The Business Times, 18 July 2009

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  • 18 1 weekend THE BUSSINESS TIMES JULYIB-19, 2009 Ssl.oo I Sp!i A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION I MICA(P) 198/08/2008 www.businesstimes.com.sg
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  • 817 1  -  Siow Li Sen Banks have started hiring investment bankers and private bankers again INVESTMENT bankers and private bankers are getting job offers again as the big turnaround in financial markets makes more banks refill their decimated ranks. The demand for bankers, while it is pretty
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  • 567 1  -  Joyce Hooi THE unionised sector shed 6,150 jobs in the first half of this year and faces a second half fraught with uncertainty and empty order books. Echoing gloomy national data, the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) disclosed yesterday that 4,744 workers
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 168 1 DINING OUT U» 3 the raffles conversation PERSPECTIVE I^%^ Old restaurant, GENERAL ELECTRICS The illusive urban !3^" new concept L 4-5 1 J^ REGIONAL BOSS 6-7 X factor 24-25 STEEPER SLIDE Exports drop more than expected Singapore's non-oil domestic exports fall 5.2% in June, deeper than forecasts of 1.3%, but
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 15 2 STI 2,430.96 (+29.94) STI FUTURES 2,429 (+29) SIMSCI 292.99 (+3.88) SIMSCI FUTURES 293.80 (+4.40)
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    • 45 2 KL COMP 1,120.90 +12.02 NIKKEI 225 9,395.32 +51.16 HANG SENG 18,805.66 +443.79 SET 596.11 +13.37 JAKARTA 2,106.35 -11.60 MANILA 2,553.96 +38.01 KOSPI 1,440.10 +7.88 SHENZHEN B 535.06 +2.24 MUMBAI IND 14,744.92 +494.67 12.00nm EDT Chanpe 12.00pm EDT Change DOW 8,699.12 -12.70 NASDAQ 1,877.23 -7.80
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    • 30 2 I SINGAPORE 5,38 MALAYSIA 5,55 HONG KONG 5,00 INDONESIA 15,921 TAIWAN 4,776 JAPAN 1,475 KOREA 9,33 BRITAIN 050 US 3,25 CANADA 2,25 SWITZERLAND 052 INDIA 11.75 Source: Bio
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    • 44 2 us$ 'S$ »er US$; 1.453 ;us$/s$ >erg 1.629 2.368 EURO. ;US$; IS$, 1.408 2.047 YEN 93.70 64.50 RM 3.577 2.461 HK$ 7.750 5.333 BAHT 34.08 23.45 RUPIAH 10. ,160 6,991 RENMINBI 6.833 4.702 INDIAN RUPEE 48.69 33.50 A$ 1.251 0.860 NZ$ 1.551 1.068
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    • 297 2 Group likely behind Jakarta bomb blasts, security analysts say Sydney THE splintered radical Islamic Jemaah Islamiah (JI) is widely suspected of carrying out yesterday's bombings in Jakarta, with one security report predicting only a day earlier that the group may be poised to strike. No
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    • 500 4  -  Chuang Peck Ming Dip of 5.2% from May partly due to poor showing from volatile pharmaceutical sector Singapore SINGAPORE'S non-oil domestic exports (NODX) did an about-turn and tumbled last month. But economists generally maintain that export recovery remains broadly on course. The latest
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    • 450 4  -  Kalpana Rashiwala Singapore STEVEN CHOO, a former property consultant and university lecturer, will be taking on a new role soon as chief executive officer of the Real Estate Developers Association of Singapore (Redas). BT understands that his appointment begins on Aug 1.
