The Business Times, 7 August 2009

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sf^l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 197/08/2008 Friday, August 7,2009
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    Lock icon Opportunity knocks for Asian banks: Tony Tan
    738 1  -  TEH SHINING GIC deputy chairman says worst is over but challenges remain along with chances By [SINGAPORE] The worst is over for Asia and there are unique opportunities ahead, says Tony Tan, deputy chairman of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC). These
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    Lock icon Homes from sold-out projects back on market
    584 1  -  EMILYN YAP Speculators a minority as they shoot for small flipping gains By [SINGAPORE] Some buyers who managed to lay their hands on units at projects sold out recently are trying to get lucky for the second time by selling what they snapped
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      47 1 lursi lay lange 1COMP 1,183.97 +4.48 IIKKEI225 10,388.09 +135.56 1ANG SENG 20,899.24 +404.47 ;et index 649.21 +9.05 JAKARTA COM P 2,359.97 +42.91 IANILACOMP 2,841.21 -45.75 ;eoulcomp 1,565.04 +5.57 ;henzhen b 557.87 -2.80 IUMBAI IND 15,514.03 -389.8 12 noon EDT Change )OW 9,263.82 -17.15 IASDAQ 1,979.84 -13.21
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 15.985 TAIWAN 4.776 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.52 INDIA 11.75 Source:
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      44 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.434 (US$/S$ ier£) 1.698 2.435 ;URO (US$/S$/E) 1.440 2.064 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 95.20 66.40 3.493 2.436 IK$ 7.750 5.406 !AHT 33.98 23.70 lUPIAH 9,895 6,902 lENMINBI 6.831 4.765 INDIAN RUPEE 47.58 33.19 1.186 0.828 1.490 1.039
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      52 1 HBfl fIRH BOOKS WINE OPINION CORPORATE I 1 I I To celebrate Jackson or 1992 burgundy at peak, Did regulations RESULTS V^ I 1 obsess over him? '96 far from ready cause current crisis? NOL Q2 loss hits 1 I PAGE 29 PAGE 29 PAGE 21 USsl46m PAGE 2 "unasked
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Opportunity knocks for Asian banks: Tony Tan
        98 2 THE worst is over for Asia and there are unique opportunities ahead, says Tony Tan, deputy chairman of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC). These include the chance for Asian banks and capital markets to step in to meet the massive capital
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        Lock icon Homes from sold-out projects back on market
        92 2 SOME buyers who managed to lay their hands on units at projects sold out recently are trying to get lucky for the second time by selling what they snapped up, for a profit. Advertisements for subsales at Optima@Tanah Merah have surfaced in the
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        Lock icon NOL Q2 losses hit US$146m
        52 2 SHIPPING giant Neptune Orient Lines registered a net loss of US$l46 million for the second quarter ended June 26 against a profit of US$76 million in the corresponding quarter last year, as the global economic recession continued to take its toll on performance. TOP STORIES,
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        Lock icon Demand for private homes on an upward curve
        79 2 EVEN as Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday launched the tender for a plum 99-year leasehold site for condo development at Dakota Crescent, expectations are running high that developers will trigger the launch of more housing sites from the government's reserve list in the
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        Lock icon Fuel hedges help MAS register biggest quarterly profit ever
        68 2 GAINS from fuel hedges of RMI.3 billion in the second quarter have netted Malaysia Airlines its highest-ever quarterly profit of RMB76 million and reversed losses of RM695 million in the first three months. But despite a profit of RMIBI million for
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        Lock icon Sembcorp posts 5.5% rise in H1 earnings
        71 2 SEMBCORP Industries posted a 5.5 per cent increase in net profit to $275.5 million for its first half year. Revenue dipped 3.3 per cent to $4.6 billion, largely attributed to a 31 per cent fall in turnover for the group's utilities operations to
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        Lock icon MCL Land Q2 profit soars to US$36.7m
        60 2 HONG KONG Land subsidiary MCL Land yesterday posted group net earnings of U5536.7 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009, up from a US$3.2 million net profit in the same period last year. Revenue rose from U*****,000 in Q2 2008 to
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        Lock icon Chemoil books US$12.2m net profit in Q2
        64 2 DESPITE continuing weak demand for bunker fuels, Chemoil managed to chalk up a net profit of US$l2.2 million for the second quarter ended June 30. The Q2 net earnings were 44.6 per cent lower than the US$22 million in Q2 last year, which
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        Lock icon Oil refiners reeling from double blow: BP
        74 2 IT'S still tough times ahead for the oil refining industry which is reeling from a double blow of a fall in product demand due to the economic downturn, and also surplus capacity as new refineries come onstream, says BP's chief Asia economist, Chi
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      Lock icon NOL Q2 losses hit US$146m
      508 2  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI Revenue down 38%; group expects loss for full year to be significant By [SINGAPORE] Shipping giant Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) registered a net loss of US$l46 million for the second quarter ended June 26 against a profit of US$76 million in the corresponding
