The Business Times, 14 October 2006

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  • TOP STORIES
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Ex-Airocean CEO Thomas Tay slapped with 5 more charges
      741 2  -  He is accused of misleading SGX, journalists about corruption probe By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] Former Airocean CEO Thomas Tay was back in court yesterday to face fresh criminal charges that are over and above though related to an accusation of corruption
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      Lock icon Emirates examines options after A380 delivery delay
      540 2  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Emirates, the largest customer for the Airbus A3BO super-jumbo, is looking at all options following a third delivery delay. The Gulf Arab airline is not looking at cancelling orders at present, but does not rule out scrapping its order
      ARTHUR LEE  -  540 words
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      Lock icon Genting has the edge in Sentosa IR bid
      586 2  -  COMMENTARY EDDIE TOH Deputy News Editor M'. ALAYSIA'S Genfing casino group will bag the Sentosa integrated resort project, according to a theory doing the rounds. The story goes like this: Singapore will award the second casino licence to Genting in exchange for
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    • Article
      Lock icon ST Index powers to new all-time high of 2,666.68
      306 2  -  Dow record, 'buy' call on banks are driving factors By R SIVANITHY [SINGAPORE] A record high for the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday and a "buy" on the local banks issued by ÜBS Investment Research yesterday helped propel the .Straits
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    • Article
      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      531 2 SembCorp eyes $4.75b UAE water, power project SEMBCORP Industries is said to be keen on the 554.75 billion Fujairah II Independent Water and Power Project (IWPP) in the United Arab Emirates, pre-qualifying for which starts this month-end. It has a 40 per cent stake that cost US$l.73 billion
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Banking on technology
      2138 3  -  Credit Suisse CEO Oswald Grubel shares with LESLIE YEE his views on banking trends and the wonders of globalisation LESLIE YEE T HE globalisation debate has many passionate proponents and opponents, with Oswald Grubel, Credit Suisse's chief executive officer, belonging to this former camp. "Globalisation has created
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • Article
      Lock icon SembCorp eyes $4.75b UAE water, power project
      563 4  -  $4.75b project is next to another in which S'pore firm has 40% stake By RONNIE LIM SEMBCORP Industries is said to be keen on a much larger project, next to the Fujairah I Independent Water and Power Project (IWPP) in the United Arab
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      Lock icon Banks, property continue to drive ST Index to new highs
      471 4  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent ANOTHER record-breaking week for Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average and so it was that the Straits Times Index duly followed suit, propelled to a new high by banks and property stocks. Analyst reports undoubtedly
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bank stocks soar after UBS raises price forecasts
      433 4 Margins rebound and loan growth outlook cited; DBS hits 5½ year peak Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singapore's banks advanced after ÜBS AG increased its forecasts for their shares, citing a rebound in margins and the outlook for loan growth. DBS Group Holdings
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      Lock icon Merrill raises target price for F&N, keeps 'buy' call
      595 4  -  By CONRAD TAN MERRILL Lynch has increased its target price for Fraser and Neave (F&N) shares from $4.38 to $5, saying the company is likely to benefit from the recent surge in interest in the local property market. In a report
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    • Article
      Lock icon E&E targets 20% annual growth Tor next 3 years
      453 4  -  By MATTHEW PHAN MAINBOARD-listed Elec Eltek International (E&E). which manufactures multilayered printed circuit boards (PCBs), expects to grow the top and bottomline by 20 per cent per year for the next three financial years, and plans to double its existing production
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    • Article
      Lock icon Hongguo seen as potential bidder for HK shoe retailer
      410 4 [HONG KONG] Shoe manufacturer and retailer Le Saunda Group has put itself up for sale, and is negotiating with several potential bidders including Singapore-listed Hongguo International for the possible disposal of its retail stores, The Standard reported sources as saying. Sources
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon China Bearing rolls out IPO to raise $19m
      523 5  -  Sale of shares at 32 cents each; offer closes at noon on Oct 18 By CONRAD TAN SHANGDONG-BASED China Bearing has launched a $19.52 million initial public offering of 61 million shares at 32 cents each. The manufacturer of ball and roller
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      Lock icon Kerzner acting CEO to join S'pore casino presentation
      322 5 AFP [SINGAPORE] The acting chief executive officer of Kerzner International will join other senior executives in presentations of their Singapore casino proposal after the death of Butch Kerzner, the company said. Paul O'Neil was named acting chief executive officer after the company
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • Article
        Lock icon Asset manager buys Pine Agritedi stake
        63 5 OCH-ZIFF Capital Management Group, a global institutional asset management firm, has become a substantial shareholder of Pine Agritech after certain funds managed by the group acquired 31 million shares, or a stake of about 5.17 per cent, from Achievement Way Corp, which is linked
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      • Article
        Lock icon C2o's HI profit drops to $137,000
        40 5 C2O Holdings' net profit fell to $137,000 for the half year ended Aug 31,2006, from $142,000 in the previous corresponding period. Revenue rose 3.23 per cent to $47.42 million, thanks to a new subsidiary.
