The Business Times, 27 December 2008
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Title Section15 2008-12-27 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES DEC27-28, 2008 ssi.oo mm AN SPH PUBLICATION MICA (P) 198/08/2008 www.businesstimes.com.sg15 words
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Article, Illustration774 2008-12-27 1 Nisha Ramchandani - Nisha Ramchandani The Louis Vuittons and Ghanels in no mood to scale back expansion plans By nishar@sph.com.sh Singapore RECESSION or not, high-end retail brands such as Chanel and Louis Vuitton are still going ahead with plans to launch new stores and expand existing ones. AndJftUMHINE IHM - 774 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous167 2008-12-27 1 THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION I OBITUARY AM D REAL ESTATE OCBCCHIEF p Harold Pinter, the most influential Don't be in a hurry DAVID CONNER 6-7 tjQjf^ f\, dramatist of hisgenu Ii i to reinstate DPS |35 MANUFACTURING CRUNCH Factory output slides 7.5% Despite a double-digit rebound in the biomedical sector, November's167 words
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MARKETS
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Article44 2008-12-27 2 KL COMP 867.35 -2.27 NIKKEI 225 8,739.52 +140.02 HANG SENG Closed SET 446.62 +1.98 JAKARTA 1,340.89 +4.28 MANILA Closed KOSPI 1,117.86 -10.65 SHENZHEN B 269.42 +0.95 MUMBAI IND 9,328.92 -239.80 llnm EDT Chnngrp 11 am EDT Change DOW 8,507.98 +39.50 NASDAQ 1,523.92 -0.9844 words
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Article29 2008-12-27 2 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5,38 MALAYSIA 6,51 HONG KONG 5,00 INDONESIA 16,129 TAIWAN 6,316 JAPAN 1,675 KOREA 9,33 BRITAIN 2^oo US 3,25 CANADA 3,50 SWITZERLAND 2,02 INDIA 13,00 Source:;.- Bloomberg ' - 29 words
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Article45 2008-12-27 2 us$ 2$ us$; 1.445 ;us$/ 1.477 2.135 EURO. :us$/ 1.406 2.031 Foreign currencies in US$, S$ YEN 90.50 62.70 RM 3.483 2.410 HK$ 7.750 5.364 BAHT 34.99 24.22 RUPIAH 11,100 7,683 RENMINBI 6.841 4.735 INDIAN RUPEE 48.18 33.34 A$ 1.462 1.012 NZ$ 1.736 1.20145 words
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Article, Illustration516 2008-12-27 2 Teh Shi Ning - Teh Shi Ning Economists had been expecting a 15% decline though By tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore DESPITE a double-digit rebound in the biomedical sector, November's manufacturing output fell 7.5 per cent from a year back, according to data released by the Economic Development Board yesterday.BLOOMBERG - 516 words
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Article, Illustration733 2008-12-27 3 Uma Shankari - Uma Shankari Retailers likely to be cautious in expansion, rents may undergo corrections to reflect the gloomy outlook By shankari@sph.com.sg Singapore RENTS for prime retail space in Orchard Road could fall by as much as 13 per cent in 2009, while rentals atURA.DBSVickers - 733 words
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Article, Illustration635 2008-12-27 3 Bloomberg New York DAYS from receiving its first instalment of at least US$9.4 billion in US aid, General Motors (GM) won another victory with the Federal Reserve's approval of lender GMAC LLC's bid to become a bank holding company. GMAC's shiftBloomberg; AP - 635 words
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Article, Illustration615 2008-12-27 4 Anthony Rowley - Anthony Rowley Industrial output plunged by record 8.1% in November, jobless rate rose to 3.9% By btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE year is drawing to a grim close for Japan, with industrial production crashing by a record 8.1 per cent in November and forecast toAFP - 615 words
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675 2008-12-27 4 Bloomberg Los Angeles lUST US$5 million of work is needed to complete a new California Court of Appeals building in Santa Ana. The state may not have the money; and come luly, judges may be writing opinions in their living rooms. "I've beenBloomberg - 675 words
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Article, Illustration1197 2008-12-27 5 Andrew Marks - Andrew Marks The wrenching events of 2008 have changed forever the way investors look at stocks By btworld@sph.com.sg New York AS the US stock market limps through the final days of a year so disastrous that it will perhaps reverberate for decades to come,AP - 1,197 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous74 2008-12-27 2 NEWS LIVING Top stories 2-5 Dining L 2-6 Raffles Conversation 6,7 Entertaining L 7 Week In Review 8 Shopping L 8,9 The CEO Column 9 Home Garden UO,TT Companies 10-14 Travel 1.12,13 Singapore 15-17 I j Letter From Abroad 18 World T9-22 Perspective 28-29 Stocks stats 23-27 Weekend With LI74 words