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      Lock icon Case casts spotlight on liquidators' duty
      680 2  -  LYNETTE KHOO They must not only be independent but be seen to be independent as well By [SINGAPORE] A recent court judgment involving two related companies and a family drama has cast the spotlight on the duty of liquidators in verifying the proof of
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      Lock icon Demand for private homes on an upward curve
      975 4  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA NEWS ANALYSIS 'Natural demand' may be higher as immigrants step in; supply not a nagging issue By [SINGAPORE] Even as Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday launched the tender for a plum 99-year leasehold site for condo development at Dakota Crescent, expectations
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      Lock icon Fuel hedges help MAS register biggest quarterly profit ever
      472 4  -  PAULINE NG But airline makes an operational loss as yields, revenue fall By in Kuala Lumpur GAINS from fuel hedges of RMI.3 billion (***** million) in the second quarter have netted Malaysia Airlines (MAS) its highest-ever quarterly profit of RMB76 million
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      Lock icon Economy of ideas to raise exports: Tony Tan
      441 4  -  TEH SHI NING Spore must foster innovation, R&D and entrepreneurship By [SINGAPORE] Singapore's small population means that it will remain export-re-liant, Tony Tan, deputy chairman of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), said in response to a question posed at the
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      Lock icon Nervous Wall St traders eye the big enchilada
      717 4  -  ANDREW MARKS By in New York THE main topic of discussion, hope and rumour on Wall Street this week is what market analysts call "The Pivot Point", "The Big Enchilada", the "Key to the Rally" also known by its formal title, the
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Sembcorp posts 5.5% rise in H1 earnings
      475 6  -  JOYCE HOOI Revenue slips 3.3%; depreciation of the pound takes its toll on revenue from UK By SEMBCORP Industries posted a 5.5 per cent increase in net profit to $275.5 million for its first half year. Revenue dipped 3.3 per cent to $4.6
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      Lock icon Tat Hong silences doubters
      778 6  -  YEN SREENIVASAN CONVENTIONAL wisdom can sometimes turn out to be unconventionally off the mark. And if there is one company which has just proven this, it must be crane lessor Tat Hong Holdings. Just three months ago, market pundits were writing off the growth and earnings
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      Lock icon Creative suffers USsl4m net loss in Q4
      278 6 CREATIVE Technology reported a net loss of US$l4 million for its fourth quarter ended June 2009, including a provision of US$l2.B million for potentially unrecoverable loans due from a former subsidiary, compared with a net profit of U*****.2 million a year ago. This
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      Lock icon MCL Land Q2 profit soars to US$36.7m
      595 7  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA H1 results boosted mainly by sales proceeds from The Fernhill, Tierra Vue By HONG KONG Land subsidiary MCL Land yesterday posted group net earnings of U5536.7 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009, up from a US$3.2 million net
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      Lock icon Revaluation drags HK Land into the red
      504 7 HONGKONG Land, which operates in both Hong Kong and Singapore, saw a net loss of US$4O2 million for the first half of 2009 due to revaluation adjustments compared with a profit of US$l.6 billion in HI 2008. Loss per share for the six
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      Lock icon STT raises bid for Eircom to A$230m
      192 7 Reuters [DUBLIN] Singapore Technologies Telemedia yesterday made a revised bid worth a total of As23o million (*****.8 miUion) for Eircom holdings, the Australian based majority shareholder of Irish telecoms group eircom. Irish media reported in April that Telemedia, a unit of state investor
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      440 7 NATIONAL DAY 2009 byteSssZes and A ■4 i P F customer satisfaction, and the pursuit exaggerated, but we will be vigilant This year's National Day of excellence in all we do. We will and will adapt to any structural W C V* i celebrations take place against the continue to
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Firm HK, Europe fail to bolster STI
      612 8  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS Index suffers third consecutive loss, with the biggest drag coming from UOB's 28-cent fall A REBOUND in Hong Kong and a firm opening for Europe yesterday failed to help the Straits Times Index avoid a third consecutive loss, the index
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      97 8 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 9 3 4 0 0 0 9 3 4 lanufacturing 98 29 53 12 106 34 65 Commerce 37 11 19 42 14 22 'pt/Stor/Comms 21 21 10 :inance 15 10 15 10 Construction 10 13
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      117 8 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 27,699 27,699 80,589 80,589 lanufacturing 581,511 87,973 669,484 352,809 3,998 356,807 lommerce 133,498 65,746 199,244 81,968 38,221 120,189 'pt/Stor/Comms 174,391 1,403 175,794 254,206 319 254,525 :i nance 39,589 39,589 373,984 373,984 lonstruction 185,568 10,492 196,060 35,117 163 35,280 'roperties
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      100 8 lapitaLand 3.750 -0.010 lapitaMall 1.540 +0.010 jtyDev 10.120 +0.020 lomfortDelGrc 1.640 +0.040 losco Corp 1.310 +0.030 IBS Grp 13.300 -0.100 :&N 4.070 +0.040 ienting SP 0.820 -0.005 iolden Agri 0.430 +0.005 IK Land 3.960 -0.030 IMH 30.160 -0.860 ISH 16.780 -0.220 lardineC&C 24.380 +0.040 Ceppel Corp