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    • 399 4 Bloomberg, Reuters Prominent economist says his views were taken out of context New York So what did the man who famously predicted the current financial crisis said on Thursday that was supposed to have caused a ripple on the New York stock
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    • 198 5 Bloomberg Washington HOUSING starts in the US unexpectedly rose last month as construction of sin-gle-family dwellings jumped by the most since 2004, signalling that the market is stabilising. The 3.6 per cent increase brought starts to an annual rate of
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    • 446 5 AP IBM looks recession-proof after brilliant second quarter showing San Francisco IBM Corp blew away second-quarter profit projections and jacked up its full-year earnings forecast on Thursday, a rare sign of confidence from a major corporation amid the recession. Even though IBM's
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 59 2 NEWS LIVING Top stories 2,4-5 Design L 2-3 Raffles Conversation 6-7 Dining L 4-5 Letter From Abroad T6 Entertaining L 6 World T7-T8 Shopping L7-9.T3 Stocks Stats 19-23 Travel LIO-IT Perspective 24-25 Gadgets Ll2 Wealth 26-3 T Health Ll4-15 Show Me The Money 28 Sport LI 6 Wealth Insights 29
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
    • 2213 6  -  Amit Roy Choudhury Colin Low, GE's regional boss, believes instilling passion for the job in his employees is the secret to success. FOR Colin Low, General Electrics president for Singapore, Philippines and Cambodia, developing people and attracting talent to the company is a passion as much
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    • 76 6 Hotels Resorts The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles Hotels Resorts. A collection of luxury hotels, Raffles Hotels and Resorts distinguishes itself through the highest standards of hospitality, service and cuisine. Its hotels in Singapore, Beijing, Cambodia, Beverly Hills, Dubai and the Caribbean
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • THIS WEEK
      • 40 7 THE race to build the Changi Motorsports Hub is turning into a bumpy ride. Potential bidders are finding the terms in the Request For Proposal too onerous and, given the economic situation, the risks heightened.
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      • 85 7 JAPAN'S main opposition Democratic Party on Sunday night appeared to have gained control of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly after an election that analysts say is likely to seal the fate of Prime Minister Taro Aso, and which sets the Democrats on the road
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      • 43 7 Shares in "General Motors", the company says, are worthless. Yet GM's stock, which now represents the company's bankruptcy estate, continued an improbable rise on Friday, prompting concern by company officials and securities regulators that investors are confused.
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      • 62 7 HIGH-end residential transactions continue to stream in steadily, in both the primary and secondary markets. Two units of Nassim Park Residences were sold recently by its developer at above $3,000 per square foot. In the sub-sale market, a caveat for a 37th floor
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      • 45 7 AFTER months in the red, economies across Asia are expected to report positive GDP numbers for the April-June quarter. For Singapore, economists expect Q2 gross domestic product to be not just positive but in double digits.
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      • 39 7 A GROUP of shareholders of CX Tang which the Tang family plans to take private claim the flagship store has been undervalued because the company has not taken redevelopment potential into account.
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      • 55 7 THE first positive GDP numbers in five quarters are in, and the full-year contraction is likely to be less severe than earlier thought. The Ministry of Trade and Industry now forecasts a contraction of 4-6 per cent, down from an April
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      • 46 7 THE Singapore Exchange is replacing its existing companies research scheme with a new one to better address the needs of listed companies and their investors. The scheme comprises two modules, one of which comes without ratings of participating companies.
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      • 48 7 THE buying frenzy in Singapore's property market has now eclipsed even the dizzy heights of the last property boom. Developer sales of new private homes in June hit 1,825 units topping the previous peak of 1,723 in August 2007.
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      • 39 7 COMPANIES are likely to post bet-ter-than-expected earnings as the second-quarter results season gets under way, analysts say. Leading the way are probably the three local banks, key property firms and the tech sector.
