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Title Section22 2008-03-21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://businesstimes.com.sg iv a Singapore press holdings publication coregnnoi9B4o2B6Be mica (p) 122/12/2007 Friday, March 21,200822 words
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671 2008-03-21 1 LEE U- WEN - LEE U-WEN It wins exclusive rights to screen Uefa Champions League here on mio TV, Internet By [S[NGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications has muscled its way into the lucrative football pay TV market, beating ESPN Star Sports (ESS) to secure the exclusive rights to screen671 words
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MARKETS DIGEST
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Article39 2008-03-21 1 I COMP Closed IIKKEI 225 Closed IANG SENG 21,108.22 -758.72 ;et INDEX 798.11 -9.56 JAKARTA COMP Closed 1ANILACOMP Closed ;eoulcomp 1,623.39 +1.16 ;henzhen B 537.69 +18.91 IUMBAI IND Closed 12NOONEDT Change 12,209.97 +110.31 )OW IAS DAI 2,226.79 +16.8339 words
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Article29 2008-03-21 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 5.25 INDONESIA 15.783 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.25 US 5.25 CANADA 5.25 SWITZERLAND 4.07 INDIA 12.25 Source:Bloomberg - 29 words
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Article36 2008-03-21 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.387 (US$/S$ )er 1.980 2.747 ;URO(US$/S$/E) 1.558 2.161 'EN 99.2 71.50 3.178 2.291 IK$ 7.778 5.607 !AHT 31.28 22.55 IUPIAH 9,185 6,621 IENMINBI 7.055 5.085 INDIAN RUPEE 40.49 29.19 1.095 0.78936 words
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551 2008-03-21 1 CHOW PENN NEE - CHOW PENN NEE One-touch credit card payments stop as partner goes bust By [SINGAPORE] Citibank credit card customers who used to pay for purchases with their thumb no longer have that option. Citibank's partner in biometric payment services for its credit and debit card customers551 words
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Miscellaneous86 2008-03-21 1 PROFILE SB.QM I INVESTMENT I /A* I ~Jf CUPPER RACE A Singaporean jjjT Why Jim Rogers 1 "■^^^^raJlr Hanging tough in in Amsterdam V 3 is betting on Taiwan fit^Mfc 4ltflft rough times PAGE 26 *i PAGE 11 jpi tel^ HKHI PAGE 25 1 i^i I I f Storm in86 words
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TOP STORIES
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THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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79 2008-03-21 2 SHELL is looking at more upgrading investments for its world-leading Pulau Bukom refinery to make it even more efficient and competitive, a top company executive said yesterday. Rob Routs, Shell's executive director Downstream, said "a couple more" plant additions could take place at79 words
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69 2008-03-21 2 CHINA companies listed in Singapore took a beating yesterday, with many plunging to fresh lows. The fear in the stock market is that these companies are now facing severe profit margin squeeze because of growing raw material costs. These worries were compounded69 words
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65 2008-03-21 2 THE Straits Trading Company, the target of a recently concluded bidding war, yesterday appointed Chew Gek Khim as a non-executive and non-independent director. Ms Chew, 46, has been a key figure in the takeover saga revolving around STC. She is executive chairman and65 words
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74 2008-03-21 2 OLAM International Ltd, the Singapore-based commodities supplier, rose the most in a week yesterday after denying that banks are pulling credit lines because of its links to a Bermuda-based broker whose stock plunged this week. 01am rose 3.3 per cent in Singapore trading, after74 words
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67 2008-03-21 2 SINGAPORE intends to maintain the momentum of its biomedical sector by leveraging on opportunities in growing regional markets, says a senior Economic Development Board (EDB) official. EDB's head of medical technology Kevin Lai said that the desire to make health care67 words
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Article81 2008-03-21 2 THE US economy will fail to grow for the first time since 2001 in the three months ending in June, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development predicted. The stagnation will come after an expansion of 0.1 per cent this quarter from81 words
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83 2008-03-21 2 PROPERTY transactions in Penang appear to have come to a standstill as investors wait and see how the state's economic landscape will unfold, says a report in Malaysia's Business Times. "We have received many concerned calls from our foreign investors, counterparts and clients, who83 words
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77 2008-03-21 2 JIM Rogers, co-founder with George Soros of the Quantum Hedge Fund, is investing in Taiwan on expectations this week's presidential election will install a government that will improve ties with China. Mr Rogers, 65, said he recently bought exchange- traded funds77 words
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437 2008-03-21 2 MICHELLE QUAH - MICHELLE QUAH It manages to secure extension of its debt repayment deadline By [SINGAPORE] Allco Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (Allco Reit) which went to court to fend off a ratings downgrade has succeeded in obtaining an extension of its debt repayment obligations,437 words
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571 2008-03-21 2 CHEW XIANG - CHEW XIANG High rental, raw material, manpower issues keep 6 in 10 in the red: survey By [SINGAPORE] Almost six in 10 of start-up companies and limited liability partnerships operating less than three years are still losing money, according to a survey571 words
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Article, Illustration324 2008-03-21 2 It also lines up USs42.sm in financing [DETROIT] Borders said yesterday that it may put itself up for sale while it has lined up U5542.5 million in financing to help continue operating. Borders, the second largest books company, delayed itsAP - 324 words
