The Business Times, 13 April 2009

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.COm.sg Sful A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 197/08/2008 Monday, April 13,2009
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    Lock icon Emergency declared in Bangkok
    848 1 Bloomberg, AFP, AP, Reuters Anti-government demonstrators step up protests across the city, demand Abhisit's resignation [BANGKOK] Thailand declared a state of emergency in Bangkok yesterday, spurring anti-government demonstrators to step up protests across the capital as they demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. "We
    – Bloomberg, AFP, AP, Reuters; AP; REUTERS  -  848 words
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    Lock icon Hundreds pay respects to Richard Stanley
    669 1  -  CHEW XIANG By SIOW LI SEN By. and [SINGAPORE] The who's who of corporate Singapore, including three government ministers, were at the wake of DBS boss Richard Stanley yesterday. Mr Stanley, who was 48, died from an infection on Saturday morning. He had been
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon A big blow for Thailand, a test for Asean
      787 2  -  LEE U-WEN COMMENTARY No better time for the bloc to prove its spirit is still strong and it can recover AFTER the fiasco in Pattaya over the weekend which saw a key Asian summit abruptly cancelled, the chaos in Thailand has
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon State of emergency declared in Bangkok
        66 2 THAILAND yesterday declared a state of emergency in Bangkok, spurring anti-government demonstrators to step up protests across the capital as they demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. The decree comes a day after protesters stormed a major regional leaders' summit in Pattaya,
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        Lock icon China plans US$25b in Asean investment fund, credit
        69 2 CHINA plans to create a US$lO billion investment cooperation fund and offer US$l5 billion in credit to its South-east Asian neighbours, extending its influence as the region attempts to weather the global financial crisis. The investment fund will promote infrastructure development linking
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        Lock icon CIMB-GK joins issuer-paid research scheme
        71 2 CALL it a sign of the times. CIMB-GK is the latest to enter the issuer-paid research scheme that charges companies a fee for coverage. The hook is: the annual fee of $10,000 is lower than the $13,000 that companies pay Singapore Exchange for its Research
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        Lock icon Betting on low-cost forex trading
        77 2 HALFWAY across the world, a firm started by just two people is hoping to change the way most people view the world's vast currency markets. New York-based Oanda Corp aims to lower the cost of trading currencies to near zero, even for retail customers who
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        Lock icon Indonesian stocks seen edging up after election
        71 2 INDONESIAN stocks may rise slightly and the rupiah is likely to trade at current levels when markets open today, analysts said, after the president's party led with one-fifth of the votes in last week's election. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democrat Party raised its
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        Lock icon China vows to ensure sufficient liquidity
        65 2 CHINA'S central bank said it will ensure sufficient liquidity to sustain economic growth, damping speculation that regulators may seek to restrain credit after new loans jumped sixfold to a record in March. The statement indicates that reviving growth remains China's priority amid concern that
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        Lock icon Steel industry waiting for China rebound
        61 2 STEEL is on edge and the global industry is cutting back hard, hanging on for either a budget blast from China, new credit for Middle Eastern building schemes or resurrection of the US car industry. Demand has dwindled and steelmakers, notably the giant of
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        Lock icon SingTel eyes online SME sales growth
        94 2 BULLISH on online sales, Singapore Telecommunications is set to ramp up its newest Internet shopping foray by offering more products and services through this sales channel, with an increased focus on small and medium-sized enterprises. Broadband, mobile applications and a range of business solutions
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      Lock icon China planning assistance measures for Asean
      435 4 Bloomberg USslob investment fund, USslsb credit seen cementing its leadership in region [BEIJING] China plans to create a US$lO billion investment cooperation fund and offer US$l5 billion in credit to its South-east Asian neighbours, extending its influence as the region attempts to weather the
      – Bloomberg; AP  -  435 words
