The Business Times, 31 July 2009

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sfili A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 197/08/2008 Friday, July 31,2009
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  • Article
    Lock icon A bubble that's a gleam in specuvestors' eyes
    752 1  -  EMILYN YAP Mah Bow Tan's caution aimed at averting pain later, property market watchers say By [SINGAPORE] Better to suck out the froth now than to burst the bubble later that was what market watchers saw as the government's intention in warning
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    Lock icon S'pore GP all smiles as Schumi returns
    705 1  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI Legend's shock comeback may be just the tonic that F1 needed here By [SINGAPORE] It couldn't be more dramatic if it was scripted. Formula One (Fl) and the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix are set to get a major boost in the
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    Lock icon Market shrugs off SIA, Capita Land losses
    826 1  -  YEN SREENIVASAN Is unreasonable hope getting ahead of harsh reality? By [SINGAPORE] Is there a disconnect between corporate reality and the equity markets? This question came to the fore as the Straits Times Index (STI) romped to a new 10-month high of 2,636
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      48 1 Source: lursi lay lange 1COMP 1,160.66 -3.82 IIKKEI225 10,165.21 +51.97 1ANG SENG 20,234.08 +98.58 ;et index 621.95 +7.07 JAKARTA COM P 2,298.13 +72.32 IANILACOMP 2,764.98 -38.41 ;eoulcomp 1,534.74 +10.42 ;henzhen b 531.10 +0.03 IUMBAI IND 15,387.96 +214.5 12 noon EDT Cham )OW 9,205.40 +134.68 IASDAQ 1,991.28 +23.52
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      27 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONGKONG 5.00 INDONESIA 15.962 TAIWAN 4.776 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.52 INDIA 11.75
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      45 1 IS$ (S$ ier US$) 1.445 (US$/S$ ier£) 1.648 2.382 ;UR0 (US$/S$/E) 1.405 2.031 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 95.00 65.70 3.534 2.445 IK$ 7.751 5.363 !AHT 34.06 23.56 lUPIAH 9,965 6,895 lENMINBI 6.833 4.728 INDIAN RUPEE 48.47 33.54 1.217 0.842 IZ$ 1.532 1.060
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      40 1 TEMASEK )g SPIRITS XL FIRMS SERVICE EXCELLENCE M Co-investment plan i'^^M A US$3,OOO Warming to sweeter Staying competitive in creates a buzz bottle of whisky fund-raising climate trying times PAGE 2 I PAGE 34 PAGE 4 PAGES 10 &11 Helping
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Temasek co-investment plan creates a buzz
      605 2  -  CONRAD TAN But transparency may be an issue; option of investing CPF monies raised By [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings' plan to raise long-term capital from retail investors for co-invest-ments in the future could take various forms, bankers and analysts said yesterday. But, irrespective of the
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      Lock icon Asia needn't follow Europe, US: Bocker
      488 2  -  JAMIE LEE By [SINGAPORE] Asia may not see the same level of consolidation as European bourses, said Singapore Exchange's (SGX) newly appointed chief executive Magnus Bocker yesterday. The outgoing president of the world's largest exchange Nasdaq OMX said that, contrary to the West, Asian
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon A bubble that's a gleam in specuvestors' eyes
        71 2 BETTER to suck out the froth now than to burst the bubble later that was what market watchers in Singapore saw as the government's intention in warning against rash property purchases. On the surface, the message may seem puzzling. But dig deeper
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        Lock icon Market shrugs off SIA, Capita Land losses
        59 2 IS there a disconnect between corporate reality and the equity markets? This question came to the fore as the Straits Times Index romped to a new 10-month high to 2,636 points yesterday even as "big-hitters" like Singapore Airlines and Capita Land posted quarterly
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        Lock icon Temasek co-investment plan creates a buzz
        66 2 TEMASEK Holdings' plan to raise long-term capital from retail investors for co-investments in the future could take various forms, bankers and analysts said yesterday. But, irrespective of the final shape of these plans, the Singapore investment firm will likely have to open its books
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        Lock icon M'sian companies warm to sweeter fund-raising climate
        63 2 CORPORATE Malaysia could see an increase in fund-raising as firms capitalise on improved share prices and ample liquidity to make cash calls. With interest rates at historic lows, and investors convinced the bottom has been reached, domestic liquidity has returned to give the
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        Lock icon Recession losing grip in most regions: Fed
        71 2 THE recession is losing force in most parts of the United States, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday in a snapshot of economic activity from across the country. But the picture remains grim in other sections, with retail sales down in the Midwest,
