The Business Times, 8 September 2008

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    24 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg a Singapore press holdings publication co regn no *****2868E mica (p) 197/08/2008 Monday, September 8,2008
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  • Article
    Lock icon US govt takes over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
    671 1 Bernanke says move to help housing market will promote financial market stability [WASHINGTON] The United States government yesterday seized control of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac in an aggressive move to help the distressed US housing market and economy.
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    Lock icon New BT Weekend a hit
    302 1  -  ARTHUR LEE By [SINGAPORE] The Business Times Weekend gave a new dimension to "neat and trim" when it launched its first compact-size edition last Saturday. At its road show in Citilink Mall, subscribers new and old thought it was a perfect fit for their up-and-about
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    Lock icon Temasek to pay HK$3.9b for stake in HK's Li & Fung
    452 1  - Temasek to pay HK$3.9b for stake in HK's Li Fung NISHA RAMCHANDANI 168 m new shares priced at HK523.09 each is about 4.8% of existing capital By [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings last night said it will invest HK$3.9 billion (Ss7l7 million) in Hong Kong-based consumer goods exporter Li Fung Limited. The
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      62 1 VIEWS FROM THE TOP FORMULA ONE I*^3%, BIZIT BE INSPIRED I CEOs air their views on the Lewis Hamilton >^ IV> Asia-Pac semicon Zap for daily inspiration. _^g new Malaysian budget stripped of victory <W W market to hit US$ 160b Win a Nikon Digital pages 12 &13 page 21
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon US govt takes over Fannie Mac, Freddie Mac
        76 2 THE US government yesterday seized control of Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac to help the distressed housing market and economy. Officials were concerned that mounting losses at the companies, which own or guarantee almost half of the country's US$l2 trillion in outstanding
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        Lock icon Temasek to invest HK$3.9b in HK's Li & Fung
        52 2 Temasek to invest HK$3.9b in HK's Li Fung TEMASEK Holdings will invest HK$3.9 billion (Ss7l7 million) in Hong Kong-based consumer goods exporter Li Fung Limited. The investment is done through the Singapore investment company's wholly owned subsidiary Dunearn Investments (Mauritius), which has entered into a subscription agreement with Li Fung.
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        Lock icon Projected salary hikes surprisingly high
        54 2 THE projected 2009 salary hikes for Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region look surprisingly high, especially against a background of slowing economic growth in the region. But high expectations are quickly brought down to earth when the reality of rising inflation is shaking consumers' confidence everywhere.
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        Lock icon PowerSeraya to raise oil trading activity
        57 2 OIL trading and the sale of utilities are expected to account for half of PowerSeraya's net profit in five years' time, up from just 20 per cent now. "Oil trading is going to be the next growth engine for the company," managing director Neil
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        Lock icon Combining high-yield, high-beta stocks
        76 2 FOR investors who want protection in today's volatile market, but also some exposure to catch a possible upturn, a portfolio combining high-yield and high-beta stocks as Lehman Brothers recommends may be what they need. The portfolio is part of several market strategies suggested by the research
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        Lock icon Singapore investors dump US stocks in Q2
        60 2 SINGAPORE investors, who have been bargain-hunting on Wall Street, made a sharp U-turn in the April-June quarter as US stock prices headed further south towards bear territory. They dumped a net US$l.45 billion worth of corporate stocks traded on the New York Stock
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        Lock icon Seoul to blame too for crisis rumours: analyst
        67 2 SOUTH Korea's government is striving to reassure investors that fears of a second financial crisis are groundless, but analysts say that its own confusing policies are partly to blame for the uncertainty Financial markets have been roiled by talk of a "September
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        Lock icon Don't raise religion, race issues: PM Abdullah
        59 2 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi urged his countrymen to stop discussing race and religious issues after a dispute over comments by a ruling party member, according to reports yesterday. His comments come after Ahmad Ismail, an Umno division chief, allegedly claimed the
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        Lock icon Regulatory group okays nuke deal with US
        58 2 A LANDMARK deal to improve nuclear cooperation between the United States and India moved forward on Saturday with the approval of an international regulatory group. The agreement won the blessings of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, an organisation of countries that cooperate to limit
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        Lock icon Investors oppose EU credit rating rules
        53 2 REGULATING Standard Poor's and Moody's Investors Service won't help investors, the Association of British Insurers said, adding to a financial-industry backlash against European Union financial measures. Policymakers should seek more disclosure from the companies and investment banks that sell securities, the London-based group said.
