The Business Times, 6 July 2009

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sf^l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 197/08/2008 Monday, July 6,2009
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Singapore vies for biologies pie
    1134 1  -  CHEN HUIFEN So far, it has bagged about USs2b worth of investments in last 4 yrs By [SINGAPORE] The Republic is shaping up to be a fledgling biologies manufacturing hub, having bagged about US$2 billion worth of investments in this field in the last four
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  • Article
    Lock icon A-Team quits stockbroking for private equity
    503 1  -  YEN SREENIVASAN David Loh, Han Seng Juan to focus on growing Centurion Investment By [SINGAPORE] Well-known brokers and cousins David Loh and Han Seng Juan have formally left the stockbroking business to focus on their boutique private equity investment business. The two, considered among
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      55 1 Weekly C Change >T Index 2,299.75 -18.20 1 COMP 1,072.69 -3.08 IIKKEI225 9,816.07 -61.32 1ANG SENG 18,203.40 -396.86 SET INDEX 583.48 -12.32 JAKARTA COMP 2,075.30 +35.11 1ANILA COMP 2,431.34 -46.10 ;eoulcomp 1,420.04 +25.51 iHENZHEN B 515.38 +28.72 IUMBAI IND 14,913.05 +148.41 )OW 8,280.74 -157.65 IASDAQ 1,796.52 -41.70 ;&P 500
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      29 1 11.75 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.524 TAIWAN 4.776 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.52 INDIA Source:
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      42 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.452 (US$/S$ per 1.636 2.375 EURO (US$,S$/E) 1.401 2.034 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 95.90 66.10 3.525 2.428 IK$ 7.750 5.340 !AHT 34.09 23.48 lUPIAH 10,215 7,037 lENMINBI 6.833 4.707 INDIAN RUPEE 47.99 33.06 1.253 0.863
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      46 1 Mt YOUNG INVESTORS' BizlT DINING OUT S-^ VIEWS FROM THE TOP Im a\ Contact centres New winners from Corporate contingency \W The virtue of trend-setting not ready for Web 2.0 Saint Pierre >*X plans for HINI fl }M PAGE 12 PAGE 28 PAGE 14 PAGES 10,11
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Investor spotlight shifts to Q2 earnings
      1014 2  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT And investors may be in for some positive surprises, say analysts By in New York US stock market investors got a rude send-off last Thursday as they got ready for the long holiday weekend, as one of the most
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      Lock icon JP Morgan aims to be top commodities player
      635 2  -  SIOW LI SEN Challenging financial markets have aided its expansion By [SINGAPORE] JP Morgan's strategy to become a top commodities player is proceeding apace, financial crisis notwithstanding. While unsettling, the challenging financial markets of the past nine months have, on the other
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Singapore vies for biologies pie
        80 2 SINGAPORE is shaping up to be a fledgling biologies manufacturing hub, having bagged about US$2 billion worth of investments in this field in the last four years. The investments will lead to the building of six new plants, which when fully operational, will create more
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        Lock icon A-team quits stockbroking for private equity
        61 2 SUPER-brokers and cousins David Loh and Han Seng Juan have formally left the stockbroking business to focus on their boutique private equity investment business. The two, considered among the most astute and influential stockbrokers here in the last few years, officially ended their stockbroking
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        Lock icon Tokyo city polls may trigger big changes
        86 2 JAPAN'S current state of political limbo and policy paralysis may begin to unwind next Sunday when Tokyo goes to the polls for a Metropolitan Assembly election that is seen as a bellwether for Japan's upcoming general election. Whatever the outcome of the Tokyo
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        Lock icon Healthway finds upside during the downturn
        69 2 FEARS of a flu pandemic may be causing jitters for many businesses, but it has translated into a busy quarter for listed Healthway Medical Corporation. The group, which runs one of Singapore largest primary healthcare clinic chains, has been seeing a surge in visits
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        Lock icon More local companies head for UK
        77 2 MORE local companies are now investing in the UK, with a jump in the number of new foreign direct investment projects from Singapore. These projects are from sectors such as the creative and media industries, software and computer businesses, transport and information technology sectors.