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        Lock icon Capita Land sinks $156.9m into the red
        76 2 PROPERTY giant Capita Land yesterday posted a second-quarter net loss of $156.9 million, compared with a $515.2 million net profit last year, after taking into account aggregate losses on revaluations and impairment provisions totalling $280.9 million. "We believe subsequent quarters may improve as
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        Lock icon SIA posts first quarterly loss in six years
        71 2 SINGAPORE Airlines has announced its first set of quarterly losses in six years and warned that it could post its first full-year loss since it was formed in 1972. The combination of the global economic downturn, the outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1)
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        Lock icon PEC launches year's first SGX mainboard IPO
        57 2 PEC Ltd which provides EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) and EPC maintenance services to the oil, petrochemicals and pharmaceutical industries, has just launched its initial public offer the first on the SGX mainboard this year. Its IPO comprises 63 million new shares at
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        Lock icon Japan industrial output rises 2.4% in June
        65 2 JAPAN'S factory output rose for the fourth straight month in June as hopeful manufacturers boosted production to meet an uptick in global demand from depressed levels. Industrial production climbed 2.4 per cent from the previous month and "continues to show an upward movement",
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        Lock icon European earnings point to delay in recovery
        64 2 MAJOR European industrial groups reported lower profits yesterday despite some stabilisation due to cost-cutting and government help. The companies said they did not expect a quick economic recovery. Updates from engineering, oil, chemical and car groups revealed few signs the economy was improving
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      Lock icon Capita Land raises $1.1 b from convertible bonds
      556 2 [SINGAPORE] Property heavyweight Capita Land has raised $1.1 billion in gross proceeds from a se-ven-year unsecured convertible bond (CB) issue, the largest CB transaction for an Asian listed issuer so far this year. The lead manager of the issue may exercise an
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      Lock icon M'sian firms warm to sweeter fund-raising climate
      503 4  -  PAULINE NG Improving share prices and good liquidity are making a difference By in Kuala Lumpur CORPORATE Malaysia could see an increase in fund-raising as firms capitalise on improved share prices and ample liquidity to make cash calls. With interest rates at historic
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      Lock icon Recession losing grip in most regions: US Fed
      523 4 AP [WASHINGTON] The recession is losing force in most parts of the United States, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday in a snapshot of economic activity from across the country. But the picture remains grim in other sections, with retail sales down
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Capita Land Q2 hit by revaluation losses
      819 6  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Property giant positioning itself for next phase of growth By PROPERTY giant CapitaLand yesterday posted a second-quarter net loss of $156.9 million, compared with a $515.2 million net profit last year, after taking into account aggregate losses on revaluations and impairment
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      Lock icon SIA posts first quarterly loss in six years
      536 6  -  YEN SREENIVASAN By FACED with the worst operating conditions since 2003, Singapore Airlines has announced its first set of quarterly losses in six years and warned that it could post its first full-year loss since it was formed in 1972. The combination
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      Lock icon AWT gets second chance to regain minorities' support
      548 6  -  OH BOON PING ASIA Water Technology's management has survived a coup attempt by substantial shareholder Kareti Venkataramana who failed to boot out the board at a shareholders' meeting on Wednesday. But before popping the champagne, it needs to reflect on why the
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      Lock icon Suntec Reit DPU up 6.6% as office revenue rises
      377 9  -  TEH SHI NING By SUNTEC Reit's distribution income for the second quarter rose 13.5 per cent to $47.7 million from $42 million a year back. Distribution per unit was 2.977 cents, 6.6 per cent up year-on-year. Gross revenue for the three
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      Lock icon Stamford Land adds Mark Vaile to board
      205 9 LOCALLY listed Stamford Land Corporation (SLC) has appointed former Australian deputy prime minister and transport minister Mark Vaile (right) as an independent director. Mr Vaile, who lives in Sydney, joined the Singapore company's board yesterday. Among other directorships, Mr Vaile, 52, also also