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      • 78 7 CHINA'S currency reserves surged past US$2 trillion in June and bank lending hit a record high as the central bank showed concern that the flood of cash is pumping up asset prices and could sow the seeds of inflation. But analysts rule
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      • 52 7 EVEN on Wall Street, the land of six and seven-figure incomes, jaws dropped at the news on Tuesday: After all that federal aid, a resurgent Goldman Sachs is on course to dole out bonuses that could rival the record pay days of the heady
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      • 62 7 MAS posts its first ever loss $9.2b THE Monetary Authority of Singapore posted its first ever loss $9.2 billion for the financial year ended March, 2009, largely from declines in its equity portfolios. The loss amounts to about 3.5 per cent of MAS's average total assets, and compares with profits
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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    • 107 7 NEXT WEEK July 20-24, 2009 US DATA July 20 June leading indicators July 22 Crude inventories 07/17 July 23 June existing home sales July 24 July Mich sentiment rev SINGAPORE DATA July 23 June consumer price index July 24 June index of industrial production EVENTS July 20 US Secretary of
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
    • 839 8 Maslow's model throws much light on how companies must meet the needs of their most important assets: their employees FROM THE I DESK OF Alan Chng Vice-president for South and South-east Asian region, Canon IN these turbulent economic times, I often think of myself
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  • COMPANIES
    • 595 9  -  Jamie Lee EGM adjourned; board urged to get new valuation of flagship store Singapore IT'S not victory yet for the Tang brothers looking to delist CX Tang in their third attempt. Minority shareholders snatched a rare adjournment of the extraordinary general
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    • 384 9  -  Emilyn Yap Singapore ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) yesterday posted a net property income of $80.7 million for its first quarter ended June 30, 2009. This is 15.8 per cent more than that a year ago, due mainly to contributions from a bigger
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    • 254 9  -  Joyce Hooi Singapore TROUBLED S-chip Guangzhao Industrial Forest Biotechnology Group yesterday announced the appointment of a non-exclusive agent as part of its bid to pay its bills. Ferrier Hodgson in Shanghai will facilitate and administer the sale of part of Guangzhao's forestry assets. The
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    • 221 9  -  Joyce Hooi Singapore BANKING veteran Michael Wong Pakshong has relinquished another directorship this time with Bukit Sembawang Estates. The 77-year-old corporate figure did not seek re-appointment at Bukit Sembawang's 43rd annual general meeting (AGM) yesterday. He had been the group's independent and non-executive director
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    • 639 10  -  Uma Shankari CORPORATE FOCUS Performance of a trust hinges on its sector and tenant base. REAL estate investment trusts (Reits) are expected to report lacklustre earnings for the second quarter on the back of falling occupancies and rents across their portfolios. And Reits that
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    • 230 10  -  Brandon Chew Singapore A SPIKE in price and unusually high trading activity for OSIM's shares less than a week before the release of the company's Q209 financial results sparked a query from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday. Besides closing at 52 cents, seven cents or
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    • 180 10 Singapore HEALTH and wellness company Best World International has incorporated a subsidiary in China with registered capital of US$l2 million. The wholly owned subsidiary Best World (Qingdao) Health Sciences will focus on manufacturing and distributing beauty and skincare, cosmetic and personal health products. This
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    • 528 11  -  Ronnie Lim Drop in oil demand and new capacity will put pressure on margins: Fitch Singapore REFINERS will face tough times until demand for oil products starts to recover, Fitch Ratings has warned. In Asia, oil demand is expected to fall 3 per cent this
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    • 332 11  -  Uma Shankari Singapore OVERSEAS Union Enterprise (OUE) said it will report a net loss for its sec-ond-quarter results as it writes down two development properties in its portfolio. In its profit warning yesterday, the group said that it expects a "material net loss" for the
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    • 143 11 Singapore CAMBRIDGE Industrial Trust is not taking up an option to buy and lease back a $55.2 million industrial property at Tai Seng Street. The vendor, Natural Cool Holdings, announced the termination of the option agreement yesterday. Cambridge, which was to have secured equity
