The Business Times, 13 June 2008

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg •V A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 122/12/2007 Friday, June 13,2008
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    Lock icon Father of the Internet
    53 1 Meet Vint Cerf, an industry legend whose pioneering work helped make the Internet possible. Dr Cerf, now Google vice-president and Chief Internet Evangelist, brings a first-hand intimacy to the fascinating story of the birth of the Internet, and discusses the Net's impact on business. In the
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    Lock icon Retailers lighten US gloom as sales spurt
    499 1 AP [WASHINGTON] US retail sales jumped by the largest amount in six months in May as 57 million economic stimulus payments helped offset the headwinds buffeting consumers. The Commerce Department reported yesterday that retail sales soared one per cent last month, the biggest
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      44 1 lursi iam 1COMP 1,225.54 -3.74 IIKKEI225 13,888.60 -294.88 1ANG SENG 23,023.86 -303.74 ;et index 790.80 -0.86 JAKARTA COM P 2,409.01 +34.22 IANILACOMP 2,544.89 -34.39 ;eoulcomp 1,739.36 -42.31 ;henzhen b 514.88 -2.33 IUMBAI IND 15,250.20 +64.88 12NOONEDT Cham )OW 12,231.87 +148.10 IASDAQ 2,423.58 +29.57
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.72 HONG KONG 5.25 INDONESIA 15.632 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.00 US 5.00 CANADA 4.75 SWITZERLAND 3.94 INDIA 12.25 Source:
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      Lock icon FOREX
      39 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.379 (US$/S$ per 1.954 2.694 :URO (US$/S$/E) 1.543 2.128 'EN 107.50 78.00 3.276 2.375 IK$ 7.806 5.660 !AHT 33.18 24.05 lUPIAH 9,316 6,754 lENMINBI 6.909 5.009 INDIAN RUPEE 42.83 31.06 1.065 0.772 1.328 0.963
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    Lock icon Weak sentiment puts squeeze on IPO market
    912 1  -  CHARMIAN KOK Fewer launches this year and far less money raised through initial public offerings By [SINGAPORE] Despite more offerings being announced over the past month, the IPO market in Singapore is taking a beating this year. Not only has the number of
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Pollution kills 10,000 a year in Guangdong, HK, Macau
      436 2 BLOOMBERG Bloomberg Study also puts lost productivity, medical costs at billions of yuan a year [HONG KONG] Air pollution causes about 10,000 deaths yearly in southern China's Pearl River Delta region, including Hong Kong and Macau, according to a study released
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      Lock icon SEC plans tougher rules for credit raters
      508 2 ■AP [WASHINGTON] US Federal regulators on Wednesday proposed new rules designed to stem conflicts of interest, expand disclosure for Wall Street's credit rating industry and flag the ratings of more complex securities. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking to make the
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      Lock icon Divorcees more likely to miss credit card payments
      464 2  -  CHOW PENN NEE By [SINGAPORE] Divorced individuals and young adults are two segments of the Singapore population that are more liable to miss their credit card payments, statistics from the Credit Bureau (Singapore) (CBS) show. The figures also show that females are
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon High-yield stocks in demand given soft interest rates: DMG
        61 2 WITH interest rates set to remain soft, stocks with a high dividend yield are expected to pack a hard punch. According to DMG Partners analyst Leng Seng Choon, such stocks are going to become more attractive to investors as interest rates
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        Lock icon UOB, Ping An to set up fund management venture: report
        71 2 UNITED Overseas Bank yesterday said that regulatory approval was still pending for a 25;75 fund management venture with Ping An Securities in China. It was clarifying a Reuters report yesterday that Ping An Insurance, China's second largest life insurer and
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        Lock icon Drilling unit order seen boosting Cosco revenue
        74 2 A HUGE order of eight drilling units from Norway's Sevan Marine is set to boost Cosco's revenues significantly. While the company itself has not announced these contracts due to a new policy of securing deposit payments before making announcements, the market has been
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        Lock icon Delay in new board not my fault: Oculus's Chua
        84 2 CHUA Tai Joo, one of Oculus's two remaining directors, has distanced himself from the delay in the appointment of new directors. In a statement yesterday which put the spotlight on Jan Tangkilisan, the other remaining director that shareholders are trying to
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        Lock icon S'pore environment and water industry's growth lies abroad
        70 2 THE huge presence of multinational corporations in Singapore has helped spawn a fast-growing multi-billion dollar environment and water (E&W) industry that has been spreading its wings overseas. Homegrown E&W companies such as Hyflux, SembCorp Industries and Keppel Integrated Engineering have left their
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        Lock icon Indonesia lawmakers propose tax cuts