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THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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Article, Illustration2675 2008-12-27 6 Conrad Tan - Conrad Tan From what makes him tick to what makes a bank work, OCBC Bank chief executive David Conner doesn't refrain from speaking his mind. By DAVID Conner is friendly, if serious. He takes pains to make his meaning clear, speaking with careful precision and often pausing inARTHUR LEE - 2,675 words
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WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
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THIS WEEK
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65 2008-12-27 7 AT least 1,000 projected new apartment units can be expected to be withdrawn from immediate supply in Singapore's property market, as properties that were sold en bloc in recent years are put back on the market for rental. The latest of these is65 words
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Article67 2008-12-27 7 AS 2008 draws to a close, banks here are bracing for what may be the toughest year for the industry since at least the Asian financial crisis. Having suffered heavy losses from soured investments and volatile markets this year, they expect 2009 to be67 words
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81 2008-12-27 7 IF a US$l7 billion last-minute bailout for GM and Chrysler, a historic interest rate cut and the US Federal Reserve's efforts to stave off a severe recession can't produce a sustainable rally, what are the chances that a jolly fat81 words
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59 2008-12-27 7 PREPARING for tougher times ahead, DBS Group on Monday launched a $4 billion rights issue priced at a steep discount to boost its balance sheet and pursue organic growth. Already, the bank expects fourth-quarter net profit to drop from the previous quarter, and59 words
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64 2008-12-27 7 THE industrial property sector, which had grown at a steady pace for most of 2008, is unlikely to escape the economic downturn that has hit its residential and office counterparts. As manufacturing activity dips and relocations from offices slow, some property consultants believe that64 words
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59 2008-12-27 7 FAIRLY resilient in the downturn so far, accounting firms are moving from growth to survival mode in the face of pressure on fees, among other challenges. But even as audit demand cools with the declining economy, other albeit much smaller- business segments such59 words
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71 2008-12-27 7 JAPANESE Prime Minister Taro Aso's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a record 88.55 trillion yen (Ssl.4 trillion) budget for fiscal 2009 to deal with what has been called a far more rapid and severe downturn than expected in the economy. The spending will blow a71 words
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78 2008-12-27 7 Big and getting bigger and bigger THE only thing one could be certain about these days is that this American economy is continuing to plunge just as both the departing and arriving presidents are adding billions no, change that to "trillions" of US dollars to bring it back to life,78 words
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Article, Illustration84 2008-12-27 7 TOYOTA Motor Corp president Katsuaki Watanabe may be replaced next year by Akio Toyoda, grandson of the company's founder, after forecasting the first loss in 71 years. Mr Watanabe intends to take responsibility for Toyota's operating loss forecast of 150 billion yen (552.4AP - 84 words
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66 2008-12-27 7 AT around 4am on Monday, a prominent hedge fund manager who apparently had lost US$l.4 billion with Bernard L Madoff telephoned a longtime client in Paris, sounding upset. A little more than 24 hours later, R Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet was found dead66 words
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Miscellaneous385 2008-12-27 7 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD across h 2 ~~[3 —J4 IK Is Z la Edinburgh (8) I Pub not properly clean _^L 6 Strange thin notice in its ve^ sticky 8) club (9) 5 Father pinching female is 9 Bn V f frustrated (6) J M L 17 Keep drop of plonk on385 words