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      Lock icon Projected salary hikes surprisingly positive
      647 2  -  CHUANG PECK MING Reality of rising inflation main reason why pay in Asia-Pacific tipped to rise faster in 2009 By [SINGAPORE] The projected 2009 salary hikes for Singapore and the Asia-Pa-cific region look surprisingly high, especially against a background of slowing economic growth in the
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      Lock icon Fannie, Freddie bailout causes uncertainty
      667 2  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT Stocks likely to face another week of wild rides By in New York THE coming week was already shaping up to be a volatile one for investors, but after US Treasury officials confirmed that the Bush administration will be announcing
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      Lock icon PowerSeraya to raise oil trading activity
      685 4  -  RONNIE LIM Diversification plans also include another desalination plant, gas trading and going regional By [SINGAPORE] Oil trading, which includes natural gas and marine bunkers, plus the sale of utilities such as steam and water to petrochemical plants on Jurong Island, are expected to
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      Lock icon All systems go for open gas market here from next Monday
      567 4  -  RONNIE LIM Source says market players tested IT system thoroughly By [SINGAPORE] Sept 15 -this is when Singapore will liberalise or completely free up its gas market. This means that all natural gas whether piped from Malaysia and Indonesia
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    • MARKETS DIGEST
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        53 4 >T Index 2,574.21 -165.74 1 COMP 1,070.54 -29.96 MKKEI 225 12,212.23 -860.64 1ANG SENG 19,933.28 -1328.61 SET INDEX 645.80 -38.64 JAKARTA COMP 2,022.56 -143.38 1ANILA COMP 2,724.72 +36.63 ;eoulcomp 1,404.38 -69.86 iHENZHEN B 363.46 -20.96 IUMBAI IND 14,483.83 -80.70 )OW 11,220.96 -322.59 IASDAQ 2,255.88 -111.64 ;&P 500 1,242.31 -40.52
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        29 4 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.72 HONG KONG 5.25 INDONESIA 15.876 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.00 US 5.00 CANADA 4.75 SWITZERLAND 3.82 INDIA 13.75 Source: Bloomberg
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        38 4 IS$ (S$ ier US$) 1.434 (US$/S$ per 1.761 2.526 URO (US: i/S! ''3. 1.428 2.048 'EN 106.50 74.30 3.459 2.411 7.807 5.443 !AHT 34.55 24.09 lUPIAH 9,364 6,528 lENMINBI 6.841 4.769 INDIAN RUPEE 44.41 30.96 1.223 0.852
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon If IPO conditions are so bearish, who is subscribing?
      674 5  -  R SIVANITHY THERE'S no denying that the initial public offer (IPO) market is in pretty bad shape about 90 per cent of IPOs this year are below their offer prices and anyone brave enough to list now is almost guaranteed to
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      Lock icon Combine high-yield and high-beta stocks
      477 9  -  EMILYN YAP Lehman offers this strategy to investors seeking security but eyeing upturn gains By FOR investors who want protection in today's volatile market, but also some exposure to catch a possible upturn, a portfolio combining high-yield and high-beta stocks as Lehman Brothers recommends may
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      Lock icon Understanding dividend adjustments
      346 9 WARRANT INSIGHTS READERS should be familiar by now with the variables that affect a warrant's price: the underlying share price, exercise price, time to expiry, and implied volatility. These factors are often discussed and well understood. There is, however, another variable that investors may be less familiar
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Is this really the worst bear market ever?