        64 2 INDONESIAN legislators are proposing a cut in corporate income tax this year to attract more investment to the country, the head of the committee formulating the Bill said yesterday. The committee has proposed slashing income tax for businesses to 28 per cent next year and
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        Lock icon Beer makers in M'sia still in security label standoff
        48 2 THE Malaysian units of beer giants Carlsberg and Guinness-Anchor are at war with a private company that has a monopoly on security-labelling alcohol to help cut smuggling. And the federal government is stuck in the middle. MALAYSIA, PAGE 11
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        Lock icon Anheuser-Busch takeover no small beer
        50 2 ON Wednesday, giant Belgium-based brewer Inßev made an unsolicited offer worth roughly US$46 billion for the American brewing icon Anheuser-Busch Cos. Such a combination would create the world's largest brew meister, with brands that would reach from Brussels to Beijing to Buffalo. ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD, PAGE 14
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      Lock icon Investment banks shrug off slowdown
      451 2  -  EMILYN YAP No drop in fees earned here as M&A, loan business pick up slack in IPOs By [SINGAPORE] Investment banks may be handling fewer deals in Singapore, but that has hardly affected the amount of fees collected in the year to date. The banks
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      192 3 r r]|^ MM JSm\ Dreams. Realities. o t 03 O I The tower cranes are still. The drills are At Citi, we work around the world and around silent. And for a weary group of Guangzhou the clock, providing our clients with innovative 1 construction workers, the long work day
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Oil, inflation fears spook investors
      585 4  -  CONRAD TAN STOCKS Yesterday's STI losses follow a weak rebound on Wednesday after sharp losses earlier in the week STOCKS here fell again yesterday amid broader declines around Asia as high oil prices and broader inflation fears continued to spook investors. The Straits Times Index
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      93 4 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 3 114 0 0 0 3 114 lanufacturini 32 97 53 13 12 35 110 65 Commerce 35 23 11 39 27 'pt/Stor/Comms 24 11 25 :inance 25 25 Construction 10 15 'roperties 24 24 lotels/Rsts
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      119 4 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 25,907 25,907 148,249 148,249 lanufacturing 280,809 33,696 314,505 239,854 3,398 243,252 lommerce 43,807 51,438 95,245 72,661 17,351 90,012 'pt/Stor/Comms 101,208 4,639 105,847 299,386 1,814 301,200 :i nance 35,907 35,907 332,814 332,814 lonstruction 75,026 10,157 85,183 27,516 786 28,302 'roperties
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      103 4 lapitaLand 5.850 -0.060 lapitaMall 3.100 -0.050 jtyDev 10.600 -0.040 losco Corp 3.270 +0.020 IBS Grp 19.340 -0.140 :&N 4.600 -0.050 ient Intl 0.595 IK Land 4.460 -0.210 ISH 17.400 -0.600 lardineC&C 16.740 -0.060 Ceppel Corp 11.320 -0.240 Ceppel Land 5.160 +0.010 IOL 3.450 -0.080 loble Grp
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      802 4  -  JOYCE HOOI 01am International June 12 close: $2.53 DBS GROUP RESEARCH, June 12 Source: OLAM'S long-term growth should continue to be within the agri-com-modities space in non-perishable products, as the group expands its reach, both in upstream sourcing and downstream distribution, into adjacent products and geographies. Even as
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      Lock icon Euro heads for worst week in 3 years
      522 4 Reuters CURRENCIES [NEW YORK] The euro was on track for its worst week versus the dollar in three years yesterday, hurt by tempered expectations of euro zone interest rate hikes even as positive retail data bolstered US rate hike expectations. Total sales
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 4 DAILY
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      56 4 Jun 12 VALUE CLOSE -928.00-243.0C IT OB/OS IT CADI -*****.00-216.0i IT 10-day MA -*****.00 -93.0' TSE ST Mid Cap 758.99 -9.6: TSE ST Small Cap 644.96 -5.31 TSE ST All Share 770.00 -7.3, TSE ST China 439.19 -7.2. IOB Catalist 146.80 -2.9! IMSCI 369.80 -1.9 1 IMSCI
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      62 4 VOLUME SinoConst 59,992,000 Ocean us 48,221,000 Golden Agri 43,106,000 ChinaTaisan 41,860,000 China Honqxinq 41,797,000 DBS DBeCWOBIOI3 27,997,000 Sing Tel 25,946,000 DBS MBL eCWOBO9O9 25,560,000 Jade Tech 23,898,000 CoscoCorpDßeCWoBo929 20,849,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 116,890,332 Keppel Corp 108,353,120 HKLand 102,529,745 Sing Tel 93,287,000 SGX 93,069,395 S I A 67,237,720
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      102 4 CLOSE UP ISMSCI India 100 652 12.4 1.4 .oscoCori iBe2C*****2 331 12.0 3.: IGX BNP ePW*****7 82.5 11.5 16., Cmdfr 10US$ 431 11.0 1. m 3200SGAePW*****7 46 11.0 31.. ICBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 ***** 10.0 0.1 ;TI 3200 BNPePW***** 59.5 8.0 15. iood| 182 7.0 4.' m 3200BNPePW*****7 37 7.0
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      Lock icon FALLS
