The Business Times, 7 December 2007
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Title Section24 2007-12-07 1 THE BUINE TIME SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg mm A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Friday, December 7,200724 words
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1007 2007-12-07 1 WEE LI- EN - WEE LI-EN Ministry of Law Liberalisation of legal services among key recommendations by review committee accepted by govt By 1 [SINGAPORE] Wide-rang-ing measures to liberalise the legal services sector and boost Singapore as an international centre for legal services andMinistry of Law - 1,007 words
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Article, Illustration42 2007-12-07 1 6 It's tolerance for failure and the comfort with risk that allows you to make those breakthroughs that will get you the Nobel Prize. 9 Indira V Samarasekera, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta In The Raffles Conversation k TOMORROW42 words
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MARKETS DIGEST
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Article16 2007-12-07 1 TST INDEX 3,552.55 (-7.50) TST INDEX FUTURES 3,546 (-7) TSIMSCI 429.16 (-2.29) ASIMSCI FUTURES 432.90 (+0.70)16 words
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Article29 2007-12-07 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.00 INDONESIA 15.361 TAIWAN 6.156 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 7.50 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 4.11 INDIA 12.75 Source:Bloomberg - 29 words
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Article45 2007-12-07 1 lursday Change 1,440.39 +12.62 1COMP IIKKEI225 15,874.08 +265.20 1ANG SENG 29,558.92 +213.47 ;et index 845.19 +11.85 JAKARTA COM P 2,795.40 +27.34 1ANILACOMP 3,733.96 +85.25 ;eoulcomp 1,953.17 +14.97 ;henzhen b 713.76 +1.01 IUMBAI IND 19,795.87 +57.80 12AM EDT Change 13,480.24 +35.28 )OW IASDAQ 2,677.60 +11.2445 words
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Article39 2007-12-07 1 IS$ (S$ ier US$) 1.447 (USS/SS )er 2.023 2.927 ;URO(US$/S$/E) 1.456 2.108 'EN 110.90 76.60 3.345 2.311 IK$ 7.796 5.387 !AHT 33.81 23.36 lUPIAH 9,252 6,392 1ENMINBI 7.412 5.121 INDIAN RUPEE 39.46 27.26 1.146 0.792 IZ$ 1.298 0.89739 words
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550 2007-12-07 1 CHUANG PECK MING - CHUANG PECK MING Staff retention tricky as pay rises are eaten up: analysts [SINGAPORE] Bosses have budgeted for bigger pay increases for their staff next year but much of the wage rise could be wiped out by increasing inflation a prospect that is worrying550 words
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597 2007-12-07 1 MATTHEW PHAN - MATTHEW PHAN JP Morgan leads the pack with 300% rise in fees [SINGAPORE] Investment banks earned over 45 per cent more in Singapore in the year to date than in the corresponding period last year, according to data from Thomson Financial. Growth was597 words
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Miscellaneous44 2007-12-07 1 *11 &m GREENHOUSE GAS ECONOMY WATCH GOVT LAND SALES SINGAPORE JyHR Pressure on US OECD looks into its Prudent move, say EXCHANGE Wd? to back curbs crystal ball market watchers Watch list for below-par IBH page 17 page 11 page 2 companies page 244 words
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Miscellaneous15 2007-12-07 1 OF i 1 Gift suggestions and festive feasting Special report on Pages 29 to 3215 words
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TOP STORIES
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1543 2007-12-07 2 KALPANA RASHIWALA - KALPANA RASHIWALA List for H1 next year is roughly similar in scale to that for H2 this year By [SINGAPORE] The Ministry of National Development is adopting a measured strategy in its Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme, offering up a slate for1,543 words
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482 2007-12-07 2 MICHELLE QUAH - MICHELLE QUAH And those that fail to improve face risk of delisting [SINGAPORE] Listed companies that don't make the mark will soon be put on a watch-list, to be monitored by regulators and investors alike. And those that fail to improve run the482 words
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THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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60 2007-12-07 2 LAWYERS may soon have to undergo continuing education to make sure they are updated on current legal developments. The Ministry of Law said yesterday it has accepted in principle the recommendations of a committee headed by Justice VK Rajah to make continuing60 words
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68 2007-12-07 2 ALLGREEN Properties is set to move into China in a big way and perhaps away from Singapore with seven commercial and residential projects worth a total investment of 29.3 billion yuan. The projects will be undertaken with Kerry Holdings and Kerry Properties which are68 words
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39 2007-12-07 2 810-TREAT Technology said yesterday that it has secured a build-operate-transfer project worth 60 million yuan (5511.7 million) in Foshan City, Guangdong province, to construct a wastewater treatment plant. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 639 words
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71 2007-12-07 2 IN A sign that the Republic has retained its edge as a technology hub, three lesser-known Singapore-based entities have made it to the list of Asia-Pacific's 500 fastest growing technology companies, it was announced yesterday at the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia-Pacific ceremony71 words
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71 2007-12-07 2 THE world's leading economies will suffer only a modest slowdown in growth next year with activity picking up again into 2009 despite the fallout from the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, high oil prices and other threats, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and71 words
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82 2007-12-07 2 INDIA'S biggest bull is on the verge of becoming its biggest bear. Sanjiv Duggal, who manages the world's largest holding of Indian equities, may even urge his clients to cash out. "Investors aren't factoring in earnings and news flows, but valuing people's dreams," said82 words
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71 2007-12-07 2 THE fat years may be ending for Chinese banks as bad loans increase and monetary policy tightens. After government bail-outs and reforms ended a debt crisis early this decade, bad loans could rebound because of exposure to the country's red-hot property market. But a71 words