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427 2008-03-21 2 Bloomberg LATEST US DATA [NEW YORK] The index of leading US economic indicators fell in February for a fifth straight month, reflecting mounting signs that a recession has begun. The Conference Board's gauge, which points to the direction of the economy over the– Bloomberg - 427 words
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683 2008-03-21 4 RONNIE LIM - RONNIE LIM It says more capacity has to be built in the East because of the huge demand By [SINGAPORE] Oil giant Shell is looking at more upgrading investments for its world-leading Pulau Bukom refinery to make it even more efficient and competitive, a683 words
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Article, Illustration858 2008-03-21 4 -NYT Many of Bear's 14,000 employees will lose their jobs [NEW YORK] James Dimon tramped through the rain on Wednesday evening and strode into the headquarters of Bear Steams, the embattled investment bank he hopes to buy for a-NYT; PHOTOS: AP, REUTERS - 858 words
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404 2008-03-21 4 SIOW LI SEN - SIOW LI SEN !y [SINGAPORE] Contractors reeling under price increases for raw materials may soon be able to hedge the price of steel at the London Metal Exchange, which is launching two steel futures contracts. The price of steel billets this month hit404 words
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Article668 2008-03-21 4 -AP [BANGKOK] Somewhere in the firmament of Michelinstarred chefs there must be one willing to accept US$B,OOO for a single night's work. The only catch is that this particular dinner at a Bangkok luxury hotel has stirred up a mighty controversy, and two dozen-AP - 668 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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637 2008-03-21 5 LYNETTE KHOO - LYNETTE KHOO Worries fuelled by analysts' downgrade of S-shares, Synear's profit warning By S-SHARES, which refer to stocks of China companies listed in Singapore, took a beating yesterday, with many plunging to fresh lows. The fear in the stock market is that637 words
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469 2008-03-21 5 LYNETTE KHOO - LYNETTE KHOO Audit committee wants to know why acquisition cost additional 190 m yuan By CHINA Energy said yesterday that its audit committee (AC) has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to conduct an independent review of the additional payments made by the company on its acquisition469 words
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Article, Illustration230 2008-03-21 5 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Morgan Stanley said in a research report yesterday that it sees advantages in a merger between Hapag-Lloyd, the shipping unit of Germany's TUI, and Neptune Orient Lines (NOL). Morgan Stanley analysts said in the report that the deal would be "an– Reuters; AP - 230 words
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256 2008-03-21 5 Other members of the group are M 1 and Hong Kong's City Telecom STARHUB has joined Ml and Hong Kong's City Telecom to form a consortium and bid for a project to build Singapore's Next Generation National Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN),256 words
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Article, Illustration281 2008-03-21 5 YEN SREENIVASAN - YEN SREENIVASAN By SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has raised its fuel surcharge for the fifth time this year in response to the soaring price of jet fuel. The company said yesterday that the surcharge on all sectors will rise as much asI AFP - 281 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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84 2008-03-21 5 Reuters DBS Group yesterday said that it has received a licence from the State Bank of Vietnam to set up a representative office in Hanoi. "The representative office is intended to be only the first of many steps towards developing a businessReuters - 84 words
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97 2008-03-21 5 INTERNATIONAL Capital Investment Ltd (ICIL) announced yesterday that the exit offer closing date has been extended from March 20 to May 5. It also said that the company intends to hold its adjourned extraordinary general meeting on April 18. A supplemental circular that97 words
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85 2008-03-21 5 Bloomberg STAMFORD Land Corp said that it received several "approaches" from groups interested to buy its eight hotels in Australia and New Zealand. The Singapore-based company earlier received an unsolicited AsBso million (Ssl billion) offer for the properties from a buyer it did notBloomberg - 85 words
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Article100 2008-03-21 5 UNIONMET (Singapore) Ltd warned that the group will report a loss for the first quarter of 2008. This is primarily due to the underperformance of a key subsidiary in China as a result of higher cost of sales and the plummeting price of zinc. In100 words
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Article, Illustration329 2008-03-21 7 EMILYN YAP - EMILYN YAP Tan family's stake in company tops 83% ahead of offer's April 3 closing date By THE Straits Trading Company (STC), the target of a bidding war that ended recently, yesterday appointed Chew Gek Khim as a non-executive and non-in-iependent director. Ms Chew,FILE PHOTO - 329 words
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240 2008-03-21 7 STRAITS Asia Resources Ltd, an Indonesian coal producer, fell in Singapore trading on concern that a global economic slowdown would curb demand while benchmark Asian prices of the fuel fell for a fourth week. Straits Asia declined 12.4 per cent to 552.54 at240 words
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Article, Illustration520 2008-03-21 7 Bloomberg OLAM International Ltd, the Singapore-based commodities supplier, rose the most in a week yesterday after denying that banks are pulling credit lines because of its links to a Bermu-da-based broker whose stock plunged this week. Olam rose 3.3 per cent in Singapore trading,Bloomberg - 520 words
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Article198 2008-03-21 7 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) said yesterday that it issued RMI billion (550.44 billion) of subordinated bonds to augment its capital, lower than it had intended to offer. OCBC, Singapore's third largest lender, originally planned to raise RMI.S billion to RM2.5 billionReuters - 198 words