      117 4 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. CLOSE DOWN IMH 3050 -82.7 -1.9 ISH 1740 -82.7 -3.: 'aiwa FT Shariah Ja 988 -55.1 -3.! LD 10US$ 8606 -55.1 -0.! lain irm 520 -52.4 -6.! iBS MBLJCW*****0 552 -36.0 -6.1 MBUCW*****0 344 -36.0 -9.! MBLJCW*****3
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      83 4 iere« S$ stands Jun 12 %CHNG CLOSE FRJUI111 YR2008 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.3803 -0.60 1.4542 1.3457 Euro 2.1297 -0.13 2.2064 2.0474 Pounds 2.6891 -0.20 2.8431 2.6568 AS 1.2915 0.69 1.3235 1.2349 Yen* 1.2820 -0.37 1.4484 1.2725® Rupiah* 0.***** -0.55 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1638 -0.30 4.4299 4.0750 Peso*
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon LottVision: just like buying the lottery?
      789 5  -  JOYCE HOOI WHEN investors bought into LottVision, a firm with interests in the gambling sector, they were ironically taking a large gamble themselves. Over the last 18 months, its shareholders have had a merry ride with the Main Board-listed penny stock, as it gyrated
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      Lock icon High-yield stocks in demand given soft interest rates: DMG
      459 5  -  JOYCE HOOI They also offer growth prospects from business expansions By WITH interest rates set to remain soft, stocks with a high dividend yield are expected to pack a hard punch. According to DMG Partners analyst Leng Seng Choon, such stocks
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      Lock icon Robinson and Co to be delisted from Monday
      206 6 SINGAPORE's oldest retailer Robinson and Co Ltd will be delisted from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Monday. This comes after its takeover earlier this year by the Du-bai-based Al-Futtaim Group. Robinson said yesterday that it applied to the SGX for the delisting
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      Lock icon UOB, Ping An to set up fund mgt venture: report
      611 6 Reuters UOB says tie-up with Ping An Securities pending regulatory approval PING An Insurance (Group) Co of China Ltd, China's second largest life insurer, has won approval to set up a fund management joint venture with United Overseas Bank (UOB),
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      Lock icon Moody's rates Ml-Reit as 'developing'
      192 6 CREDIT rating agency, Moody's Investors Service, yesterday changed Macarthurcook Industrial Reit's (MI-Reit) Baa 3 rating outlook to developing from stable. The change came after the announcement that AMP Capital Investors made a proposal to acquire the entire capital of MacarthurCook for A 51.35 per share.
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      Lock icon Cosco revenues set for boost from Sevan orders
      466 6  -  VINCENT WEE Shares up on news from Sevan; Cosco yet to unveil deal By A HUGE order of eight drilling units from Norwegian oil services company Sevan Marine is set to boost Cosco's revenues significantly. While the company itself has not announced
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      Lock icon New board delay not my fault: Oculus' Chua
      347 7  -  CHOW PENN NEE He says the other remaining director is unwilling to approve relevant resolutions By CHUA Tai Joo, one of Oculus' two remaining directors, has distanced himself from the delay in the appointment of new directors. In a statement yesterday which
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Pan-United sells 24th storey of The Octagon
        105 7 PAN-UNITED Corporation said David Shih Mm Jen yesterday exercised the option to buy the 24th storey of The Octagon and has paid the company $990,240.00, which is 10 per cent of the sale price, as deposit. The sale of the premises is scheduled
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        Lock icon Ecowise H1 net profit more than doubles
        95 7 ECOWISE Holdings' net profit for the first half year to April 30, 2008, more than doubled to $6.54 million from the previous corresponding half s $2.62 million. The environmental solutions provider said that revenue for the six months fell 11.1 per cent to
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      Lock icon Furama buys 3 Thai hotels for $32.3m
      177 7  -  JAMIE LEE By HOTEL operator Furama said yesterday it has bought three boutique hotels in Bangkok for $32.3 million, citing opportunities in the strong Thai tourism sector. Furama acquired the hotels from Thai real estate firm Unico Holdings through three separate joint ventures,
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      Lock icon Swiber targets deepwater rig by 2010
      341 7  -  VINCENT WEE By DEEPWATER fields represent the last frontier in the offshore marine industry, and Swiber Holdings is manoeuvring itself into position by getting its deepwater rig ready for operation in 2010. While having the foresight to focus on the deepwater sector, Swiber executive
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Growth of environment and water industry lies abroad
      646 8  -  CHUANG PECK MING Two-thirds of 2006 revenue, or $1.5b, come from outside Singapore By THE huge presence of multinational corporations in Singapore has helped to spawn a fast-growing multi-billion dollar environment and water (E&W) industry here that has been spreading its wings
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      Lock icon Pragmatic approach needed for human rights charter