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      896 8  -  JAMIE LEE Singapore Exchange Aug 6 close: $8.48 DMG Partners Securities, Aug 5 SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) reported FY2009 net profit of $305.7 million, down 36 per cent y-o-y, in line with our forecast $296 million. The decline was mainly due to the 23 per cent fall in operating
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      Lock icon Sterling falls on BOE easing news
      556 8 j_li_ajj_ \_4vy v i xx Reuters CURRENCY [LONDON] Sterling fell broadly yesterday after the Bank of England said that it would extend quantitative easing, while the euro was little changed against the US dollar after the European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged. The
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 8 DAILY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      59 8 Aug 6 CLOSE VALUE IT OB/OS 760.00 -62.C IT CADI -*****.00+201. IT 10-day MA -*****.00 +76.0i TSE ST Mid Cap 594.82 +6.6 TSE ST Small Cap 521.06 +4.11 TSE ST All Share 638.51 +0.3 TSE ST China Top 281.85 +2.8 TSE ST China 275.84 +4.0' TSE ST
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      53 8 VOLUME Yanqzijianq 117,978,000 UniFiber 115,530,000 Golden Aqri 107,308,000 Ellipsiz 93,885,000 Ezion 66,009,000 Sunninqdale 63,455,000 Gentinq SP 59,734,000 Sinotel Tech 49,145,000 Mediaßinq 44,943,000 Lexicon Grp 40,378,000 VALUE(S) UOB 136,902,560 DBS Grp 134,594,840 Yanqzijianq 117,487,080 SingTel 78,625,291 Yanlord 60,663,830 CapitaLand 60,331,840 Wilmar 51,874,764 Gentinq SP 49,322,700 Ezion 48,929,990 OCBC
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      Lock icon RISES
      102 8 CLOSE UP iBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 4850 200.6 3.0 ICBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 9260 40.0 0.. iBXT Ni 10US$ 9925 35.8 0. MS India 10US$ 1333 33.0 1.: iBXT S&P Short 10US$ 6216 31.5 0.. ilA 1384 30.0 2., ilA 200 1380 24.0 1.: At NCCPS 133 23.0 20. :BNonEm 10US$
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      Lock icon FALLS
      107 8 CLOSE DOWN 1616-158.0 -8.9 UOB.ES.0908 IMH 3016-123.2 -2.8 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US! 1374 -33.0 -1.6 ISH 1678 -31.5 -1.3 Teative Tech 677 -31.0 -4.4 UOB 1634 -28.0 -1.7 Kei Con i.ES.0908 798 -11.0 -1.4 ;gx 848 -11.0 -1.3 DBS Gri 1330 -10.0 -0.7 ICBCCai :.93%Pref10 7890 -10.0 -0.1 BY PERCENTAGE
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      83 8 Where S! stands Aug 6 CHNG CLOSE FRAug5 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.4355 -0.11 1.5579 1.4308 Euro 2.0644 0.01 2.0732 1.9150 Pounds 2.4366 -0.04 2.4366# 2.0356 1.2077 0.08 1.2086 0.9453 ren* 1.5017 0.20 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.11 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2233 -0.08 4.3390 4.1040 Peso* 3.0058
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      Lock icon Chemoil books US$12.2m net profit in Q2
      507 9  - Chemoil books US$ 12.2m net profit in Q2 RONNIE LIM Earnings down 44.6% from 2QOB, up 38.6% from IQO9 By DESPITE continuing weak demand for bunker fuels, Chemoil managed to chalk up a net profit of US$l2.2 million for the second quarter ended June 30. The Q2 net earnings were
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      Lock icon Hour Glass posts 19% drop in Q1 profit
      352 9  -  JAMIE LEE By THE Hour Glass said that quarterly net profit fell 19 per cent as consumer sentiment remained poor. The watch retailer earned $4.75 million for the first quarter ended June 30, down from $5.9 million a year ago. This translates
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      Lock icon Hyflux Q2 earnings surge 15% to $25.9 m
      533 9  -  CHEW XIANG By HYFLUX yesterday reported second-quarter net profit of $25.9 million, up 15 per cent from the previous corresponding period's $22.6 million. Revenue rose 24 per cent to $134.5 million but raw material, consumable and subcontractor costs jumped 30 per cent
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      Lock icon Parkway Reit cautious despite good results
      557 10  -  CHEN HUIFEN It has also secured a $50m Islamic revolving credit financing facility By PRUDENCE is the call at Parkway Life Reit, even as the healthcare trust reported an improved set of sec-ond-quarter results yesterday. The trust has secured a $50 million Islamic revolving
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      Lock icon Dairy Farm's first-half profit stays flat
      318 10 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd, the operator of supermarkets, drugstores and convenience shops throughout Asia, said that first-half profit was little changed as spending on groceries offset lower sales at other businesses. Net income for the six months to June 30
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Lower exports, so Pine expects loss in Q209
        82 10 PINE Agritech said the company expects to report a loss for the three months ended June 30. It said the company's financial results for the second quarter in FY2009 continued to be adversely affected by the global economic slowdown. In particular, the
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        Lock icon Linair to report half-year loss
        63 10 LINAIR Technologies said it will report a loss for the half-year ended June 30. The global financial crisis has adversely affected the demand for the group's manufacturing products. Other factors include provisions for slow-moving inventories and for doubtful debts, and for the closing of its
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      Lock icon Banyan Tree unveils Laguna Hue in Vietnam
      347 10  -  LI DAN WEI By BANYAN Tree's Laguna Hue resort in Vietnam, which will give the group a foothold in the growing Indochina tourism market, is set to open by 2012. The project, on a 280 ha beachfront site, broke ground yesterday, with Vietnam's
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      Lock icon M&C revenue decline slows in Spore, NY