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      Lock icon SWFs seen to focus on home markets: report
      506 4  -  NEIL BEHRMANN Preqin SSWF Wealth Institute By in London SOVEREIGN wealth funds, with assets estimated at US$3.2 trillion, will concentrate on home markets following sizeable investment losses in the past two years. There will still be bargain hunting in the US and
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    • MARKETS DIGEST
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        50 4 Weekly 1,828.51 lange +7.64 iT Index 1 COMP 941.38 +34.37 IIKKEI225 8,964.11 +214.27 IANG SENG 14,901.41 +355.72 ;et INDEX 453.88 +7.84 JAKARTA COMP 1,465.75 -34.61 1ANILA COMP 2,072.81 +44.22 ;eoulcomp 1,336.04 +52.29 ;henzhenb 359.21 +3.13 IUMBAI IND 10,803.86 +455.03 )OW 8,083.38 +65.79 IASDAQ 1,652.54 +30.67 ;&P 500 856.56 +14.06
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        29 4 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.53 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.382 TAIWAN 4.826 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.50 SWITZERLAND 0.52 INDIA 12.25 Source:
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        45 4 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.514 (US$/S$ per 1.469 2.225 EURO (US$,S$/E) 1.331 Foreign currency per US$ 2.015 S$ 'EN 100.20 66.20 3.610 2.384 IK$ 7.751 5.118 !AHT 35.46 23.41 IUPIAH 11,320 7,475 IENMINBI 6.835 4.514 INDIAN RUPEE 49.99 33.01 1.404 0.927 IZ$ 1.721 1.136
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon CIMB-GK offers paid research
      566 6  -  LYNETTE KHOO It assures that research will remain independent from paying issuer By [SINGAPORE] Call it a sign of the times. CIMB-GK is the latest to enter the issuer-paid research scheme that charges companies a fee for coverage. The hook is: the annual fee of $10,000
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      Lock icon Japan Foods opens theme food court
      245 6  -  SIOW LI SEN BY JAPAN Foods Holding Ltd, which is behind the popular Ajisen Ramen restaurants, has opened a Japanese-theme food court while closing one restaurant and intending to close three more outlets. Japan Foods, which listed on Catalist in February, also said last
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      313 6 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME BH Global Marine A E Boardroom, 8 Penjuru Lane, Singapore *****9 14-Apr 10.00am 11.00am Delong Hldgs A 2 Shenton Way, SGX Centre 1, Level 2 Podium, Singapore *****4 15-Apr 11.00am UIS A E Penthouse of United Overseas Bank Limited, 80 Raffles Place, 61st
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      Lock icon StarHub rolls out treats to retain mobile customers
      306 9  -  ARTHUR LEE By STARHUB yesterday started a broad based campaign to retain and expand market share in its mobile pre-paid customer base. For the rest of this year, Starhub will roll out "Happy Treats" every Sunday for its pre-paid customers. For its
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      Lock icon PRIME LENDING RATES
      412 9 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 l i 65 Banco Bilbao'vizcaya Argentaria S.A 6 an9kokßank I Bank Julius Baer Co. Lid(S) 5 Bank o America NA 5 Bank of China
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      Lock icon Pay for research, please
      661 9  -  LYNETTE KHOO POOR market sentiment and trading volumes have taken a toll on broking fees and commissions. This has raised concerns over whether the challenging conditions may direct bro-kerage-backed research towards stocks that can better attract the volumes and revenues for the broking houses. But brokerages
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Too early to pop the champagne
      614 8  -  YEN SREENIVASAN STOCKS EXPECTED sequential improvement in US bank Ql earnings. Shrinking US trade deficit. Stabilising jobless claims numbers. Cautiously upbeat economic prognosis. For the first time in half a year, there seems to be a whiffof optimism on the trading floor. After a
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      Lock icon Asian units lower against greenback
      226 8 AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended the week mostly lower against the dollar as positive news from the US banking sector raised hopes that the world's largest economy may be turning a corner. Japanese yen: The yen fell back against the US dollar in
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1451 8 Payment (cts) Ex Books Pay date close date iTelecom Intl bn 0.111 05-May 07-May 22-May iBR Hldi ak 0.500 11-Mai 13-Mai 28-M; action Asia ak 1.200 05-Mai 07-Mai 19-M; advanced Hldgs an 1.000 04-May 06-May 19-May .El Corp an 0.750 06-May 08-May 22-May vfor Ltd 0.500 25-Mar 27-Mar
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      Lock icon Oil prices stable after ducking under US$50
      301 8 -AFP COMMODITIES [LONDON] Oil prices ended on a stable note after a see-saw week in which investors tracked gyrations on global stock markets and the outlook for demand in a battered world economy. Many commodity markets experienced muted conditions last Thursday ahead of