      377 8  -  CHUANG PECK MING By THE 7th Workshop of the Asean Regional Mechanism on Human Rights got down to work yesterday on recommendations for a high-level panel that will start work next month on drafting the terms of reference of the Asean human rights
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon ACCA, Rutgers Uni in MBA tie-up
        57 8 ACCA Singapore and Rutgers University yesterday announced a collaboration on Master of Accountancy and Executive MBA programmes in Singapore. ACCA Singapore is the first professional accounting body outside the US that Rutgers is working closely with. Rutgers will offer US$2,OOO grants to the first
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        Lock icon New COO for Wealth Management Institute
        40 8 THE Wealth Management Institute (WMI) yesterday announced the appointment of banking and finance veteran Lim Jiun In as chief operating officer (COO). His appointment to this newly created position also marks WMl's fifth anniversary.
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      Lock icon Avaya sets up Asian logistics hub here
      478 8  -  ONG BOON KIAT By COMMUNICATIONS technology specialist Avaya is ringing in a new logistics gameplan for its Asian operations from Singapore. The New Jersey-head-quartered company has established its first Asian supply chain management hub in Singapore, to improve its finished goods distribution operations
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      Lock icon Zespri aiming to take local kiwi fruit market by storm
      513 8  -  LIM WEN JUIN By KIWI fruit distributor Zespri International is targeting a 20 to 30 per cent increase in its Singapore revenue this year, its Asia general manager Chen Yu-jan has said. Last year, it garnered sales of $10 million
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      928 8 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 fcEXRRESS CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS December 31, (USD Millions, except share data) 2007 2006 Assets Alt J| II Jfc |Y| Cash and due from banks 242 189 |y| tK 111 Interest-earning deposits with banks 3,355 2,905 Federal funds sold and securities purchased under
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon US economy remains sluggish, Fed says
      535 9 The Washington Post Impact of high fuel prices on businesses is a recurring theme in the 'beige book' [WASHINGTON] Weaker attendance at Broadway theatres. Cutbacks at retailers in the southeast. A residential real estate market that is still in the dumps through most of
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      Lock icon Curbing price outlook vital: Fed's Kohn
      457 9 Bloomberg [CHATHAM] Federal Reserve vice-chairman Donald Kohn said the central bank needs to counter any sign that the public is beginning to expect faster increases in consumer prices. "It is very important to ensure that policy actions anchor inflation expectations" and thereby help contain
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Indonesia's lawmakers propose tax cuts
      428 10 Reuters, Xinhua Panel calls for lower corporate, individual income taxes to lure more investments [JAKARTA] Indonesian legislators are proposing a cut in corporate income tax this year to attract more investment to the country, the head of the committee formulating the Bill said yesterday. The
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      Lock icon St Regis to make debut in Kuala Lumpur by '14
      556 10  -  PAULINE NG By in Kuala Lumpur THE St Regis brand is set to make its debut in Kuala Lumpur in 2014 following the signing of an agreement between its parent Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide and ONE IFC. Owned by ONE
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      Lock icon IVTsia braces for fuel protests
      184 10 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian police increased security in the capital to stop a planned opposition rally against sharp fuel price rises, state media said yesterday, as fears about protests gather momentum. Protests have been limited so far but the opposition hopes to draw 20,000 people
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    • Article
      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      2222 10 Jun 12 RM Cooo] A&M Realty 0.60 \bric Bhd 0.15 Advance Synergy 0.11 AdventaBhd 1.21 AeMuIti Hldgs 0.24 Affin Holdings 2.00 Ahmad Zaki Resou 0.80 AicCorp 0.51 \irasia Bhd 0.88 Akn Technology 0.45 Alliance Financi 2.88 Aluminium Co 1.03 Amalgamated Ind 0.54 Ammb Hldgs Bhd 3.50 Amtel Holdings
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      244 10 Open Tender to Build, Own and Operate Foreign Workers' Dormitory-Jalan Papan JTC is offering an opportunity for a private sector developer to build, own and operate a dormitory for foreign workers from the marine, process and manufacturing industries. The developer is to provide comfortable accommodation with amenities for 7,900 foreign
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Beer makers still in security label standoff
      597 11  -  S JAYASANKARAN Since 2003, they have refused to play ball with concession holder By in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian units of beer giants Carlsberg and Guinness-Anchor are at war with a private company that has a monopoly on security-labelling alcohol to help cut
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      Lock icon Govt to assess fuel hike impact