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      Lock icon PEC launches mainboard IPO
      751 9  -  RONNIE LIM 63m new shares at 40 cents each to raise gross proceeds of $25.2 m By PEC Ltd which provides EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) and EPC maintenance services to the oil, petrochemicals and pharmaceutical industries, has just launched its initial public offer making it
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      Lock icon At a glance
      187 9 Six months ended June 2009 Three months ended June 2009 NET PROFIT TURNOVER NET PROFIT TURNOVER CURRENT I PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS %CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT I PREVIOUS (Sim) (Sim) (S$m) (S$m) CHNG 1 SuntecReit 94.05 79.65 18.1 129.44 115.20 12.4 47.70 42.03 13.5 64.51 59.23
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      Lock icon Tri-M gets nod to take over Kingworld
      448 9  -  OH BOON PING Electronics contract maker to acquire oil, gas firm for $110 m By TRI-M Technologies (S) Ltd, an electronics contract manufacturer, which is on the Singapore Exchange watch-list, has won shareholders approval for a $110 million takeover of an oil and
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      Lock icon SingPost Q1 net profit dips
      385 12  -  CHEN HUIFEN Total revenue climbs a marginal 0.7% to $121.8 m; mail revenue down 7.2% By SINGAPORE Post (Sing Post) has posted a marginal 0.1 per cent dip in its fiscal first-quarter net profit to $39.4 million, as the group coped with lower mail revenue
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      Lock icon Ascendas India Trust's Q1 DPU rises 25%
      333 12 ASCENDAS India Trust (A-iTrust) is making a distribution per unit (DPU) of 2.06 cents for its first financial quarter ended June 30, 2009, up 25 per cent from the same quarter last year, said Ascendas Property Fund Trustee Pte Ltd, the trustee-manager of
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Indeco signs airports maintenance deal
        91 12 INDECO Engineers, a wholly owned subsidiary of CWT Ltd, has signed a new contract for the maintenance of mechanical electrical (M&E) systems and facilities at Changi Airport and Seletar Airport with Changi Airport Group (CAG). The three-year contract is estimated to be worth $20 million.
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        Lock icon Achieva expects second-quarter loss
        99 12 ACHIEVA Ltd has issued a profit guidance for its second-quarter results. While the profit from operations is expected to be positive, the group will post "a net loss before tax" as a result of foreign exchange losses, it said. The foreign exchange losses will include a
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        Lock icon Devotion warns of H1 loss due to slump
        71 12 DEVOTION Energy Group has warned that it expects to report a loss for the half-year ended June 30. The group's results were adversely affected by the current global economic slowdown, it said. It saw a significant drop in export sales of domestic
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        Lock icon Hi-P International in acquisition deals
        78 12 HI-P International said it has agreed to buy 100 per cent of Global Flex (Suzhou) Plant II Co (Jiamao) for 129.5 million yuan (5527.4 million), and the flexible printed circuit boards and flexible-rigid printed circuit boards business and assets of Global Flex (Suzhou) Co (Jiatong)
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI up 81 % in four months
      581 8  - STI up 81 in four months R SIVANITHY STOCKS Market staged another rebound yesterday as banks led an afternoon run-up; trading less buoyant ALTHOUGH the Straits Times Index rebounded 32.13 points to 2,636.19 yesterday, overall trading was less buoyant and more mixed than earlier in the week, probably due to
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      97 8 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 9 3 4 0 0 0 9 3 4 Manufacturing 74 40 67 19 80 45 86 Commerce 29 14 25 31 16 31 'pt/Stor/Comms 25 11 27 11 Finance 16 16 Construction 13 13 10
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      116 8 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 43,950 43,950 72,529 72,529 lanufacturing 333,758 46,363 380,121 197,091 1,649 198,740 lommerce 176,238 12,856 189,094 117,997 5,879 123,876 'pt/Stor/Comms 238,848 8,693 247,541 293,042 2,203 295,245 :i nance 34,282 34,282 289,077 289,077 lonstruction 165,910 13,742 179,652 62,388 222 62,610 'roperties
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      105 8 lapitaLand 3.990 -0.010 lapitaMall 1.580 -0.020 jtyDev 10.140 +0.200 lomfortDelGrc 1.490 +0.050 losco Corp 1.330 +0.020 IBS Grp 13.780 +0.420 :&N 4.100 +0.070 ienting SP 0.845 +0.005 iolden Agri 0.420 +0.005 IK Land 3.860 -0.040 IMH 28.700 -0.480 ISH 16.120 +0.120 lardineC&C 22.500 +0.680 Ceppel Corp
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      812 8  -  JOYCE HOOI Venture Corporation July 30 close: $9.19 OCBC INVESTMENT RESEARCH, July 30 VENTURE Corp (VMS) wiUbe reporting its Q2 2009 results on Aug 7 and after a very tough first quarter, VMS could likely provide a positive surprise in both its Q2 2009 revenue and bottomline, despite