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Miscellaneous91 2008-12-27 7 NEXT WEEK Dec 29-Jan 2 US DATA Dec 29 Chicago Purchasing Managers Index for Nov Dec 30 Dec consumer confidence Jan 2 Dec ISM Index SINGAPORE DATA Dec 30 Producer and international trade price indices for Nov (Singapore Manufactured Products Price Index, Import Price Index, Export Price Index and Domestic91 words
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Article, Illustration967 2008-12-27 8 Chris Fossick - Chris Fossick The current downturn bears little resemblance to those of 1998 and 2001 Singapore is now better positioned to manage this global slowdown. And, more importantly, to come out of it faster and stronger. FROM THE DESK OF Managing director, head of SE Asia,967 words
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COMPANIES
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Article, Illustration487 2008-12-27 9 Conrad Tan - Conrad Tan Recovery in equity markets likely only late next year or in 2010: poll By conradt@sph.com.sg Singapore MAJOR fund managers in Singapore are bracing themselves for a possible deep and protracted global recession although they expect that Asia will emerge stronger fromREUTERS - 487 words
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522 2008-12-27 9 Jamie Lee - Jamie Lee By leejamie@sph.com.sg Singapore TWO senior executives of Advance Modules Group whose sales record of US$l4.4 million was recently found by auditors to be fake are leaving the firm. Advance Modules said yesterday that acting chief executive Wong Chok Mee has "decided522 words
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Article, Illustration669 2008-12-27 10 Leadership renewal at Keppel can more be done? CORPORATE FOCUS| Group-think may be a latent worry, given that key posts are held by people from the same generation, says VINCENT WEE THIS week's senior management changes at conglomerate Keppel Corp raise some interesting questions in terms of corporate governance andFILE PHOTO - 669 words
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Business briefing
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70 2008-12-27 10 TT INTERNATIONAL said yesterday that CEO Sng Sze Hiang and executive director Tong Jia Pi Julia have filed applications to have them placed in bankruptcy and for statutory protection through a proposed voluntary arrangement in respect of their personal liabilities. The two executives had70 words
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Article40 2008-12-27 10 Reuters KS Energy Services has appointed Wong Soon Yin its chief financial officer. Mr Wong will replace Leong Kok Ho who left the firm yesterday to pursue personal interests, KS Energy said in a statement.Reuters - 40 words
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Article71 2008-12-27 10 ASIA Pacific Breweries (APB) has increased its stake in Thai Asia Pacific Brewery Co Ltd and TAP Trading Co Ltd from 35 per cent to 36.84 per cent through the purchase of shares representing 1.84 per cent ofthe share capital of each ofthe companies71 words
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Article, Illustration596 2008-12-27 11 R Sivanithy correspondent - R Sivanithy correspondent STOCKS| Window-dressing hopes keep Straits Times Index from tanking for most of the day sivan@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent THERE wasn't much in the way of good news this week to lift the spirits of battered investors. In fact, news596 words
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Article116 2008-12-27 11 VOL CLOSE 35,704 0.0 0.( CtraitsAsia 15,571 77.5 2.0 2.6 Cent Intl 10,358 45 1.5 3.4 Ezion 9,349 19 -0.5 -2.6 Joble Gl 8,146 99.5 -1.5 -1.1 Ind 6,606 8.5 1.5 21.4 lidas 5,715 50 0.0 0.0 Colden 5,668 23 0.0 0.0 'ins Li 5,452 32.5 2.5116 words
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Article49 2008-12-27 11 CLOSE UP iLD 10US$ 8350 135.7 1.' IMH 1880 112.6 4.C JSH 972 14.4 l.l ireat Eastern 909 n.o l.C IS MSCI India 100 347 10.2/ \nwellTech 22 7.0 46/ ire Land 360 7.0 2.1 CerebosPac 300 6.0 2.1 Creative Tech 426 6.0 i.. )UE 1192 6.049 words
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Article53 2008-12-27 11 CLOSEDOWN JOB 1212 -36.0 -2.' tor India NifD 10 859 -25.0 -2.! )CBCcap 5.r%NCPS roo 8580 -20.0 -0.C Jardine C&C 961 -19.0 -1.' )CBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 8988 -12.0 -0.' IK Land 245 -11.6 -3.C IBS Bk6% NCPS 10 9500 -10.0 -o.)CBC Bk 495 -10.0 -2.1 ■yxorCmdty 10US$53 words