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        Lock icon Emerging markets take record share of world equity
        68 2 DEVELOPING countries' share of worldwide equity value climbed to a record as the fastest-growing economies lured investors amid the first global recession since World War 11. The 22 nations classified as "emerging" by index provider MSCI Inc comprised 24 per cent of
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        Lock icon Fed should try to prevent asset bubbles
        85 2 THE Federal Reserve should break with past policy and try to identify and deflate developing asset bubbles before they can damage the US economy, New York Federal Reserve Bank president William Dudley said. While interest-rate policy may not be the appropriate tool for
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        Lock icon Contact centres not ready for Web 2.0
        77 2 CONTACT centres in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific are generally not ready to deal with the communication channels that today's consumers are using and are familiar with. Jason Stirling, the Asia Pacific VP for Genesys Telecommunications Lab, noted that technologies exist to help but
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      Lock icon Tokyo city polls may trigger big changes
      879 3  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Upcoming national election may result in LDP losing its 50-yr grip on power By in Tokyo JAPAN'S current state of political limbo and policy paralysis may begin to unwind next Sunday when Tokyo goes to the polls for a Metropolitan Assembly
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      Lock icon China's BAIC enters fray with offer for Opel
      403 3 Reuters [FRANKFURT] A Chinese automaker has offered to buy a stake in General Motors unit Opel, challenging a deal from Canadian auto parts supplier Magna, sources said. State-owned Beijing Automotive (BAIC) has submitted an indicative, non-bin-ding offer for Germany's Opel, sources familiar
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      Lock icon Pictet to grow its biotech, generic drug mutual funds
      392 3  -  OH BOON PING It will do so through new capital raising, fund performance By [SINGAPORE] Pictet Funds, the investment funds arm of private bank Pictet, aims to grow the value of its biotechnology and generic drug mutual funds to US$3 billion
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      93 2 Fixed Income Sales Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich AG Singapore (RZB), a top tier Central Eastern European bank is looking for an experienced sales professional with established client relationships. Marketing the CEE region (macro credit) to investors in Asia will be a major part of the job. Candidates should have 5 years'
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Healthway finds upside during the downturn
      799 4  -  rVEN SREENIVASAN CORPORATE FOCUS The firm recently posted a 154% jump in net earnings to almost $4m By FEARS of a flu pandemic may be causing jitters for many businesses, but it has translated into a busy quarter for listed Healthway Medical Corporation. The
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      Lock icon Pacific Healthcare adds two more specialist clinics
      252 4 PACIFIC Healthcare has added two new specialist clinics within its mul-ti-disciplinary specialist centres at Paragon medical centre in the heart of Orchard Road. The two new clinics are the group's Women Fetal Centre and the Pacific Healthcare Eye, Cataract Retinal Specialist Centre. Of
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      Lock icon CBRE Investors raises US$100m of equity
      427 5 Reuters [LONDON] Real estate asset manager CBRE Investors has US$lOO million to spend on Asian property via its just-closed fund of funds focused on that region, and may yet double that firepower, one of its executives said. The CBRE Investors Asia Alpha Plus Fund
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      Lock icon Stamford leads with 40% share of sponsored Catalist market
      704 5  -  CHEW XIANG It has resources to take on all former Sesdaq companies, says Lee Suet Fern By SURVEY the Catalist sector and Stamford Corporate Services stands out easily with a 40 per cent share of the sponsor market. The firm could
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      Lock icon Is what's good for FCOT just as good for F&N?
      871 5  -  UMA SHANKARI FRASERS Commercial Trust (FCOT) last week announced a series of bold steps to recapitalise the group in a bid to address the refinancing concerns raised by investors and analysts. But while FCOT unitholders will no doubt be following
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      Lock icon Factors expected to drive market returns in 10-15 years
      345 5  -  OH BOON PING By LONG-TERM trends seldom change and, therefore, sustainable structural factors will continue to drive market returns over the longer term, according to fund manager Schroder Investment Management. In particular, the fund house said that the major investment themes
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      Lock icon PRIME LENDING RATES
      385 5 Jul 3 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NV 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of China Limited 5.5 Bank