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417 2007-12-07 3 WEE LI- EN - WEE LI-EN REVIEW OF LEGAL SECTOR Courses that eligible law graduates have to undergo will be restructured [SINGAPORE] Lawyers may soon have to undergo continuing education to make sure that they are updated on current legal developments. The Ministry of Law yesterday417 words
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369 2007-12-07 3 [SINGAPORE] Errant lawyers may soon find themselves under a quicker and sharper disciplinary process. A high-level committee headed by Justice V X Rajah has proposed changes to streamline and accelerate various stages of the process, sieving out baseless and vexatious complaints. The369 words
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Article, Illustration460 2007-12-07 3 -AFP [WASHINGTON] A mortgage relief package hammered out by the US administration and major lenders could help more than one million homeowners avert foreclosure in the next two years, a White House official said yesterday. The official said the plan, to be-AFP; AFP - 460 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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772 2007-12-07 4 R SIVANITHY - R SIVANITHY FOR years, it has been a puzzling feature of the local financial landscape in a stock market that prides itself as one of Asia's best and most advanced, why is it that the futures contract on its best-known benchmark, namely, the772 words
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477 2007-12-07 4 VINCENT WEE - VINCENT WEE INDIA-FOCUSED dry bulk shipping company Mercator Lines (Singapore) Ltd yesterday launched its initial public offer (IPO) of 270 million shares for a mainboard listing at a maximum price of 94 cents each. The offer will be a combination of an international placement477 words
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584 2007-12-07 4 ARTHUR SIM - ARTHUR SIM It will work with Kerry Holdings, Kerry Properties on the commercial, residential projects ALLGREEN Properties of Singapore is set to move into China in a big way with seven commercial and residential developments together with Hong Kong publicly listed companies Kerry Holdings584 words
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Article346 2007-12-07 6 LYNETTE KHOO - LYNETTE KHOO It secures BOT deal to build first phase of wastewater treatment plant in Foshan City 810-TREAT Technology announced yesterday that it has secured a build-operate-transfer (BOT) project worth 60 million yuan (5511.7 million) in Shishan Town, Nanhai District of Foshan City, to construct346 words
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Article, Illustration272 2007-12-07 6 TAN SEO YEAN - TAN SEO YEAN MAINBOARD-LISTED Midas Holdings Ltd will collaborate with Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco) in a "thick aluminium alloy plates and sheets project" under a framework agreement signed yesterday. Chinalco, one of the key state enterprises managed by the PRC CentralFILE PHOTO - 272 words
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Article, Illustration488 2007-12-07 7 AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY - AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY Elixir Tech, Sunpower Group and Mediaßing Ltd named as top 500 growing companies IN A sign that the Republic has retained its edge as a technology hub, three less-er-known Singapore-based entities have made it to the list of Asia-Pacific's 500FILE PHOTO - 488 words
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272 2007-12-07 7 5-year deal to build part of grandstand and corporate suites KINGSMEN Creatives Ltd has won a five-year $25 million project for the Singapore Formula One (Fl) race. The communications design and production group in Asia Pacific and the Middle East announced yesterday that it has272 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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49 2007-12-07 7 Xl Ventures Ltd has made an additional investment of US$4.3B million in China Auto I Co-Investors LLC, almost doubling its initial investment. The extra investment follows a capital call from China Auto to its shareholders. It will used for acquisitions and new stores.49 words
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Article72 2007-12-07 7 ESMART Holdings Ltd has received a letter of intent from Vuppalamritha Magnetic Components Ltd (VMC) for the supply of fixed wireless terminals. The contract is valued at US$6.9 million to US$7.B million. Subject to the final technical approval by VMC and other terms and conditions being72 words
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50 2007-12-07 7 ASIA Tiger Group Ltd is to acquire up to a 70 per cent shareholding in Malaysian investment holding company Virgo Pulse (VP) for $11.26 million. The primary business of VP is carried out through a subsidiary, Vickers Hoskins Holdings, which makes industrial boilers.50 words
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58 2007-12-07 7 ARA Trust Management Ltd, the manager of Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust, has executed the option to acquire 12,045 sq ft of office strata space in Suntec City Tower One, at a price of $27.6 million. The office strata units will generate58 words
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231 2007-12-07 7 Reuters SINGAPORE construction firm Lian Beng Group, whose share price rose 8 per cent yesterday on speculation that it has won a $500 million casino project, said it has not been told of the outcome of its bid. "Lian Beng has– Reuters - 231 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration595 2007-12-07 8 R SIVANITHY - R SIVANITHY STOCKS Programme trading ensured that the STI rushed off to a heady 55-point gain at 3,615 THE local stock market for months now has been driven by expectations of how Wall Street might perform later that same trading day, so if yesterday's595 words
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Article104 2007-12-07 8 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 10 4 3 0 0 0 10 4 3 Manufacturing 73 67 60 14 14 13 87 81 73 Commerce 24 32 17 10 27 42 22 )t/Stor/Comms 14 10 14 14 12104 words
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Article122 2007-12-07 8 TURNOVER C000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE C000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 30,119 30,119 162,051 162,051 Manufacturing 496,704 58,896 555,600 569,918 13,236 583,154 Commerce 143,987 9,415 153,402 107,463 1,972 109,435 Tpt/Stor/Comms 106,366 1,269 107,635 323,574 1,115 324.689 Finance 82,288 367 82,655 816,659 48 816,707 Construction 164,893 38,379122 words