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Article93 2008-12-27 11 apitaLand 3.020 -0.050 1.600 +0.010 :if 'Dev 6.280 ]osco Con 0.970 +0.015 IBS Grp 9.250 :&N 2.860 -0.060 lent Intl 0.450 +0.015 iolden 0.230 IK Land 2.450 -0.080 IMH 18.800 +0.780 ISH 9.720 +0.100 lardine C&C 9.610 -0.190 lei Con 4.200 Land 1.620 -0.010 loble Grp 0.995 -0.01593 words
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224 2008-12-27 11 Singapore STAMFORD Land Corp's A5101.5 million (*****.6 million) loan and guarantee facility from the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has been extended for one year. The facility was originally due to mature on Dec 31, 2008, Stamford said in a statement yesterday.224 words
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Article, Illustration432 2008-12-27 12 Nisha Ramchandani - Nisha Ramchandani $16.2m purchase adds to $1.36m paid for raising Chongqing driving school stake to 90% as it steps up presence in foreign markets By nishar@sph.cotn.sg Singapore COMFORTDELGRO Corporation is increasing its presence in China by investing $16.2 million in a Beijing-based taxi operator, JiaFILE PHOTO - 432 words
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740 2008-12-27 12 Bloomberg Hong Kong US banks including Citigroup Inc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Morgan Stanley may sell government-guaranteed bonds in Asia next year, tapping growing demand for the region's local-currency debt to bolster their balance sheets. US financial institutions sold more than US$lOOBloomberg - 740 words
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Article, Illustration836 2008-12-27 13 Reuters Its network arm could be forcibly separated to provide platform for network Wellington AUSTRALIA'S largest phone company, Telstra Corp, could face hefty regulation if the government goes through with a threat to bypass the company in building a US$6.9 billion national broadbandReuters; BLOOMBERG - 836 words
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SINGAPORE
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790 2008-12-27 14 Arthur Sim - Arthur Sim With advance figures due for release next Friday, some analysts say GDP will be lower than the projected figures By simska@sph.com.sg EXPECT fourth quarter 2008 gross domestic product to be lower than projected with some analysts believing it could shrink by790 words
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Article, Illustration310 2008-12-27 14 It can store up to a maximum value of $500 five times the value of current cards FROM next Monday, commuters will be able to purchase and use the new CEPAS-compliant ez-link cards, which can be identified by the new face design and CEPAS310 words
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Article, Illustration624 2008-12-27 15 Keith Chee - Keith Chee Lawyers suggest there could be grounds for retailers to sue for loss of business and affected passengers could also claim compensation By keithc@sph.com.sg IT has been a dismal first Christmas for the world's largest observation wheel and any festive cheerYEN MENG JIIN - 624 words
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474 2008-12-27 16 Chen Huifen - Chen Huifen Asia Capital Re sees bigger business from hard-hit direct insurers that need to maintain capital adequacy By xuifen@sph.com.sg THE onslaught of the global financial crisis is bound to have an impact on the reinsurance sector, but it is expected to be474 words
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461 2008-12-27 16 Victor Katheyas - Victor Katheyas By victorpk@sph.com.sg IN a telling sign of the times, the latest Singapore Tourism Board (STB) data indicate that visitor arrivals in November had dropped 9.7 per cent to 760,000 from 842,000 a year ago. STB attributed the decline in visitor arrivals, which461 words
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Article, Illustration311 2008-12-27 16 Arthur Lee - Arthur Lee By arthurl@sph.com.sg IT was touted as a "traffic stopping sale" and it did just that. Traffic was bumper to bumper yesterday afternoon starting from part of the CTE tunnel leading to the Cairnhill exit. Getting to Centrepoint from that point took almostARTHUR LEE - 311 words
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Advertisement23 2008-12-27 14 GOOD GAINS Let your investors know by advertising your financial results in our newspapers. Call 1800 289 8822 or email notices@sph.com.sg. MATS NOTICES23 words