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      287 5 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Beauty China A Orchard Ballroom 3 Level 3, Orchard Hotel 442 Orchard Road Singapore *****9 06-Jul 3.00pm Westcomb Fin Grp E 5 Shenton Way, #09-07 UIC Building Singapore *****8 08-Jul 2.00pm Starhill Global REIT E Hilton S'pore, Ballroom 1 581 Orchard Rd Singapore
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon A choppy week ahead and some food for thought
      536 6  -  lt SIVANITHY STOCKS Senior Correspondent BEFORE we get to the good stuff, it's fair to say that the outlook for the week ahead is clouded by a sudden realisation among investors that the supposed economic recovery is so far a jobless
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      Lock icon Markets stumble on US economic woes
      509 6 -AFP COMMODITIES [LONDON] World commodity markets were rocked last week by weak data in the US, a leading consumer of raw materials, which cast doubt on the prospect of a global economic recovery. Data released last Thursday showed US job losses surged to 467,000
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      473 6 'aymeni (cts) Ex Books date close Pay date lUstraland Pro| 3.000 26-Jun 30-Jun 04-Au. Sembawani ak 2.000 24-Jul 28-Jul 07-Au. !an Leon. Tech ak 0.300 30-Jul 03-Au. 21-Au. ioustead S )ore ak 2.500 04-Au. 06-Au. 20-Au. chemical Ind ak 1.500 26-Jun 30-Jun 13-Jul !heun. Woh Tech ak 0.200
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      Lock icon Asian currencies end mixed against greenback
      299 6 AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended the week mixed against the US dollar as fresh worries about the health of the US economy hit risk appetite and attracted investors to the "safe-haven" greenback, dealers said. Japanese yen: The yen lost ground this week
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1355 6 Source: Thomson 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 perties 2.82 2.58 11 5.40 18.88 0.86 1.01 ARA Asset Mgt 2.00 2.00 6.25 9.20 0.64 0.56 Armstrong Industrial 2.50 1.50
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 WEEKLY
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      60 6 Jul 3 VALUE CLOSE IT OB/OS -200.00-270.OC IT CADI -*****.00 -76.0' IT 10-day MA -*****.00 -20.0' TSE ST Mid Cap 523.42 -3.0! TSE ST Small Cap 421.06 -0.1 TSE ST All Share 561.63 -4.6! TSE ST China Top 241.59 +1.0. TSE ST China 237.02 +1.0 TSE ST
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      59 6 VOLUME Golden Agri 271,665,000 Memstar 173,751,000 NOLR 159,105,000 Ezion 152,529,000 China Honqxinq 143,097,000 Gentinq SP 127,087,000 Infinio 104,688,000 Jade Tech 100,959,000 GoldenAqri R 99,737,000 STI 2350 DBeCWO9IOOI 98,650,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 328,497,148 Capita Land 323,567,948 UOB 223,134,712 Sing Tel 209,359,646 OCBC Bk 169,230,122 SGX 155,217,770 Keppel Corp
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      Lock icon RISES
      103 6 CLOSE UP iBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2750 290.2 7.8 iBXT S&P Short 10US! 6990 200.2 2.0 iBXT Ni 10US$ 9260 182.8 1.4 IMH 2630 150.9 4.1 ISH 1500 142.2 7.0 iBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1312 116.1 6.5 iBS Bk6% NCPS 10 ***** 100.0 1.0 IQB 5.05%NCPS 100 9790 90.0 0.9 ICBCO
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      Lock icon FALLS
      111 6 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. CLOSE DOWN iBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 4260-638.4 -9.4 iLD 10US$ 9173-178.4 -1.3 imei laNav 1520 -60.0 -3.8 :iTYDEV.ES.O9O7 852 -47.0 -5.2 846 -47.0 -5.3 isia Pac Brew 1154 -46.0 -3.8 IK Land 337 -37.7 -7.2 ihani iLa Asia
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      87 6 Jul 3 CLOSE CHNG FR Jul 2 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4520 -0.18 1.5579 1.4308 Euro 2.0334 0.45 2.0732 1.9150 Pounds 2.3755 -0.22 2.4051 2.0356 AS 1.1604 0.44 1.1816 0.9453 Yen* 1.5142 -1.03 1.7278 1.4831 Rill liah* 0.***** -0.13 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2593 -0.19
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      Lock icon Portfolios down 7% on average
      1448 8  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent JUNE and the first few days of July have not been great for stocks. Compared with mid-June, our portfolios are down by an average of 7 per cent. The portfolio which is made up of stocks with the biggest upgrades
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      Lock icon Flat trading for second week in a row
      1642 8  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS By THE insider trading was flat for the second straight week with only 45 trades worth $5.6 million based on filings on the exchange from June 29 to July 3. The figures were not far off from the
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      114 7 <$Nfr GKE Integrated Logistics Provider Congratulations to GKE Warehousing Logistics Pte Ltd Wholly owned subsidiary of Van der Horst Energy Limited New Corporate Headquarter Warehousing Facility at No. 30 Pioneer Road Guest-of-honour: Mr- Lee Vi Shyan Minister of State for Trade Industry and Manpower Osw JBes£ J^/ta/Z PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT-PROJECT MANAGERS
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon More local companies head to UK
      865 9  -  MICHELLE YEO FDI from Spore in 2007 was $20.8b, up 32 per cent from 2006 By MORE local companies are now investing in the UK, with a jump in the number of new foreign direct investment (FDI) projects from Singapore. These projects are from
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      Lock icon HPL to pump $13m into Concorde Hotel's renovation