      385 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will weigh the impact of a recent fuel price increase in setting interest rates, the central bank chief said yesterday, as economic growth slows and inflation is expected to hit a 10-year-high in 2008. The government raised petrol prices by
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      Lock icon Malaysia in talks to import more Thai rice
      177 11 Reuters [PUTRAJAYA] Malaysia is in talks with Thailand, the world's biggest rice exporter, to import more rice, Agriculture Minister Mustapa Mohamed said yesterday, amid a global rush to lock in supplies of the dwindling food staple. Malaysia has already secured 200,000 tonnes
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon May inflation down as jump in food prices eases
      473 12 Reuters Producers hold back from passing on higher energy and raw material costs [BEIJING] Chinese annual inflation fell in May to 7.7 per cent, bucking a global trend, as a year-long surge in food prices ebbed and producers held back from
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      Lock icon Soaring prices of Chinese art facing correction
      549 12 Reuters [BEIJING] When Chinese artist Yue Minjun sold his painting Gweong Gweong, inspired by the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, he received US$5,OOO. That was in 1994. Fourteen years later, the painting of toothy men dropping like missiles from war planes over
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      Lock icon Taiwan in Beijing talks, with eye on direct flights
      473 12 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China and Taiwan began their first direct talks since 1999, with the island's envoys hoping for an agreement on regular flights to the mainland. Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, who sat down in Beijing yesterday morning
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      Lock icon Taiwan to allow island-wide trading of Chinese yuan
      334 12 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan will allow China's yuan to be legally exchanged for the first time island-wide under a revision to cross-Strait law passed by its parliament yesterday. The parliament's approval, announced by Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, comes on the day China and Taiwan
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      367 12 Only the Best for My Dad, because My Dad's the Best. Pookide Barbecue Galore We set off with the objective to spoil dad and the culinary options were all tantalising; he was tempted by indulgent sky dining at iT v Hai Tien Lo with Cantonese cuisine. However, he was also
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Essar raises bid for US firm Esmark to US$75m
      401 13 Bloomberg It's also ready to sign a deal with union to beat rival bid from Severstal [MUMBAI] Essar Steel Holdings, India's fourth-largest steelmaker, plans to raise its offer for West Virgin-ia-based Esmark Inc by 12 per cent to about US$75O million
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      Lock icon Bright future despite India's uncertainty: poll
      483 13  -  SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA By in New Delhi DESPITE inflation, slower growth, rising energy costs and a stockmarket crash, recent reports suggest the future of the Indian economy looks bright. India has topped 32 nations in a global employment outlook survey by human resource firm Manpower
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      Lock icon Rate hike comes too late to halt rupee dip: Calyon
      481 13 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] India's interest rate increase on Wednesday has come too late to check a slide in the rupee because of accelerating inflation, according to Calyon. The Reserve Bank of India's failure to raise borrowing costs since March 30, 2007,
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      Lock icon Ex-Deutsche executive heads Reliance institutional brokerage
      194 13 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Billionaire Anil Ambani has hired Deutsche Bank AG's former head of Indian equities, Keshav Sanghi, to start an institutional brokerage in a market where equity trading volumes more than doubled last year. Mr Sanghi, appointed chief executive of Reliance Capital Ltd's Reliance
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Anheuser-Busch takeover no small beer
      660 14 LAT-WP Inßev's USs46b bid, if successful, would create the world's largest brew meister [LOS ANGELES] Could this Bud be for the Belgians? On Wednesday, giant Belgium-based brewer Inßev made an unsolicited offer worth roughly US$46 billion for the American brewing icon Anheuser-Busch Cos. Such a
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      643 14 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Sky-high gasoline prices aren't just raising the cost of Eugene Marino's 190 km round-trip to his job in the Washington area; they're reducing his wealth, too. House prices in his rural subdivision beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains in Charles
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      361 14 AP, Bloomberg Move comes days after bank reported USs3b quarterly loss [NEW YORK] Lehman Brothers said yesterday that chief financial officer Erin Callan and chief operating officer Joseph Gregory have been removed from their positions, days after the investment bank announced a US$3 billion quarterly loss.