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Article7657 2008-03-21 7 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty!** 0.873/ Star Europe Bond 1.233/ Star Europe Bal 1.149/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.244/ Star Asia Bond 1.186/ Star Asia Balanced 0.94/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.183/ Multi St Fd 0.864/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.861/ Gib Multi St USD7,657 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration586 2008-03-21 6 R SIVANITHY - R SIVANITHY STOCKS Absence of retail players evident from dwindling daily volume in past several weeks THIS is clearly a market for nimble, short-term traders. There's no rocket science involved, just a stomach for the relatively risky approach of following the momentum either upBloomberg - 586 words
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Article90 2008-03-21 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 3 8 5 0 0 0 lanufacturing 39 107 51 12 12 41 119 63 Sommerce 37 20 14 42 "pt/Stor/Comms 11 22 11 23 :inance 18 19 Sonstruction 14 'roperties 10 23 10 23 lotels/Rsts90 words
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Article119 2008-03-21 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 18.268 18.268 73.697 73.697 lanufacturing 336.814 20.770 357.584 260.064 2.097 262.161 Sommerce 90.117 1.673 91.790 154.384 164 154.548 'pt/Stor/Comms 119.735 260 119.995 324.901 73 324.974 :inance 38.357 38.358 355.101 355.101 Sonstruction 23.300 16.969 40.269 4.917 1.373 6.290 'ro| jerties119 words
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Article102 2008-03-21 6 lapitaLand 5.680 -0.040 :apitaMall 3.110 +0.010 jtyDev 9.750 -0.050 losco Corp 2.970 +0.020 IBS Grp 17.100 -0.280 :&N 4.490 -0.010 Sent Intl 0.565 -0.005 IK Land 3.860 -0.080 ISH 16.100 -0.140 lardine C&C 16.400 leppel Corp 9.440 -0.110 leppel Land 5.080 -0.120 IOL 2.970 -0.040 loble102 words
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Article, Illustration959 2008-03-21 6 MATTHEW PHAN - MATTHEW PHAN ATTRACTIVE asset class: We have "buy" ratings on all three shipping trusts Rickmers Maritime (RMT), Pacific Shipping Trust (PST), and First Ship Lease Trust (FSLT). The asset class as a whole is very attractive unitholders gain exposure to an attractive sector while side-step-ping some of theBloomberg - 959 words
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Article, Illustration536 2008-03-21 6 LARRY WEE - LARRY WEE CURRENCIES SHARPLY lower commodity prices ahead of the extended weekend break punished commodity currencies like the Australian and Canadian dollars yesterday. Gold prices slumped more than 7 per cent from Wednesday's closing levels in Asia yesterday, while US lightReuters - 536 words
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Article54 2008-03-21 6 Mar 20 VALUE CLOSE -1375.00-205.00 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00-217.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-138.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 703.03 -15.37 FTSE ST Small Cap 590.11 -10.69 FTSE ST All Share 716.93 -6.04 FTSE ST China 379.20 -12.31 UOB Catalist 143.23 -0.86 SIMSCI 352.59 -2.18 SIMSCI Futures 350.8054 words
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Article56 2008-03-21 6 VOLUME Golden Agri 98,214,000 Jasper 96,738,000 Sing Tel 36,260,000 Noble Grp 30,744,000 Synear 28,896,000 Yangzijiang 28,005,000 Olam 26,576,000 Centillion 26,166,000 CoscoCorpMßl_eCWoBoBol 25,435,000 JiutianC 20,081,000 VALUE(S) Sing Tel 139,245,052 UOB 114,070,780 DBS Grp 103,671,510 Golden Agri 78,556,990 SGX 71,177,200 Capita Land 68,094,710 Wilmar 64,667,190 Cosco Corp 58,773,580 Noble56 words
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Article103 2008-03-21 6 CLOSE UP 2946 194.1 5.0 JMH Wilmar 400 37.0 10.2 ndoAi U± 211 19.0 9. STI 3450 DBePW/*****2 135 18.0 15.4 SIA 200 1446 16.0 1.1 S I A 1448 14.0 1.0 UOB 1814 14.0 0.8 CDL HTrust 199 9.0 4.7 GuocoLand Ltd 363 9.0 2.5 ilanBNPePW***** 29 7.0103 words
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Article117 2008-03-21 6 CLOSE DOWN GLD 10US$ 9240-845.9 -6.2 China H 10US$ 1386-116.5 -5.7 Creative Tech 625 -56.0 -8.2 Venture Con 1002 -44.0 -4.2 DBS MBLJCW*****0 450 -38.0 -7.8 StraitsAsia 254 -36.0 -12.4 SGX MBL JCW*****3 211 -32.0 -13.2 IS MSCI India 100 655 -29.1 -3.1 iBS Gr| 1710 -28.0 -1.( Cmdfr117 words
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Article83 2008-03-21 6 iere! S$ stands Mar 20 CHNG CLOSE FRMar19 YR 2008/07 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.3882 -0.53 1.5479 1.3757 Euro 2.1555 0.96 2.2064 1.9913 Pounds 2.7504 0.71 3.1194 2.7390 AS 1.2633 1.71 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3917 0.93 1.4484 1.2285 Rill liah* 0.***** -0.53 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.4366 -0.15 4.570083 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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Article, Illustration487 2008-03-21 8 Clinical trials taking place at multiple sites across Asia are being managed here By CHEN HUIFEN SINGAPORE intends to maintain the momentum of its biomedical sector by leveraging on opportunities in growing regional markets, says a senior Economic Development Board (EDB)FILE PHOTO - 487 words
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285 2008-03-21 8 There is a provision to moderate the fine by considering actions SMRT took SMRT Corp has asked the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to review the penalty imposed on the rail operator for the disruption in train services in January this year. In285 words
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Article, Illustration504 2008-03-21 8 MATTHEW PHAN - MATTHEW PHAN By THE US is likely to move legislation on climate change and carbon trading by next year that will help to push through a global agreement on how to tackle the problem, Lehman Brothers senior economic policy adviser John LlewellynFILE PHOTO - 504 words
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246 2008-03-21 8 GEOFFREY LEE - GEOFFREY LEE Retailers group will seek to change lease conditions and employment rules By HOUR Glass vice-chairman Jannie Tay has been re-elected president of the Singapore Retailers Association (SRA) until 2010 her fifth term in the job. Wong Sioe Hong, managing director of Metro, and246 words