      321 9  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By HPL Hotels Resorts, the hotel arm of Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL), is spending $13 million to renovate and refurbish its four-star Concorde Hotel Singapore. The work has been taking place in phases to ensure business continuity and is expected
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      Lock icon Importance of ethics and morality lessons
      401 9  -  TEH SHI NING By THERE are many technical lessons to be learnt from the current financial crisis on accounting and regulatory issues, but the more important lessons involves ethics and morality, says Stephen Green, group chairman of HSBC Holdings. In a regional media teleconference
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Forewarned is forearmed
      4550 10 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC What is your contingency plan in the event that the HINI virus is discovered in your organisation? How will you balance the safety needs of your staff with the need to keep business running as smoothly as possible? Thomas McMahon CEO Singapore Mercantile Exchange
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon The virtue of trend-setting
      1102 12 Lead, don't follow; a manager who adopts an 'outside-in' approach condemns himself to be a mere follower, says KAI-ALEXANDER SCHLEVOGT THE life and impact of a leader are the result of his motives, thoughts, habits, choices and actions. Many executives simply live day-to-day and make ad
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      Lock icon Lessons learnt on the road
      939 12 CAMPUS LIFE The NUS Business School recently sent 30 of its students on a week-long study visit to Hong Kong, LIN XIAO JUN diaries her experience ENERGETIC, prosperous and vivacious. These three words aptly describe the atmosphere in Hong Kong, the bustling city of dazzling
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      204 12 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 12 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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      468 13 v^SAPPHIRE Singapore-listed Sapphire Corporation Limited Heralds a New Core Business in Vanadium Products and Hot-Rolled Coils Dear Shareholders Embarking on a New Mission On 8 June 2009, Sapphire, a listed entity on the Singapore Exchange since 1 November 1999 (SES: 589.51), completed a share-swap agreement that raised its effective indirect
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  • DINING OUT
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      Lock icon New, yet familiar and comforting
      606 14  -  Jaime Ec NEW MENU Saint Pierre #01-01 Central Mall 3 Magazine Road Tel: 6438-0887 JUST three months since it re-opened the doors to its newly chic surroundings. Saint Pierre seems to be coming along nicely. More than nicely, perhaps, especially at dinner time when the
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      Lock icon Some hits, but some misses
      655 14  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon NEW RESTAURANT Lucas Klapsons Boutique Hotel Tower 15,15 Hoe Chiang Roac Tel: 6521-9001 KLAPSONS is a boutique hotel that seemingly popped up overnight, in the fringes of the Central Business District. Besides its snazzy decor injecting some designer colour and lines to that
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Emerging markets take record share of world equity
      1051 15 Bloomberg MSCI Emerging Markets Index up 35%, indicates confidence in BRIC [LONDON] Developing countries' share of worldwide equity value climbed to a record as the fastestgrowing economies lured investors amid the first global recession since World War 11. The 22 nations classified
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      Lock icon French job market may get worse: Adecco
      588 15 Reuters Largest fall in hiring from car firms and heavy industries [AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France] There is no sign of stabilisation in France's job market and it may suddenly get worse, the head of the French operations of Adecco, the world's largest staffing agency, said
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      Lock icon Funds are moving away from investment banks
      607 15  -  NEIL BEHRMANN Banks with good credit ratings more popular now: survey By IN LONDON DISENCHANTED hedge funds and other major traders and institutions are shifting business away from previously dominant investment bank prime brokers. The global change around is significant. Asian and foreign
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      502 15 In the matter of The Companies Act, Cap. 50 IN THE MATTER OF And THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) ln the Malter of AND BRILLMS FTE. LTD. IN THE MATTER OF (Company No. *****8492 C] >v STATUTORY DECLARATION BY DIRECTORS LAM SAN DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. OF COMPANY'S INABILITY TO Company
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Najib to be commended for his policies, not scorned
      651 16  -  S JAYASANKARAN MALAYSIA INSIGHT Only by dismantling any impediment to portfolio and FDI will M'sia have a fighting chance PRIME Minister Najib Razak has shown more mettle than any of his two predecessors where liberalisation of the economy is concerned. In
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      Lock icon Export sales in later quarters to improve: MAEI