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      1532 8 Source: Reuters Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price Company name Allgreen Prop Ltd 2.92 2.83 12 5.42 8.77 0.54 0.50 ARA Asset Mi jt Ltd 2.00 2.00 6.25 7.36 0.64 0.46 jmstroni Ind Cor|
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      5 8 WEEKLY T
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      61 8 Apr 9 VALUE CLOSE IT OB/OS 394.00 +6.0C IT CADI -*****.00+210. IT 10-day MA -*****.00 +40.0i TSE ST Mid Cap 365.32 +11.31 TSE ST Small Cap 280.28 +9.41 TSE ST All Share 434.69+11.1 TSE ST China Top 168.59 +7.1 TSE ST China 164.10 +7.4 OB Catalist 70.88
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      63 8 VOLUME Golden Agri 467,690,000 China Honqxinq 282,459,000 Cosco Corp 181,390,000 Capita Land 171,306,000 Straits Asia 160,113,000 Chart SemiCond 130,729,000 Gent Intl 124,784,000 Sing Tel 120,282,000 IndoAqri 87,732,000 UniFiber 86,826,000 VALUE(S) Capita Land 450,719,427 UOB 326,834,050 Sing Tel 301,933,106 DBS Grp 296,495,714 SGX 204,660,220 OCBC Bk 191,681,786 Keppel
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      Lock icon RISES
      123 8 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. BY CENTS CLOSE UP 2190 214.8 6.9 DBXT FTChina25 10USI STXPO 100 1230 138.0 12.6 SIA.ES.0904 1150 124.0 12.1 S I A 1146 82.0 7.7 OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 8270 80.0 1.0 OCBCCai 5.1%NCPS 100 8900 80.0 0.9
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      Lock icon FALLS
      104 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 8726-323.7 -2.4 GLD 10USI JSH 1080-118.0 -6.7 JMH 1986 -96.8 -3.1 Ci '.ES.0904 564 -34.0 -5.7 Ci 565 -33.0 -5. Kej Con i.ES.0904 557 -33.0 -5.' OCBC Bk5.1%NCPS 100 9320 -30.0 -0.3 MS India 10US$ 806 -28.7 -2. Kej Con 550 -25.0 -4. WBL Cor|
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      85 8 Where S$ stands Apr 9 %CHNG CLOSE FRApr8 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.5148 0.24 1.5579 1.4308 Euro 2.0135 -0.43 2.0732 1.9150 Pounds 2.2210 0.20 2.2712 2.0356 AS 1.0778 -0.45 1.0832 0.9453 Yen* 1.5148 0.39 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.24 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2670 0.30 4.3390 4.1040 Peso*
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Portfolios rebound 22% on average
      1674 10  -  TEH HOOI LING IT HAS been a good four weeks for stocks, as news on the economic front gets less bad. And with so much cash waiting in the sidelines, any sustained rally will only force more of the cash to be deployed into equities,
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      Lock icon Flat trading by directors over holiday-shortened period
      1370 10  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS By THE trading by directors was flat during the holiday-short-ened week of April 6 to 9 with 21 companies that recorded 33 purchases worth $5.5 million versus two firms with two disposals worth $710,000. The figures were not far
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Betting on low-cost forex trading
      1031 12  -  CONRAD TAN Oanda offers online currency trading at near zero cost, even for retail customers By HALFWAY across the world, a firm started by just two people is hoping to change the way most people view the world's vast currency markets. New York-based Oanda Corp
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      Lock icon Love of money key to starting a business
      339 12  -  VICTOR KATHEYAS Co-founder of Mind Tree gives tips on entrepreneurs. 1! Ip By IF you don't love money, don't start a business, an entrepreneur and author told an audience here yesterday. Subruto Bagchi, co-founder of Indian IT solutions company Mind Tree and
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      Lock icon New citizens, PRs make S'pore stronger: MM
      298 13  -  CHEW XIANG Local Singaporeans' fear of them as competitors will diminish, he says By MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said local resistance to new citizens and permanent residents "will diminish" as Singaporeans recognise they make the country stronger. Mr Lee, in a delivered
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      Lock icon Global Hyatt eyes China, Vietnam, India markets
      189 13  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By AMID the difficult outlook for the hotel industry this year, Global Hyatt Corporation is keeping its eye on promising markets such as China, Vietnam and India. "The Asia-Pacific outlook is softer than 2008 but there's a lot happening in terms
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon The staff of life
      2389 14 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC What do the best employers have in common? How does this change in difficult economic times? People Yeo Li Pheow Principal/CEO Republic Polytechnic THE most common characteristic of the best employers is a high level of staff engagement. It has been shown time