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      Lock icon US$ falls on firmer tone in markets
      498 8 Reuters CURRENCIES [NEW YORK] The US dollar fell against a basket of currencies yesterday as a firmer tone in world equity and commodity markets eroded demand for the greenback as a safe haven. US stock futures pointed to a higher open, while European
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 8 DAILY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      61 8 Jul 30 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 1243.00 +31.0 BT CADI -*****.00+134.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00+124.0 FTSE ST Mid Cap 588.35 +7.86 FTSE ST Small Cap 516.62 +11.60 FTSE ST All Share 643.88 +8.29 FTSE ST China Top 282.49 +4.64 FTSE ST China 276.16 +4.07 FTSE ST Catalist
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      54 8 VOLUME Golden Aqri 95,841,000 Gentinq SP 71,588,000 StraitsAsia 62,025,000 Ezion 58,634,000 Jaya Hldqs 54,100,000 Rowsley 50,211,000 GuocoLand Ltd 44,586,000 Swiber 42,923,000 AusGroup 41,410,000 Memstar 38,124,000 VALUE(S) StraitsAsia 124,527,700 SingTel 97,664,080 DBS Grp 90,272,260 CapitaLand 90,112,300 GuocoLand Ltd 83,402,080 UOB 70,179,020 Gentinq SP 60,358,545 OCBC Bk 59,801,600 SGX
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      Lock icon RISES
      103 8 CLOSE UP 9409 195.0 iBXT Ni 10US$ 1. iBXT MSKorea 10US$ 3941 119.9 2., IOB 1760 72.0 4. lardine C&C 2250 68.0 3.1 Venture Cor| 919 60.0 7.' iBS Gr| 1378 42.0 3.1 ;GX DB eCW*****7 83 40.5 95. Cor| ES.0908 811 32.0 4.1 Creative Tech 453 29.0 6.:
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      Lock icon FALLS
      116 8 CLOSE DOWN LD 10US$ 9143 -82.4 -0.6 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 4549 -73.7 -1.1 IMH 2870 -69.4 -1.6 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 6354 -50.6 -0.5 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2963 -24.6 -0.6 UOB.ES.0908 1700 -24.0 -1.4 China H 10US$ 1549 -17.3 -0.8 reat Eastern 1444 -16.0 -1.1 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1390
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      86 8 Where S$ stands Jul 30 CHNG CLOSE FR Jul 29 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4448 -0.18 1.5579 1.4308 Euro 2.0324 0.43 2.0732 1.9150 Pounds 2.3857 -0.91 2.4051 2.0356 AS 1.1902 -0.51 1.1985 0.9453 Yen* 1.5194 0.16 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.03 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2407 0.00 4.3390
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  • GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON SERVICE EXCELENCE
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      Lock icon Staying competitive in trying times
      1090 10 The importance of service excellence to business growth has taken on added significance, reports TEH SHI NING TOP brains and top business leaders converged on Singapore Management University last week, for the inaugural ISES Global Conference for Service Excellence 2009. The conference, a three-day affair
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      Lock icon Service that comes from the heart
      729 10  -  TEH SHI NING By GREAT service companies are undergirded by the right values and build a culture of upholding those values, said panellists at the ISES Global Conference on Service Excellence's first plenary session. "People often speak of successful corporations being 'lean and mean'
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      Lock icon Innovation: the strategic differentiator
      590 11  -  TEH SHI NING By BENCHMARKING and innovation are "two sides of a coin", says Ho Kwon Ping, executive chairman of premium resorts operator Banyan Tree Holdings. Discussing service innovation at the Global Conference for Service Excellence, Mr Ho gave illustrations from his experience running Banyan Tree,
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      Lock icon Managing customers for greater profits
      593 11 Migrating from a product-centric view to a customer-centric one could help companies achieve higher profitability, reports TEH SHI NING NOT all satisfied customers will be loyal customers, and not all loyal customers are profitable ones, said professor V Kumar in his talk on managing customers
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      Lock icon Building a strong brand is a strategy for success
      486 11  -  > BRANDON CHEW By SERVICE professionals had plenty of food for thought on customer care and service excellence after a series of plenaries and discussions. Associate Professor Sundar Bharadwaj of Emory University, Wildlife Reserves chief executive Fanny Lai and Tan Chong
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      Lock icon Be aware of CSI nuances: panel
      588 11  -  BRANDON CHEW By CUSTOMER satisfaction indices (CSIs) are effective, streamlined benchmarking tools but companies have to be assiduous in interpreting them. During a panel discussion at the ISES Global Conference on Service Excellence, five CSI specialists highlighted the various benefits of customer satisfaction benchmarks.