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        Lock icon Utac plans US$250m bond issue: report
        41 5 MICROCHIP testing firm United Test Assembly N Center Ltd (Utac) plans to issue an offshore bond worth about US$250 million and has mandated Citigroup to handle the debt sale, a market source told Reuters yesterday.
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      • Article
        Lock icon Red light for three China Sky resolutions
        64 5 CHINA Sky Chemical Fibre Co said three resolutions to offer employee share option scheme shares at a discount, to allow the participation of controlling shareholders in the option scheme, and the proposed participation by a deemed controlling shareholder— have not been passed at
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      • Article
        Lock icon Eco Water seeking buyers for project
        62 5 ECO Water said it is still looking to sell its investment in a hydroelectric project and is still in the process of seeking potential buyers. It added that the Singapore Exchange has given its in-principle approval for the listing of consideration shares relating to
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  • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      941 6  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI Sincere Watch Oct 13 dose: 90.5 cents KIM ENG RESEARCH, Oct 13 BASED on our recent meeting with management, we are more confident about the prospects for the company. We could expect bumper dividend payout by FYO7 because of Sincere's substantial Section 44 tax
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      1068 6 For week beginning Oct 9 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS Sateaattal In Me of Mca SHAUNOUMNC Tram SfcarriwMar/ Sal Slam Nr actor* Mtm Stock Pate Otroctof Cam 800 Stmt CC80) Adampak 13 0ct06 Chua Hook Beng Buy 300 0.24 8312 4.73 8612 4.90 Adampak 13Oct-06 Tay Song Seng
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      Lock icon The art of picking small cap stocks
      1616 6  -  SHOW ME THE MONEY Choosing a winner is not easy, and staying with a winner is even harder TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent WHICH of the broking firms in Singapore has more superior stock-pick-ing skills when it comes to the small cap sector?
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon STX shares favoured by Merrill Lynch, Lehman Bros
      648 7  -  Both give the S Korean dry bulk shipping firm a bullish rating By NANDE KHIN TWO foreign investment houses have this week initiated coverage on South Korean dry bulk shipping company STX Pan Ocean and both of them favour the shares. Merrill
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      Lock icon GP Batteries' JV gets 120m yuan for Ningbo fire
      363 7  -  By JEAN CHUA GP Batteries International said it has received insurance compensation for the fire at its Ningbo joint venture, and will be restructuring the venture. GP Batteries said the insurance company paid out about 120 million yuan (Ss24 million) for
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      Lock icon New senior staff at ComfortDelGro, Hyflux, Advanced
      175 7 THREE companies Advanced Holdings, ComfortDelGro Corp, and Hyflux yesterday announced new appointments. Sesdaq-listed Advanced Holdings Ltd a designer and provider of process equipment for the oil and gas, petrochemical and power industries said it has promoted Andrew Yap, 34, to the post of
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      996 7 BAN JOO COMPANY LIMITED Registration No. *****0100R (Incorporated in Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2006 Annual General Meeting of the members of the Company will be held at 18 Cross Street Bth Floor Marsh McLennan Centre Singapore *****3 on Tuesday, 31 October 2006
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon JTC to be first stat board to enter Reit market
      542 8  -  It intends to divest some of its highrise ready-built industrial property By LESLIE YEE JTC Corporation said yesterday that some of its high-rise ready-built industrial property will be divested into a real estate investment trust (Reit), making it the first
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    • Article
      Lock icon SIA, Silk Air pare fuel surcharges by 10%