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  • DINING OUT
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      Lock icon Adding value in tough times
      605 17  -  Audrey Phoon NEW MENU Garibaldi 36 Purvis Street, #01-02. Tel: 6837-1468 EXTENSIVE expensive. At a time when buying feweE ingEedients could tEanslate to vital cost savings, that's the stance that some high-end WesteEn EestauEants aEe taking when it comes to CEeating theiE menus. One establishment,
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon The Smart way to run a business
      1115 18 In the current tough climate, starting a small business is possible if you adhere to a few simple rules, report JOHN FOO and DORA HO WITH the current uncertain economic climate in Singapore expected to last at least another year, is this an
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      Lock icon Gaining from a positive attitude
      969 18 CAMPUS LIFE National University of Singapore student GONG PAN PAN shares her experience of being in an exchange programme that brought her to Belgium and Luxembourg LIFE has a habit of spEinging pleasant suEpEises upon us now and then, and one such suEpEise came my
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      157 18 FANCY becoming the next WaEEen Buffett oe GeoEge Soeos? Oe even the famous RobeEt Kiyosaki? Then Eead on. The Young InvestoEs' FoEum, paEt ofthe BT-Citibank TeEtiaEy OutEeach PEOgEamme, isn't anotheE dEy page out of youE financial textbook. To complement oue editoEial content, we have a
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      440 19 -Reuters SEC asks if swaps and ETFs may undermine proposed short selling rules [WASHINGTON] US securities regulators are questioning whether investors would be able to undermine potential short sale restrictions through other financial instruments such as swaps and some types of exchange traded funds. On Wednesday,
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      251 19 Reuters [TOKYO] The Bank of Japan will examine boosting its capital to guard against possible losses it could incur from its purchases of commercial paper and corporate bonds, sources said yesterday. Any such move would help improve the central bank's
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      243 20 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea yesterday said that it plans to spend 500 billion won (Sss7o million) to help the country's car industry through the global downturn. "The government plans to bolster R&D support to improve their future competitiveness after a restructuring ofthe global
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  • MALAYSIA
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      600 21  -  S JAYASANKARAN PRIME Minister Najib Razak unveiled a Cabinet last week that former premier Mahathir Mohamad described as relatively taint-free although the notoriously sardonic Dr Mahathir couldn't resist the throwaway line "although one or two sneaked in". In fairness, Mr Najib dealt from the hand that was
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      492 21 Reuters This follows XL's big, pump-priming interest rate cuts [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian fund manager Public Mutual expects gains in Malaysian equities following the government's massive pump-priming and the central bank furiously cutting interest rates to boost growth. Public Mutual, the country's largest private fund management
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      562 22 Reuters Yudhoyono to continue his existing policies of tackling graft and growing the economy [JAKARTA] Indonesian stocks may rise slightly and the rupiah is likely to trade at current levels when markets open today, analysts said, after the president's party led with one-fifth
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      888 25 Bloomberg Move dampens talk of credit curbs after loans jump sixfold to a record in March [BEIJING] China's central bank said it will ensure sufficient liquidity to sustain economic growth, damping speculation that regulators may seek to restrain credit after new loans jumped sixfold
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      235 25 Reuters [BEIJING] China plans to provide 300,000 tonnes of rice to East Asia's emergency rice reserve, Xinhua news agency said late on Saturday, strengthening a project designed to ensure supplies to Asia's poorest countries. China had planned to announce the move, along with
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  • INDIA
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      768 26 AFP The bulk of voters the very poor just want to meet day-to-day costs [NEW DELHI] Four years of soaring growth is a record most governments would trumpet from the rooftops at election time, but India's ruling party is giving the subject a