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon BASF considering restoring Singapore plants' output
      463 13  -  RONNIE LIM Firm says downturn seems to be bottoming, Chinese demand recovering By GERMAN chemicals giant BASF is considering restoring output at its Singapore petrochemical plants as the global downturn bottoms out and Chinese demand starts to recover. "We are actively reviewing this," a
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      Lock icon PMETs sign up for poly entrepreneurship course
      316 13  -  LI DAN WEI By ALL places for the first entrepreneurship training courses at Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic have been filled less than a month after Spring Singapore launched the programme for PMETs (professionals, managers, executives and technicians). The two polys are the
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      Lock icon Funding boost for mobile application developers
      290 13  -  ONG BOON KIAT By MOBILE start-ups with bright ideas can get up to $50,000 to develop them, while those with research and development ideas can get funding for up to half of their R&D project costs. And repayable grants are available for firms with
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      Lock icon SPH hands out 29 scholarships
      275 13  -  BRANDON CHEW By SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) and the SPH Foundation yesterday named the 29 recipients of the company's annual scholarships. Of these, eight are SPH journalism scholars. Notably, six SPH Foundation Lim Kirn San Memorial scholarships were awarded, instead of the usual four. SPH
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      Lock icon F1 promoter to hire 200 more temp staff to help at GP
      157 13 FORMULA One race promoter Singapore GP (SGP) plans to hire almost 200 temporary employees from Aug 2 to help host the coming 2009 Grand Prix. This is on top of 1,000 Institute of Technical Education students, who will
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      657 14 -AP, Reuters It also waives interest payment through 2011 for outstanding loans [WASHINGTON] The IMF will sharply increase funds it lends to low income countries to help them deal with the global financial crisis. The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that
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      300 14 -AP [BERLIN] Germany's unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 8.2 per cent in July over the previous month as the recession continued to hurt the job market, the Federal Labor Agency said yesterday. There were a total of 3.462 million
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      445 14 ■AP [TOKYO] Japan's factory output rose for the fourth straight month in June as hopeful manufacturers boosted production to meet an uptick in global demand from depressed levels. Industrial production in the world's second-biggest economy climbed 2.4 per cent from the previous month
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      424 15  -  S JAYASANKARAN RM37Om purchase could boost its 2010 net profit by at least RM37m, says CEO By in Kuala Lumpur SHARES of Carlsberg Brewery (CAB) Malaysia jumped almost 6 per cent to RM4.48 yesterday after investors gave the thumbs-up to the
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      450 15  -  PAULINE NG By I in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA could launch a new RMIO billion (Ss4.l billion) unit trust fund as early as today which might boost equities, market players say. Prime Minister Najib Razak announced the establishment of the Amanah Saham IMalaysia
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      231 15 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has acquired the entire shares of Union Carbide Corp in Optimal Group of Companies for US$66O million. Union Carbide is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company. In a joint statement with Dow here yesterday, Petronas
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      282 15 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Gudang Garam's second-quarter profit rose at the slowest pace in five quarters after sales at Indonesia's second-largest cigarette maker dropped 9 per cent. Net income in the three months to June 30 rose 17.5 per cent to
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      546 16 -AFP New Delhi hosting G-20 meeting in Sept keen to resume WTO talks [NEW DELHI] India said on Wednesday that the cri-sis-hit global economy has much to gain from a new trade liberalisation pact as it confirmed it would host a September
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      390 16 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's flagship outsourcing sector, accustomed to dou-ble-digit expansion, forecast on Wednesday that export growth would slide this fiscal year due to the impact of the economic crisis. Revenues from exports of software and back-office outsourcing services rose by 16 per