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339 2008-03-21 8 The Kids Run aims to boost healthy lifestyles, add buzz to Marina Bay area FUN runs have become more popular and more numerous in Singapore in recent years. And this year there will be a new one dedicated to children the first339 words
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293 2008-03-21 8 THE Land Transport Authority yesterday said it awarded a contract worth $16.86 million to widen the stretch of the Central Expressway (CTE) between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 to Or Kirn Peow Contractors. This is the293 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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Article489 2008-03-21 9 Bloomberg, Reuters It also expects growth in Europe to slow to 0.4% in the April-June quarter [PARIS] The US economy will fail to grow for the first time since 2001 in the three months ending in June, the Organisation for Economic CooperationBloomberg, Reuters - 489 words
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Article, Illustration854 2008-03-21 9 -AP [WASHINGTON] Ben Bernanke's juggling act has gotten harder. The Federal Reserve chairman has been taking extraordinary steps to prevent credit, financial and housing problems from driving the US into a deep recession. At the same time, he faces the danger that the very-AP; REUTERS - 854 words
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Article, Illustration651 2008-03-21 9 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Donor commitments to finance a World Bank clean technology fund for developing countries have not yet reached the US$5 billion target, the bank's top environment official says. Talks with donors are determining their interest in contributing to the fund andReuters; BLOOMBERG - 651 words
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673 2008-03-21 9 Bloomberg [LONDON] Gold yesterday headed for its biggest weekly drop in 25 years, leading a drop in commodity prices, after the dollar rallied and concern mounted that a US-led slowdown in the global economy will reduce consumption of raw materials. Oil fell belowBloomberg - 673 words
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352 2008-03-21 9 ■AFP It lifts import tariffs on 70 products, freezes utility rates [SEOUL] South Korea announced yesterday an emergency decision to lift import tariffs on 70 price-sensitive products including wheat and corn to help tame rising inflation. The decision was made at a■AFP - 352 words
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347 2008-03-21 10 Investors wait and see how the state's economic landscape will unfold [KUALA LUMPUR] Property transactions in Penang appear to have come to a standstill as investors wait and see how the state's economic landscape will unfold, says a report in Malaysia's Business Times. "We have347 words
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307 2008-03-21 10 -AFP He says he'll challenge Abdullah if there are enough nominations [KUALA LUMPUR] A former Malaysian finance minister is preparing to challenge the Malaysian prime minister after his ruling coalition suffered stunning election losses, a report said yesterday. Senior lawmaker Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah-AFP - 307 words
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282 2008-03-21 10 Reuters Demand for rupiah bonds to stay firm, says rating agency [JAKARTA] Indonesia is not expected to have major problems financing its 2008 Budget and demand for rupiah bonds, a key funding source, should remain firm this year, the country's major rating– Reuters - 282 words
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289 2008-03-21 10 Xinhua [JAKARTA] The Indonesian finance ministry will invite local and foreign banks in late March to a tender for the financing of five power plant projects estimated to cost US$2.lB billion, The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. The head of the government's– Xinhua - 289 words
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343 2008-03-21 10 Xinhua [JAKARTA] Indonesia dismissed yesterday fears of a virus reassortment between avian and human seasonal influenza strains in a 2007 human death involving bird flu infection, the country's health ministry senior official said here. Director general of communicable diseases I NyomanXinhua - 343 words
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484 2008-03-21 11 He expects the two economies to 'merge', NT$ to be boosted by yuan [SINGAPORE] Jim Rogers, co-founder with George Soros of the Quantum Hedge Fund, is investing in Taiwan on expectations this week's presidential election will install a government that will484 words
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274 2008-03-21 11 Reuters HONG KONG] China Overseas Land Investment Ltd expects net orofit to climb 20 per cent n 2008 as the country's So. 3 real estate developer spends US$4.5 billion to 3xpand its land bank by ibout a quarter. Chairman Kong 3ingpingReuters - 274 words
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Article, Illustration41 2008-03-21 11 AP [AHMEDABAD] Schoolchildren celebrating Holi, the festival of colours, in Ahmedabad, capital of the western Indian state of Gujarat, yesterday. Holi, a festival of fun and frolic meant to welcome spring, will be celebrated across the country tomorrow.AP - 41 words
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283 2008-03-21 11 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Industrial Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Standard Chartered pic are among banks that may bid for a US$l.9 billion stake in Hong Kong's family-control-led Wing Lung Bank Ltd, two people familiar with the matter said. ChairmanBloomberg - 283 words
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316 2008-03-21 11 -Kin- [BEIJING] Ping An Insurance Group, China's second biggest life insurer, said that its net profit jumped 140 per cent last year on record premium revenues, a strengthened banking unit and strong investment returns. Net income rose to 18.7 billion yuan (553.7-Kin - 316 words
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404 2008-03-21 11 Reuters Surprise spurt points to more months of tight policy: analysts [NEW DELHI] Indian inflation accelerated to close to 6 per cent in early March, a 10-month high far above where the central bank wants it. Analysts said the unexpected spurt meant■ Reuters - 404 words