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      294 14 -AP [LONDON] Secret government documents on al-Qae-da and Iraq were left on a commuter train, prompting a major police investigation into the latest in a series of embarrassing security breaches, British officials said. The documents belonged to a senior intelligence official
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      475 14 Reuters [NEW YORK] MerriU Lynch CEO John Thain said that the world's largest brokerage would consider selling its stakes in news and financial data company Bloomberg and money manager Blackßock if it needed more capital. Speaking on a conference call, Mr Thain said that
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US govt steps up review of oil price surge
      391 15 Reuters Probe launched last Dec into possible manipulation of US oil market [WASHINGTON] US regulators stepped up their efforts on Tuesday to determine why prices for oil and a range of other commodities have surged dramatically this year. The Commodity Futures
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      497 15 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Two of the world's most closely watched energy forecasters on Tuesday slashed predictions for output from oil fields outside the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) cartel in 2008 more bad news for a global economy struggling with record high oil
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      11 15 Graphic adapted from AFP Source: EIA
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      8301 15 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!S 2.191/ AIGIF S'pore Bond Fund/A 1.317/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1/ APS Alpha Fund (USD) 0.73/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.9688/ APS Komaba Global
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      Lock icon Boeing begins testing Dreamliner's power systems
      356 16 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Boeing Co began testing the 787 Dreamliner's power systems on Wednesday in an effort to meet a revised schedule to fly the plane by year-end and deliver it to the first customer in the third quarter of 2009. The "power-on" test is
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      394 16  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI China, India and Vietnam expected to contribute to traffic growth By [SINGAPORE] The Republic's growing attractiveness as a tourist destination, coupled with its continued push for air services liberalisation, may insulate the aviation industry against the current challenging
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      280 16  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By [SINGAPORE] Not too long after Tiger Airways made its plans known to pounce on routes abandoned by rivals such as Qantas/Jetstar, Tiger Airways Australia says it is looking to launch international services. Tiger Airways is now in talks with the Australian government
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      2487 16 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AIC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR
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  • SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Tsakos to cut long-term tanker deals as rates rise
      709 17 Bloomberg It plans to more than double number of ships offered for single voyages [LONDON] Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd, Greece's biggest publicly traded oil-tanker company, plans to more than double the ships offered for single voyages to profit from a 75
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      334 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Cruise ship vacations rose about 4.7 per cent last year, while the proportion of Americans vacationing onboard fell, according to data from an industry group. US residents took 76 per cent of the world's 12.56 million cruise trips in 2007,
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      586 17 Bloomberg Its oil unit produced nearly half of net income in 2007 and 20% of revenue [COPENHAGEN] AP Moel-ler-Maersk A/S, owner of the world's biggest contain-er-shipping line, is a Persian Gulf oil producer in disguise. Copenhagen-based Maersk's oil unit produced almost
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      376 17 Reuters [PARIS] France announced plans yesterday to buy back 9 per cent of the country's biggest shipyard, amid concerns that luxury cruiseliner production could move to Asian yards under its new South Korean owners. The move is part of France's efforts to protect
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      474 18 THE prospect of the young, charismatic, intelligent and cosmopolitan Senator Barack Obama occupying the White House in 2009 stirs up memories of John F Kennedy another promising and attractive president, who took dramatic steps to change the course of American domestic and foreign policies. A
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      1017 18  -  TIGER TONG Shanghai Composite Index is down, but markets aren't a good gauge for the economy By AS CHINESE investors enjoyed their long weekend with the dragon-boat festival an official public holiday for the first time, they were caught off guard when
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      858 18  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY THE BOTTOM LINE COMING from a former diplomat, the call last weekend by Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd to G-8 energy ministers meeting in Japan to "hold a blow-torch" to Opec and force the cartel to increase production
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      1262 19  - S Korea 's beef with its president CHOE SANG HUN NYT It is not just about his decision to lift an import ban but about whether he can resist pressure from superpowers By I HEN tens of thousands of South Koreans spilled into central Seoul on Tuesday in the country's