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      286 16 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China's credit growth will slow from the "unsustainable" pace seen this year to about 15 per cent in 2010 as a strengthening economy may reduce need for loan support, Goldman Sachs Group Inc says. Chinese banks, which advanced a record 7.37
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      384 16 Reuters [TAIPEI] TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, reported its largest profit in three quarters yesterday, beating analysts' expectations and further raising hopes the worst may be over for the tech sector. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said that it made
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      645 16 Reuters [DONGGUAN, China] Factories in a southern Chinese trade hub are cranking up production and hiring more workers in signs of improved sentiment after a brutal year for the export sector, officials and executives said on Wednesday. Exports fell 24 per cent
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      543 17 Reuters Promise of early rebound starting to fade in most sectors: analysts [LONDON] Major European industrial groups reported lower profits yesterday despite some stabilisation due to cost-cutting and government help. The companies said they did not expect a quick economic recovery. Updates from
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      623 17 AP [TOKYO] Sony Corp, maker of the hit Play Station game console, ran up less red ink than expected last quarter but maintained its forecast for full year losses, underscoring the risk that consumer spending will remain slack even as other parts of
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      254 17 -NYT [NEW YORK] She lost the penthouse on New York's Upper East Side, the compound in Palm Beach, Florida, the home in Montauk on Long Island and the house in the south of France. The yacht, the Mercedes, the Russian sable coat, the
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      441 17 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] It took Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc several years to find common ground on the best way to team up in the Internet search market. Now comes the hard part. The partnership announced on Wednesday seeks to challenge the dominance of Google
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      422 17 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Citigroup, rescued by the US government after a record loss last year, is "moving extremely fast" on asset sales, chief executive officer Vikram Pandit said. "We created and set targets for Citi in terms of asset reductions, in terms of risk
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      223 17 -NYT [NEW YORK] Lazard, the investment bank run by Bruce Wasserstein, reported a US$43 million profit for the second quarter as it showed growth in its core mergers and restructuring advisory businesses. The firm also showed improvement in its other main operation, asset management,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon BHP agrees to follow new ore price system
      683 18 Bloomberg It will sell 30% ore through a mix of cash, quarterly and indexed pricing [LONDON] BHP Billiton Ltd, the world's largest mining company, agreed on Wednesday to sell 30 per cent of its iron ore under new pricing mechanisms, signalling a
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      508 19  -  VEN SREENIVASAN Airline sector still reeling from weak demand, falling yields, low loads By 1 AIRLINES continue to be plagued by weak demand, falling yields and low load factors, the latest international figures show. And Asia-Pacific carriers, in particular, are stuck in
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      260 19 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing and Air Canada have revised payment and delivery terms on an order for 37 787 Dreamliners, which the airline said it will now begin receiving in the second half of 2013, more than three years later than planned. Boeing also agreed
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      2735 19 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), AI 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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        106 19 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp MTQCorp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.53 0.27 1.33 0.59 1.46 0.62 0.05
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        31 19 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd 1.00 8.70 8.80 3.18 2.83 unch 0.02 -0.05 0.10 -0.02 0.01 unch 51 135 2100 125 12 0
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        18 19 Evergreen Marine ....19.70 :irst Steamship 47.10 /Van Hai Lines 16.40 fang Ming Marine...12.55 -0.40 -0.55 -0.45 -0.40
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        37 19 '000 :awasaki Hvy Ind ..239.00 :awasaki Kisen 358.00 /litsubishi Hvy 376.00 /litsui Eng&Sbldg...233.00 /litsui OsR Lines 565.00 Jippon Express 408.00 JipponYusen 394.00 -3.00 ***** 5.00 4325 2.00 ***** unch 3644 -5.00 ***** -2.00 2137 3.00 5751
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      Lock icon Box traffic at Malaysia ports up 10% in Q2