      749 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS IT'S not often that fear trumps greed in the stock market but this is one such occasion at the moment no one wants to buy for fear of immediate loss. According to one ballpark estimate, over half of daily
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1005 6 Legends US$; Rmb; HKS; A) AS; Pound; Rupiah; Yen; Euro; AA) Baht; RM; Peso; AAA) Rs; NT$; (ab) Final Fully Franked; (ai) To be announced; (aj) Final Tax Exempt; (ak) Final Tax Exempt (One Tier); (am) First and Final Tax Exempt; (an) First and Final Tax Exempt (One
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      Lock icon Oil dives as hurricane spares US facilities and dollar strengthens
      424 6 COMMODITIES [LONDON] Crude oil prices plunged last week as Hurricane Gustav spared US energy facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, traders said. Commodities futures, notably oil and metals, were also pushed lower by a strong dollar and concerns about falling
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      Lock icon Asian currencies lower against dollar
      255 6 CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended the week mostly down against the US dollar despite growing concerns over the world's biggest economy and data from Washington showing rising unemployment. Japanese yen: The yen bounced back to a one-and-a-half-month high against the dollar towards the end
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1690 6 Source: Reuters Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price lompany name Mlco Comm REIT 2.25 2.00 4 5.60 12.14 0.99 0.67 .llgreen Properties 2.58 2.33 12 7.38 10.03 1.15 0.72 ,RA Asset Manai jement 2.00
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      16 6 WEEKLY Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss.
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      61 6 Sep 5 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -900.00-258.00 BT CADI -*****.00-226.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -90.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 587.27 -9.47 FTSE ST Small Cap 493.14 -8.88 FTSE ST All Share 637.31 -12.24 FTSE ST China Top 312.84 -10.50 FTSE ST China 309.80 -11.78 UOB Catalist 112.78
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      59 6 VOLUME Diqiland 277,916,000 Sing Tel 178,227,000 Noble Grp 120,831,000 Golden Agri 112,949,000 China Honqxinq 102,694,000 Capita Land 92,496,000 Cosco Corp 79,997,000 Gent Intl 63,649,000 ChinaNTown 59,127,000 Wilmar 53,190,000 VALUE(S) Sing Tel 624,255,189 UOB 427,318,111 Keppel Corp 392,493,503 Capita Land 389,369,685 DBS Grp 383,340,239 OCBC Bk 342,806,804 SGX
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      Lock icon RISES
      107 6 CLOSE UP STI 3000SGAePW*****9 84 27.5 48.7 STI 2900SGAePW*****0 70 23.0 48.9 STI 2900BNPePW*****9 53.5 20.5 62.1 STI 2800SGAePW*****0 54 19.0 54.3 STI 2800BNPePW*****9 50 15.5 44.9 STI 2700SGAePW*****0 52 15.0 40.5 Cai ilanMBLePW***** 53 13.0 32.5 STI 3200 BNPePW***** 90.5 12.5 16.0 Kei SGAEPW***** 38 10.0 35.7 STI
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      Lock icon FALLS
      95 6 CLOSE DOWN 7822-619.4 -5.2 GLD 10US$ China H 10US 1366-222.2 -10.2 Venture Con 834-170.0 -16.9 JMH 2784-149.1 -3.6 Ci 906-134.0 -12. Kei Con 864-130.0 -13.1 JSH 1500-117.6 -5.2 Kej MBLJCW*****0 106 -93.0 -46.7 UOB 1810 -90.0 -4.7 Great Eastern 1442 -88.0 -5.8 Wilmar DBeCW/*****9 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 0.5
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      85 6 Sep 5 CLOSE CHNG FR Sep 4 YR2008 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4355 -0.47 1.4542 1.3457 Euro 2.0439 1.45 2.2064 2.0427® Pounds 2.5301 0.61 2.8431 2.5199® AS 1.1666 2.39 1.3251 1.1655® Yen* 1.3498 -2.37 1.4484 1.2619 Rupiah* 0.***** 1.15 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1512 -0.03 4.4299
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      Lock icon Portfolios lose up to 10% as outlook stays gloomy
      1533 8  -  TEH HOOI LING IT looked almost like a capitulation in the market last week. The MSCI main world equity index fell 6.2 per cent, its biggest weekly decline in over five years. Singapore's Straits Times Index closed 165.74 points down at
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      Lock icon Price support underlies many insider purchases
      1247 8  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS By THE insider buying remained high while the sales activity stayed very low last week based on filings on the Singapore Exchange. Some 42 companies recorded 80 purchases worth $12.6 million versus one firm with one disposal worth $520,000. The
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S'pore investors dump US stocks in Q2
      601 10  -  CHUANG PECK MING They sell a net USsl.4sb of corporate stocks traded on the NYSE By SINGAPORE investors, who have been bargain-hunting on Wall Street, made a sharp U-turn in the April-June quarter (Q2) as US stock prices headed further south towards bear
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      Lock icon MM Lee sends condolences