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      826 19  -  FRANK CHING RELATIONS between two of East Asia's great powers, China and South Korea, have been strengthened after a period of uncertainty with the inauguration of a pro-American politician, Lee Myung Bak, as president in February. While Mr Lee was known to be
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        319 19 I REFER to your article entitled "Watch-list firm ASA discloses plans to improve operations" (BT, June 5). The article related to the announcement made by ASA on June 4 regarding their first quarterly update since their admission to the SGX watch list. While I
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      6882 20 Transaction date: Jun 12 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hi 1 Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net )h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap $mil Hi! Com[ >an] 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom 28.5 8.5 5834 A-Sonic 110 100 6389
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      69 20 Hi< Low Code Comi Sale COOP) Hi< Low Bm Seller C'vr P/E > m II 200 116 6065 Diamonds US200 250 6200 6200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO US6200 US1000 US***** 60 70 100 ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS
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      1912 20 Hii Low Code Comi Sale C000] Hii Low By Seller Cvr P/E Smil 30 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 41.5 15 5000 sABRHIdgs 31 18 8538 s APStrategic 16.5 2.5 1501 s Advanced System 38 19 3518 s Afor 70.5 12 1524 s Alantac 22.5 8.5 7814 s Albedo
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      203 20 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 offer
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      364 21 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jun 11 World Index Preliminary 1017.6 -1.0 -10.1 -0.7 -12.6 -0.8 -8.3 t EAFE Preliminai 967.9 -1.0 -13.6 -0.6 -14.0 -0.7 -9.! Euro[ Prelim inan 1302.8 -1.7 -15.6 -1.2 -16.2 -1.3 -12.1
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      135 21 As at 9am NU It KM It5 junn Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2920 1.3070 Can dollar 1.3360 1.3520 Euro 2.1200 2.1430 NZ dollar 1.0270 1.0500 iterlini ind 2.6770 2.7070 US dollar 1.3640 1.3790 Local dollars to 100
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      176 21 Jun 12 $S Offer Overnight 5/16 1-montn 1 1/8 2-months 1 1/4 3-months 1 3/8 Overnight mode: 5/16 US$ Offer 3/16 1 1 1/8 1 1/4 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 2.30 2.65 2.80 3.00 3.25 3.50
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      23 21 Jun 12 ten >TI ilMSCI Jun 363 371.3 371.2 'aiwan Jun 315.5 315.7 310.2 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      22 21 Jun 12 I Offer Bid 1-month 1.3768 1.3783 2-months 1.3751 1.3767 3-months 1.3738 1.3754 6-months 1.3699 1.3717 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      157 21 Jun 12 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer S$fUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2938 1.2955 0.9385 0.9388 Canadian dollar 1.3481 1.3497 0.9779 0.9781 Euro 2.1265 2.1290 1.5425 1.5429 NZ dollar 1.0379 1.0395 0.7529 0.7533 jterlini ind 2.6928 2.6959 1.9533 1.9537
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      355 21 Jun 12 URODOLLAR FUTURES unO8 >epO8 DecO8 VlarO9 97.230 96.845 96.480 96.300 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** ***** ***** EUROYEN FUTURES unO8 99.155 99.160 iepO8 99.075 99.080 DecO8 98.930 98.940 VlarO9 98.720 98.750 unO9 98.605 98.610 iepO9 DecO9 Vlar10 99.155 99.075 98.925 98.720 98.590A 98.495A 98.415A
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      282 21 Jun 12 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Jul 08 Aug 08 Sep 08 Oct/Dec 08 Jan/Mar 09 Apr/Jun 09 447.25 437.50 435.50 430.75 432.75 434.50 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open
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      102 21 Jun 11 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul OS 1516.50 1446.50 1516.50 1471.00 Aug 08 1519.25 1449.25 1519.25 1474.00 Sep 08 1513.50 1443.50 1513.50 1468.00 Nov 08 1509.00 1441.00 1511.00 1459.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low lul 08 65.00 62.65 65.15
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      76 21 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jun 11 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 135.28 -0.66 WTI (Near Mth) 136.40 4.71 Dubai (1-Mth F) 128.1 -0.62 Tapis blend 140.9 -1.3 Minas 137.1 -1.1 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 124.45 165.00 1.18 -2.15 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      466 21 Jun 12 AS CS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRu Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.960 6.485 0.608 7.328 40.205 87.445 1.009 9.722 3.075 1.246 62.514 41.775 1.295 7.516 0.978 28.576 31.140 0.480 0.939 Canada 1.042 6.757 0.634 7.635
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      90 21 Jun 12 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Day's High Low 3-Month BQ*****A 11.09.08 1-Year BY*****N 04.05.09 0.84 1.04 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hio Day's cjh Low 2-Year N5O51OOF 2.625 5-Year N *****0V 1.625 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****A 4.000
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      78 21 Jun 12 (US$) (SS) 2.***** 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 2.***** 12 mths 2.***** 1 mth 2 mths 2.***** 1.***** 3 mths 2.***** 1.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 3.***** 3.***** 3.***** 1.***** 1.***** 1.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 2.***** 2yrs 2.***** 3yrs 3.***** 4yrs
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      61 21 Jun 12 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low Jun 08 Jul 08 3666 Aug 08 3682 Sep 08 3685 Total o/p: ***** contracts 3612 3616 3676 3594 3623 3691 3620 3627 3698 3627 Turnover: ***** Market