      473 16  -  PAULINE NG By in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian American Electronics Industry (MAEI) has projected that the global economic slump would dampen sales of its member firms by an estimated 27.5 per cent this year to RM54.6 billion (5522.53 billion). But the bleakest
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      Lock icon Indonesians to vote for president on Wed
      218 16 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesians will vote in presidential elections on Wednesday with opinion polls showing incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono holding all the aces despite criticism of his market-friendly economic policies. The ex-general is hoping to win a clear majority and avoid a run-off in
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon CNOOC prefers to cooperate, not acquire: president
      395 17 Reuters [BEIJING] Chinese oil producer CNOOC Ltd is seeking cooperation rather than acquisitions, its president Fu Chengyu was quoted as saying yesterday amid talk that CNOOC had set its sights on a unit of Spanish oil major Repsol. Sources told Reuters on Friday
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      571 17 Reuters Comments come as protectionist tendencies around the world are rising [BEIJING] China has defended its policy toward foreign acquisitions of domestic firms explaining that broader national concerns take precedence over the potential benefits to any single company. The comments come
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      553 17 ■AFP [MUMBAI] Gold has long had a special attraction for Indians. Loaded with cultural and religious significance, it is considered an auspicious metal and a visible sign of wealth and prosperity. But trading in the sought-after commodity is now changing, as one company looks to
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      506 17 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India may impose a nominal tax on crude palm oil imports and marginally raise the levy on refined oils, top industry analyst Dorab Mistry said. India, the world's sec-ond-biggest vegetable oils buyer after China, allowed tax-free imports of crude
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      526 17 LAT-WP Phosphogypsum, banned in US, may be behind corrosion and foul odour [WUHAN, China] The final years of the US housing boom and a disastrous series of Gulf Coast hurricanes created a golden opportunity for Chinese drywall manufacturers. With domestic
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      687 18 -AP Out of 7 missiles, 5 landed in the same area, signalling improved accuracy [SEOUL] The ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired this weekend were likely capable of striking key government and military facilities in South Korea, a defence official said yesterday,
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      Lock icon Jackson's songs a hit for Dutch pension fund
      434 18 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] Michael Jackson's death last week and the resulting surge in popularity of his songs has increased payments for Dutch pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, which owns the rights to some of his hits. Imagem Music Group, the music publishing investment
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      503 18 Reuters [SINGAPORE] "Go East" is a message being heeded by many Asian professionals in the United States and Europe who see brighter job prospects in a region that is expected to outperform the rest of the world for economic growth. Zhang
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      804 18 AFP [LOS ANGELES] Hundreds of millions of fans across the world will bid a final farewell to Michael Jackson tomorrow in a lavish memorial to the tragic "King of Pop" expected to bring America to a standstill. An exclusive guest
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      264 18 -AFP [PROVENCE] The Group of Eight club of rich economies is not that relevant anymore and should be broadened to take in emerging powers, France's Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said yesterday. "The G-8 is an older institution and is without a doubt
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      1625 19 NYT Madoff may have received a 150-year jail term but the financial crisis' real culprits have slipped away scot-free, says FRANK RICH THE judge condemned Bernie Madoff's crimes as "extraordinarily evil". The New York Daily News, whose publisher was a Madoff victim, chose "The
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      538 20 Bloomberg NY Fed chief says 'other instruments' instead of rate policy could be used [NEW YORK] The Federal Reserve should break with past policy and try to identify and deflate developing asset bubbles before they can damage the US economy, New York Federal
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      534 20 Reuters [MOSCOW] Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected US President Barack Obama's charge that he was mired in Cold War thinking, setting the scene for a stormy first meeting at a Moscow summit next week. In a pre-trip interview, the
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      402 20 AFP [LONDON] Formula One commercial rights holder, Bernie Ecclestone, on Saturday stoked up controversy by praising Adolf Hitler for being a man who "was able to get things done". In an interview with The Times newspaper, Mr Ecclestone praised strong leadership and