      238 10 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has sent his condolences on the passing of the late A Samad Ismail, who died on Thursday of a lung infection at the age of 84. In a letter to Mr Samad's son, Ab Hamed Bin Abdul Samad, dated Sept 6,
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      Lock icon Exec search firm sets up HQ here
      446 10  -  EMILYN YAP By SINGAPORE'S attractiveness as a business location and a springboard to the region has drawn an international search firm to set up a second headquarters here. Whitehead Mann Partnership, which specialises in the search for directors and C-level executives (such as
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      Lock icon This pencil's made of the write stuff
      250 10  -  ARTHUR LEE By AT $20,800 including GST, this is probably the world's most expensive pencil. So what do you get for all that money? An elegantly ribbed cedar wood writing instrument with built-in eraser and sharpener, an 18-carat white gold extender and end-piece
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon What's the deal with tech stocks?
      751 11 As high technology plays a growing role in driving the global economy, these stocks require a better understanding, writes OH BOON PING IF YOU are a regular reader of financial dailies, there's a good chance you have come across articles on how technology stocks
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      Lock icon Global exposure for young leaders
      1235 11 CAMPUS LIFE The Global Young Leaders Conference allows students to learn from, and exchange ideas with, top global figures in politics, business and academia; three of our delegates share their experiences with LIM WEN JUIN INTERACTION with people of different nationalities, races, social backgrounds or
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      204 11 FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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      46 11 citibank THE Business Times-Citibank Young Investors' Forum is published every Monday in The Business Times. It aims to raise the financial awareness of university and polytechnic students and cultivate a better understanding of business issues. The series is part of BT and Citibank's tertiary outreach programme.
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon A quantum of solace
      1439 12 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC What strikes you most about the new Malaysian Budget? How will the Budget affect Singapore companies, and your industry and organisation in particular? Kenny Yap Kirn-Lee Executive Chairman MD Qian Hu MANY Singapore companies have operations in Malaysia and whatever happened in Malaysia
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  • DINING OUT
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      Lock icon Bucking the trend at The Pier
      547 14  -  Ch&ah Ui-Hoon NEW RESTAURANT Chiara Ristorante #01-03 The Pier at Robertson 80 Mohd Sultan Road Tel: 6238 8817 ITALIAN continues to be a popular theme among restaurateurs, with the latest being Chiara which stands where the former Reif James restaurant was at The Pier
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  • dining OUT with citibank
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      Lock icon Paris does it best for me, dining-wise
      732 15  -  JAIME EE POWER Lunch By AS a retailer she and her husband JS own trendy lifestyle store iwannagohome Sajni Gill has an eye for beautiful things. She also has a taste for good food, which she turned into a business with restaurants like
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      Lock icon Authentic Muslim fare at Ramadan buffet
      690 15 PROMOTION Carousel Royal Plaza on Scotts 25 Scotts Road Tel: 6589-7799 IT'S tough to conjure up images of mouthwatering treats when a meal is unimaginatively called a "Ramadan 2008 dinner buffet". The name may not be designed to strike a chord with non-Muslims but,
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      19 15 Brought to you by citibank H a-.-O 9^,M Your Citibank guide to gourmet pleasures this week f H M
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Seoul to blame too for crisis rumours: analyst
      697 16 -AFP Sudden outflow of foreign currency may be due to confusing policies [SEOUL] South Korea's government is striving to reassure investors that fears of a second financial crisis are groundless, but analysts say that its own confusing policies are partly to blame
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      Lock icon Japan PM race a referendum on economic reforms
      441 16 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's race for prime minister has turned into a referendum on freemarket reforms in the world's second largest economy, which is teetering on recession. Taro Aso, a flamboyant former foreign minister seen as the front-runner, promises a return to some
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      Lock icon Financial crisis over? Not yet, say top economists, biz leaders
      666 16 AP MINI-DAVOS But growth in China, rest of Asia will spur eventual recovery thinking truly globally, you have to think very differently from what we've been brought up on," he told AP. "The problem is very UScentric It is conceivable