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Article225 2007-12-07 8 Stock name «V1 Close Change Allgreen 0.46 1.580 +0.030 Ascendasreit 0.83 2.360 +0.040 CapitaComm 0.46 2.330 +0.070 CapitaLand 4.35 6.900 -0.050 CapitaMall 0.90 3.300 +0.100 Chart SemiCond 0.53 1.020 +0.010 CityDev 2.68 14.400 +0.400 ComfortDelGro 1.24 1.820 -0.050 Cosco Corp 2.16 6.750 -0.150 Creative Tech 0.16225 words
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Article, Illustration900 2007-12-07 8 MATTHEW PHAN - MATTHEW PHAN Keppel Reit Dec 6 close: 52.30 LEHMAN BROTHERS, Dec 6 WE initiate coverage of K-Reit with a 1-Overweight investment rating on the shares and a 12-month dividend discount model-derived price target of 553.42. Based on our FYOBE distribution yield projection of 4 per cent, 120bp above900 words
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Article, Illustration524 2007-12-07 8 LARRY WEE - LARRY WEE CURRENCIES SAFE refuge European currencies like the euro and Swiss franc suffered a relapse yesterday after an unexpected surprise from the US jobs front overnight while, closer to home, the US dollar enjoyed its best one-day rebound against the Chinese yuan524 words
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Article46 2007-12-07 8 CLOSE 640.00 +251.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00 +39.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +64.00 All-SG Equities 978.39 -3.90 SG Equities Elect 103.76 -2.61 SG Equities Fin 2469.47 +0.35 SG Equities Prop 1391.57 +12.09 SiMSCI 429.16 -2.29 SiMSCI Future 432.90 0.70 PrimePartnersCI 264.52 -2.3146 words
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Article56 2007-12-07 8 VOLUME ChinaNTown 64,560,000 Lian Benq 50,147,000 Centillion 48,143,000 UOB MBL eCW*****4 46,093,000 Frontline 43,113,000 China Honqxinq 42,785,000 Diqiland 42,098,000 DBS MBL eCW*****6 41,861,000 Yanqzijianq 38,403,000 Chanqtian 33,182,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 385,329,100 UOB 214,029,992 SingTel 110,177,352 Keppel Corp 90,154,300 SGX 89,926,400 Capita Land 86,217,239 Yanqzijianq 82,528,810 SPH 80,096,52056 words
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Article105 2007-12-07 8 CLOSE UP JMH 2820 57.9 1.4 CoscoCori iDBeCW/*****5 138 46.0 50.0 :it 1440 40.0 2.9 DBS Gri 2100 30.0 1.4 HK Land 520 21.7 3.0 IS MSCI India 100 975 21.7 1.6 Korea 10US$ 595 21.7 2.6 reor Ham 10US$ 384 20.3 3.8 iemb Cor| Ind 580 20.0 3.6105 words
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Article118 2007-12-07 8 CLOSE DOWN Venture Con 1300 -50.0 -3.7 CoscoCori iDBSeCW***** 142 -47.0 -24.9 Jardine C&C 1930 -30.0 -1.5 Yam izi. jiaSGAeCW***** 3.5 -28.0 -88.9 Pain 440 -20.3 -3.1 B Sembawam 1090 -20.0 -1.8 Kej Con 1330 -20.0 -1.5 SGX 1490 -20.0 -1.3 'e Land 790 -20.0 -2.5 i ham La118 words
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Article84 2007-12-07 8 Where S$ stands Dec 6 CHNG CLOSE FR Dec 5 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4478 -0.02 1.5479 1.4363 Euro 2.1103 0.89 2.1639 1.9913 Pounds 2.9327 0.73 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.2620 -0.25 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3077 0.36 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.08 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2847 0.7784 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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592 2007-12-07 9 UMA SHANKARI - UMA SHANKARI Large supply of mass market homes but govt holds back on office sites THE government will release a batch of suburban residential land parcels in the first half of next year but property analysts are divided as to whether there592 words
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164 2007-12-07 9 SINGAPORE Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) announced yesterday that it has signed a framework agreement to help the Tianjin Municipal People's Government use Singapore's public sector expertise. SCE said that the objectives of the framework agreement are to establish a government-level platform to foster164 words
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SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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92 2007-12-07 9 EXPRESS and logistics company DHL was recognised by the Contact Centre Association of Singapore (CCAS) as the Best Contact Centre of the Year at the inaugural CCAS International Contact Centre Awards 2007. It was the only winner for the express and logistics industry.92 words
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71 2007-12-07 9 TRICOR Services (Malaysia), an integrated professional services provider, announced yesterday the acquisition of PFA Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a move that aims to strengthen its presence in the region. This brings Tricor's Asia-Pacific team to over 1,300 people. Tricor currently services over 250 listed companies71 words
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57 2007-12-07 9 NANYANG Technological University (NTU) will be sending 280 NTU students to six countries in January under its Global Immersion Programme (GIP), up from the 160 students who went overseas three years ago when the GIP was launched. A total of 1,000 students will57 words
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297 2007-12-07 9 Ministry of Health sheds light on patient profile in paper ALMOST three-quarters of the 6,060 heart operations performed at National Heart Centre (NHC) and National University Hospital (NUH) from 2001 to 2005 were on men, according to an information paper released by297 words
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Article, Illustration393 2007-12-07 10 NISHA RAMCHANDANI - NISHA RAMCHANDANI Grandstands will also be set up in the Spore Flyer Garden FORMULA One (Fl) fans hoping for a bird's eye view of the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix can opt to watch it from the 165-metre tall Singapore Flyer. Singapore GP has393 words
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177 2007-12-07 10 SUBSIDISED health care will end for foreigners in Singapore from the start of next year, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday. It said that it was continuing the process started in December 2006 of revising healthcare subsidy levels for non-citizens. The changes177 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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640 2007-12-07 11 ANTHONY ROWLEY - ANTHONY ROWLEY It expects activity to pick up by 2009 despite oil hikes, US sub-prime crisis THE world's leading economies will suffer only a modest slowdown in growth next year with activity picking up again into 2009 despite the fallout from the640 words