      289 10 Reuters [BANGALORE] Hotelier Millennium Copthorne (M&C) said yesterday it saw signs of stability returning to its major markets with a slowing in the decline of revenue per available room (RevPAR) in Singapore and New York, sending its shares up as much as 12
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      Lock icon At a glance
      388 10 6-month and Q2 results ended June 2009 i-mon an 6 months ended June 2009 3 months ended June 2009 1 Semb Corp Ind 275.55 261.29 5.5 4,578.09 4,733.41 -3.3 141.91 138.18 2.7 2,431.35 2,580.62 -5.8 2 Dairy Farm 225.73 223.13 1.2 4,852.23 4,796.95 1.2 3 Mandarin Oriental
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Oil refiners reeling from double blow: BP
      454 11  -  RONNIE LIM Fall in demand, surplus capacity due to new refineries have hit hard By IT'S still tough times ahead for the oil refining industry which is reeling from a double blow of a fall in product demand due to the economic downturn,
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      Lock icon Ogilvy & Mather takes top honours
      295 11 Ogilvy Mather takes top honours SINGAPORE Press Holdings yesterday announced the winners of SPH Ink Awards 2009 at a ceremony attended by over 300 players in the advertising industry. The awards, in their fourth year, recognise and honour creative excellence in print ads, as well as across integrated media campaigns.
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      Lock icon Middle East offers rich cultures, many opportunities: SM Goh
      441 11  -  LEE U-WEN ASIA-MIDDLE EAST MEDIA ROUNDTABLE Reports by "If newspapers are too free and go for news that create readership and always attack government politics, they may just be going for human interest stories but ignoring the more serious ones that
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      Lock icon PAP looking for PM No 4: SM Goh
      549 11 THE search is still very much on for Singapore's fourth prime minister ideally someone in their 30s who can gain enough experience first and be groomed to take over eventually from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong described
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon BOE holds interest rates steady at record 0.5% low
      496 12 AP, Bloomberg It is expanding its quantitative easing programme by£sobto£l7sb [LONDON] The Bank of England is expanding its programme of buying up assets to boost the money supply, indicating that the British central bank remains cautious about recent signs of an
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      Lock icon RBS economist is a bear in the china shop
      674 12  -  ARTHUR SIM By [SINGAPORE] China bulls should turn the page now. Ben Simpfendorfer, chief China economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland, is "more bearish than most" on the China story. In fact, he believes it is more "a story about
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      Lock icon ECB keeps rates at record low to boost lending
      267 12 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank left interest rates at a record low as it tries to get credit flowing again and strengthen an economy that may return to growth this quarter. ECB officials meeting in Frankfurt yesterday kept the benchmark
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      30 12 tahla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY TWIN SALUTE Twins return from India to do NS and will be part of National Day Parade Lewis Hamilton plays cricket in Delhi
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon KL considers filter to block some websites
      504 13 -AFP Move aimed at porno, bloggers who inflame racial hatred: official [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is considering imposing an Internet filter to block "undesirable" websites, on the grounds of maintaining racial harmony in the multicultural nation, a senior official said yesterday. The move was
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      332 13 [PETALING JAVA] Bursa Malaysia Bhd says it reserves the right to extend the trading halt period of a company's shares to periods it deems appropriate, Starßiz reported yesterday. "Notwithstanding the shortened period of a trading halt, Bursa reserves the right to extend
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      423 13 AP, Bernama [SINGAPORE] Malaysia expects its exports to rebound by the end of the year, fuelling economic growth in 2010 after a severe recession, the trade minister said yesterday. "We think by year-end export prospects will improve as a result of early signs of
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      Lock icon Weak monsoon may hit India's GDP: ÜBS
      354 14 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India's economic growth may slow by as much as two percentage points in the year to March 2010 if monsoon rains remain deficient and hurt farm production, according to ÜBS AG. "If rainfall fails to improve more significantly we fear
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      Lock icon Swire Pacific H2 profit dives 74%
      324 14 Bloomberg Losses in property countered earnings from Cathay [HONG KONG] Swire Pacific Ltd, the Hong Kong office landlord and owner of the city's biggest airline, said first-half profit fell 74 per cent as losses in its property division countered earnings from Cathay Pacific Airways
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      Lock icon Aircel 'shortlists four firms for tower unit sale'
      429 14 [MUMBAI] Indian cellular firm Aircel, 74 per cent owned by Malaysia's Maxis, has shortlisted four firms including American Tower and Bharti Infratel to conduct due diligence as it looks to sell part or all of its tower holdings, two banking sources with
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      Lock icon Struggling Indian drugmakers seek foreign cure