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      325 26 AFP [NEW DELHI] India has announced the launch of its biggest-ever auction of oil and gas areas, brushing aside worries about a drop in spending by firms on energy exploration due to the global financial crisis. The government expects to attract
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
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      Lock icon Steel industry waiting for China rebound
      702 27 -AFP It also banks on US auto industry revival and credit flows resuming in the Gulf [PARIS] Steel is on edge and the global industry is cutting back hard, hanging on for either a budget blast from China, new credit for Middle Eastern building
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      986 28  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT Analysts believe this will be the last bad quarter of huge bank write-offs By in New York IT may be hard to imagine mentioning the words "earnings" and "rally" in the same breath with a first-quarter earnings
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      Lock icon Toyota loss may hit 500b yen
      360 29 Reuters, Bloomberg It hires former exec to lead US assembly, sales units: sources [TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp's operating loss could balloon to over 500 billion yen (557.5 billion) in the year to March 2010, as the global economic crisis hits car sales, the Nikkei
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      2746 27 SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD (Company Registration No. *****8462 C) (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Samudera Shipping Line Ltd ("the Company 0) will be held at M Hotel Singapore, 81 Anson Road, Singapore *****8, Function
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      4932 28 SUPER COFFEEMIX MANUFACTURING LTD 0K (Company Registration No. *****1696K) §M (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) "^^^d COfTID3Ct Bti'KlH'iJililil'MllliMiMli'ilHilii^ COMPACT METAL INDUSTRIES LTD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Super Coffeemix Manufacturing Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic Of Singapore) ("the Company") will be held at 2
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      632 30 -AFP PM declares state of emergency across the capital and surrounding areas [BANGKOK] Thailand's bat-tle-hardened tourism sector faces the prospect of being brought to its knees by two fresh blows a state of emergency in the capital and a violent end to a
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      378 30 Reuters [ZURICH] Swiss bank ÜBS will announce more job cuts soon, with staff in Switzerland and departments like marketing to be hit hard, newspapers reported yesterday. Citing several unnamed sources, the Sonntagszeitung newspaper said managers had already started telling their staff about job losses,
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  • WORLD
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      405 35 AP [WASHINGTON] Federal regulators have told the largest US banks to keep the government's stress tests of their books private over fears investors could punish companies with nothing to brag about. In letters to the 19 banks undergoing tests of their financial
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      Lock icon Goldman may repay TARP early
      484 35 Bloomberg Getting the funds by selling stock may press rivals to follow suit [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Group, by selling stock to help it repay US$lO billion to the US Treasury, may pressure competitors to follow suit or appear dependent on government support, analysts said.
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      552 36 -NYT, Bloomberg Pooling advertisers may create a bigger No 2 to Google in search [NEW YORK] Yahoo and Microsoft, which held a protracted series of fruitless merger and partnership negotiations last year, have restarted discussions, this time over a possible
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      Lock icon Gleeful frugalists emerge from crisis
      533 38 NYT Many trim expenses due to hard times but some are cutting back with relish [SAN FRANCISCO] Millions of Americans have trimmed expenses because they have had their jobs or hours cut, or fear they will. But a subset of savers are reducing costs not
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  • FOCUS: CULTURE
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      1114 37 -AP Britons becoming Prozac-popping, surgically enhanced, overweight slobs [LONDON] Anyone searching for a sepia tinted rugby photo, antique Tiffany Co cufflinks or a precious piece of art deco jewellery at the Antiquarius Centre had better come fast. Blink and it will be gone. The
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      1978 38 SWISSCO SWISSCO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Company Reg. No.: *****1051 D (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF FIFTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 9 Pandan Road, Singapore *****7 on 30 April 2009 at 10.00 a.m.