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427 2007-12-07 11 Bloomberg October leading index comes in at 20%, matching economists' forecast [TOKYO] Japan's broadest indicator of the outlook for the economy dropped for a third month, a signal that growth is stalling. The leading index was at 20 per cent in October, the Cabinet– Bloomberg - 427 words
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Article, Illustration583 2007-12-07 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] Housing markets from Punta Gorda, Florida, to Stockton, California, will crash and suffer price drops of more than 30 per cent before the housing crisis is over, a report from Moody's Economy, com said yesterday. OnReuters; BLOOMBERG - 583 words
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Article, Illustration664 2007-12-07 11 -NYT NEWS ANALYSIS It blames hike on geopolitics, trading activities [NEW YORK] When oil prices were approaching the milestone of US$lOO a barrel a few weeks ago, global oil cartel Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), expanded production and sought to-NYT; AP - 664 words
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283 2007-12-07 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's industrial production probably grew at the fastest pace in 10 months in October as local demand spurred manufacturing of construction materials, automobiles and food. Production at factories, utilities and mines rose 5 per cent from a yearBloomberg - 283 words
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619 2007-12-07 12 S JAYASANKARAN - S JAYASANKARAN Businessmen Ibrahim Mohammad Nor, Tong Kooi Ong offer RMBm for the newspaper AN RMB million (553.5 million) bid by Malaysian businessmen Ibrahim Mohammad Nor and Tong Kooi Ong to buy The Malay Mail one of the country's oldest newspapers has been rejected619 words
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Article, Illustration681 2007-12-07 12 PAULINE NG - PAULINE NG MALAYSIAN auditors have been identified as not up to the job, by the organisation charged with regulating the accountancy profession. More than half the accounting firms assessed by the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) in a practice review were found wantingFILE PHOTO - 681 words
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284 2007-12-07 12 Bloomberg It will file the appeal by the Dec 28 deadline: lawyer [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings said it received a written ruling from Indonesia's competition regulator to reduce its investment in the country's mobile-phone industry, which in turn sets the deadline for its appeal. Indonesia's– Bloomberg - 284 words
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224 2007-12-07 12 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's central bank unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time in five months after inflation slowed in November and oil prices fell. Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah and his seven deputies reduced the rate used as a reference for bill salesBloomberg - 224 words
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Article2346 2007-12-07 12 Dec 6 Dec 6 RM A&M Realty 0.98 AbricBhd 0.28 Advance Synergy 0.32 Adventa Bhd 1.44 AeMuIti Hldgs 0.29 Affin Holdings 2.69 Ahmad Zaki Resou 6.05 AicCorp 0.75 Airasia Bhd 1.91 Akn Messaging Te 0.18 Akn Technology 0.66 Alliance Financi 3.08 AluminiumCo 1.21 Amalgamated Ind 0.51 Aminvestment Grp2,346 words
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Advertisement229 2007-12-07 12 advertise call toll free 1800-289 8822 Emafl recruit@sph.com.sg I m Ii obs associates property Cerulli Associates is an international research and consulting firm for the financial services industry, with a special focus on asset management. We are recognized throughout the industry as a leading source of guidance, information and data229 words
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INDIA
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Article, Illustration772 2007-12-07 13 Bloomberg HSBC's Duggal may even consider asking investors to cash out due to unfavourable risk-reward ratio [MUMBAI] India's biggest bull is on the verge of becoming its biggest bear. Sanjiv Duggal, who manages the world's largest holding of Indian equities, may even urge his clientsBloomberg; FILE PHOTO - 772 words
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453 2007-12-07 13 Reuters OIL GAS [NEW DELHI] The overseas arm of India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and the Hinduja Group are interested in jointly developing Iranian assets, and may agree plans after an ONGC Videsh board meeting on Wednesday, company sources said. "We– Reuters - 453 words
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522 2007-12-07 13 Reuters [MUMBAI] India's Essar Oil Ltd is confident that it will more than quadruple its global refining capacity within the next seven years, despite hitting hurdles in a proposed Iran deal, its top executive said on Wednesday. Essar Oil, part of the– Reuters - 522 words
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340 2007-12-07 13 Reuters It wants to build a large petrochem project in India [NEW DELHI] Kuwait Petroleum Corp is talking to India's Reliance Industries and other firms as it looks to build a large refinery and petrochemicals project in India, its chief executive said yesterday.– Reuters - 340 words
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399 2007-12-07 13 -AFP Offers from Tata and Mahindra likely to beinUSsl.s-2.2b range: reports [NEW DELHI] Top Indian vehicle makers Tata Motors and Mahindra have submitted their final bids for luxury British car brands Jaguar and Land Rover, reports said yesterday. The bids were submitted-AFP - 399 words
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GREATER CHINA
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668 2007-12-07 14 Reuters Chinese ownership of Australian listed firm could ignite political firestorm [SHANGHAI/SYDNEY] China's biggest steel group, Baosteel, has doused speculation that it was planning to spoil BHP Billiton's takeover bid for Rio Tinto with an offer of its own, saying that it lacks the– Reuters - 668 words
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Article, Illustration783 2007-12-07 14 Reuters [SHANGHAI] The fat years may be ending for Chinese banks as bad loans increase and monetary policy tightens. After government bail-outs and reforms ended a debt crisis early this decade, bad loans could rebound because of exposure to the country's red-hot property market.– Reuters; AP - 783 words
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476 2007-12-07 14 -AFP [BEIJING] China's sudden decision to tighten monetary policy in 2008 reveals deep fears about the devastating impact on inflation, if it gets out of hand, analysts said yesterday. But the big question remains whether enough can be done to move the markets-AFP - 476 words