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      Lock icon Eurozone economy on course for gradual revival: Trichet
      351 16 -AFP, Reuters [ROME] The president of the European Central Bank said over the weekend that the economic squeeze has "hit rock bottom", telling Italian television that he expects a "gradual revival" over the course of next year. "Going by our calculations, just
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      Lock icon Fashion Week hurt by bleak economy
      503 16 -AFP Fashionistas more concerned about mortgages, gas bills [NEW YORK] A bleak US economy has cast a pall over Fashion Week, with even the most dedicated fashionistas distracted by bread-and-butter concerns such as paying the mortgage and filling the gas tank. More than 80
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Investors and politicians all wait for Sept 16
      629 17  -  PAULINE NG MALAYSIA INSIGHT Whether or not Anwar succeeds in his plan to overthrow the govt, political uncertainty won't go away overnight m HEN Wall Street plunged 3 per cent last Thursday after the release of new retail and jobless data that
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      Lock icon Don't raise religion, race issues: PM Abdullah
      338 17 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi urged his countrymen to stop discussing race and religious issues after a dispute over comments by a ruling party member, according to reports yesterday. His comments come after Ahmad Ismail, a division chief in
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      Lock icon Alarm grows as Indonesia snubs West over bird flu
      453 17 ■AFP [JAKARTA] With nearly half the world's human bird flu deaths, concern is building over Indonesia's refusal to share virus samples and its health minister's increasingly strident denunciations of global "conspiracies". Indonesia stopped sharing the samples with the World Health Organisation
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      530 18 -AP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong residents voted yesterday in legislative elections that threatened to set back the opposition camp and its push for greater democratic freedoms in the Chineseruled territory. Ordinary citizens were expected to cast fewer votes for the pro-democra-cy camp
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      640 18 Reuters Political concerns, lack of expertise and nationalistic worries among obstacles [BEIJING] China has the cash and ambition to be a major player in the world's biggest sale of financial assets in half a century, but politics, a lack of
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      330 18 ■AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan plans to take more steps to prop up a sluggish economy that has shaken the public's faith in the new government more than three months after it took office, officials said yesterday. Top government officials, including Vice-Pre-mier Paul Chiu and Finance
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Regulatory group okays nuke deal with US
      498 19 LAT-WP 'Time is very short' for the agreement to get through Congress, says Rice [ALGIERS] A landmark deal to improve nuclear cooperation between the United States and India moved forward on Saturday with the approval of an international regulatory group, but US officials
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      702 19  -  NEETA LAL 10 firms make it to Forbes list of 50 best Asia-Pac companies By in New Delhi IN a nod to India Inc's rising global superstardom, a slew of Indian entrepreneurs and companies have been accorded top honours by Forbes magazine. Close
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      300 19 -AP [KOLKATA] The governor of an Indian state where angry farmers claim they were cheated out of their land to make way for a Tata Motors factory said he was confident the two sides can reach a deal. The Singur
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      471 20 More disclosure should be sought from companies and investment banks [BRUSSELS] Regulating Standard Poor's and Moody's Investors Service won't help investors, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said, adding to a finan-cial-industry backlash against European Union financial measures. Policymakers should seek more disclosure from
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      Lock icon Alaskans to receive payout
      266 20 Reuters [ANCHORAGE, Alaska] Riding the wave of high energy prices, nearly every Alaskan will get U553,269 starting next week as a record payout from the state's oil savings account is fattened by a rebate championed by Governor Sarah Palm. Mrs Palm, Republican presidential candidate John McCain's
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      Lock icon Opec to reduce output as prices tumble
      397 20 -AFP OIL [LONDON] The question facing the Opec oil producer group which meets this week is when, not if, to cut its oil production target as crude prices slide in the face of weakening economic growth, analysts say. Most analysts surveyed by AFP
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      Lock icon Asia's forex intervention a losing game?