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Lifeboat drifting to Somali coast
      308 39 Reuters [MOGADISHU] A lifeboat used by Somali pirates holding a US merchant marine captain hostage drifted toward Somalia's lawless coast yesterday, with US warships tracking it to keep the pirates from escaping to shore. The lifeboat that was out of fuel had drifted to within
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      Lock icon Baltic Dry Index rises 1 %, ends 22-day slide
      491 39 Baltic Dry Index rises 1 ends 22-day slide Bloomberg It jumps 15 points to 1,478 as rates for capesize, panamax vessels increase [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, rose for the first time in 22 days as rates increased for capesize and panamax vessels
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      Lock icon Honeywell expects China sales to buck Asian trend
      410 39 Reuters [BEIJING] Honeywell International Inc, the world's largest maker of cockpit electronics, expects no growth in 2009 in its US$9OO million a year Asia-Pacific aerospace business, a senior executive said on Friday. By contrast, China, which accounts for a third ofthe division's
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      Lock icon MAS cargo centre terminal fee scrapped
      231 39 Bernama [PETALING JAVA] Terminal charges will be scrapped for cargo transhipped via Malaysia Airlines' advanced cargo centre for six months effective since last Friday. The current rebate for both air to air, land/rail to air and sea to air transhipment of 75 per cent
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      2696 39 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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        82 39 '000 CH Offshore 0.280.02 237 Chuan Hup Hldgs ....0.150 496 CoscoCorp 0.960.02 ***** CWTLtd ...0.370.02 139 Ezra Hldgs 0.890.1 ***** First Ship Lease ..0.40.01 426 Freight Links ....0.040 1916 Grand Banks .00 0 laya Hold Ltd ....0.30.01 1762 KWentures 0.130 1507 KeppelCorp 5.50.2 7650 MTQ Corp 0.520.01 1 NOL
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        37 39 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Brid PDZ Holdings 0.67 8.55 8.75 3.26 2.9 0.02 0.09 -0.03 0 0.25 -0.04 0.01 0 0.01 26 103 42 3585 29 65 100
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        12 39 ■oo ■recious Ship Jegional Cont 11.9 6.4 0.7 ***** 0.25 1296
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        39 39 '000 lawasaki Hyy Ind lawasaki Kisen Mitsubishi Hvy Mitsui Eng&Sbldg Mitsui OsK Lines Jippon Express Jippon Yusen 207 400 341 186 580 359 447 -4 ***** 23 ***** -1 ***** -1 5021 36 ***** 11 6317 21 *****
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      391 39 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS I Graceful birds close to shore, [i ~~J2 ~~|s I U j ~~le first to arrive in Welsh city (7) I I I I I I I 5 Judge had robe torn (7) 9 ie I 9 Caught four at sea making for an lonian island (5)
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      8820 44 Week ended: Apr 9 High Low Code Company Sale ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E 8.5 3 3148 STelecom 11 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 30.5 12 5000 ABR Hldgs 17.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 9.5 1 1100 AEM 23.5 7 2101 APOil 80.5 26.5 5550 ARA 8.5 2.5
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      1735 45 High Low Code Company Sale C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 20 5 1181 s AAGrp 32 13 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 14 2 3480 t Adventus 28.5 8.5 3518 s Afor 19 2 1524 s Alantac 20 3.5 7814 s
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      372 45 52-Wk Tel h Low Code Last Sale Vol Cooo) Week ih Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld C'vr Net P/E MCap $mil Hii Comi Hii 108 100 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 982 427 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 184 149 DBS STI ETF 100 2190 1682 DBXTFTChina25 10US$ 3232
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      256 45 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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      115 45 jtocl name lose range :apital_and 2.660 +0.160 litaMal 1.280 +0.020 :if 'Dev 5.650 +0.130 :omfortDelGro 1.350 :osco Con 0.955 +0.020 iBS Gn 8.910 +0.410 :&N 2.530 -0.040 lent Intl 0.580 +0.035 iolden Aj ;ri 0.325 +0.020 IK Land 2.380 -0.010 IMH 19.860 -0.100 ISH 10.800 -0.260
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      99 45 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 8 6 4 0 0 0 8 6 4 lanufacturini 98 48 56 18 12 116 57 68 Commerce 34 15 24 38 18 29 r/C. ms 29 30 :inance 17 11 17 11 Construction 12