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278 2007-12-07 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] Philanthropic donations in China are surging, as the country's nouveau riche expands with economic development, and should be boosted in the next few years by much-needed tax incentives, analysts say. Donations from the top 50 publicly disclosed philanthropists in ChinaReuters - 278 words
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247 2007-12-07 14 Reuters [BEIJING] Shenhua Energy Co Ltd, China's top coal producer, says it is considering taking over PT Adaro Indonesia, the country's No 2 producer of the fuel, as it pursues resources overseas to feed China's robust economy. Vice-president of Shenhua Wang Jinli also– Reuters - 247 words
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Article, Illustration377 2007-12-07 14 Bloomberg NDRC takes steps to secure domestic oil product supplies [SHANGHAI] China is compensating oil refineries for the cost of processing crude oil and waiving taxes on fuel imports to help increase diesel and gasoline supplies, the nation's top economic planner said.– Bloomberg; AP - 377 words
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Article, Illustration289 2007-12-07 16 Bloomberg Sindicatum and Istithmar to raise USs6oom for green projects [JAKARTA] A unit of Dubai World, the state-run investment group, and Sindicatum Carbon Capital Holdings Ltd, partly owned by Citigroup Inc, plan to raise US$6OO million for projects that produce carbon-emis-sion credits. Istithmar– Bloomberg; REUTERS - 289 words
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166 2007-12-07 16 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Dubai's rough diamond trade increased in value by 30 per cent in the third quarter after the emirate's state-backed diamond exchange started certifying gems and an increase in regional oil wealth fuelled jewellery demand. Total trade rose to US$l.OB billion– Bloomberg - 166 words
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Article7734 2007-12-07 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mat (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.055/ Star Europe Bond 1.234/ Star Europe Bal 1.256/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.752/ Star Asia Bond 1.252/ Star Asia Balanced 1.09/ Star Global Technology Fund! 0.237/ Multi St Fd 0.936/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.866/ Gib Multi StUSD 1.175/7,734 words
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Article, Illustration597 2007-12-07 17 -AP BALI CONFERENCE Australia's about turn, US Senate legislation leave Bush govt isolated ference on Bali island, which is aimed at launching negotiations for a world climate agreement to follow the Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012. Australia, which had stood-AP; AP - 597 words
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295 2007-12-07 17 -AP BALI] More than 200 of the world's leading climate scientists, in a rare foray into global politics, yesterday urged nations assembled at the Bali climate conference to take iramatic action now to slow global warming because 'there is no time to-AP - 295 words
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525 2007-12-07 18 Bloomberg Cuts made to profit, share price forecasts in the face of continued credit market turmoil [LONDON/NEW YORK] Citigroup, the biggest US bank, and Goldman Sachs, the largest securities firm, had their earnings estimates cut by analysts who say credit-market "turmoil" would generate– Bloomberg - 525 words
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240 2007-12-07 18 -Reuters [TOKYO] Dai-lchi Mutual Life Insurance Co said yesterday it aims to list its shares in 2010 and sell more than US$9 billion worth of them in what is likely to be Japan's third-largest initial public offering. The listing would put Dai-Ichi's market-Reuters - 240 words
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238 2007-12-07 18 Reuters It will be the first index offered to investors looking to participate in world's carbon markets [LONDON] The investment banking arm of Britain's Barclays launched a global carbon index yesterday to track the international carbon markets, which are poised to double in size– Reuters - 238 words
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Article, Illustration668 2007-12-07 18 Bloomberg Insurer's writedowns from US housing market are manageable, he says [NEW YORK] American International Group Inc chief executive officer Martin Sullivan said writedowns from the US housing market are "manageable," boosting the shares more than 4 per cent on Wednesday. The biggest US– Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 668 words
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Article, Illustration523 2007-12-07 19 neuters, Bloomberg, AFP ECB keeps rates unchanged, lowers next year's forecast from 2.3% to 2% [LONDON] The Bank of England cut interest rates yesterday as a global credit crunch threatened wider economic damage. But the European Central Bank (ECB) left interest rates– neuters, Bloomberg, AFP; BLOOMBERG - 523 words
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406 2007-12-07 19 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] A recession looms for the US economy in the first half of 2008 due to faltering consumer spending and nonresidential construction, which have so far helped offset the housing slump, a report released on Wednesday said. "Some of– Reuters - 406 words
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360 2007-12-07 19 Bloomberg US SEC chair sees risk in confluence of govt and finance [WASHINGTON] Christopher Cox, US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, said that the growth of state-run investment funds may trigger an increase in political corruption because governments may potentially abuse the– Bloomberg - 360 words
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Article, Illustration510 2007-12-07 20 YEN SREENIVASAN - YEN SREENIVASAN Volume in October rises just 3.6%, against 5% growth in September: lata [SINGAPORE] Fears of a global credit crunch and a slide in economic growth have started showing up in air traffic numbers, particularly for cargo. The latest figures510 words
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Article, Illustration324 2007-12-07 20 Xinhua [BElJlNG] Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) is expected to become one of the world's top five busiest airports by the end of next year. BCIA said that it will have seen more than 64 million passenger departures and arrivals by the end– Xinhua; REUTERS - 324 words