      724 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Asian central banks have sold US dollars in recent sessions in an attempt to rescue their battered currencies, but their efforts may prove futile against a resurgent greenback that has caught fire after a seven-year decline. Many Asian currencies, which enjoyed
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      455 20 -AFP [HENNINGSVAER, Norway] The pristine Lofoten Islands off Norway's far north paint an idyllic image of tranquillity, but beneath the surface is a roiling debate over the islands' resources, dividing fishermen, environmentalists and oil companies. Oilmen spurred by the meteoric rise in
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      396 20 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NY 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banca Di Roma Singapore branch 6.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of
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      552 21 -AP McLaren driver given 25-second penalty for illegal manoeuvre [SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium] Ferrari's Felipe Massa was declared the winner of the Belgian Grand Prix yesterday after McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton was given a 25-second penalty for an illegal manoeuvre. Hamilton had finished first
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      Lock icon Traditional Spa retains golden era charm despite safety requirements
      1248 21 -IHT It remains favourite of many drivers, engineers [NEW YORK] After the European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain, on Aug 24, many regulars in the Formula One paddock bade each other farewell with the words, "See you in Monza!" even though
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      712 22 -AP Both scrambling to react to implications of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mac takeover [WASHINGTON] Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama ridiculed Republican rival John McCain and his running mate for claiming that they would bring about the changes needed to get the country back on
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      372 22 ■AFP Detroit's Big 3 aims to get Congress nod by early-October [DETROIT] Battered by weak sales, declining market share and miserable credit ratings, Detroit's Big Three carmakers are now turning to the US government for help. General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co and
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      175 22 ■AFP [BANGKOK] Embattled Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej yesterday told the nation that he was confident that there would be no military coup, despite weeks of street protests calling for his resignation. Some 5,000 protesters have been squatting in the grounds of his now-empty
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      240 22 AP, Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's largest brokerage group Nomura Holdings Inc is considering buying a stake in US investment bank Lehman Brothers, a Japanese newspaper reported last Saturday. Nomura has funds exceeding US$l.B7 billion for investment in US and European financial institutions and is considering
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      2716 22 Transaction date: Sep 5 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day Vol ■000 HK$ \eon Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway feia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Seida Jade Bird Jeijing
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      121 22 Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change Cai i Land 4.110 -0.060 Kei Con 8.640 -0.490 ST Em 2.660 -0.100 Cai iMall 2.680 -0.040 Kei :l Land 3.480 -0.120 SembCori Ind 3.740 -0.160 Cit' 9.060 -0.270 NOL 2.120 SembMar 3.230 -0.180
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      102 22 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 3 13 1 0 0 0 3 13 1 Manufacturing 37 137 56 21 15 42 158 71 Commerce 13 54 13 15 20 69 14 r/C. ims 31 33 Finance 35 35
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      120 22 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 94,259 94,259 535,430 535,430 Manufacturini 1,108,680 52,627 1,161,307 977,610 4,425 982,035 Commerce 597,739 45,300 643,039 404,167 13,705 417,872 Tpt/Stor/Comms 471,909 1,022 472,931 1,259,266 165 1,259,431 Finance 175,026 100 175,126 1,535,030 1,535,037 Construction 98,428 52,784 151,212 11,389 954 12,343 Properties
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      Lock icon Boeing machinists on strike after eleventh-hour talks fail
      507 23 Reuters Walkout means no assembly of 7375, 7475, 767s and 777s [EVERETT, Washington] Boeing Co's 27,000-strong machinists' union walked off the job on Saturday after the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer following two days of emergency talks. "Despite meeting