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LETTER FROM ABROAD
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Article, Illustration626 2008-12-27 17 Serene Chan - Serene Chan LETTER FROM HONG KONG Director of marketing and business development (HK), Heart Media I MOVED to Hong Kong at the end of July this year, right in the middle ofthe hottest summer. Amid a dense population of about seven million, the experience626 words
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WORLD
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Article, Illustration718 2008-12-27 18 Reuters Off-beat tales show that people have kept a sense of humour in 2008 Berlin WHETHER smashing plates in San Diego to relieve frustration or drinking "Bailout Bitter" beer in Canada sold as a "bitter ale for bitter times", people the worldReuters; REUTERS - 718 words
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241 2008-12-27 18 Bloomberg Jakarta INDONESIAN investment company PT Bakrie Brothers said that it will control 70 per cent of a joint venture that will own 21.4 per cent ofthe South-east Asian nation's biggest coal miner PT Bumi Resources. Northstar Equity Partners, the IndonesianBloomberg - 241 words
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Article, Illustration310 2008-12-27 18 Bloomberg Bangkok THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the government will spend 300 billion baht (5512.5 billion), or about 3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), to help counter a slump in the country's economy. "The spending should start around March or April," MrBloomberg - 310 words
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533 2008-12-27 19 NYT Hundreds of thousands required to pass qualification tests as regulators move to upgrade banking services Beijing LI Wuchen is 33 years old and has worked as a stock broker for three years, but he looked as nervous as a high school studentNYT - 533 words
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Article190 2008-12-27 19 Reuters Hanoi VIETNAM has signed a free trade deal with Japan that will exempt nearly all taxes levied on each other's goods over the next decade, the Vietnamese government said yesterday. Following the economic partnership agreement signed on Thursday, Japan would exempt 95 per centReuters - 190 words
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Article, Illustration235 2008-12-27 19 Bloomberg Tokyo JAPAN Airlines Corp and All Nippon Airways Co (ANA) cancelled flights between Japan's northern islands of Hokkaido and Honshu as snow storms swept across the country, prompting warnings of avalanches and gales. Japan Airlines cancelled 78 flights, leaving more than 11,000 people stranded,Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 235 words
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438 2008-12-27 20 Bloomberg New group to challenge Samsung as the world's biggest memory chipmaker Tokyo ELPIDA Memory, Japan's compu-ter-memory chipmaker, has begun merger talks with Powerchip Semiconductor and two other Taiwanese semiconductor companies to counter a glut that is widening industry losses. "Ideally, theBloomberg - 438 words
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Article, Illustration462 2008-12-27 20 Reuters, AP, AFP, Bloomberg New Delhi INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met military chiefs yesterday and Pakistan cancelled army leave and moved some troops from its western border despite both sides playing down the threat of war over the Mumbai attacks. With tension rising sharplyReuters, AP, AFP, Bloomberg; AFP - 462 words
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282 2008-12-27 20 AFP Beijing THE former head of the Chinese firm at the centre of the tainted milk scandal, who will stand trial next week, could face the death penalty if convicted, a lawyer said yesterday. The trial of Tian Wenhua, previously the chairwoman of SanluAFP - 282 words
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Article, Illustration605 2008-12-27 21 NYT The 2005 Nobel Prize winner learnt that he had cancer of the oesophagus in late 2001 London HAROLD Pinter, the British playwright whose gifts for finding the ominous in the everyday and the noise within silence made him the most influential and imitated dramatistNYT - 605 words
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Article130 2008-12-27 21 Xinhua Beijing THE China University Alumni Association released on Thursday a list of universities where the richest Chinese graduated. Peking University topped the list with 35 billionaire alumni. Nearly 30 per cent of a total of 1,500 billionaires who had been on China's four most credible richXinhua - 130 words