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141 2007-12-07 20 -AFP [SINGAPORE] BOC Aviation, which is wholly owned by the Bank of China, yesterday said that it has signed leasing agreements involving seven Boeing 737-800 planes with two Chinese carriers and a Japanese airline. The Singapore-based firm will lease four of the Boeing-AFP - 141 words
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385 2007-12-07 20 SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA - SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA Indian airline makes police report in New Delhi, Mumbai ONLINE air ticketing is popular because the airline benefits from lower costs and passengers enjoy convenience in booking. But, like others, India's full value carrier Kingfisher Airlines is grappling with problems stemming385 words
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356 2007-12-07 20 -AP [PARIS] Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM said yesterday that it has offered to acquire struggling Italian airline Alitalia SPA. In a statement, Air France-KLM said that it sent Alitalia a nonbinding letter of interest, which will be submitted to the Italian carrier's board of-AP - 356 words
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239 2007-12-07 20 Reuters [BEIJING] A Chinese state-run company has been ordered to pay a record US$65 million in compensation, plus interest, for destroying a Malaysia Airlines plane with falsely declared cargo of caustic chemicals. The Airbus A3 30 was ruined when 80– Reuters - 239 words
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Article2371 2007-12-07 20 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), AI 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), BR2,371 words
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Article833 2007-12-07 21 SELVA KUMAR - SELVA KUMAR ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK Australian appellate court rules that it is supply of service THE Queensland Court of Appeal has upheld a decision in favour of a Malaysian shipowner whose vessel was badly damaged when one of the two tug boats helping to berth it collided833 words
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Article, Illustration335 2007-12-07 21 Bloomberg Recent China IPOs highly subscribed too as punters chase new stock offerings [HONGKONG] China Shipping Container Lines Co, Asia's second-largest container line, attracted 2.6 trillion yuan (*****.5 billion) worth of orders for its Shanghai stock sale, said three people familiar– Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 335 words
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Article219 2007-12-07 21 Xinhua [HANOI] Vietnam is encouraging both domestic and foreign investors to develop the country's port system which is expected to handle 200 million tons of cargoes in 2010 and 400 million tons in 2020, according to local newspaper Vietnam News yesterday. Overseas investors can establish jointXinhua - 219 words
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Article519 2007-12-07 22 INVESTING with a view to beating inflation sounds like an almost common sense objective, but it is by no means simple. In the last decade or so, it had seemed as if inflation had been tamed; indeed, disinflation was the order of the day. Now with519 words
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Article, Illustration863 2007-12-07 22 IVAN PNG - IVAN PNG At Bali, the question will be by how much China should reduce greenhouse gas emissions By OVER 10,000 delegates from all over the world are converging on Bali, Indonesia, for the United Nations Climate Change Conference. For twelve days, representatives of over 180REUTERS - 863 words
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Article, Illustration772 2007-12-07 22 ANDY MUKHERJEE - ANDY MUKHERJEE THE BOTTOM LINE THE 4 million motorcycles on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City offer a remarkable if somewhat noisy testimony to the prosperity that beckons Vietnam. A US$9OO Honda may not be everyone's idea of affluence. However, it772 words
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Article, Illustration1343 2007-12-07 23 YOGI AGGARWAL - YOGI AGGARWAL Corporations in the steel, oil and gas sectors are hamstrung by restrictions on their investments in Iran IT CAN be safely assumed that Indian businessmen are hoping that the latest US National Intelligence Estimate that Teheran halted its covert nuclear weapons programme inBLOOMBERG - 1,343 words
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Article8537 2007-12-07 24 Low Code Com| i an; Sale +1('000) Hi. .ow B'u] rer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 8 3148 STelecom 34 16.5 5834 A-Sonic 104 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 30 15.5 1938 AEI Corp 27 13.5 1100 AEM 42 10 2101 APOil8,537 words
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Article137 2007-12-07 24 Wk Tel Low Code Last Sale Vol Cooo] lay Low .ast yer Juote Seller Div C'vr Net P/E Cap ,niil Hii Comi >an' Hii Bui 1040 745 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 119 119 6065 Diamonds 8330 6040 5422 GLD 1OUS$ 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097137 words
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Article2061 2007-12-07 24 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Coi Last Sale Vol C000] Day Last Quote Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Hii 30 11.5 1181 AAGrp 41.5 20 5000 ABRHIdgs 31 21.5 8538 APStrategic 16.5 2.5 1501 Advanced System 70.5 15 1524 Alantac 22.5 8 78142,061 words
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Article252 2007-12-07 24 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; N Net2 or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer cdca cum dividend cum all252 words
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364 2007-12-07 25 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Dec 5 World Index Preliminan 1144.6 1.5 4.0 1.1 2.3 1.1 8.5 EAFE Preliminan 1135.7 1.6 2.5 0.7 4.4 0.6 10.8 Euri Preliminary 1554.9 2.0 4.1 1.1 6.2 1.1 12.7 Pacific 984.9364 words
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Article126 2007-12-07 25 As at 9am Dec 6 of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2560 1.2710 Can dollar 1.4230 1.4400 Euro 2.1050 2.1290 NZ dollar 1.1100 1.1340 jterlin mnd 2.9220 2.9550 US dollar 1.4400 1.4570 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Chi126 words
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Article142 2007-12-07 25 Dec 6 fer vernight 1 1/8 -month 2 5/16 -months 2 1 II -months 2 9/16 Overnight mode: 1 1/4 S$ Offer 1 2 3/16 2 3/8 2 7/16 Bid days month months months months months 2 months Fr 4.90 5.40 5.25 5.25 4.95 4.70 4.53 Offer 4.80142 words