      711 14 Reuters Global giants eye access to emerging markets, low costs [MUMBAI] For Indian generic drugmakers struggling with cut-throat competition, regulatory hurdles and expensive legal battles, a tie-up with a global pharmaceutical giant may be just what the doctor ordered. The world's biggest drugmakers have
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      Lock icon Li Ka-shing company posts 67% ump in H1 profit
      453 14 Bloomberg Earnings of Cheung Kong Infrastructure boosted by power plants' sale in China [HONG KONG] Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd, the roads and utility company controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, posted a 67 per cent gain in first-half profit after selling
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Tighter online game rules to hit foreign firms
      721 15 ■Reuters They hinder foreign-made titles, but may prove a boon for Chinese video game makers [SHANGHAI] As China attempts to scrub clean its virtual worlds and ensure that only wholesome games reach its millions of ardent gamers, most at risk are foreign
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      252 15 —Snt'i; f'BHISSfe: 1 "Kiwi'iiii, 1 Ec^H I I •^*^%m _l I liltAN'l) YIN DE BORDEAUX J^ F Wf I (""H AHTFAT J f\ BAINTE*MABB if r. Chateau B^ ,^^^^/Nb I toJ^^SLl^ J'h|H 1 A CONFESSION f :^nl Merlot Cabernet ■fp R J J rf ,l |i|| I- M BKII0 IlLEAr
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Asset manager profits slashed by slow growth
      771 16 Reuters Q2 margins fall from a year ago despite layoffs and other cost-cutting moves [BOSTON] Fat profits for asset managers may become a distant memory as the economy adapts to the "new normal" of slow growth. Rising stock markets and net inflows made
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      Lock icon Judge declines consent on BOA-SEC settlement
      295 16 -AP [NEW YORK] A judge on Wednesday baulked at signing off on a US$33 million proposed settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Bank of America (BOA) over executive bonuses. BOA on Monday agreed to pay the penalty to settle government charges
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      382 18 [WASHINGTON] The US Securities and Exchange Commission is forming five speciality units of investigators, taking steps to speed subpoenas and giving people more incentive to cooperate with investigations, the enforcement director said. The groups will investigate cases in asset management, structured products,
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      Lock icon Hazan settles naked-short sales claims
      544 18 Bloomberg It will pay USs4m to SEC; the agency also settles similar claims against another firm [NEW YORK] Hazan Capital Management LLC and owner Steven Hazan agreed to pay US$4 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claims that the firm made naked-short sales,
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      406 18 -NYT [WASHINGTON] James B Lockhart, the director of the federal agency that controls Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac, said on Wednesday that he was stepping down at the end of the month, as the government weighs options for the future of the two
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      709 19 -AP Most recipients were required to match the money dollar-for-dollar [WASHINGTON] Seeking to put US back in the lead on an important technology, the Obama administration awarded more than US$2 billion in grants on Wednesday for manufacturing advanced batteries and other components
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      Lock icon News Corp Q4 loss hits USs2o3m on MySpace writedown
      350 19 -AP, Reuters [LOS ANGELES] News Corp said on Wednesday that it lost US$2O3 million in the latest quarter due to a huge writedown at the social networking site MySpace, but Rupert Murdoch, its chairman, said the global media conglomerate is seeing
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      563 19 Reuters -AP, [NEW YORK] Cisco Systems said on Wednesday that earnings fell 46 per cent in its latest quarter, but the profit beat Wall Street expectations. Cisco chief executive John Chambers said business conditions were improving for the world's largest network equipment manufacturer
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      2637 16 w [SATS X^l \*J A. J-^^-V A-v L- Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg www.cats.com.sg N IN THE MATTER OF I THE COMPANIES ACT, I~TBs "FRSFiai?BSSBB^RI CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF I /,fc ?i P t H IH! ItH #W?% SURAWONG RESTAURANTS PTE LTD 4 Scorpio East Holding;. Lid
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Barclays shareholders okay sale of asset manager
      459 17 Reuters Staff stage protest against pension changes; union warns of strike [LONDON] Barclays Pic shareholders overwhelmingly approved the British bank's sale of asset manager Barclays Global Investors to Blackßock for about US$l4 billion yesterday, but staff staged a protest against pension changes. Barclays
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      323 17 -AFP [PARIS] French bank BNP Paribas said on Wednesday that it expected to pay out over one billion euros (552.06 billion) in bonus payments to traders, executives and some 17,000 staff in its investment banking divisions this year. A spokesman told AFP that an
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      323 17 neuters [SEOUL] Workers at Ssangyong Motor Co yesterday ended two-months of increasingly violent protests and agreed to big layoffs at South Korea's smallest car maker, for months on the edge of bankruptcy, media reports said. Its struggles, which analysts say are still
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      333 17 at 3 [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Group, one of the US banking industry's top performers, said on Wednesday that government agencies have asked about its compensation practices and use of credit derivatives. Compensation, especially bonuses, and credit derivatives have been among the most hot-button topics