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    • 139 11 Singapore MAP Technology Holdings yesterday reported a net loss of US$2l.5 million on revenue of US$3B.9 million for the second quarter to June 30. Gross profit increased 15.5 per cent to US$4.B4 million from US$4.l9 million in the year ago quarter. Earnings per share
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    • 220 11 Singapore AT LEAST four companies yesterday issued profit warnings. HLN Technologies said it expects to report a "significant loss" for the financial year to June 30. The company said this was due to impairment losses for its metallic division arising from weak market demand and
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    • 630 12  -  Conrad Tan STOCKS I SINGAPORE stocks ended the week higher after early gains attracted a flood of liquidity back into the equity market. This was despite investor sentiment staying volatile yesterday a mixture of hope and caution. After fluctuating between gains and losses throughout
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 396 13  -  Uma Shankari Holger Standertskjold says it is the world's most lucrative market, where goods, services, people and capital move freely SINGAPORE companies should look to the European Union (EU) for growth, the head of the European Commission's delegation to Singapore said at a
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    • 513 13  -  Joanne Tang New markets, new media and consumer insight will be key areas for companies to focus on especially in the media industry, said Martin Sorrell, group chief executive of WPP Group, at the AmCham Global Leaders Series lunch yesterday. New markets refer to the
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    • 315 13  -  Zeinab Yusuf AN ESTATE agents' group has launched a push to heighten the professionalism of property agents. Singapore Accredited Estate Agencies (SAEA) wants all housing agents to have at least an en-try-level Common Examination for Salesperson (CES) certificate. SAEA wants "to move the estate
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    • 360 14  -  Amit Roy Choudhury WITH a strong emphasis on infrastructure building in its Budget, India is looking to bring about a 10-fold increase in its roadbuilding programme and is looking for funding support from Singapore. This was stated yesterday by Kamal Nath,
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    • 493 14  -  Jessica Yeo Li Dan Wei Banks report higher credit card outlay and transaction volumes despite slowdown THE Great Singapore Sale (GSS) has one more week to go, but banks are already reporting higher credit card spending and transaction volumes. "Despite the economic slowdown, we
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    • 80 14 THREE hundred Standard Chartered Bank staff volunteers pitching in to pack and deliver about 30,000 items as food rations for 1,400 needy families. This is the largest food drive organised by the bank so far. The bank worked with 12 voluntary welfare organisations, including the Movement for the
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    • Briefing
      • 47 14 KHATTARWONG will be the official legal services sponsor for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, the firm said yesterday. Under the sponsorship agreement, KhattarWong's sports-law practice group will provide legal services and assistance for the organisation and management of the Games.
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      • 46 14 THE Clean Energy Programme Office has awarded a total of $15 million to eight research teams under the second grant call of the Clean Energy Research Programme. The call focused on roof-mounted solar-harvesting devices and systems for the tropics.
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  • LETTER FROM ABROAD WITH ASCOTT
    • 670 15  -  Chamila Hewapathirana "LOOK them in the eye." This was some of the best advice given to me by a colleague as I left Singapore for Vietnam on a five-month work assignment. She was referring to quintessential pedestrian etiquette in Vietnam. As I stepped onto the streets
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  • WORLD
    • 569 16 AFP, REUTERS It is due to a one-time gain on the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint brokerage deal New York TROUBLED US banking giant Citigroup said yesterday that it earned a profit of US$4.3 biiiion in the second quarter, resulting from a big one-time
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    • 357 16 Reuters I Boston GENERAL Electric Co said on Thursday that its second-quarter profit fell by almost half, on a deeper drop in revenue than Wall Street expected, as the recession that has gripped its finance and media businesses took hold of its heavy industrial
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    • Briefing
      • 70 16 Bloomberg ig NORMAN Chan was named chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, succeeding Joseph Yam, as the city faces pressure on its currency to appreciate and builds closer financial ties with China. Mr Chan, a former deputy at the central bank who
