0 185.0 185.0 185.0 185.0 185.0 185.0 64 30 20 30
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    • 83 24 Jul24 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Day's |h Low Hi, 3-Month BQ*****H 22.10.09 1-Year BY*****W 03.05.10 0.23 0.35 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hio Day's cjh Low 2-Year NX*****H 3.625 5-Year NX*****F 3.625 7-Year N*****0S 2.875 10-Year NX*****W 2.500 15-Year NY*****X 3.125
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    • 100 24 Jul 24 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Aug 09 1021.00 1023.50 1030.75 1019.50 SepO9 951.50 961.50 965.00 950.50 Nov09 915.00 932.00 933.25 913.25 Jan 10 922.25 939.25 939.75 921.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Aug 09 33.89 34.67 34.80 33.89 Sep
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    • 74 24 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jul 23 US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 68.78 2.27 WTI (Near Mth) 66.01 1.93 Dubai (1-Mth F) 66.63 1.79 Tapis blend 72.10 1.00 Minas 68.55 1.00 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene S2.10 74.31 1.05 0.28 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price 66.46
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    • 464 24 Jul 24 AS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRu Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso i« Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.887 5.576 0.574 6.326 39.470 81.527 0.774 10.184 2.883 1.243 67.161 39.233 1.175 6.288 0.875 26.877 27.740 0.494 0.816 Canada 1.127 6.284 0.647 7.129 44.481
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    • 79 24 Jul 24 (US$) (SS) 0.***** 0.***** 1 mth 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** 1.***** 1.***** 0.***** 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 1.***** 3yrs 2.***** 4yrs
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    • 153 24 Jul 24 Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1744 1.1760 0.8161 0.8164 Canadian dollar 1.3236 1.3253 0.9197 0.9200 Euro 2.0454 2.0480 1.4213 1.4217 NZ dollar 0.9440 0.9464 0.6560 0.6570 Sterling 2.3765 2.3793 1.6514 1.6517 US dollar 1.4391 1.4405 S$IUS$
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    • 140 24 Jul 24 (US! f/oz) Jul 23 Jul 24 Hong Kong London 949.80 948.40 950.80 949.40 Jul 22 Jul 23 952.10 955.35 952.90 956.15 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Jul24 Buying Sellim Kilobar "47,253.34" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1
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    • 68 24 JuS24 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1634.00 1764.50 3 months 1660.00 1785.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 5518.00 5522.00 5525.50 5530.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 1724.00 3 months 1745.00 1723.50 1745.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00
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    • 71 24 Jul24 (Btonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low SepO9 1841 1819 1845/1800 Dec 09 1857 1835 1861/1815 Mar 10 1854 1828 1856/1810 May 10 1847 1821 1847/1803 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jul 09 1449 1483 1515/1473 SepO9 1474 1508 1538/1499 Nov09 1499 1532 1549/1512 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close Prev
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    • 2437 24 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Fel lode Company Last Sale Vol Conv Exer +or- ('000) Ratio Price Disc Gear- Mths ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 3.5 unch 631 1 15 12 4.71 >036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 0.5 unch 50 1 1358 12.00 13 Allgreen Prop.ES.0907 112 14 8 AscendasReit.ES.0907 167
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  • BizIT
    • 435 27  -  WINSTON CHAI Cyber attacks may be scouting mission prior to launch of full-scale assault By FINANCIAL institutions in Singapore have been targeted in what may be a regional scouting mission by malicious hackers prior to the launch of a full-scale assault. Security specialist
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    • <what's up>
      • 101 27 SPORTS photography fans can look forward to a seminar on their pet subject. The Canon Sports Photography Seminar will be held this Saturday from 1.30pm to 4pm at Raffles Hotel. It will feature veteran Straits Times sports photographer Albert Sim, who will share his
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      • 85 27 BUSINESS software vendor SAP Asia Pacific Japan and the School of Information Systems at the Singapore Management University (SMU) has inked a deal to bring SAP's University Alliances Programme to SMU students. The programme, which to date has reached 900 universities in 36 countries, lets
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      • 93 27  -  ONG BOON KIAT ASIA-PACIFIC countries account for almost 50 million High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) connections today and the figure is expected to reach 56 million by September, according to a new report from market intelligence firm Wireless Intelligence. This mobile data technology
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    • 395 27 Reuters (HONG KONG) Apple Inc says it is awaiting results from an investigation into the death of a worker in China, after media reports said the man killed himself on learning he was suspected of leaking company secrets. The case puts the
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    • 407 27 Reuters (LONDON) European telecommunication carriers, so far relatively unscathed by recession, risk disappointing investors soon unless they keep cutting costs, quarterly reports from Vodafone and TeliaSonera show. The first of Europe's major players to publish sec-ond-quarter numbers, Vodafone reassured investors last Friday by reiterating its
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    • 226 27 -NYT (MOSCOW) A Russian business lobby and members of parliament are in the early stages of drafting legislation that could limit or even ban the use of voice-over-Inter-net phone companies such as Skype. The measure stems from concern that landline and cellular phone
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    • 707 27  -  IVY LIANG &lt;you say&gt; Conserving the environment can start from your organisation's printing and imaging activities By WITH increased attention being placed on the environment, more C-level executives are waking up to the importance and impact of their organisation's environmental footprint. Being environmentally responsible need
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    • 572 27 -Reuters Facility seen having difficulty taking on Taiwanese leaders [SAN FRANCISCO] Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) spin-off Globalfoundries began building a US$4.2 billion chip manufacturing facility in upstate New York last Friday, as it gears up to take on the likes of Taiwan
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    • 769 28 The market is likely to decline by 5.8% this year, reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY SINGAPORE'S application deployment software (ADS) popularly known as middleware market is expected to decline by 5.8 per cent this year as a result of the economic crisis. Speaking to BizlT, Adren
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      • 107 28 BROTHER International Singapore has launched the MFC-6890CDW (right), an inkjet printer that allows printing, scanning, faxing and copying for businesses with A3-sized requirements. The multi-function device, which can be connected to wireless and Ethernet networks, features a PC fax receiving feature that lets users receive
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      • 79 28 JAPANESE electronics giant Epson's latest flagship projector, the stylish EH-TWSOOO, is aimed at movie buffs who want to recreate the movie theatre experience at home. Featuring Epson's 3LCD technology, it claims to provides brighter images, more accurate colour reproduction and finer grey scaling. It
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      • 96 28 APPLE has announced a major update to its professional audio and video production application suite Final Cut Studio, which features more than 100 new features. At $1,588, the new Final Cut Studio costs $800 less than the previous release. It is also available as an
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      • 51 28 FOR a limited time, video game fans in Singapore can buy Microsoft's Xbox 360 Console (right) with a 60GB hard drive and bestselling game Halo 3 Platinum Hits at a special bundle price of $499. Customers can redeem the game upon purchase of the
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      • 102 28  -  ONG BOON KIAT SONY Ericsson has launched the C 903 Cyber-shot (above), a five-megapixel camera phone with a bag of photo-friendly features, including face and smile detection, place-name tagging and one-click photo-sharing on Facebook. It even lets you view images on a big screen with a
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    • 465 28  -  LI DAN WEI Brainchild of three young Singaporean developers could help save lives Reports by A SHAKE of your mobile phone could ring in live-sav-ing help in an emergency if you install a novel mobile phone application developed by a team of three young
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    • 274 28 SO smitten was Chua Zi Yong with the Google Android platform that he started an enthusiasts group even though he was a mobile application programming novice. The founder of Code Android recounted his difficult start. "It was a hard time. I took, like, two months
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