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Article, Illustration476 2008-12-27 21 AFP Washington EARTHA Kitt, the versatile American singer and actress who died on Thursday at 81, mesmerised audiences worldwide for over six decades with her sultry voice and sensuality on stage and screen. Kitt, whose outspokenness was a mainstay of her career but also led toAFP; AP - 476 words
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Article257 2008-12-27 25 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 sonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co257 words
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Article814 2008-12-27 25 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Dec 22 Trans Date Substantial Shareholder/ Director Buy Sell Conv No of Shares '000 Price Per Shr$ Before ('000) After (TOO) itock rat Hong Hldgs 24-Dec-08 Chwee Cheng Sons \sia-Pacific Strategic 24-Dec-08 The Nassim Fund Jan Joo Co 23-Dec-08 Lam814 words
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MARKETS
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STOCK MARKETS
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368 2008-12-27 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr %dy %yr dy %yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Dec 25 World Index Preliminai 653.2 0.1 -42.3 0.1 -43.8 0.1 -44.0 tEAFE Preliminai 629.4 0.3 -43.8 0.3 -46.3 0.3 -46.5 Euroi Preliminai 882.0 0.0368 words
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Article64 2008-12-27 26 Dec 23| IOCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev Hi, ILow Mar 09 1832 1765 1840/1764 May 09 1818 1752 1820/1749 JulO9 1823 1755 1824/1751 SepO9 1793 1739 1793/1755 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Ian 09 1790 1795 1840/1770 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close Prev High/Low Mar 09 307.8 308.3 311.6/306.5 May64 words
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Article104 2008-12-27 26 Dec 24|| SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 09 915.75 901.00 917.50 896.75 Mar 09 919.00 905.00 920.25 900.50 May 09 930.00 916.00 931.00 913.50 Jul 09 941.00 927.00 942.25 922.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; usq/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jan 09 31.31 31.21 31.59104 words
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Article76 2008-12-27 26 Dec 24|| :rude ISS/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Srent blend (1-Mth F) VTI (Near Mth) )ubai (1-Mth F) 'apis blend /linas 37.23 -1.93 35.71 -3.39 37.11 -2.01 40.03 -1.97 35.53 -1.97 •RODUCT ISS/barrel (FOB Spore) Close Change \l aphtha let Kerosene 31.00 0.45 56.50 -1.10 JSS/barrel )pec Oil Basket76 words
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Article75 2008-12-27 26 uec 26| GOLD (US$/oz) Dec 24 Dec 26 Hong Kong 840.00 CLSG 841.00 CLSG Dec 23 Dec 25 London 839.20 844.00 841.20 848.00 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 15.14 14.91 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Dec 23 Close Previous PM Fix 851.00 858.00 AM Fix75 words
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Article149 2008-12-27 26 Dec 2^ Against S$ :urrencies Bid Offer >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 0.9869 0.9891 Against USS Bid Offer 0.6837 0.6840 :anadian dollar 1.1863 1.1890 0.8218 0.8222 Euro 2.0291 2.0335 1.4057 1.4062 NZ dollar 0.8313 0.8337 0.5759 0.5765 jterlini 2.1325 2.1368 1.4773 1.477i US149 words
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Article64 2008-12-27 26 Dec2q KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Deliver/ Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hi, Low Vol Open Done Position Jan 09 1570 Feb 09 1560 Mar 09 1562 Apr 09 1564 Total o/p:***** contracts 1595 1595 1565 1591 1593 1560 1590 1596 1562 1590 1594 1564 Turnover: 762164 words
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Article67 2008-12-27 26 Dec 24f tluminium, 99.7% mrity (US$/tonne) Nickel ;us$/tonne; Close Previous Close Previous Cash 3 months Tin (US$/tonne; 9516.00 9625.00 9641.01 9750.01 :ash 1 months 1503.50 1537.00 1526.50 1560.00 :opper, Grade A ;us$/tonne) lash J months Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.01 9855.00 9950.01 2809.50 2845.00 2835.00 2870.00 Zinc, Special67 words