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182 2008-03-21 11 Reuters [MUMBAI] Time Warner Inc's AOL is close to selling its Bangalore call centre to India's Essar group for about US$lOO million in an all-cash deal, The Times of India reported yesterday, citing sources. AOL was likely to make an■ Reuters - 182 words
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506 2008-03-21 12 Bloomberg UK central bank hosts meeting of bank execs in bid to stem financial crisis [LONDON] The Bank of England renewed an offer of emergency short-term funds to banks as it hosted a meeting of executives to try and stem a financialBloomberg - 506 words
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Article, Illustration393 2008-03-21 12 Reuters [BEIJING] Dell plans to buy US$23 billion of components from China this year and US$29 billion in 2009, helping it reduce costs while the company's main market, the United States, is facing recession. The commoditisation of computer hardware means competition isReuters; BLOOMBERG - 393 words
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574 2008-03-21 12 Reuters [ZURICH] Credit Suisse warned on Wednesday that it may make a loss in the first quarter, sparking fears among investors that the bank may suffer further write-downs. Investors, already spooked by February's trading scandal, sent the bank's shares down 11 perReuters - 574 words
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383 2008-03-21 12 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Samak Sundaravej, Thailand's prime minister, pledged yesterday to strengthen US investment even as the world's largest economy considers imposing trade sanctions for intel-lectual-property breaches. "Things were rather uncertain last year; investors and businesses lost some confidence," Mr Samak saidBloomberg - 383 words
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Article, Illustration777 2008-03-21 12 -NYT [SEATTLE] Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz announced sweeping changes for the company on Wednesday as it seeks to reconnect with customers who have left for competitors or pared back their coffee budget in hard economic times. The initiatives are intended to-NYT; AP - 777 words
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Article, Illustration66 2008-03-21 13 AFP [LONDON] Gallery workers hanging a painting entitled 'The Golden Age 1530' by the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The painting forms a part of the exhibition 'Cranach' which will run till June 8, andAFP - 66 words
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784 2008-03-21 13 Reuters rhey point to Fed's aggressive moves; nit healing of credit zrisis will take time [NEW YORK] Less than a week ago, it seemed like the sky was falling on Wall Street when the unravelling of investment bank Bear Steams sent financial markets,Reuters - 784 words
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466 2008-03-21 13 ■LAT Fannie Mac, Freddie Mac's required capital reduced to 20% from 30% [WASHINGTON] Seeking to boost the US economy by making mortgages cheaper and easier to get, the government said on Wednesday that it would further ease the reins on Fannie Mac and■LAT - 466 words
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528 2008-03-21 13 Bloomberg Value of his home falls as crisis engulfs rich Capitol Hill area [NEW YORK] The United States housing recession has arrived literally on the doorstep of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Mr Bernanke lives in Washington's Capitol Hill area in a four-bedroom, 2,600-square-foot– Bloomberg - 528 words
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389 2008-03-21 13 ■NYT [NEW YORK] They took out adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) at the peak of the housing bubble to buy homes they would otherwise not be able to afford. Or they refinanced existing mortgages to take cash out. And now, two or three years later,■NYT - 389 words
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Article, Illustration394 2008-03-21 13 Reuters [LONDON] Paul Scofield, hailed as one of the great British actors of his generation and awarded an Oscar for his haunting performance in A Man For All Seasons, has died, aged 86, of leukaemia, his agent said yesterday. Scofield, a■ Reuters; AP - 394 words
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Article, Illustration697 2008-03-21 14 -AP Talks with unions opposing the offer break off, putting the deal at risk [ROME] Air France-KLM's chairman insisted on Wednesday that if his company acquires Alitalia, the ailing Italian flagship airline could be turned around, in the face of stiff resistance-AP; AP - 697 words
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495 2008-03-21 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] Easy Jet Pic, Europe's second-biggest discount airline, said that full-year earnings may fall short of company forecasts as it struggles to pass increased fuel costs onto passengers. Easy Jet dropped the most in two months after saying pretax profit through SeptBloomberg - 495 words
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182 2008-03-21 14 [MADRID] British Airways pic, Europe's third largest airline, has boosted its stake in Spanish carrier Iberia Lineas Aereas de EspanaSAto 13.15 per cent and said that it may increase the holding further. BA bought 28.7 million shares at 2.34 euros (555.02) apiece, the182 words
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Article, Illustration340 2008-03-21 14 Bloomberg US$lO-20f0r4 more inches, based on length of flight [ATLANTA] Jetßlue Airways Corp, which offers free in-flight e-mail and television, will charge US$lO to US$2O more for certain seats with extra legroom in an effort to increase revenue. Six rows onBloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 340 words
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195 2008-03-21 14 AFP [DUBAI] A new budget carrier set up by the government of the booming Gulf emirate of Dubai will launch within a year, the airline's new chief executive officer said in a newspaper interview published yesterday. "We expect to start theAFP - 195 words
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Article2452 2008-03-21 14 AIRLINE CODES: an 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), E G: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR:2,452 words