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      107 45 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 90.673 90.673 281.403 281.403 lanufacturing 1.632.180 70.283 1.702.463 674.592 2.090 676.682 Commerce 283.072 54.507 337.579 220.786 7.256 228.042 ]t/Stor/Comms 594.099 839 594.938 853.300 63 853.363 :inance 163.795 70 163.865 1.034.211 1.034.214 Construction 156.321 51.860 208, 181 12.712 556 13.268
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      2704 45 Transaction date: Apr 10 For a full listing ofthe closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day Vol ■000 HK$ \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway \sia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Seida Jade Bird Jeijing Airport Seijing Ent
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      379 46 In local curr In S$ In USS %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Apr 10 World Index Preliminan 647.7 0.1 -4.4 0.1 -1.5 0.1 -6.3 t EAFE Prel liminai 616.7 0.1 -5.0 0.1 -4.3 0.1 -9.I Euro[ Preliminan
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      131 46 As at 9am nuic nnic] Apr9 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.0660 1.0980 dollar 1.2190 1.2330 Euro 1.9990 2.0220 NZ dollar 0.8710 0.8900 iterlini ind 2.2160 2.2420 US dollar 1.5090 1.5270 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      170 46 Apr 9 *L Offer Overnight 1/4 1-month 7/16 2-months 9/16 3-months 11/16 Overnight mode: 1/16 US$ Offer 1/8 3/16 5/16 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months I. 12 months $Au 0.45 0.60 1.20 1.50 1.90 2.20 2.30 Offer 0.35 0.50 0 90
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      22 46 Apr 10 ten Hii Sett STI IIMSCI closed "aiwan At 212.0 213.4 213.3 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      22 46 Apr 9 SS Bid Offer 1-month 1.5126 1.5158 2-months 1.5123 1.5156 3-months 1.5120 1.5155 6-months 1.5116 1.5151 Source: OCBC
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      61 46 Apr 10 Delivery Month Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hi Low Vol Open Done Position Apr 09 2410 May 09 2364 Jun 09 2270 Jul 09 2219 Total o/p: ***** contracts 2417 2417 2380 2430 2430 2334 2299 2302 2240 2249 2250 2190 Turnover: ***** Market tone:
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      262 46 Apr 10 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES JunO9 SepO9 DecO9 Mar10 5030 2951 3005 2538 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES JunO9 SepO9 4015 DecO9 99.440 99.440 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 DedO Mar11 99.420 99.***** 99.440 99.450 99.400 99.330 99.270 99.225 99.140 467 2082 ***** 1818 527 252
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      183 46 Apr 9 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l (lots) May 09 JunO9 Jul 09 Aug 09 Sep 09 165.0 Oct09 164.8 165.0 164.7 168.0 168.5 169.0 169.0 169.0 169.0 100 20 10 10 725 951 1059 794 900
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      88 46 Apr 9 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi< Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****X 09.07.09 1-Year BY*****V 02.11.09 0.26 0.36 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's ah Low Hii 2-Year N*****0E 3.125 5-Year NX*****F 3.625 7-Year N*****0S 2.875 10-Year NY*****A 4.000 15-Year NY*****X
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      101 46 Apr 9 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 09 1007.00 1006.00 1030.75 1005.00 Jul 09 1002.00 1001.50 1025.75 1000.00 AugO9 980.00 977.00 1000.00 978.25 Sep 09 944.00 941.00 956.50 938.75 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 09 35.42 34.99 35.96 34.93 Jul
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      78 46 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Apr 9 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 53.83 0.27 WTI (Near Mth) 50.04 unch Dubai (1-Mth F) 51.69 2.76 Tapis blend 55.65 2.70 Minas 55.05 2.75 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 49.60 61.60 0.60 3.00 US$/barrel US! Opec
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      462 46 Apr 9 AS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRu Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: lustralia 0.878 4.868 0.535 5.520 35.607 80.627 0.713 9.391 2.571 1.226 57.560 34.081 1.079 6.466 0.815 24.054 25.253 0.485 0.712 Canada 1.139 5.545 0.610 6.288 40.560
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      78 46 Thomson Reuters SWAP Offer rates (Ss) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 1.***** Apr 9 6 mths 1.***** 9mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Mid rates (Ss) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 1.***** 3yrs 1.***** 4yrs 2.***** syrs 2.***** 7yrs 2.***** 10yrs 2.***** 12 yrs 2.***** 15 yrs