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      703 20 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Porsche's squabbling owners are set to discuss an investment by Qatar in the next two weeks, a milestone which could change the dynamics of a Porsche/Volkswagen (VW) merger, people close to the talks said. A decision on Qatar's entry may come even before key
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      809 20 -AP Obama does not want European-style healthcare in the US [LONDON] As President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the American healthcare system, the role of government is at the heart of the debate. In Europe, it's a given. The concept of free,
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      627 21 AFP It would have to be backed by govts and supervised by national capitals [BRUSSELS] France has called for a world aviation blacklist in the wake of a Yemeni airliner crash but the plan would be tough to implement and requires the
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      258 21 Bloomberg [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, posted a second straight weekly decline on concern that demand to haul iron ore is set to slow. China's iron-ore imports in March, April and May were the highest
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      312 21 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd's shipbuilding venture in China will delay operations of a second dock in Dalian by three years as the global recession dries up demand. The second dock, originally slated for operations in early 2012, may
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      225 21 Bloomberg, Reuters [SINGAPORE] Shippers may cancel as much as 15 per cent of orders for new vessels and delay taking deliveries to cope with a lack of financing and a drop in demand amid the global recession, Poten Partners said. Cancellations
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        102 21 '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 0.50 0.26 1.25 0.49 1.18 0.62 0.05 ....unch
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        31 21 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd 0.95 8.70 8.55 3.06 2.74 0.03 unch 0.15 -0.05 unch -0.02 -0.01 110 2936 378 483 11 204
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        12 21 '00 ■recious Ship Jegional Cont 15.80 9.80 0.20 unch 1760 432
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        22 21 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.10 15.50 unch unch 0.10 -0.25 unch unch 100 131 0 0
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        21 21 Evergreen Marine ....16.75 :irst Steamship 46.60 ManHai Lines 15.25 r"ang Ming Marine...11.90 -0.10 unch -0.35 -0.25 5 3 2 11
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        36 21 '000 :awasaki Hvy Ind ..265.00 -4.00 ***** :awasaki Kisen 379.00 -5.00 7571 /litsubishi Hvy 389.00 -2.00 ***** /litsuiEng&Sbldg...225.00 -2.00 3945 /litsui Osk Lines 593.00 -18.00 ***** lippon Express 413.00 -14.00 2912 JipponYusen 410.00 -4.00 9240
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      433 21 Reuters [ATLANTA] The business jet market, which soared in recent years as US companies posted record profits and new foreign buyers raised demand, is now facing a hard landing. The sector could be poised for big drops in demand as corporations cut back discretionary
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      2679 21 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), JC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG 8.,, u Airlines (BBC), B, Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR EVA Airways Corpn (EVA), CA
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      209 21 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Aroncc impression (7) 28 Careful, however, holding gold (8) 29 Number Ten, say for example in between (7) 8 Fruitful time following Queen in procession (7) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION DOWN Upsetting gag, it ain't funny (9) Across: 1 Prosaic, 5 Genomes, 9 2 Tore idle off and wasted one's
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      9078 22 Week ended: Jul 3 High Low Code Company Sale C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr •k P/E Smil 9 3 3148 8Telecom 9 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 24 12 5000 ABRHIdgs 14 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM 23 7 2101 APOil 70 26.5 5550 ARA 8.5
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      1728 23 52-wks Tel High Low Code Company Last Sale Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap $mil 19 5 1181 s AAGrp 265 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 05 1501 s Advanced System 75 2 3480 t Adventus 265
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      391 23 f»k Tel Low Code Last Sale Vol room (eek Low Last (uote Seller Div Cvr irVId Net P/E riCap Smil Hii Coi Hii 109 100 6389 ABFSG Bond ETF 107.1 877 427 CIMBAsean40 1OOUS$ IIS646 unch 246 149 DBS STI ETF 100 232 unch 2786 1682 DBXT FTChina25
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      258 23 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer
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      47 23 Stock name Close Change Stock name JMH CapitaLand 3.610 -0.020 .apr J5R )ev Keppel Lorp .osco .orp NOL irp ieni EFng" Olam vgn bGX SK Close Change Stock name Close Change 26.300 -1.560 SIA Engg 2.760 -0.040 :ngg >eml _orp .ing I mar