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      704 23 -AP lt plans to increase flights and routes, betting on travellers flying budget [KUALA LUMPUR] Air Asia, the region's biggest budget carrier, is making a risky bet. As soaring fuel prices have forced other airlines to cut back, shed jobs and ground
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      425 23 [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, fell for a third consecutive week on slowing Chinese demand for iron ore and disruptions to Australian supplies of the raw material. Freight rates "could fall further", Citigroup Inc's Sydney-based analysts Alan
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        107 23 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KWentures Keppel Corp MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.54 0.33 1.87 0.64 1.37 1.10
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        36 23 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd PDZ Holdings unch 8.60 8.55 3.42 3.00 0.13 unch unch -0.10 -0.05 -0.04 unch -0.01 unch 0 76 1003 3066 4 40 0
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        12 23 '00 ■recious Ship Jegional Cont 17.80 13.70 -0.20 -1.40 845 1532
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        6 23 '000 toil .23.15 -1.15 1373
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        22 23 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 7.60 28.50 unch unch 0.20 -1.00 unch unch 583 750 0 0
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        21 23 Evergreen Marine ....15.40 :irst Steamship 49.50 ManHai Lines 14.75 r"ang Ming Marine...12.95 -0.30 -2.60 -0.80 -0.40 8 3 4 7
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        37 23 '000 'en :awasaki Hvylnd ..213.00 -9.00 ***** :awasaki Kisen 666.00 14.00 1149! /litsubishi Hvy 515.00 -17.00 3939) /litsui Eng&Sbldg... 194.00 -7.00 1439; /litsuiOsk Lines ...1095.00 -21.00 1504: lippon Express 490.00 -10.00 417( JipponYusen 786.00 -1.00 *****
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      2534 23 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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      319 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 9 Smart man at typewriter re- 1^ I H I 1 Il' I" r 10 Some poetry including rep- resentation of late artist (9) j^H E^H J^H E^| 11 Control part of parachute? BB BB BB —BB BB BB 12 Delay concerning impish H^HH HH BB t^
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      5576 24 Week ended: Sep 5 52-wks Tel High Low Code Company Last Sale Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap $mil 52-wks Tel High Low Code Com[ Last Sale Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net ('000) High Low Buyer
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      76 24 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP) Week ill Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi Hii ***** 116 6065 Diamonds US*****d ***** ***** 6200 6200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 6097 IS MSCI Spore 6101 ISS&P5OO US6200 US1000 US*****
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      1993 24 Hii |h Low Code Comi >an' Sale C000) Hii Low By ler Seller C'vr P/E Smil 20 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 30.5 15 5000 sABRHIdgs 32 18 8538 s APStrategic 10 1.5 1501 s Advanced System 38 17 3518 s Afor 42 6.5 1524 s Alantac 20 8
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      202 24 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non Sponsored; t Catalist N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      359 25 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Se| World Index Preliminan 911.5 -1.7 -19.5 -1.7 -21.0 -1.8 -20.8 EAFE Preliminai 859.3 -2.4 -23.3 -2.6 -25.7 -2.6 -25.5 Euro[ Preliminan 1180.7 -2.4 -23.5 -2.9 -27.4 -2.9 -27.2 Pacific 740.1 -2.4
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      131 25 As at 9am Seps Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.1670 1.1800 Can dollar 1.3370 1.3530 Euro 2.0410 2.0640 NZ dollar 0.9500 0.9710 iterlini ind 2.5170 2.7190 US dollar 1.4300 1.4470 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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      171 25 Seps Bid SS Otter Overnight 3/4 1-month 1 2-months 1 1/8 3-months 1 3/16 Overnight mode: 13/16 US$ Offer 5/8 7/8 1 1 1/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 2.38 2.60 2.80 2.98 3.15 3.20 3.30 Offer
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      22 25 Seps ten STI SIMSCI Aw 311.2 318.3 317 Taiwan Aui 236.6 244.1 242.1 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      23 25 Seps SS Bid Offer 1-month 1.4317 1.4331 2 months 1.4297 1.4312 3-months 1.4279 1.4294 6 months 1.4229 1.4245 Source: OCBC