      313 8  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN SINGAPORE Airlines and its regional subsidiary SilkAir have cut fuel surcharges by about 10 per cent in response to falling fuel prices. SIA said yesterday that it would pare the surcharge for flights between Singapore and South-east Asian countries
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      Lock icon PSA 9-month container volumes rise 6.4%
      152 8 Bloomberg PSA International, the world's second-biggest container port operator, handled 6.4 per cent more volume in Singapore in the first nine months, helped by growing global trade. The Singapore-based company processed 17.31 million 20-foot standard containers from January to September an increase from 16.66
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      5420 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AS Amer Income AT BSD 8.59/ AB Amer Income BT USD 8.62/ AB Amer Income A USO ;—8.6/ AM Antra ami Mgt (S pore) A8 Amer Income B USO 8.6/ Star Europe Eqty'" 0.982/ AB Amer Income A EUR 6^4/ Star Europe Bond 1. 78/ AB Amer
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      Lock icon Registrar orders winding-up of co-operative
      451 9  -  Audit by PwC finds governance and control weaknesses at SLMC By CONRAD RAJ THE Registrar of Co-opera-tive Societies has ordered the winding up of Singapore Logistics Multipurpose Co-op (SLMC) after audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found several governance and control weaknesses at the co-op. v The
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Singapore signs investment pact with Slovak Republic
      314 9  -  By MATTHEW PHAN SINGAPORE signed an Investment Guarantee Agreement with the Slovak Republic yesterday, the second economic agreement with that country. In May last year, the two signed an agreement to prevent double taxation. Slovak Republic President Ivan Gasparovic also met Senior Minister
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      Lock icon BNP Paribas beefs up S'pore research team
      201 9 BNP Paribas Peregrine has added new members to its securities research team in Singapore, after suffering a number of resignations earlier this year. The Asian investment banking unit of French bank BNP Paribas has appointed Winston Lim and Ng Wee-Siang as head of
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon S'pore team to visit SEZs in Russia
        111 9 MINISTER of State for Trade and Industry Lee Yi Shyan will be visiting Russia from Oct 16-21. His visit will cover Moscow and Russia's special economic zones in Tomsk and Tatarstan (Elabuga), where Singapore is playing an advisory role. During the trip, the
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        Lock icon SingHealth launches new nursing award ■
        71 9 SingHealth launches new nursing award A NEW nursing award has been launched to recognise promising and talented enrolled nurses for their dedication and contribution to the nursing profession, Singapore Health Services announced yesterday. Named in memory of the late banker and philanthropist, the Tan Chin Tuan Nursing Award will be
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        Lock icon A*Star, Shell ink research pact
        72 9 A*STAR'S Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, or ICES, has signed a four-year research collaboration with Shell Hydrogen BV to work on the development of hydrogen storage materials. Through the research tie-up, the parties aim to find the right hydrogen storage material to hold useful
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      Lock icon US slowdown may hit Asian economies
      424 9  -  But it won't affect regional giants and Vietnam: analyst By ANNA TEO ECONOMIES which depend on exports to the United States Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia will be hit by the expected US deceleration, says Deutsche Bank chief economist Norbert Walter. The
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      Lock icon Surprise dip in Aug retail sales
      272 9  -  By UMA SHANKARI SINGAPORE'S retail sales fell unexpectedly in August, slipping a seasonally adjusted 0.8 per cent from July, according to figures released yesterday by the Department of Statistics. The August drop to $2.2 billion came after a similar month-on-month decline in July. A