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Article, Illustration2739 2008-12-27 27 Mark Landler - Mark Landler NYT The US failed to recognise that borrowing from abroad for consumption and deficit spending at home is not a formula for economic success By "Usually it's the rich country lending to the poor. This time, it's the poor country lendingNYT; BLOOMBERG - 2,739 words
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WEALTH INVESTING
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Article, Illustration945 2008-12-27 28 Michael R Sesit - Michael R Sesit Bloomberg Panicked investors' retreat from other markets may be creating a bubble in US government bonds By ago. The flight to US Treasuries is an Armageddon trade. It reflects investors' panicked attempts to seek safety amid plummeting stock markets, collapsing property values and moreBloomberg; ADELLLE PAYNE/STOCK.XCHNG - 945 words
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Article674 2008-12-27 28 Jamie Lee; Sembcorp Marine - Jamie Lee Sembcorp Marine Hold Kim Eng Research Dec 26 Close: 551.66 SEMBCORP Marine (SMM) announced that it has reached agreement with BNP Paribas for a full and final amicable settlement of their original claim of US$5O.7 million arising from the forex derivatives transaction losses that stemmed from674 words
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Article, Illustration1236 2008-12-27 29 Sani Hamid - Buy, hold regret? Sani Hamid WEALTH INSIGHTS The buy-and-hold strategy is not defunct. Other strategies such as diversification, portfolio rebalancing, dollar-cost averaging and capital preservation should be used with it Director, wealth management (economy strategy) Financial Alliance AS 2008 comes to an end, the year will be seen as oneAFP - 1,236 words
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Article, Illustration1525 2008-12-27 30 Teh Hooi Ling - Teh Hooi Ling SHOW ME THE MONEY There may not be as much money going around, but it doesn't necessarily mean less happiness hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent f TTACHMENT m M^^ is the origin, /^A the root, the g cause of suffermB>" S;l'<-' the g1,525 words
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Article, Illustration583 2008-12-27 31 Bernama Analysts expect a slowdown but no major correction as there is still room to grow Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian property market, which is expected to enter the down cycle next year, will still be resilient enough to survive the onslaught of a softeningBernama; NSTP FILE PHOTO - 583 words
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Article, Illustration1308 2008-12-27 32 Kalpana Rashiwala - Kalpana Rashiwala Uncertainty in the market being caused now by the scheme should not be treated lightly. By THE deferred payment scheme (DPS) was scrapped over a year ago but it has left a lingering uncertainty in the market that may notSTOCK.XCHNG - 1,308 words
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Miscellaneous95 2008-12-27 34 A LOT MORE BITE Yes, you can eat well in London, and at reasonable prices too. We track down where the hot new restaurants are a* L*-a% ENTERTAINING 3gl V Chef Raymond Capaldi L 7 m tCT W m S&SI Er s^, 1 SHOPPING Et ~> New online site LB-995 words
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Article, Illustration1352 2008-12-27 35 Geoffrey Eu - Geoffrey Eu Forget the jokes about soggy fish and chips and mystery meat drowned in gravy. London's food scene has come a long way from its uninspiring past, and is silencing the critics. By the top restaurants are still doing well in london. a lot of1,352 words
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Article, Illustration787 2008-12-27 35 Mm Jiang Royal Garden Hotel 2-24 Kensington High Street London W8 4PT 52 020-7937-8000 www.minjiang.co.uk JUST to prove that a restaurant with Singapore roots can also be a significant presence in the high end food scene, the London branch of Chinese restaurant Mm Jiang has been garnering positive787 words
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Article, Illustration1276 2008-12-27 37 Audrey Phoon; Amanda de Guzman - By Audrey Phoon Amanda de Guzman More fashion companies are establishing an F&B presence in Singapore, and doing a good job of it too. Jim Thompson: A Thai Restaurant 45 Minden Road Dempsey Hill S 6475-6088 AT Dempsey's newest restaurant, you can take home more than a1,276 words
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Article, Illustration1336 2008-12-27 39 Audrey Phoon - Audrey Phoon guest chef Who's afraid of molecular gastronomy? Not Scottish chef Raymond Capaldi. By FOR many home chefs, the term molecular gastronomy calls to mind a modern cuisine involving scary-looking machines with equally fearsome names (like "liquidiser" and "Gastrovac") that reduce ingredients to all manner of foams1,336 words