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      296 17 BUY. SELL. BRANDED WATCHES 1 I liJH|JjJ||MMM|ljl|ilJßNMiM|j| 11 HHHHJHjHHHHfI BUY&SELL _^J^^^^M ROLEX/PATEK PHILIPPE/PIAGET/ H^ BBPISHBPtPBPHB AP/ VC/ IWC/ CARTIER/ JAEGER OR I BWlM|W|iMpi|Mipl OTHER BRANDED WATCHES DOl-45A Peninsula Plaza 6334 0155 HflSJJ^liO I SO2-9OK People's Park Complex 6327 4628 (J#)ttj) I 1101-45 The Bencoolen *****921 (I") ljjlf)i« ffiiiili!i?li| I MMMIIMMHI
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      1235 18 home. causes F~^ ~.\=m =H=?E n^F with rhilrl pEf *v| WILII LllllU ■Wafer H IBv Tan Weizhen Wt mta! B f*^-l I J//I AT LEAST one good thing has come out BL^T MB 'I of the recession: Dads now have more BK''I'"^ fl» time to spend with their families. ",'jfi
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      243 19 LUXURY fcliiy^m^^^^^^^ N Prego is in search of Singapore's speed eating champion. Head down to Prego, register and guzzle down a serving of spaghetti and i 3 large meatballs in record time, and you may just be the champion amongst "chomp-ions". i 1^ M OUTSTANDING PRIZES AWAIT: V /flflß ifchs
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Proud of Singapore, all year round
      503 20 AS Singapore marks its 44th birthday on Sunday, there is much to be sanguine and celebratory about and not just because over the past 12 months it weathered pretty darn well what was, at least on paper, its most severe recession to date. With
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      Lock icon It's back to business as usual for Goldman
      1150 20  - I t's back to business as usual for Goldman JENNY ANDERSON -NYT The post-bailout Goldman Sachs is virtually indistinguishable from the pre-bailout one By LLOYD C Blankfein has a story about the cataclysm that nearly brought down all of Wall Street. It goes something like this: One by one, lesser
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      775 20  -  FRANK CHING THE BOTTOM LINE LAST month, after the arrest of Australian citizen Stern Hu (Rio Tinto's top negotiator in Shanghai) and three other Rio staff, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman defended the action by saying that there was "solid
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      Lock icon Did regulations cause current crisis?
      1121 21  -  LEON HADAR Some economists contend government intrusion into capitalism, and not capitalism, is to blame for the financial mess Washington Correspondent THE intellectual starting point for much of the conventional wisdom regarding the origins of the current financial crisis is that it was brought about
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      Lock icon Slow lane to free trade
      802 21  -  CHUNG-HO KIM BARUN MITRA By and INDIA and South Korea will sign today an agreement that they say will cut barriers and boost trade between the two important economies. But, behind the political rhetoric, the reality of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership (CEPA) is in fine
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Tough strategies needed for new challenges: ICAO
      576 22  -  YEN SREENIVASAN How quickly aviation industry returns to growth depends on response scope By [SINGAPORE] The aviation industry must devise new aggressive strategies to handle the increasingly complex and interrelated challenges it faces, an industry leader said yesterday. These include shifting market conditions,
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      Lock icon Panama Canal in pact with US port
      199 22 Xinhua [PANAMA CITY] The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has signed an agreement with Port Everglades of the United States to generate new business, the manager of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), Alberto Aleman Zubieta, announced on Wednesday. "The ACP and Port Everglades will
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      2758 22 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al India (AC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl R.,.,, les Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR EVA Airways
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        102 22 '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 0.53 0.27 1.31 0.65 1.57 0.60 0.05 ....unch
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        32 22 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd 1.03 8.90 8.80 3.23 2.91 unch -0.01 0.10 -0.03 -0.03 -0.08 unch 72 64 147 595 4 0
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        14 22 '00 Baht Vol ■recious Ship Jegional Cont .17.10 ...9.35 0.60 unch 5538 1567
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        6 22 '000 Joil .45.15 -1.05 1031
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        22 22 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 7.00 19.50 unch unch unch -0.50 unch unch V 2871 i i
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        20 22 Evergreen Marine ...20.75 :irst Steamship 43.90 /Van Hai Lines 17.50 fang Ming Marine ..12.90 -0.30 -1.25 0.10 unch 1
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        39 22 '000 :awasaki Hvy Ind ...243.00 :awasaki Kisen 383.00 /litsubishi Hvy 371.00 /litsui Eng&Sbldg ..230.00 /litsui Osk Lines ....581.00 Jippon Express 410.00 Jippon Yusen 407.00 5.00 ***** 5.00 8864 3.00 ***** 3.00 2906 -8.00 ***** 1.00 3038 -6.00 6657
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      Lock icon Cathay may increase economy seating
      422 22 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, Hong Kong's biggest carrier, may rip out some premi-um-class seats and install more economy seating as companies cut travel budgets during the recession. "We're going to have to make fundamental changes to our business" if premium and cargo
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      Lock icon Air France replacing airspeed monitors