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      141 46 Apr 9 GOLD (USS/oz) >r 09 A[ irO9 Hong Kong London 884.20 884.20 885.20 885.20 Apr 09 Apr 08 878.70 885.45 879.20 886.95 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Apr 09 Buying Sellini Kilobar "46,521.46" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm
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      157 46 Apr 9 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$fUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0771 1.0800 0.7120 0.7125 Canadian dollar 1.2271 1.2301 0.8112 0.8115 Euro 2.0132 2.0175 1.3308 1.3310 NZ dollar 0.8788 0.8813 0.5809 0.5814 Sterlini md 2.2225 2.2275 1.4691 1.4695
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      61 46 luminium, 99.7% urity (USS/tonne) Close Previous :ash 1500.25 months 1535.00 1456.75 1492.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) months 4529.25 4559.00 4369.25 4400.00 .ead (USS/tonne) iash months 1397.75 1403.00 1328.25 1335.00 lickel (USS/tonne) ]ash I months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 'in (USS/tonne) :ash *****.00 *****.00 months *****.00 *****.00 inc. Special
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      75 46 Apr 9 :OCOA (Btonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low May 09 1842 1825 1864/1821 Jul 09 1814 1797 1834/1790 SepO9 1802 1786 1815/1778 Dec 09 1791 1773 1803/1770 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low May 09 1570 1559 1579/1559 Jul 09 1558 1553 1570/1549 SepO9 1561 1556 1573/1554 SUGAR (US tonne)
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      2418 46 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Fel lode Company Last Vol Conv Exer Sale +or- ('000) Ratio Price Disc Gear- Mths ing Left >058 Advance Modules GrpW*****3 6 susp 1 17 156 1.50 40 >036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 0.5 1 2088 8.00 16 S092 Asia Environment W*****4 0.5 unch 300 1
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      563 49 Pacnet adds 3,2ooGbps capacity to its network, reports ONG BOON KIAT THE latest upgrade to Pacnet's flagship subsea cable network EAC-C2C will be a boon to the Next Generation National Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN), according to Pacnet Asia managing director Richard Carden.
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      239 49  -  BRITTANY KHOO By IN a milestone partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) Asia, Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) has become the first educational institute in Singapore and South-east Asia to be equipped with Sony PlayStation3 and PlayStation Portable development kits. The kits, along
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      486 49  -  WINSTON CHAI By BANKS in Singapore could soon be mandated to follow more stringent security requirements for Internet banking, going by guidelines on the issue from the government, according to a software security expert. "Usually governments will issue guidelines first before making
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      582 50 Telco sees new Net store as another prong to reach SMEs, reports ONG BOON KIAT BULLISH on online sales, Singapore Telecommunications is set to ramp up its newest Internet shopping foray by offering more products and services through this sales channel, with an increased
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      537 50  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY It plans to establish a regional HQ in either HK or Spore By PALO Alto Networks, which builds firewalls for enterprises, is looking to expand aggressively in Singapore and the rest of Asia over the next 12 months. Speaking
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        119 50 LG Electronics' new W53 Smart Monitor Series claims to reduce eye-strain with a feature that automatically adjusts screen brightness and other picture settings according to the ambient room light and content being viewed. According to LG, these settings are based on the unified
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        118 50 FUJI Xerox Printers has rolled out two new A 4 monochrome laser printers designed for the small to medium-sized enterprise (SME). The Phaser 3435 D connects via parallel and USB interfaces, while the 3435DN adds an Ethernet 10/100Base-TX interface and is aimed at the small
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        83 50 LOCAL Mobile commerce firm Tagit has introduced a service that lets Singapore Airlines passengers check-in their flights using Singapore-registered mobile phones. The service, called SIA Mobile, lets customers who have already been issued a ticket for their booking check-in their flights between two and
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