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Article, Illustration395 2008-03-21 15 Reuters Purging China trade :o more than offset ;lowing American economy: official [PANAMA CITY] Panama's ports expect shipping container volumes to grow by a fifth this year despite a slowing US economy as Chinese trade surges, the head of the country's topReuters; AFP - 395 words
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280 2008-03-21 15 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Berlian Laju Tanker, Indonesia's biggest shipping company by value, must cut debt in four months to comply with bond covenants and avoid the risk of a default. The Jakarta-based company's debt to equity ratio stood atBloomberg - 280 words
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208 2008-03-21 15 Bloomberg Move is part of carrier's efforts to optimise network [COPENHAGEN] AP Moel-ler-Maersk A/S, owner of the world's largest container shipping line, will end a service linking ports on the eastern coasts of North and South America amid weakening demand onBloomberg - 208 words
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155 2008-03-21 15 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Co, the Chinese port operator that listed in Shanghai last year, aims to boost profit 15 per cent this year on rising trade. Cargo volume may rise to more than 50 million tonnes from 40.8 million tonnes last year,Bloomberg - 155 words
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229 2008-03-21 15 Reuters [GENEVA] Freight rates are likely to fall after 2009 as new shipbuilding capacity comes onstream, but handysize rates used for sugar shipments may fall less than rates for larger vessels, a shipping expert said on Wednesday. "2009 might be the turning■ Reuters - 229 words
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Article, Illustration276 2008-03-21 15 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] STX Shipbuilding Co, the first South Korean company to build vessels in China, received a combined US$353 million of orders from Europe to build four vessels for carrying iron ore and chemical products. The shipyard will build two so-called Very– Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 276 words
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Article106 2008-03-21 15 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp MTQCorp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.50 0.37 2.97 0.82 1.61 1.07 0.06106 words
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Article32 2008-03-21 15 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Brid 0.70 7.85 8.15 3.80 3.12 0.22 unch -0.20 0.45 unch unch 0.01 43: 511 62: 84< 4( 8!32 words
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Article12 2008-03-21 15 ■oo ■recious Ship Jegional Cont 22.90 23.80 -0.50 -0.10 176! 13)12 words
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Article12 2008-03-21 15 '000 lar Doil iingamas Cont .41.65 ...1.91 0.15 -0.03 1431 61412 words
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Article22 2008-03-21 15 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.80 33.50 unch unch 0.20 1.50 unch unch 731 1286 0 022 words
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Article27 2008-03-21 15 lar 20 NTS Vol Evergreen Marine ....29.90 :irst Steamship 65.00 /Van Hai Lines 28.15 r"ang Ming Marine ..23.50 1.90 0.50 1.10 1.15 4! i 1( 3!27 words
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Article37 2008-03-21 15 '000 :awasaki Hvy Ind ..219.00 9.00 ***** :awasaki Kisen ...92unch 47.00 8581 /litsubishi Hvy 411.00 14.00 ***** /litsui Eng&Sbldg ..254.00 8.00 ***** /litsuiOsk Lines ...1183.00 42.00 ***** Jippon Express ....54unch 11.00 3141 lipponYusen 862.00 26.00 654537 words
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136 2008-03-21 15 Reuters [MOSCOW] Russia's State Development Bank plans to spend up to 30 billion roubles (Ssl.B billion) in mid-2008 acquiring up to 20 per cent of United Aviation Corp (UAC), which groups Russian aircraft makers, a bank official said yesterday. The bank's deputyReuters - 136 words
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Article, Illustration241 2008-03-21 15 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Frankfurt airport operator Fraport expects core profit to rise again next year as sales gain, reversing an expected revenue drop this year, it said in its annual report yesterday. But Fraport said rising depreciation and amortisation costs and higher interest■ Reuters; AFP - 241 words
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454 2008-03-21 16 AFTER several years of impressive achievement, Singapore's real estate investment trust or Reit sector is clearly facing more testing times. In theory at least, the defensive nature of Reits with their dividend yields should be good shelter for investors in the current volatile market. Instead,454 words
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Article, Illustration1054 2008-03-21 16 LEON HADAR - LEON HADAR Greater oversight and transparency of financial industry needed to regain market trust FOR a while, officials, lawmakers and pundits in Washington were debating whether the American economy was or soon would be in a recession. The key historical analogy applied inBLOOMBERG - 1,054 words
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Article, Illustration795 2008-03-21 16 ANDY MUKHERJEE - ANDY MUKHERJEE THE BOTTOM LINE THE much-anticipated US recession, if and when it does arrive, will undoubtedly extract a price from economies in the Asia-Pacific. That doesn't mean that the US Federal Reserve's efforts at mitigating the slowdown are going to be795 words
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Article, Illustration1532 2008-03-21 17 STEPHEN HORAN - STEPHEN HORAN Investment research can vary significantly in terms of quality and usefulness; it pays to look at how professionals use it 3y SECURITIES analyst research is a valuable tool that can help both sophisticated investors as well as beginners to make better investing decisions.AP - 1,532 words
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Article, Illustration867 2008-03-21 17 CHRISTOPHER CERF - CHRISTOPHER CERF LAT-WP By and VICTOR NAVASKY WITH the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq upon us, it seems to be generally agreed by most experts that the "surge" is working, that despite continuing casualties, we have at last reached a "turning– LAT-WP; AFP - 867 words