      278 22 AFP [PARIS] Air France has begun replacing airspeed monitors on its Airbus fleet with US-made models following the crash of a jet that raised questions about the safety of the sensors, a spokeswoman said. The first six planes were fitted with the new speed probes
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      490 22 Bloomberg [MADRID] The next America's Cup will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in February 2010, defending champion Alinghi said on Wednesday. Sailing's oldest event will be staged in Ras al-Khaimah, billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi team said in a statement. Larry Ellison's BMW-Ora-cle,
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8749 23 Transaction date: Aug 6 Hi! !-wks Tel Low Code Com| Sale Cooo) Hi: Low Bu] ?er Seller C'vr P/E Smil >an] 13.5 3 3148 8Telecom 8 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 24.5 12 5000 ABRHIdgs 12.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM 23 7 2101 APOil 79.5 26.5
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      1625 24 High Low Code Company Sale C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr •k P/E $mil 19 5 1181 s AAGrp 26 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 05 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 23.5 8.5 3518 s Afor 12.5 2 1524 t Alantac 12 3.5 7814
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      411 24 52-Wk Tel h Low Code Last Sale s» Day Ih Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Cvr Net P/E .S Hii Comi Hii 110 100 6389 ABFSG Bond ETF 108.5 837 427 CIMBAsean40 1OOUS$ US739 +11 273 149 DBS STI ETF 100 264 3903 3534 DBXT DJE50
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      263 24 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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      9233 24 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!S 1.95/ AIGIF S'pore Bond Fund/A 1.302/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.02/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.71/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.515/ APS Komaba Global
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      368 25 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Au; World Index Preliminary 755.7 -0.8 11.5 -0.7 14.5 -0.8 15.1 EAFE Preliminai 719.8 -0.8 10.9 -0.6 16.4 -0.7 16.' Euroi Prelim inan 995.2 -0.6
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      189 25 Aug 6 tUBBER Futures (Closing prices) !SS 3 (US cents/kg) flonth High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) 0/1 lots) iep 09 3d 09 197.0 MOV09 198.0 Dec 09 198.0 Ian 10 198.0 =eb 10 197.0 198.0 198.0 198.0 200.5 198.5 198.0 198.0 198.0 198.0 40 40 40 40
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      448 25 Aug 6 iuro 'en (on 'eso lam 'ouni Australia 0.902 5.757 0.585 6.532 40.103 83.400 0.803 10.312 2.944 1.256 69.754 40.252 1.208 6.742 0.895 27.628 28.640 0.496 0.843 Canada 1.109 6.385 0.649 7.245 44.478 92.498 0.890 11.437 3.265 1.393 77.364 44.644 1.340 7.478 0.993 30.642 31.764 0.550
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      124 25 As at 9am Aug 6 )f foreign currency: lurrencies Bid Offer lust dollar 1.1950 1.2310 .an dollar 1.3310 1.3460 luro 2.0540 2.0770 IZ dollar 0.9550 0.9760 iterlini ind 2.4210 2.4500 JS dollar 1.4250 1.4420 .ocal dollars to 100 units if foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer :hi
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      155 25 Aug 6 Xterniqht 5/16 -month 7/16 -months 9/16 l-months 11/16 Overnight mode: 5/16 IS$ Offer 1/4 3/16 5/16 7/16 BJd 1 days I month I months months d months months I I. (All 0.35 0.39 0.50 0.60 0.95 1.50 1.60 Offer 0.25 0.29 0.30 0 40 0.65 1.00
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      88 25 Aug 6 'eriod Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi< Day's |h Low I-Month BQ*****E 05.11.09 -Year BY*****W 03.05.10 0.29 0.35 0.25 0.25 3OVERNMENT BONDS >eriod Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low !-Year NX*****H 3.625 I-Year NX*****F 3.625 '-Year N*****0S 2.875 0-Year NX*****W 2.500 5-Year
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      68 25 Aug 6 mth 0.***** 0.***** mths 0.***** 0.***** mths 0.***** 0.***** mths 0.***** 0.***** mths 1.***** 0.***** 2 mths 1.***** 0.***** ;WAP Offer rates (S$) mth 0.***** mths 0.***** mths 0.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 1.***** 3yrs
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      171 25 Aug 6 GOLD (USS/oz) Aui 06 Aui OS Hong Kong London 960.80 962.10 961.80 963.10 Aug OS Aug 04 963.20 963.30 964.20 964.10 Source: Thomson Reuters (S$) Selling Buying 1 oz 1539.73 1391 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (S$) Selling Buying 10gm $539.28 443 SILVER Selling Buying (S$I Sellini
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      103 25 Aug 5 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Aug 09 1175.00 1165.00 1182.75 1154.00 Sep 09 1088.00 1083.50 1100.00 1066.75 Nov 09 1045.00 1031.50 1048.50 1023.75 Jan 10 1049.00 1035.50 1050.50 1028.75 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Aug 09 37.52 37.45 37.60 37.05
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      75 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Aug 5 origin^ t/barrel Close Cham irent blend (1-Mth F) 74.48 0.5! WTI (Near Mth) 71.87 0.5. iubai (1-Mth F) 72.72 0.9. "apis blend 79.05 0.7I i/linas 75.70 1.41 >RODUCT JS$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Chanqi Naphtha Jet Kerosene 70.05 79.65 0.8: 1.11 US$/barrel )pec Oil Basket Price
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      149 25 Aug 6 Zurrencies Bid Offer Bid Offer >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2074 1.2092 0.8428 0.8429 Canadian dollar 1.3390 1.3412 0.9347 0.9349 luro 2.0628 2.0658 1.4399 1.4400 IZ dollar 0.9611 0.9629 0.6709 0.6712 Sterlinc 2.4331 2.4367 1.6984 1.6985 IS dollar 1.4326 1.4346 >$IUS$