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      114 9 IN THE MATTER OF COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF WP LAND PTE LTD Registration No.: *****5286 D (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap 50 the Final Meeting of the Members of the Company will be
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Bursa M'sia delays short-selling launch
      341 10 Operational concerns see date pushed back 3 months to Jan 2007 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's stock exchange operator, Bursa Malaysia Bhd, delayed the launch of shortselling yesterday to January 2007, three months later than planned, because of operational concerns. Bursa persuaded the government in March
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    • Article
      Lock icon RM200,000 for car number plate TAN
      177 10 RM2 00,000 for car number plate TAN AP [KUALA LUMPUR] A Malaysian man has paid RM200.000 (5585,964) for a car licence plate bearing his surname, the highest bid in the country for such an item, news reports said yesterday. The "TAN" licence plate went to an ethnic Chinese businessman, identified
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
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        Lock icon China shipbuilder to list in HK
        77 10 Reuters [HONG KONG] China State Shipbuilding Corp, the world's third-largest shipbuilder, plans a Hong Kong initial public offering to raise about US$BOO million next year, a source said yesterday. China, using its competitive strength of cheap labour, has been the world's third-biggest shipbuilder for
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        Lock icon Offer to buy Sunlnfra's debt
        94 10 [KUALA LUMPUR] A Malaysian-listed company wants to offer to buy the RM9SO •million (*****.4 million) in outstanding debt belonging to toll highway operator Sunway Infrastructure (Sunlnfra), Malaysia's Business Times reported bondholders as saying. The new investor was to have made a last-ditch offer at the
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        Lock icon S&P rates Amanah Reit
        72 10 [KUALA LUMPUR] Amanah Raya Bhd's real estate investment trust has become the first Reit in the country to be rated by an international rating agency, receiving a 888- with stable outlook, Malaysia's Business Times reported, "The Standard and Poor's (S&P) rating reflects Amanah Raya's small property
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        Lock icon Beijing North Star set to shine
        87 10 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Property developer Beijing North Star could rise as much as 25 per cent when it lists in Shanghai on Monday, analysts said, as it joins a slew of Hong Kong-listed firms to issue shares on mainland bourses. China's North Star raised 3.6
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        Lock icon China Southern sees profit rise
        71 10 Reuters [HONG KONG] China Southern Airlines Co Ltd yesterday said it expected to see a substantial increase in its earnings for the first nine months of 2006 compared with the same period a year ago. China /Southern said the firm had benefited from improved operations
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        Lock icon Jakarta to lease presidential jet
        84 10 [JAKARTA] To cut costs, the Indonesian government has decided it will rent an aircraft to be used as a presidential plane rather than pay Garuda Indonesia for individual trips, the Jakarta Post reported State Secretary Yusril Mahendra as saying. He said the government would ask
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        Lock icon China chip sales target cut
        77 10 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Semiconductor sales in China are expected to grow more slowly than forecast, reflecting a general slowdown in Chinese electronics system production, US research firm iSuppli said. It now sees China's semiconductor revenue rising 11 to 15 per cent this year, down from its
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  • INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Jakarta seeks help over fires
      548 11 Nature and social conditions limit fire suppression efforts, it tells meeting of Asean ministers Reuters [PEKANBARU, Indonesia] Indonesia yesterday appealed for help to fight forest and brush fires that have spread choking smoke over much of South-east Asia as regional environment ministers met for talks.