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      • 64 16 Bloomberg :o SUN Microsystems's shareholders approved Oracle Corp's US$7.4 billion takeover, removing one of the final hurdles to completing the transaction. Investors representing about 62 per cent of shares voted in favour of the US$9.5O-a-share acquisition, Sun said on Thursday. Oracle, the world's second-biggest software
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      • 69 16 AFP Geneva THE World Health Organisation yesterday said that the swine flu pandemic is moving around the globe at an "unprecedented" speed as it stopped giving figures on numbers affected. The WHO said on its website that it would focus on regular updates
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      • 70 16 AP in INVESTOR RHJ International SA would cut a maximum of 10,000 jobs at General Motors Corp's Opel unit if successful in its bid for the European carmaker, the company's chief executive said yesterday. Brussels-based RHJ is competing for a majority stake
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      • 76 16 AFP rk A PORTRAIT of a beaming Michael Jackson by pop art legend Andy Warhol, purchased just weeks ago for less than US$3OO,OOO, could fetch as much as US$lO million at auction next month, art connoisseurs said on Thursday. Since Jackson's June 25
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    • 592 17 Bloomberg, AP More salary disclosure, bonus payment delays among changes supported by govt, opposition London BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that the government will adopt plans forcing banks to hold back half of all bonuses for senior traders and executives for up to
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    • 499 17  -  Anthony Rowley Tokyo THE threat of a deflationary spiral developing in Japan's reces-sion-hit economy was highlighted yesterday in a report by the Cabinet-level Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP), which urged the government and the Bank of Japan (BOJ)
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    • 215 17 Reuters London BRITISH Airways unveiled plans to raise about £600 million (551.42 billion) through a combination of bondholder debt and bank credit. It also reported a first-quarter loss of £100 million. BA said yesterday that it planned to raise £300 million by
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    • 240 21 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
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  • MARKETS
    • STOCK MARKETS
      • 19 22 YTD change:+3B.oo% 52-week high: 2,997.82 on July 24,2008 52-week low: 1,455.47 on March 10,2009 Source: Bloomberg
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      • 20 22 YTD change: +30.71% 52-week high: 23,369.00 on July 24,2008 52-week low: 10,676.20 on Oct 27,2008 Source:! :Bloomberg
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      • 25 22 YTD change:-0.74% 52-week high: 11,867.10 on Aug 11,2008 52-week low: 6,469.95 on March 6,2009 (Chart shows Thursday's index closing) Source:! ■Bloomberg
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      • 369 22 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr %dy %yr dy %yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jul 16 World Index Preliminai 703.2 0.2 3.7 0.2 6.8 0.3 6.0 tEAFE Preliminai 668.1 0.6 2.9 0.7 7.5 0.8 6.7 Euroi Preliminai 928.2 0.5
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      • 150 22 juiiA Against S$ Currencies Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1612 1.1631 Against US$ Bid 0.7994 Offer 0.7999 Canadian dollar 1.2978 1.2996 0.8934 0.8938 Euro 2.0456 2.0477 1.4082 1.4083 NZ dollar 0.9359 0.9375 0.6443 0.6448 Sterlini 2.3666 2.3691 1.6292 1.629. US dollar
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      • 20 22 YTD change:+7s.lB% 52-week high: 3,221.07 on July 16,2009 52-week low: 1,664.92 on Oct 28,2008 Source:! Bloomberg
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        19 22 YTD change:+6.os% 52-week high: 13,603.30 on July 24,2008 52-week low: 6,994.90 on Oct 28,2008 Source c: Bloomberg
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      • 77 22 Jul J6\ 1 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hit ;h/Low Jul 09 1665 1692 1692/1655 Sep 09 1707 1724 1725/1682 Dec 09 1712 1730 1726/1690 MarlO 1716 1731 1725/1695 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jul 09 1401 1399 1413/1412 Sep 09 1413 1410 1428/1401 Nov 09 1435 1429 1445/1424 SUGAR (US
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      • 102 22 Jul ;6|| SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Aug 09 976.*****0.*****9.00 970.25 Sep 09 916.00 950.50 955.00 912.75 Nov 09 890.00 904.50 913.00 882.75 Jan 10 898.00 912.25 919.50 891.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; usc/b) Close Previous High/Low Aug 09 33.80 34.12 34.25 33.35 Sep
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      • 75 22 Jul J6\ CRUDE USS/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) WTI (Near Mth) Dubai (1-Mth F) Tapis blend Minas 63.20 0.76 62.08 0.28 62.58 0.44 67.55 0.70 64.00 0.70 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 58.77 0.45 69.24 2.20 USS/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price