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      64 25 Aua 5 minimum, 99.7 jrity (US$/tonne) Co Close Previous :ash 2042.00 months 2070.00 1963.25 1990.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) :ash months 9164.25 6200.00 6045.00 6050.00 .ead (US$/tonne) :ash months 1933.50 1950.00 1903.50 1921.00 lickel (US$/tonne) :ash months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 'in (US$/tonne) :ash *****.00 *****.00 months *****.00
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      73 25 Aug 5 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low ,epO9 1757 1810 1804/1753 )ecO9 1785 1837 1831/1781 i/lar 10 1788 1835 1829/1780 i/lay 10 1781 1827 1813/1771 lOFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low iepO9 1499 1520 1517/1493 Mov09 1523 1543 1540/1517 Ian 10 1534 1555 1552/1529 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close Prev
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      24 25 Aug 6 STI Aui 2584 IIMSCI Aui 311.1 314.1 310.5 "aiwan Aui 246.0 248.9 247.8 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      22 25 Aug 6 SS Bid Offer 1-month 1.4329 1.4350 2-months 1.4329 1.4350 3-months 1.4330 1.4351 6-months 1.4332 1.4354 Source: OCBC
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      60 25 Aug 6 lelivery flonth Opening Sett Av Range Price Price Hi Low Vol Open Done Position \ugO9 2360 2363 2360 2360 6 254 iep 09 2313 2339 2359 2289 1585 9668 3d 09 2300 2325 2345 2275 ***** ***** tovO9 2295 2323 2337 2270 2734 ***** Total o/p:
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      656 28 Visual Storytelling references to human nature. A within the confines of one particular COLLECTORS Contemporary garment is realised only through the school of thought or movement. Being presents concurrent solo shows by assembling of its individual parts from exposed to the plurality and emerging artists American John sewing patterns; likewise,
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      319 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 6 Bore fruit but abandoned I Annual pop festival? (7,3) (7) 9 A love for colour (4) 7 A brave line to adopt (6,4) 10 Fancy coping with bare 8 Copy-writer (10) adults dancing around? (10) 12 About time Peter French I 1 Defeat looks far from
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      1543 32 Artists with no fine arts background are making waves a sign that Singapore's art scene is maturing, reports AMANDA DE GUZMAN AWN Ng is not your conventional artist. She didn't carve i a career out of displaying her I works on crisp white gallery I walls
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        823 28 Literature, films, paintings, media arts get different treatment, reports MADHVI SUBRAHMANIAN "To have a great idea, have a lot of them." Thomas Edison CURATING Lab: 100 Objects (Remixed) is a project attempting to do just that. To generate lots of ideas and thought processes in
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        562 28 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Sotheby's chief financial officer William Sheridan said that art prices and sales have stabilised, after the New York-based auctioneer reported a worse-than-expect-ed 87 per cent drop in se-cond-quarter earnings. "Unless there's some external event we're not aware of, we believe the
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        724 29 Two new books on the late star serve different audiences, says CHRISTOPHER LIM Unmasked: The Final Years Of Michael Jackson By lan Halperin Simon Schuster UK Pages: 273 Price: $27.95 Rating: C+ Michael Jackson 1958-2009: Life Of A Legend By Michael Heatley Headline
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        1040 29  -  N KYONG By WINE is a never-ending and fascinating study. Keep an open mind and it always turns up the most pleasant surprises. Recently, I tasted a Sicilian wine made by Peter Vinding-Diers (of ex-Chateau Landiras fame). No name yet, just Blend
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        679 29  -  PARVATHI NAYAR By THE increasingly audible literary buzz around Ali Sethi broke out into mainstream clamour earlier this year with the publication of his evocative debut novel, The Wish Maker. Yet, despite his pedigree as a critically acclaimed author and the Lahore-born, US-educated son of highly
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        584 30 Up shows that age is no barrier to pursuing and fulfilling life's dreams, says GEOFFREY EU A GRUMPY old man and an over-enthu-siastic little kid make for an unlikely pair in Up, but after an airborne adventure (in a bal-loon-powered house, no less)
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        613 30  -  GEOFFREY EU By SUMMER popcorn offerings such as the new G.I. Joe movie should come with a consumer advisory attached so that those viewers not already familiar with the action hero figures by toymaker Hasbro or the Marvel comic book characters will have some
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        901 31 US$B million music festival pulls no punches, reports CHRISTOPHER LIM WHEN the organi s c r s of Singfest announced in June that the annual rock music festival would be postponed this year, popular assumption was that funding issues were the cause. However,
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        467 31  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM By GAME developer Bungie will extend the life of its incredibly successful Halo franchise next month with a new instalment, Halo 3: ODST. ODST stands for "orbital drop shock trooper", which refers to soldiers who drop down to planets in little
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        550 31  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM CD REVIEW Rhythms Del Mundo: Classics Rhythms Del Mundo Artists Project Earth Rating: B+ Sunny Side Up Paolo Nutini Warner Rating: BLive It Out Alain Clark Warner Rating: C+ AN E Radici Eros Ramazzotti Sony Rating: B- IT'S encouraging how many
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