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      Lock icon SGX
      6021 11 Transaction Date: Oct 13 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME VALUE Wilmar 31.752.000 DBS Grp 256.869.278 SingTel 29.718.000 UOB 176.763.100 Thai Beverage 26.623.000 OCBCBk 79.258.150 DBS MBL eCW*****2 25.094.000 SingTel 73.940.540 ChinaKangda 24.013.000 Keppet Corp 52.923.485 Abterra 23.820.000 CapitaLand 48.321.600 Centillion 22.867.000 SPH 46.045.180 ChinaPDve 21.871.000 HKLand 40.082.492 Tuan Sing 18.098.000
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon HK pay TV rivals set for pitched battle over EPL
      501 12  -  Rights expected to fetch HK$lb; bidding starts next month By JANE MOIR in Kuala Lumpur HONG KONG's pay TV market is set for a new round of rivalry with bidding about to start for the lucrative English Premier League (EPL)
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      Lock icon China moves to protect shareholders' funds
      348 12 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China's securities regulator said executives who misuse shareholders' funds may be prosecuted, as it steps up a move to improve fiduciary management among publicly traded companies. Major shareholders must return any fund that may have been misused by the year's end or
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      Lock icon China's forex reserves shoot up to US$987.9b
      143 12 AP [SHANGHAI] China's foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, reached U*****.9 billion by the end of September, the central bank said yesterday, The figure was up 28.5 per cent from a year earlier, said the report by the People's Bank of China. It
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      Lock icon China NBS chief detained on grounds of graft
      389 12 JIT [HONG KONG] the outspoken chief of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has been detained on corruption charges, The Standard reported sources as saying. Qiu Xiaohua was replaced by Xie Fuzhan, former deputy director of the State Council's Development Research Center,
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Robust Q2 earnings lift Indian stocks to a record high
      412 13 This follows overnight all-time high on Wall Street and hefty gains in the region AP Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Indian share prices closed at a record high yesterday amid expectations of strong sec-ond-quarter corporate earnings and sustained economic growth in Asia's fourth-largest
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      Lock icon GETTING READY
      30 13 [JAIPUR. India]lndian cricketers Harbhajan Singh (left) and Irfan Pathan jogging during a net practice session here on Thursday. India plays England in the ICC Champions Trophy tomorrow. AP
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      Lock icon IFC may buy stakes in India's ultra mega power projects
      342 13 Economic Times [NEW DELHI] International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private equity arm of World Bank, is in talks with power companies to pick stakes in the ultra mega power projects in India. It also said it was open to finance
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      Lock icon Security screening proposed for all FDI from China
      400 13 But external affairs ministry disagrees with move to single out nations Economic Times [NEW DELHI] For the first time, the Indian government is proposing to put China on the list of countries categorised as a security risk from the standpoint of foreign
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon London luxury sales set for banker bonus bonanza
      473 14 Reuters [LONDON] Estate agents in ritzy London neighbourhoods, posh restaurateurs and purveyors of every luxury from vintage wines to very exclusive holidays will compete for a share of a £9 billion (5526.4 billion) present this Christmas. That is the cumulative amount of
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      Lock icon Major powers move closer to sanctions on N Korea
      487 14 US compromise draft could go to a vote as early as today Reuters [BEIJING] UN powers moved closer yesterday to slapping sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test after Washington, responding to China's concerns, proposed a resolution that specifically rules
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      Lock icon Where only the sharpest wits gain entry
      263 14 AFP You may need to taflryour way&ut "of questions like these to gJrfnto Britain's elite universities, a survey of applicants showed yesterday. They were some of the more curious questions pitched by interviewers at Oxford and Cambridge looking to find the very best
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      Lock icon Microcredit man from Bangladesh wins Nobel
      451 14 AP [OSLO] Bangladeshi microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for their work in advancing economic and social opportunities for the poor, particularly women. The economist and his bank will share the prize. They were cited
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon September US retail sales slip 0.4%
        87 14 AFP [WASHINGTON] US retail sales fell 0.4 per cent in September, a figure somewhat skewed by a sharp drop in petrol prices, data showed yesterday. The US Commerce Department figure was far weaker than expected on Wall Street, where analysts had forecast a rise
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        Lock icon Fujitsu recalling more Sony batteries
        66 14 AP [TOKYOJ Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu is recalling laptop batteries made by Sony Corp, the company said on its website yesterday. Kyodo News agency reported that the recall concerns 51,000 batteries. However, the Fujitsu website did not say how many batteries were to be recalled.
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        Lock icon GE profit jumps 6.1% in Q3
        85 14 Reuters [BOSTON] Diversified conglomerate General Electric Co yesterday said third-quarter net income rose 6.1 per cent, meeting analysts' estimates. The rise was boosted by growth across all divisions except NBC Universal. The company, with operations ranging from jet engines to commercial lending, reported net
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        Lock icon Top Fed official says inflation risk fading
        109 14 Reuters [ST LOUIS] Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis president William Poole said on Thursday that he is still an inflation hawk, but at the moment sees more risks to growth than prices and would back a rate cut if the US economy
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