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      106 23 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 5 8 5 0 0 0 5 8 5 Manufacturing 54 107 58 20 10 60 127 68 Commerce 24 32 18 30 39 24 >r/G ms 12 20 11 13 20 13
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      115 23 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 69,659 69,659 244,040 244,040 Manufacturing 1,123,845 146,560 1,270,405 708,471 5,602 714,073 Commerce 360,029 78,309 438,338 330,943 15,995 346,938 Tpt/Stor/Comms 627,982 2,158 630,140 755,443 245 755,688 Finance 120,450 120,450 897,125 897,125 Construction 227,875 11,274 239,149 57,214 243 57,457 'ro| 445,758
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      2661 23 Transaction date: Jui 3 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 \sia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Seida Jade Bird Jeijing
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      369 24 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jul 3 World Index Preliminan 687.5 -0.1 1.4 0.0 3.8 -0.1 2.9 EAFE Preliminai 661.0 -0.2 1.8 -0.1 5.3 -0.3 4.4 Euroi Preliminan 901.1 0.0
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      122 24 As at 9am Jul 3 Singapore dollars to one unit rf foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer s,ust dollar 1.1430 1.1780 .an dollar 1.2430 1.2580 luro 2.0180 2.0420 IZ dollar 0.9050 0.9250 iterlini ind 2.3670 2.3940 JS dollar 1.4450 1.4620 .ocal dollars to 100 units if foreign
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      153 24 Jul 3 )vernight 3/16 I-month 7/16 'months 9/16 3-months 11/16 Overnight mode: 1/16 JS$ Offer 1/16 3/16 5/16 7/16 BJd 1 days I month I months months d months months I I. (All 0.35 0.42 0.70 0.80 1.15 1.70 1.80 Offer 0.25 0.32 0 40 0.50 0.85 1.40
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      11 24 Jul 3 STI IIMSCI Jul 277.0 278.1 276.2
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      18 24 Jul 3 Bid Offer -month 1.4509 1.4524 1.4509 1.4524 {-months 1.4509 1.4525 >-months 1.4510 1.4527
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      61 24 Jul 3 lelivery flonth Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low lul 09 2140 2195 2145 2100 53 249 Hug 09 2147 2190 2190 2092 1682 ***** >epO9 2140 2175 2181 2085 ***** ***** 3d 09 2164 2170 2181 2086 1917 6409 Total
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      280 24 Jul 3 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES SepO9 DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 99.4050 99.1950 98.9600 98.6350 9968 3253 3517 3005 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES SepO9 99.510 99.510 DecO9 Mar10 99.535 99.535 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 99.510 99.535 99.510 99.520 99.515 99.495 99.440 99.395 99.310 99.250
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      169 24 Jul 3 tUBBER Futures (Closing prices) !SS 3 (US cents/kg) flonth High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l lots) <\ugO9 162.0 >ep 09 160.5 3d 09 MOV09 Dec 09 Ian 10 162.0 160.5 162.0 161.5 158.5 158.5 158.5 159.5 28 20 68 564 684 1018 928 1289 394
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      88 24 Jul 3 'eriod Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi< Day's |h Low I-Month BQ*****F 01.10.09 -Year BY*****W 03.05.10 0.24 0.35 3OVERNMENT BONDS >eriod Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hio Day's cjh Low !-Year NXO11OOH 3.625 i-Year NX*****F 3.625 '-Year N*****0S 2.875 O-Year NX*****W 2.500 5-Year NY*****X
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      101 24 Jul 2 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 09 1243.00 1258.50 1258.50 1223.00 Aug 09 1154.00 1160.50 1171.00 1131.50 Sep 09 1061.00 1068.50 1081.00 1042.00 Nov09 1006.00 1015.50 1029.00 988.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul 09 35.18 35.82 36.12 35.06
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      75 24 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jul 2 origin! t/barrel Close Cham irent blend (1-Mth F) 66.55 -2.72 VTI (Near Mth) 66.63 -2.67 iubai (1-Mth F) 67.58 -2.51 "apis blend 72.30 -2.35 i/linas 69.45 -2.70 >RODUCT JS$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene S5.40 73.95 -1.2' -2.2' US$/barrel )pec Oil Basket Price
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      463 24 Jul 3 AS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRi Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso i« Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.925 5.452 0.569 6.184 38.298 81.511 0.766 10.101 2.812 1.261 65.025 38.373 1.158 6.301 0.866 26.236 27.206 0.488 0.798 Canada 1.081 5.896 0.616 6.688 41.416
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      147 24 Jul 3 Zurrencies Bid Offer Bid Offer >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1573 1.1591 0.7977 0.7982 Canadian dollar 1.2518 1.2533 0.8628 0.8630 luro 2.0326 2.0350 1.4010 1.4013 IZ dollar 0.9173 0.9191 0.6323 0.6329 Sterlinc 2.3731 2.3759 1.6357 1.6361 IS dollar 1.4508 1.4522 >$IUS$
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      135 24 Jul 3 /oz) Hong Kong London 930.90 936.30 931.90 937.30 Jul 02 Jul 03 930.20 931.65 931.20 932.65 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (S$) JulO3 Buying Sellini Kilobar "46,892.75" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz 1 oz UBS Kinebar™
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      64 24 Jul 3 Co iri iiuiii, yy.i (US$/tonne) Close Previous :ash 1572.00 months 1601.00 1609.65 1640.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) :ash months 4966.25 4980.00 5019.25 5035.00 .ead (US$/tonne) :ash 1688.75 months 1710.00 1677.75 1700.00 lickel (US$/tonne) :ash months *****.00 *****.01 *****.00 *****.01 'in (US$/tonne) :ash *****.00 *****.01 months *****.00