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      157 25 SepS Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$fUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1725 1.1739 0.8178 0.8181 Canadian dollar 1.3414 1.3432 0.9356 0.9361 Euro 2.0475 2.0495 1.4281 1.4283 NZ dollar 0.9590 0.9605 0.6689 0.6694 jterlini ind 2.5252 2.5276 1.7613 1.7615 US
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      297 25 Seps OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES SepO8 DecO8 MarO9 JunO9 97.1825 97.0850 97.1950 97.1350 ***** 4160 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES SepO8 99.160 99.160 DecO8 99.180 99.180 MarO9 99.240 99.240 JunO9 99.225 99.225 SepO9 DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 98.950 98.950 99.155 99.180 99.230 99.200 98.950 99.155 99.165
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      283 25 Sep 5 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Oct 08 Nov 08 Dec 08 Jan/Mar 09 Apr/Jun 09 Jul/Sep 09 423.75 419.75 418.00 416.50 418.00 419.50 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open
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      465 25 Seps AS CS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRi Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.874 5.595 0.573 6.386 36.325 76.593 0.871 9.144 2.829 1.222 62.467 38.264 1.173 6.571 0.911 26.084 28.264 0.464 0.818 Canada 1.144 6.402 0.655 7.307 41.561
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      89 25 Seps TREASURY BILLS Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Day's High Low 3-Month BQ*****T 04.12.08 1-Year BY*****N 04.05.09 1.02 1.20 1 0.98 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hie Day's igh Low 2-Year NX*****T 4.625 5-Year N *****0V 1.625 7-Year N*****0S 2.875 10-Year NY*****A
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      137 25 Sep 5 GOLD (USS/oz) Sep 04 Sep OS Hong Kong London 812.20 793.60 813.20 794.60 Sep OS Sep 04 810.50 796.00 811.50 797.20 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Sep OS Buying Sellim Kilobar ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling ***** Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1
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      103 25 Seps SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Sep 08 1180.00 1234.00 1200.00 1173.00 Nov 08 1177.00 1235.00 1211.00 1168.00 Jan 09 1193.75 1252.00 1226.00 1185.00 Mar 09 1206.75 1264.50 1238.00 1198.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Sep 08 48.18 49.53 48.56 47.75
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      76 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Sep4 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 105.15 -1.31 WTI (Near Mth) 107.91 -1.55 Dubai (1-Mth F) 105.97 1.63 Tapis blend 117.05 2.00 Minas 112.05 2.00 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 102.88 129.52 1.83 2.47 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket
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      77 25 Seps (US$) (SS) 2.***** 0.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** 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$) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 2.***** 3yrs 2.***** 4yrs 2.*****
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      60 25 Seps Delivery Month Opening Sett Av Range Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low Sep 08 2453 Oct 08 2438 Nov 08 2430 Dec 08 2435 Total o/p: ***** contracts 2446 2457 2440 2462 2462 2405 2470 2472 2414 2482 2482 2425 Turnover: ***** Market tone: Lower
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      69 25 SepS luminium, 99.7°/ jrity (US$/tonne) Co Close Previous Cash 2600.00 2629.20 3 months 2647.00 2677.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 6929.00 6900.00 7266.00 7226.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 1790.50 3 months 1805.00 1879.00 1891.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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      73 25 Seps COCOA (Btonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low SepO8 1543 1545 1552/1538 Dec 08 1543 1550 1562/1540 Mar 09 1542 1549 1560/1541 May 09 1536 1542 1544/1542 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low SepO8 2140 2198 2208/2140 Nov08 2166 2228 2235/2165 Jan 09 2171 2225 2232/2170 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close
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      3433 25 BONDS WARRANTS Tel Code Company Tel Code Company 2058 Advance Modules Grp W*****3 2036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 s ArianeCorp Ltd W*****9 9092 Asia Environment W*****4 4481 Asia Water Tech Ltd W*****0 3816 Asiasons Capital Ltd WO***** 8756 Asiatic Grp (H) Ltd W*****2 4105 #AsiatravelW*****7 4278 Auston Intl W*****5 2878
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