      497 19 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian ports handled 10 per cent more containers in the second quarter of the year compared to the first, reflecting a recovery in both domestic and transhipment cargo, reported Malaysia's Business Times yesterday. Traffic at the 10 major ports
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      Lock icon Rolls-Royce H1 profit jumps 16.5%
      258 19 AP [LONDON] Aircraft engine manufacturer RollsRoyce pic yesterday reported a 16.5 per cent rise in first-half results as delays to the new Airbus A3BO and forthcoming Boeing 787 boosted demand for existing widebody aeroplanes already using the company's products. It also confirmed its guidance for
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      319 19 SOUTH EAST ASIA AND SOUTH ASIA AUSTRALIA TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT NOTICE TO TRADE PEAK SEASON SURCHARGE In order to maintain the level of service demanded during the peak season, the following lines wish to inform the trade that a Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) of U*****.00 per 20' and US$5OO.OO per
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  • SWISS NATIONAL DAY
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      994 21 Switzerland's modern and open economy, as well as its high standard of living, is an irresistible draw for multinational companies, reports lee u-weim THINK of the country Switzerland and immediately images of snow-capped mountain tops, timepieces, delicious chocolates and tennis icon Roger Federer come to
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      1563 22  -  JOERG ALOIS REDING Switzerland has stoutly defended its independence since 1291 and this year celebrates its 718 th birthday By Swiss Ambassador to Singapore TOMORROW will be August 1. Every year, bonfires are lit on the mountains and hilltops throughout Switzerland to mark our National Day.
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      149 21 Celebrating more than 140 years of a special bond with Asia. That's us. 4HH^MHHaafIHHH Celebrating more than 700 years of a special confederation. That's Switzerland. Congratulations! ~M ft. M i Jfti When we first set out from Switzerland to do business locations all over the world. We help business in
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      42 22 On the occasion of Switzerland's 718 th birthday, the over 200 Swiss companies in Singapore would like to thank the Singaporean authorities, clients, partners and staff for their excellent support and cooperation. a -jMOT^k titter s^^^.<vv B; <jt -^KbP E9M%fjS9v ■^Lff __^fl^EE9^^^^^^^
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Hope for a new era in global diplomacy
      423 24 THE United States and China on Tuesday concluded their first in-depth Strategic and Economic Dialogue. The US and India also have agreed this month to pursue a similar exchange in the future. Even though no concrete commitments came out of the China-US
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      928 24  -  SHADA ISLAM It claims the moral high ground as the only real believer in free trade, even in hard times GENEVA-BASED World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Pascal Lamy claims to see a "genuine desire" among top trading nations to clinch the long-elusive
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      766 24  -  ROBERT SAMUELSON THE BOTTOM LINE THE most misused word in the American healthcare debate is "reform". Everyone wants "reform", but what constitutes "reform" is another matter. If you listen to President Barack Obama, his "reform" will satisfy almost everyone. It will
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      1324 25  -  IRVING LOW To do so, they must have the right skills, knowledge and strategies, and be backed by top management, robust systems By IGHTING fraud is an ongoing battle in the corporate world. Not only is fraud an ever-present threat, but it also evolves
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      561 25  -  -WUZHIJIAN By THE Chinese equity and property markets have recently been on a roll. The Shanghai A-share market has gone up almost 100 per cent since the beginning of the year, and gained an impressive 17 per cent in the last two weeks. Housing
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      204 25 LETTER TO THE EDITOR I REFER to the report "Firms may have to buy out minority investors" (BT, July 20), where Mak Yuen Teen, co-director of the Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting Centre at NUS, was quoted as saying: "Valuation is not
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8793 26 Transaction date: Jul 30 Hi! !-wks Tel Low Code Com| Sale Cooo) Hi: Low Bu] ?er Seller C'vr •k P/E Smil >ari] 12 3 3148 8Telecom 8.5 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 23 12 5000 ABRHIdgs 13 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM 23 7 2101 APOil 68.5