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Article22 2007-12-07 25 Dec 6 STI ;iMSCI Dec 432.3 438.1 432.9 "aiwan Dec 346.9 347.2 342.7 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Lti22 words
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Article21 2007-12-07 25 Bid Offer 1-month 1.4425 1.4437 2-months 1.4395 1.4408 3-months 1.4374 1.4387 6-months 1.4306 1.432 Source: OCBC21 words
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Article153 2007-12-07 25 Dec 6 Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2623 1.2636 0.8725 0.8728 Canadian dollar 1.4242 1.4258 0.9843 0.9848 Euro 2.1067 2.1086 1.4561 1.4564 NZ dollar 1.1139 1.1154 0.7699 0.7704 Sterlim 2.9262 2.9286 2.0225 2.022I US dollar 1.4468 1.4478 S$/US$153 words
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Article353 2007-12-07 25 Dec 6 EURODOLLAR FUTURES Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 EUROYEN FUTURES 95.095 95.770 96.245 96.500 0 0 0 0 9122 ***** ***** 7718 Dec07 99.135 99.135 Mar08 99.165 99.175 Jun08 99.170 99.170 Sep08 99.150 99.150 Dec08 99.110 99.110 Mar09 99.060 99.060 Jun09 Sep09 EUROYEN LIBOR FUTURES 99.130 99.165353 words
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Article278 2007-12-07 25 Dec 6 (UBBER Futures (Closing prices) ISS 1 (S cents/kg) lonth High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Ian 08 =eb08 Via r 08 <\pr/Jun 08 lul/Sep 08 3ct/Dec 08 345.00 344.50 345.50 350.25 352.75 354.50 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig a!?^ Low Sett Volume (tonnes)278 words
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Article102 2007-12-07 25 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 08 1099.50 1091.50 1105.00 1089.50 Mar08 1117.50 1109.50 1123.00 1107.50 May 08 1127.75 1118.50 1133.00 1119.00 Jul 08 1131.75 1122.25 1135.50 1121.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 07 45.25 45.50 45.70 45.10 Jan 08102 words
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Article74 2007-12-07 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Dec 5 origin) ISS/barrel Close Cham irent blend (1-Mth F) 90.46 0.86 rVTI (Near Mth) 87.36 -0.96 )ubai(1-Mth F) 85.53 1.3 "apis blend 96.15 1.55 i/linas 95.25 1.55 >RODUCT JSS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change ire) Maphtha let Kerosene 92.00 107.75 -0.90 -4.6 JSS/barrel )pec Oil Basket Price74 words
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Article465 2007-12-07 25 Dec 6 Rmb Euro HK' Ind Rs Ru| Yen Won RM NZ! PakRs Peso Rand Sfr NT: Baht Pound us: Australia 0.886 6.468 0.599 6.803 34.439 80.742 0.968 8.047 2.919 1.133 53.432 36.494 1.263 5.921 0.988 28.198 29.504 0.431 0.873 Canada 1.128 7.298 0.676 7.676 38.857 91.099465 words
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Article90 2007-12-07 25 Dec 6 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Day's |h Low Hi, 3-Month BQ*****Z 06.03.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 1.97 2.02 1.9 1.9 1.9 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N*****1E 2.500 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.75090 words
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Article76 2007-12-07 25 Dec 6 1 mth 2 mths 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 2.***** 9 mths 2.***** 12 mths 2.***** 5.***** 2.***** 3 mths 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 4.***** 4.***** 4.***** 2.***** 2.***** 2.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 2.***** 2yrs 2.***** 3yrs 2.***** 4yrs 2.***** 5yrs76 words
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Article62 2007-12-07 25 Dec 6 Delivery Month Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Dec 07 2848 2830 2848 2835 104 1793 Jan 08 2849 2832 2861 2830 836 8771 Feb 08 2859 2850 2871 2838 6829 ***** Mar 08 2862 2849 2875 2843 1947 *****62 words
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Article169 2007-12-07 25 Dec 6 GOLD (USS/oz) Dec 06 Dec OS GOLD BULLION COINS (Sj) Sellini Hong Kong 788.70 800.00 789.70 801.00 Dec 04 Dec OS London 798.60 795.10 799.30 795.80 Source: Reuters (Sj) Selling Buying 1 oz 1282.93 1151 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (Sj) Selling Buying 10gm $449.40 369 SILVER169 words
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Article69 2007-12-07 25 DecS Aluminium, 99.7% purity (USS/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2408.80 2411.00 3 months 2465.00 2467.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 6637.50 6695.00 6644.00 6695.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 2834.00 3 months 2835.00 2896.00 2885.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months69 words
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Article82 2007-12-07 25 Dec 5 :OCOA (E/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 07 1005 988 1011/983 War 08 1035 1017 1043/1010 Vlay 08 1046 1030 1052/1025 lul 08 1059 1043 1066/1038 IOFFEE (USS/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Ian 08 1771 1740 1778/1732 Vlar08 1792 1765 1800/1759 Vlay 08 1809 1784 1812/1779 lul 0882 words
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Article2747 2007-12-07 25 BONDS WARRANTS rel lode Company rel Last Vol Conv Exer lode Company Sale +or- ('000) Ratio Price Disc Gear- Mths ing Left 3639 Golden Agri RB ECW*****1 36.5 1680 HorKew Corporation W*****1 15 2486 HosenW! ***** 20.5 1.5 325 1 1141 -1.5 130 0.5 200 1 5 1 3 -22,747 words
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Article, Illustration1087 2007-12-07 29 The Christmas gift ritual usually goes like this. You make a list. You give great thought to what would bring perfect Yuletide joy to each and every person on that list. Doesn't matter if they've been good or bad, it's all about perception, that is, that1,087 words
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Article, Illustration861 2007-12-07 33 He has become one of India's most popular choreographers, writes PARVATHI NAYAR #OYS don't dance, was what everyone told me when I was A young," says Shiamak Davar, who grew up to prove all those naysayers wrong, by becoming one of India's most861 words
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359 2007-12-07 33 CHRISTOPHER LIM - CHRISTOPHER LIM HAVING a proper performance venue like the Esplanade Concert Hall helps make local music ensembles more attractive for foreign artists to collaborate with. But Korean pianist Hae-Jung Kirn didn't need much persuasion to come and work with The Philharmonic359 words
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Article, Illustration630 2007-12-07 33 PARVATHI NAYAR - PARVATHI NAYAR By CALCUTTA PAINTERS is both the title of a current show that features 20 artists from India, as well as the name of the group these artists belong to. The title is self-explana-tory: it refers to a collection of painters whose art practices630 words