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  • PERSPECTIVE
    • 1234 23  -  Arthur Sim The process of urbanisation, which is what all cities are about, is not always best served by well-intentioned public policy. HE factors that distinguish one city from another are becoming increasingly cryptic. Monocle magazine, which ranks the world's Top 25 Most
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  • Wealth
    • WEALTH INVESTING
      • 1040 24  -  Genevieve Cua Insurers need to invest carefully, matching assets as closely as possible to liabilities. UNNING diversified portfolios appears to have shielded insurance companies f^^^K from the brunt of the market carnage in 2008. Based on disclosures by seven insurers, negative returns suffered by participating
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      • 820 24  -  Conrad Tan Banking sector UOB Buy OCBC Buy DBS Group Research, July 17 WE are downbeat on Singapore banks' Q2 2009 results and do not expect much that could excite momentum. We project overall earnings to contract by 13 per cent q-o-q and 27 per cent y-o-y. However,
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      • 1266 25  -  Teh Hooi Ling SHOW ME THE MONEY The key to an individual or company breaking from the pack is to strike out along unconventional paths LAWYER friend told me recently that when she set up her own firm 15 years ago, she could charge
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      • 1132 26  -  Sani Hamid WEALTH INSIGHTS Many now believe that the majority of economies in the coming years will see slow and low growth I'VE got good news. And I've got bad news. First, the good news. I know that many investors are worried that
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    • WEALTH REAL ESTATE
      • 802 28  -  Emilyn Yap Having secured a stronghold in the classifieds, they are now expanding into the virtual arena FRIENDLY phone calls or e-mail just do not seem enough these days. Soon, more property agents may "superpoke" their clients when previews for the latest launches begin,
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  • 963 29 Special Feature rail YTL Hotels Luxury Destination Series Getting married abroad is becoming increasingly appealing to couples who want a uniquely romantic and hassle-free wedding. What's more, the honeymoon starts the moment you say CI do. When architect Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe said
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    • 60 29 For more information on how YTL Hotels can help you put together your dream wedding, please contact Michelle Lee at +603 2719 8114 or email milee@ytlhotels.com.my YTL Hotels is the hospitality arm of one of I Malaysia's most dynamic conglomerates, ■ffllSfl YTL Corporation Berhad. The company owns and manages a
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 35 30 Wat W\ >' CRAFT WORK H^^k^^ The artisan brings /Z\ 'N-w authenticity and cachet to J|§i *?Yw designer collections |Si| <*lflfl 3 V i ii ''^v- DINING TRAVEL GOLF L 4-5 LlO-11 Ll7 LB-9 Ll4-15 L2O
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  • BT Living
    • DESIGN
      • Article, Illustration
        1304 31  -  Lim Sio Hui Designer and artisan collaborate to bring authenticity and cachet to product and industrial design HE well-known craft of Japanese lacquerware might be familiar to most in the form of bento boxes and chopsticks, but is rarely seen outside of a sushi restaurant in Japan, much
        PAUL TAHON; R & E BOUROULLEC: WAJIMA; LACQUERWARE; TETSUYA ITO  -  1,304 words
    • DINING
      • 1686 32  -  Audrey Phoon Jaime Ec Geoffrey Eu A makeover can do wonders for business as three establishments have found Vanilla Pod Mandai Orchid Garden 200 Mandai Lake Road S 6368-0672 FOR simple and delicious Continental food in a fresh environment, one would normally have to hop
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      • 1023 33  -  Audrey Phoon guest chef Thai green curry chicken is a common dish, but to make it just like it's done for the royals takes specific techniques, says Sumet Sumpachanyanont, executive Thai sous chef of Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok. TO LEARN that Thai green curry chicken
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    • SHOPPING
      • 564 34  -  Corinne Kerk Leading London shirtmaker TM Lewin brings its high quality products to Singapore. SHOPPING for a shirt on Orchard Road used to be an activity confined to either department stores with their fairly safe varieties, luxury labels which cost an arm if not a leg or
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      • 487 34 What's new and hot at Orchard Road FoROMRDROID^ Prime cuts CLASSIC steakhouse gourmet cuts such as the USDA Prime, Black Angus and Wagyu beef are culinary stars at Astons Prime, located at The Centrepoint. The contemporary-styled restaurant, furnished with cosy booth seating, takes great pride in