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Article, Illustration860 2008-12-27 40 Cheah Ui- Hoon - Cheah Ui-Hoon Want to know the best sales and promotions in town? Bargain hunters, all you have to do is to reach for your mouse. By WHEN it comes to hard-core shoppers, there is no such thing as "stop buying". Buying there will always be,860 words
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367 2008-12-27 40 Christopher Lim - Christopher Lim INTERNET denizens generally don't give second chances to upstart websites that launch while still a little rough around the edges, hoping to get their act together on the move. So, while shopping deal website promeoh! www.promeoh.com shows potential, there are enough367 words
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Article, Illustration767 2008-12-27 40 Amanda de Guzman - Amanda de Guzman If you're more into luxury fashion brands, here are some of the more popular online shopping sites. By www.club2lshop.com MANY a Singaporean fashionista clicked with excitement on the newly launched online store of Club 21, the island's premier luxury fashion boutique. However, instead of finding767 words
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Article, Illustration992 2008-12-27 41 Geoffrey Eu - Geoffrey Eu personal space Rather than demolish a 70s-era bungalow, new owners YN Lai and Soh Eng Huey decided to give it a new lease of life. By SLEEK modernist lines characterise the brand new home that YN Lai and his family recently moved into offWARREN LIU; PHOTOS BY ARTHUR LEE - 992 words
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Article, Illustration1404 2008-12-27 42 Audrey Phoon - Audrey Phoon If you have a yen for exploring the smaller cities and towns of Japan, look no further than charming Otaru along the west coast of Hokkaido. By AS dusk falls in Otaru, quaint lamps that line the unga (canal) running through the town'sPHOTOS BY AUDREY PHOON 8< IVAN CHUA - 1,404 words
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Article, Illustration950 2008-12-27 43 Cheah Ui- Hoon - Cheah Ui-Hoon WEEKEND WITH Frank Starmer has been avidly photographing spiders for the past six years. And it all began when he met a spider named Natasha. By FRANK STARMER ASSOCIATE DEAN OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES, DUKE-NUS GRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL DURING the week, Frank Starmer puts togetherYEN MENG JIIN; BY FRANK STARMER - 950 words
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Article, Illustration1110 2008-12-27 44 Cheah Ui- Hoon - Cheah Ui-Hoon The success rate of quitters who do it alone is in the single digits, say doctors. By FROM lan 1, puffers will find that they have an even more limited space in which to light up as the non-smoking ban gets extended1,110 words
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Article, Illustration912 2008-12-27 45 Lee U-Wen Correspondent - Lee U-Wen Correspondent leeuwen@sph.com.sg Correspondent THE past 12 months have been nothing short of breathtaking and chock-full of memories for the sporting world, and it would be hard to find someone who would disagree. The Beijing Olympics finally came along in August and captured912 words
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Article, Illustration1098 2008-12-27 46 Justine Moss - Justine Moss The 2008 edition of the year in golf had its fair share of memorable achievements and defining moments BT checks out a few and gazes into the crystal ball for what may be in store in 2009. By EVEN though Tiger Woods hasn't played1,098 words
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Article, Illustration1361 2008-12-27 47 Samuel Ee - Samuel Ee Nissan R35 GT-R MAX Ong, 35, is a businessman who already has a BMW M3 and a Porsche Boxster. But it is his latest acquisition, a Nissan R35 GT-R, that he loves best. An avid driver, he goes up to Malaysia's Sepang International Circuit regularly for1,361 words
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Article, Illustration696 2008-12-27 48 It is raw yet refined, stripped down but still so complete. Samuel Ec has no doubt about which is the most collectible car of the year T IS so hard-edged that it makes a regular F430 seem as soft as a a German luxury sedan. But make696 words
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