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Letter110 2008-03-21 17 LETTER TO THE EDITOR IN the letter, "Investors deserve better info on returns on investments" (BT, March 14), Leong Sze Hian suggested that the CPF Board publish unrealised returns of investments made under the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS). Since 2004, the board has released, on an annual110 words
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Article7578 2008-03-21 18 Transaction date: Mar 20 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hii Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net |h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap $mil Hii Com[ 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom S fc s F °s n& 71] is i£u c°:<:.7,578 words
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Article63 2008-03-21 18 J_! Low Code Comi Sale COOO) J_! Low B_ Seller C'vr P/E imil 200 116 6065 Diamonds 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 3983 288 6009 STI ETF 3977.9 3013.7 6010 STI ETF63 words
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Article1987 2008-03-21 18 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol COOO) Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap |h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil Comi >an< Hii 30 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 41.5 18 5000 s ABR Hldgs 31 18.5 8538 s APStrategic 16.5 2.5 1501 s Advanced System1,987 words
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Article208 2008-03-21 18 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 offer208 words
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362 2008-03-21 19 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Mar 19 World Index Preliminan 977.1 -0.2 -13.7 -0.2 -14.4 -0.8 -11.1 EAFE Preliminan 921.9 0.3 -17.7 -0.2 -15.7 -0.7 -12.: Euro[ Preliminan 1279.9 -0.8 -17.1 -1.4 -16.0 -1.9 -12.7 Pacific 775.5362 words
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Article134 2008-03-21 19 As at 9am Mar 20 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2590 1.2750 Can dollar 1.3590 1.3760 Euro 2.1510 2.1760 NZ dollar 1.0980 1.1220 Sterlin iund 2.7350 2.7671 US dollar 1.3810 1.3960 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign134 words
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Article162 2008-03-21 19 Mar 20 $S_ Offer Bid Overnight 3/4 1-month 1 1/4 2-months 1 1/4 3-months 1 5/16 Overnight mode: 1 1/8 US$ Offer 5/8 1 1/8 1 1/8 1 3/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 2.90 2.65 2.65162 words
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Article25 2008-03-21 19 Mar 20 ten Hii Sett STI SIMSCI Mar 351 354.3 350.8 Taiwan Mar 313.3 323.6 322.5 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd25 words
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Article21 2008-03-21 19 Mar 20 Bid Offer 1-month 1.3848 1.386 2-months 1.3832 1.3845 3-months 1.3823 1.3837 6-months 1.3792 1.3807 Source: OCBC21 words
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Article156 2008-03-21 19 Mar 20 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$fUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2666 1.2681 0.9134 0.9138 Canadian dollar 1.3623 1.3638 0.9824 0.9828 Euro 2.1598 2.1618 1.5575 1.5578 NZ dollar 1.1125 1.1142 0.8023 0.8029 Sterlim 2.7457 2.7481 1.9800 1.9803 US156 words
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Article272 2008-03-21 19 Mar 20 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES JunO8 SepO8 DecO8 MarO9 97.780 97.920 97.885 97.860 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** 7266 6935 EUROYEN FUTURES JunO8 99.260 99.260 SepO8 DecO8 MarO9 JunO9 SepO9 DecO9 Mar10 99.260 99.355A 99.260 99.345 99.340 99.320 99.275 99.220 99.195272 words
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Article292 2008-03-21 19 Mar 20 KUbbbK Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High I Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Apr 08 May 08 Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 Oct/Dec 08 Jan/Mar 09 382.25 383.75 384.00 384.25 384.25 386.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month HigJ ih Low Sett Volume292 words
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Article103 2008-03-21 19 Mar 19 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 08 1257.00 1307.00 1268.00 1257.00 Jul 08 1272.00 1322.00 1288.00 1272.00 Aug 08 1266.00 1316.00 1275.00 1266.00 Sep 08 1240.00 1290.00 1270.00 1240.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 08 56.40 58.40 56.85103 words
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Article76 2008-03-21 19 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Mar 19 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 101.82 -2.66 WTI (Near Mth) 103.94 -5.27 Dubai (1-Mth F) 98.91 1.18 Tapis blend 110.75 0.9 Minas 106.4 0.9 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 97.80 130.35 3.23 2.28 US$/barrel Opec Oil76 words
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Article468 2008-03-21 19 Mar 20 AS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ri Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.930 6.445 0.587 7.106 36.992 83.914 0.907 9.226 2.903 1.138 57.470 37.892 1.267 7.422 0.916 28.029 28.573 0.461 0.914 Canada 1.076 6.932 0.631468 words
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Article91 2008-03-21 19 Mar 20 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hii Day's [h Low 3-Month BQ*****H 19.06.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 0.83 0.94 0.73 0.73 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N5O51OOF 2.625 5-Year N*****1E 2.500 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F91 words
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Article169 2008-03-21 19 Mar 20 CaULU (USS/oz) Mar 20 Mar 19 GOLD BULLION COINS (S$) Sellini Hong Kong 920.00 991.30 921.00 992.30 Mar 19 Mar 18 London 943.30 1004.70 944.00 1005.00 Source: Reuters (S$) Selling Buying 1 oz 1454.13 1311 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (S$) Selling Buying 10gm $510.39 418 SILVER169 words