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Article, Illustration616 2007-12-07 33 PARVATHINAYAR - PARVATHINAYAR Jeremy Monteiro's Christmas concert IT'S become part of the Christmas tradition in Singapore among jazz lovers the year-end Jazzy Christmas concert by Singapore's "King of Swing" Jeremy Monteiro. This year he celebrates the music with the popular American duo Tuck Patti, and soul-stirring musician Paul Ponnodorai. The concert616 words
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CLIPPER ROUND THE WORLD RACE
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Article, Illustration1319 2007-12-07 34 And it's got nothing to do with love. It's that bane of seafarers, and nobody's immune. VINCENT WEE tells you all about seasickness MAL DE MER, the dark lord of the sea or, more simply, seasickness. Whatever you may choose to call the affliction, thereFILE PHOTO - 1,319 words
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Article, Illustration507 2007-12-07 34 VINCENT WEE - VINCENT WEE By FOR Bruneian Elmy Rizal, taking part in a round the world yacht race came as a big surprise. His employers in the Brunei civil service had asked him whether he was keen on a boat race and he had agreed, notFILE PHOTO - 507 words
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Advertisement212 2007-12-07 34 This series on Uniquely Singapore's adventures in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race is brought to you by i^'i'Mi THE BUSINESS TIMES Business Times journalist Vincent Wee, who did a circumnavigation on Uniquely Singapore Clipper in the 2005-2006 race and reported from onboard the boat in the first212 words
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Article, Illustration964 2007-12-07 35 Come Jan 1, the French fine dining restaurant will be the only local establishment included in the prestigious Relais Chateaux fold, reports GEOFFREY EU ELAIS Chateaux, the global association of independent hotels and restaurants that is synonymous with deluxe accommodation and fine dining,964 words
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Article, Illustration889 2007-12-07 35 PARVATHI NAYAR - PARVATHI NAYAR By "I HAD to 'act' the part of a cook," says author, actress and TV personality Madhur Jaffrey, describing her first audition for a cooking show with the BBC, where she had to cook without a single ingredientARTHUR LEE - 889 words
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Article993 2007-12-07 35 N X YONG - N X YONG NOW I know what the "mistral" in Southern Rhone means and why it is so important to Southern Rhone wines. We had checked into the charming country-resort type hotel Auberge de Cassagne in Le Pontet, just outside of Avignon in Southern Rhone and993 words
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Article, Illustration1001 2007-12-07 36 CHRISTOPHER LIM - CHRISTOPHER LIM A look at some choice Yuletide discs designed to keep you at home and to make the holidays more stimulating F YOU'VE walked down Orchard Road lately, you'd have noticed festive songs playing everywhere. While there's no helping what's broadcast at you1,001 words
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Article, Illustration745 2007-12-07 36 PARVATHI NAYAR - PARVATHI NAYAR By IT'S that time of year again, when you're trying to escape the determinedly jolly carols ringing out at almost every store but find you have to reluctantly set forth for Christmas shopping. A versatile gift that's usually appreciated and cuts down shopping745 words
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Article, Illustration582 2007-12-07 37 The characters lack motivation once shorn of the philosophy that author Philip Pullman fills his books with, says PARVATHI NAYAR N the trilogy of books titled His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman cleverly subverts the genre of children's fantasy adventure to ask profoundly grown-up582 words
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Article, Illustration465 2007-12-07 37 GEOFFREY EU - GEOFFREY EU PETER and Bobby Farrelly or the Farrelly brothers whose films are synonymous with crude humour, mean-spirited storylines and adults behaving like juveniles, more than live down to expectations in The Heartbreak Kid, their latest attempt to cash in on a sub-genre they created with films465 words
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Article, Illustration541 2007-12-07 37 CHRISTOPHER LIM - CHRISTOPHER LIM By ANIMATION is an artist's tabula rasa, but creative freedom often holds as much peril as it does promise, particularly when filmmakers take liberties with their material simply because they can. Japanese animator Makoto Shinkai, however, is one of those541 words
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Article, Illustration489 2007-12-07 37 CHEW XIANG - CHEW XIANG THIS is a very selective list of those who have rewritten music by composer JS Bach: Jethro Tull and Yngwie Malmsteen (rock), Wendy Carlos (electronica), and Jacques Loussier (jazz). Even Bach's own sons have adapted their father's works, as did (relatively)489 words
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Article, Illustration417 2007-12-07 37 CHEW XIANG - CHEW XIANG CD REVIEW Encore! Jacques Loussier Plays Bach Telarc (2 CDs) Rating: B By MANY crossover acts are Frankenstein music the good bits of each style grafted together often seem horribly less than the sum of the parts. But that's not the case with417 words
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Miscellaneous174 2007-12-07 37 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Puddle behind factory is a __^l__^l__^l__^—^J——^J—— 17 Alienate feelings on some of 9 Certain Thomas was not (9) ing! (6) __H^H^HH_HH_HH__HH__HH__^^^^J Italian island? (6) 13 It might offer a sudden ope- Official misjudgement con--18 Be kept waiting, put one's B^ mark (4) feet only partly in water?174 words
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594 2007-12-07 38 IF I WERE an ice truck hijacker running from the cops, what would be the thought running through my head as I lie underneath a car at a ComfortDelGro workshop, pretending to be a mechanic? One possibility could be "Dear Santa, this Christmas594 words
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Article, Illustration1577 2007-12-07 38 More retailers offer eco-friendly wares as concerns about the environment gain ground, report CHEAH UI-HOON and CHRISTOPHER LIM N keeping with Olivia Choong's rekindled zeal as an ecologically conscious consumer, some of her closest friends will be receiving Ecover laundry detergent or boxes of Seventh Generation1,577 words
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Miscellaneous10 2007-12-07 38 EPICURE A mark of distinction for Saint Pierre PAGE 3510 words
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