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      131 21 Jun 12 /oz) lun lun Hong Kong .ondon 873.90 870.70 874.90 871.70 Jun 11 Jun 10 879.60 871.15 880.60 872.35 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Jun 12 Buying Sellini Kilobar "41,678.64" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (SS) Selling Buying gm jam Ogm !0gm JOgm OOgm oz ozUBS Kinphar™ 93.09
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      69 21 Jun 11 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2913.20 2908.80 3 months 2960.00 2955.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 8064.00 7920.00 7997.00 7865.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 1866.80 3 months 1880.00 1950.80 1965.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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      79 21 Jun 11 COCOA (Btonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Jul 08 1571 1547 1575/1542 SepO8 1557 1534 1563/1528 Dec 08 1526 1508 1529/1502 Mar 09 1497 1482 1501/1485 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jul 08 2196 2225 2224/2189 SepO8 2183 2195 2200/2171 Nov08 2170 2179 2184/2160 Jan 09 2150 2155
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      4710 21 BONDS WARRANTS [el Zode Com| Last Sale +orPrem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear- Mths C000) Ratio Price ing Left >am >058 Advance Modules GrpW*****3 6 >036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 3 ArianeCorp Ltd W*****9 1 3092 Asia Environment W*****4 16 1481 Asia Water Tech Ltd W*****0 18.5 3816 #Asiasons
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  • BOOKS
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      708 26 Dan Ariely's new book is full of findings from experiments on his students, exposing their propensity for irrationality when under the influence of pleasure, arousal and pain, writes KATHERINE PENALOZA BEHAVIOURAL economics is one of the most talked about fields in the social
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      557 26  -  KATHERINE PENALOZA Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape our Decisions By Dan Ariely 280 pp. HarperCollins Publishers 2008 Rating: A+ By IF you are reading this, then Dan Ariely proves his point that, like moths to a flame, we are helplessly drawn to FREE! Ariely,
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  • PURSUITS
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      702 27  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM CD REVIEW Claude Delangle with the SSO Under the Sign of the Sun Label: BIS Records Rating: B+ Verve Remixed 4 Label: Verve/Universal Rating: B Elvis Costello Momofuku Label: Lost Highway/Universal Rating: B Coldplay Viva La Vida or Death and All His
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      610 27 Renowned British conductor admires Goh Toh Chai's music, writes CHRISTOPHER LIM THE Arts Festival might be the most visible source of music events during this period, but there life still carries on at its periphery. And when a wellknown conductor commissions a full orchestral
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      507 27  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM By THE games available in Singapore for Nintendo's Wii console are distinctly biased towards children. But if you've ever picked up a Wii controller, you'll have discovered what legions of other adults already know kids' games on the
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        620 28 Theatre Works' latest offering marries key works by two literary names in a multi-disciplinary production, writes BEN MUNROE THIS latest production by Theatre Works is a marriage of complexity and simplicity which promises to be part concert and part theatre. It's made complex by the various
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        497 28  -  UMA SHANKARI By WITH tonight's Continuum, the Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) marks its 20th anniversary by presenting three highly lauded works from three luminaries of the dance scene. The bill features the Asian premieres of Evening by Graham Lustig, A Million Kisses
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        586 28  -  JOHN HENG By TIM Sullivan has photos taken of himself and puts them up on show. If it seems like an example of extreme narcissism, it's not; he simply wants to project a certain message through his photos using the human body, but
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        1221 29 German wines have been enjoying a long run of successful vintages going back to the nineties, says N X YONG THE pall cast by the 2007 vintage in Bordeaux is certainly not emulated in the Nahe and Mosel-Saar-Ruwer wine regions of Germany. Instead, Bordeaux 2007
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        400 29  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM NIGHT OUT By EVERY year, there are the usual rounds of birthday celebrations for various clubs, and Zouk, Attica and Thumper have already shown what kinds of parties they can throw. Even Clarke Quay has shown that you don't have to be a
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        1295 30 Hampered from the start of the race in New York by light winds, the race to Halifax had to be called short, reports VINCENT WEE THE 10 crews taking part in the Clipper 07/08 Round the World Yacht Race were forced last Friday night
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        529 31  -  BEN MUNROE By MICK Jagger has apparently joked that Shine a Light is the first Martin Scorsese movie not to feature the iconic song and concert favourite Gimme Shelter. Scorsese is famous for including the Rolling Stones' music in his projects
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        455 31  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM DVD By WHEN Arnold Schwarzenegger went from Terminator to "Governator", pundits wondered who would step into that niche. Of course, there was always Sylvester Stallone, but then he was too busy resuscitating his Rocky and Rambo franchises. Dwayne
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