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      • 1381 35  -  Melissa Lwee In the battle for the shrinking consumer dollar, cheap chic is the name of the game and purveyors of fast fashion are the big winners. IN the world of fashion trends, one truism holds: one day you're in, and the next day you're out. This
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    • TRAVEL
      • 1295 36  -  Melissa Lwee For once, forget about London. Venture out of the city into the Peak District and discover the genteel world of lords and ladies of yore. WHEN England is on the travel agenda, all eyes turn to London, as if there is nothing else of
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    • GADGETS
      • Bigger, wider, greener
        • 187 37 WHEN wide screens first hit the market, the sales pitch was that you would get to watch movies in true cinematic proportions, right in your own home. The bad news, though, is that the width at which most movies are shown in cinemas is wider than that
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        • 124 37 DO you walk around your house obsessively unplugging appliances from wall sockets so they don't consume electricity even when they are switched off? Who can blame you in this economy, especially when most electrical appliances suck up a trickle of so-called vampire power as long as they
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        • 238 37 Bang Olufsen BeoVision 4-103 ECO-FRIENDLINESS and width are well and good, but for some people, there's just no substitute for sheer size. You want your TV so big that you can sit far away from it and still be overwhelmed. And it has to look good too. Bang Olufsen has
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      • 768 38  -  Lim Sio Hui The latest designs don't just look pretty; they change your lifestyle for the better as well. RESH PRINCE" Will Smith has a fitting royal throne at home, but it's nothing like what you might expect. It is a r toilet bowl that automatically lifts and
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    • HEALTH
      • Article, Illustration
        1594 39  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon Jaime Ec Audrey Phoon Harsh chemical peels and aesthetic treatments that take a long time to show results are just some of the pitfalls in the ongoing quest to reverse the ageing process. This is where technology steps in as new machines and new products are created
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    • SPORT
      • 564 40  -  Lee U-Wen no holds barred AT the breakneck speed in which Manchester City is snapping up superstars ahead of the new season, don't be surprised if more than one rival manager is quaking in his boots after taking a look at the club's growing squad
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    • GOLF
      • 1115 41  -  Justine Moss The 'gentleman's game' goes down well with Singapore students, as a dedicated schools programme picks up pace. IT seems that golf has developed into a popular sport for Singapore's youth these days. Since it was officially recognised as a co-curricular activity (CCA) in
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    • MOTORING
      • 457 42  -  Geoffrey Eu Fans of the iconic car celebrated its birthday with a huge bash at Silverstone. IT was a big birthday bash for a small car with a very special place in automotive history. The Mini marked its 50th anniversary in style recently when about 25,000
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      • driving notes
        • 91 42 HONDA is introducing two more petrolelectric hybrids next year. In February, the sporty CR-Z hybrid model (right) will be unleashed in Japan, while the Fit Hybrid is due by end-2010. Like the already available Insight and Civic Hybrid models, these two new compact hybrids embrace Honda's
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        • 109 42 THE iconic Nissan GT-R sports car has finally zoomed into the showroom of authorised distributor Tan Chong Motor Sales. Since its introduction in Japan in December 2007, this highly acclaimed model has been available here only as a parallel import. Last month, though, Tan Chong
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        • 94 42 v ulv v nas reiresneu us SBO flagship limousine and given it more oomph 231 hp to be exact. This big sedan's enhanced 2.5-litre turbocharged engine is said to make it the fastest in its class now, with zero to 100 kmh taking 7.5 seconds. Previously,
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        • 90 42 AUTHORISED Toyota distributor Borneo Motors has unveiled a new version of its best-selling Wish compact MPV. This popular seven-seater model now has a bigger and more powerful 2.0-litre engine with 140 hp. The first-generation car, which sold out three months ago, only had a 1.8-litre
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      • Article, Illustration
        473 44  -  Samuel Ec To mark the official opening next week of its new showroom at Alexandra Road, Citroen is bringing in the futuristic C-Metisse. N future, all cars will look as elegant and be this comfortable while sipping tiny amounts of fuel and spewing even smaller amounts of
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