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      73 24 Jul 3 Close Prev Hii ih/Low ul 09 1567 1572 1575/1562 iepO9 1596 1601 1605/1590 Dec 09 1605 1611 1614/1600 War 10 1602 1607 1601/1597 IOFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low ul 09 1323 1319 1333/1319 iepO9 1338 1334 1349/1331 Mov09 1359 1356 1371/1355 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close Prev
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      2227 24 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Pel lode Company Last Sale Vol Conv Exer +or- ("000) Ratio Price Disc Gear- Mths ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 4 -1 8640 !036AdvanceSCTW*****9 0.5 Ascendas Reit.ES.0907 167 1 1 15 -10 5.25 1 87 1650 10.00 58 13 1092 Asia Environment W*****4 0.5 1 38
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      1076 27  -  JOHN DEVINS <you say> Asian airlines should consider expanding revenue streams instead of cutting costs By 'The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.' Albert Einstein ■HE aviation industry is under intense
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        64 27 FIREWALL specialist Palo Alto Networks has appointed Lim Pun Kok as its vice president of sales for Asia. An industry veteran with more than two decades of experience, Mr Lim was the former managing director of Blue Coat Systems' operations in the South Asia
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        88 27 HITACHI Data Systems will be holding its annual user conference on July 16. To be staged at the Raffles City Convention Centre, the event promises to provide attendees with insights on how they can reduce their data storage costs while maximising the returns of their
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        76 27 THE Singapore infocomm Technology Federation is currently seeking nominations for homegrown technology innovation. Organisations, local IT companies, start-ups and schools are all eligible for the annual SiTF Awards. Besides honouring those who have developed infocomm products and solutions, there is also an end-user category to
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        Lock icon IES signs pact with four IT firms
        87 27 THE Institute of Engineers (lES) has joined hands with four technology heavyweights to promote systems engineering in Singapore. With this discipline increasingly being tapped on for large IT projects, the lES is hoping to educate more IT professionals on systems engineering know-how by
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        69 27  -  WINSTON CHAI BUSINESS process management software maker IDS Scheer has promoted Lars Bengtsson to be the managing director of its Asean operations. Before taking on the new role, he was the company's sales management and managing director in Stockholm, Sweden. Mr Bengtsson will report
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      382 27 AP [CANNES, France] Advertising agencies and Internet companies once viewed one another as foes, but are now coming together to harness the potential for online advertising. As with many other segments, online ad spending has slowed from its previous breakneck pace during the
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      850 28 Genesys exec notes that most businesses have not adapted to the needs of customers who expect new channels and levels of interaction, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY CONTACT centres in Singapore and the Asia Pacific are generally not ready to deal with the Web
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      354 28  -  BRANDON CHEW Global market is estimated to be worth USssob By WITH Singapore an active participant in computer gaming, which has mushroomed into an estimated US$5O billion market, the future looks bright for the industry here, Zaqy Mohamad, chairman of the parliamentary committee
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        97 28 SAMSUNG hopes to offer gamers a new perspective with the launch of the 2233RZ, claimed to be Singapore's first 3D LCD (liquid crystal display) computer monitor. When combined with certain Nvidia hardware such as graphics card and 3D glasses, users will be able to immerse themselves
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        102 28 SONY is tuning in to the young at heart with the launch of a new range of colourful music players. Offered in colours such as orange, red and pink, the new Walkman NWZ-BI4OF is capable of music playback as well as voice and radio recording. Despite
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        91 28 CANON has introduced the image Press 1135/1110, its new monochrome production presses designed for commercial printers or companies that handle a large volume of in-house printing. The new range offers highly-customisable configurations and can print in various finishes at between 110 ppm (pages per minute) and
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        Lock icon Asus ups its game with notebook
        123 28 TAIWANESE notebook maker Asus is hoping to appeal to hardcore computer gamers with its new G5l laptop. The product claims to sidestep the heating issues that could arise from packing high-end hardware into a portable form factor. The 15-inch laptop boasts a high-end Nvidia
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