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      1619 27 High Low Code Company Sale C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 19 5 1181 s AAGrp 26 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 05 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 24.5 8.5 3518 s Afor 12.5 2 1524 t Alantac 16 3.5 7814 t
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      408 27 52-Wk Tel h Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP) Day 111 Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Cvr Net MCap P/E Slllil Hi. Coi Hi. 110 100 6389 ABFSGBondETF 110 877 427 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US726 265 149 DBSSTIETF1OO 263 3841 3534 DBXT DJE5O 10US$ US3839 DBXTDJE50Sh 10US$
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      259 27 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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      9238 27 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS I UNIT TRUSTS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!S 1.925/ AIGIF S'pore Bond Fund/A 1.301/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.01/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.7/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.5128/
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      377 28 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jul29 World Index Preliminary 736.8 -0.3 8.7 -0.2 11.4 -0.6 11.1 t EAFE Prel liminai 703.9 0.3 8.4 0.1 12.5 -0.3 12.1 Euroi Prelim inan
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      121 28 As at 9am Jul 30 Singapore dollars to one unit rf foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer s,ust dollar 1.1710 1.2070 .an dollar 1.3190 1.3350 luro 2.0200 2.0430 IZ dollar 0.9330 0.9530 iterlini ind 2.3560 2.3830 JS dollar 1.4370 1.4540 .ocal dollars to 100 units if foreign
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      25 28 Jul 30 STI 2608 2618 2636 IIMSCI Jul 313.9 318.8 318.4 "aiwan Jul 256.4 258.8 255.9 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      22 28 Jul 30 SS Bid Offer 1-month 1.4449 1.4462 2-months 1.4449 1.4462 3-months 1.4449 1.4462 6-months 1.4450 1.4464 Source: OCBC
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      57 28 Jul3o lelivery flonth Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hi Low Vol Open Done Position \ugO9 2175 2230 2232 2175 140 iep 09 2124 2161 2176 2122 1109 3d 09 2111 2145 2155 2098 7581 tovO9 2101 2136 2150 2100 1553 Total o/p: ***** contracts Turnover: ***** lots
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      287 28 Jul 30 URODOLLAR FUTURES >epO9 DecO9 VlariO lun10 99.4950 99.2450 98.9400 98.5200 6401 3615 3174 3280 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES >epO9 DecO9 VlariO un10 >ep10 3ec10 \/lar11 un11 99.480 99.515 99.510 99.475 99.420 99.375 99.290 99.230 137 ***** 3557 2581 1438 421 420 412 52 EUROYEN LIBOR FUTURES
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      190 28 Jul 30 tUBBER Futures (Closing prices) !SS 3 (US cents/kg) flonth High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l lots) <\ug 09 >ep 09 3d 09 190.0 MOV09 Dec 09 189.5 Ian 10 190.0 189.0 192.0 191.0 190.0 190.0 190.0 190.0 40 250 120 40 68 266 603 818
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      88 28 Jul 30 'eriod Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi< Day's |h Low I-Month BQ*****A 29.10.09 -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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      98 28 Jul 29 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Aug 09 1057.50 1054.50 1066.75 1035.75 SepO9 964.00 968.00 974.25 950.50 Nov09 916.00 927.00 935.75 906.25 Jan 10 919.75 931.00 937.75 911.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Aug 09 33.07 33.82 34.20 33.05 SepO9 33.26
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      79 28 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jul 29 UDE (FOB origin) US! t /barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 66.66 -2.72 WTI (Near Mth) 62.86 -4.45 Dubai (1-Mth F) 67.42 -2.09 Tapis blend 73.45 -2.50 Minas 69.90 -2.50 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene S2.70 75.11 -2.52 -3.18 US$/barrel
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      448 28 Jul 30 iuro 'en (on 'eso lam 'ouni Australia 0.893 5.615 0.585 6.369 39.830 81.887 0.781 10.149 2.904 1.259 68.402 39.493 1.188 6.458 0.894 26.998 27.985 0.499 0.822 Canada 1.120 6.290 0.655 7.134 44.613 91.721 0.874 11.368 3.253 1.410 76.617 44.236 1.330 7.234 1.001 30.240 31.345 0.558
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      129 28 Jul 30 /oz) Hong Kong .ondon 934.50 929.60 935.50 930.60 Jul 28 Jul 29 938.30 929.20 939.30 930.20 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Jul 30 Buying Sellini Kilobar "46,471.17" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (SS) Selling Buying gm jam Ogm !0gm iOgm OOgm oz ozUBS Kinebar™ 103.79 295.32
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        394 32  -  MELISSA LWEE By IT may sound like a scene straight out of the film You've Got Mail, but Internet mailing lists were how the duo Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani met. Having bonded over a common love for the old moods of R&B, disco
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