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Article70 2008-03-21 19 Mar 19 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (USS/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2880.80 2955.20 3 months 2920.00 2995.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 8103.00 7979.00 8345.00 8216.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 2824.20 3 months 2835.00 2943.50 2945.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash 370 words
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Article78 2008-03-21 19 Mar 19 COCOA (Btonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low May 08 1334 1415 1464/1333 JulO8 1361 1460 1511/1360 SepO8 1311 1381 1420/1317 Dec 08 1301 1378 1409/1303 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Mar 08 2485 2434 2485/2443 May 07 2485 2444 2530/2435 JulO8 2345 2445 2510/2315 SepO8 2335 2446 2507/229878 words
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Miscellaneous408 2008-03-21 27 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Two men shortly coming n —i r —i r —i 1 n —^H/ —[?i —I [7 —l from northern France (8) I 5 A rear admiral goes round ___t ___t extremely enthusiastic fleet _H 1 9 Cliff embraced independent hh mm mm hh man M__ ___M408 words
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Article551 2008-03-21 28 off the cuff jaime cc SO, the Ministry of Health (MOH) is finally putting its official clout behind something that many of us un-Bo-toxed, un-colonicised, un-lightened and generally constipated aging old bats have privately suspected that aesthetic treatments designed to give you a second shot551 words
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Article, Illustration1753 2008-03-21 28 Hong Kong's wine tax abolition may send consumers flocking there instead of S'pore for their purchases, CHRISTOPHER LIM finds out more IT wasn't so long ago that Singapore fancied itself as the wine hub of Asia, given its highly competitive tax regime that taxed alcohol onACKER MERRAL & CONDIT, GIORGIO FERRARI - 1,753 words
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Article, Illustration803 2008-03-21 24 GAMING The game's strong and athletic female protagonist is refreshing and overdue, writes CHRISTOPHER LIM GAME developers are starting to realise that they need to move beyond the standard genres of action, sports, combat and role-playing to provide a refreshing new blend to keep customers803 words
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Article, Illustration745 2008-03-21 24 CHRISTOPHER LIM - CHRISTOPHER LIM NIGHT OUT By EXCLUSIVITY is a nebulous term when it comes to parties these days. It's such a hip label that everyone is using it for their events, regardless of whether or not those events are actually exclusive in745 words
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1006 2008-03-21 24 N KYONG - N KYONG WINE By IT would be a safe bet to say that 90 per cent of fine wines are drunk too young before they are fully developed. The percentage could be higher. The average wine stores hardly stock older vintages, i.e. more than1,006 words
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Article, Illustration811 2008-03-21 25 Race crews to remain in Hawaii until all stainless steel fittings that connect mast rigging wires are replaced, reports VINCENT WEE THERE is nothing that brings together a family more than tough times. This week, the Clipper family has had to bandONEDITION - 811 words
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Article, Illustration1071 2008-03-21 26 Singaporean Aziz Abdat designs wedding gowns and runs a bed breakfast in his Amsterdam house, writes MICHELLE QUAH IT'S the *****. A young Singaporean boy with little education and even less money decides to travel alone to the bustling European city of Amsterdam. Driven byAZIZ ABDA- - 1,071 words
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Article, Illustration569 2008-03-21 26 CLARA CHOW - CLARA CHOW BOOK REVIEW The Night of the Mi'raj by Zoe Ferraris Little Brown Pages: 356 Price: $41.50 w/o GST By A TEENAGED girl from a wealthy Saudi dynasty disappears on the eve of her arranged marriage, with only a camel, into the569 words
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Article, Illustration664 2008-03-21 26 PARVATHI NAYAR - PARVATHI NAYAR Auction preview AS auction previews go, this one is more intriguing than some others, and not only because there is a 72.22 carat pear shaped diamond worth HKS7B to HKSIOO million on view Rather, the viewing of auction highlights that opens today, marks the first preview of664 words
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Article, Illustration653 2008-03-21 27 GEOFFREY EU - GEOFFREY EU Michel Gondry's new film, Be Kind Rewind, comes icross as either a little too simplistic or too clever or its own good, writes THE French director and screenwriter Michel Gondry is nothing if not an inventive filmmaker, adept at conveying a653 words
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Article, Illustration485 2008-03-21 27 GEOFFREY EU - GEOFFREY EU By SITTING through Vantage Point, a taut but contrived and ultimately disappointing thriller directed by Pete Travis, is a little like watching Groundhog Day, the 1993 comedy starring Bill Murray only it's not as funny and has more bombs. Actually,485 words
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Article, Illustration526 2008-03-21 27 CHRISTOPHER LIM - CHRISTOPHER LIM By THE home of jazz is in the lounge and bar, regardless of the stature of an artist. Overseas, this means that small clubs like the Village Vanguard in New York's Greenwich Village are packed, and well known as destinations in526 words
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Article, Illustration604 2008-03-21 27 BEN MUNROE - BEN MUNROE CD REVIEW Greatest Hits Morrissey Decca/Universal Seventh Tree Goldfrapp Mute/EMI B 3y POOR Morrissey. He hit the [leadlines again recently for all the wrong reasons, rhere's been flak for his Dvertly nationalistic statements and posturing with the Union Jack, and he604 words
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Article, Illustration434 2008-03-21 27 PARVATHI NAYAR - PARVATHI NAYAR DVD By KERI Russell is Hollywood's new Reese Witherspoon, filling the always-in-demand niche of quirkycute femininity balanced by a down-to-earth quality. No surprise that she's suddenly popping up everywhere, including director/ writer/actress Adrienne Shelly's Waitress, which made its debut at Sundance434 words
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