The Business Times, 31 August 2009

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  • 23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sfi\ A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO regn no *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Monday, August 31,2009
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  • 871 1  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Country embraces call for change, markets poised to rally after DPJ's big win By in Tokyo COUNTING continued late last night in Japan's landmark general election but it was very clear that the nation had rebelled against its
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 49 1 >T Index 2,642.80 +97.94 1 COMP 1,174.27 +10.48 IIKKEI 225 10,534.14 +295.94 IANG SENG 20,098.62 -100.40 ;et INDEX 656.98 +12.35 JAKARTA COMP 2,377.25 +43.35 1ANILA COMP 2,884.18 +164.00 ;eoulcomp 1,607.94 +26.96 ;henzhenb 494.09 -5.71 IUMBAI IND 15,922.34 +681.51 )OW 9,544.20 +38.24 IASDAI 2,028.77 +7.87 ;&P 500 1,028.93 +2.80
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    • 29 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.448 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: Bloomberg
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    • 44 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.441 (US$/S$ per 1.629 2.347 EURO (US$.S$/E) 1.433 Foreign currency per US$ 2.066 'EN 93.90 65.20 3.526 2.446 IK$ 7.751 5.378 !AHT 34.02 23.60 lUPIAH 10.080 6.994 lENMINBI 6.831 4.740 INDIAN RUPEE 48.88 33.91 1.190 0.825 IZ$ 1.459 1.013
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  • 739 1  -  OH BOON PING Business as usual or an accident waiting to happen in month that brings back dark memories? By [SINGAPORE] Call it the Hungry Ghost effect, if you will. But it seems that September has historically been a "cursed" month for stock
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 953 2  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT But major sell-off not in the offing as buy orders pour in on any pullback By in New York THE latest phase of the six-month long US stock market rally has shown remarkable resilience, as momentum driven
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    • 643 2 Reuters Critics see him as more sympathetic to other high-earners [WASHINGTON] The "pay czar" tasked by the US government with ruling on the eye-popping compensation of some of Wall Street's top earners is far from a stranger to big pay cheques
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    • 455 2 Bloomberg It will be buying its debt from Citigroup Inc at a 5% discount [LONDON] Songbird Estates pic, the biggest landlord in London's Canary Wharf, agreed to sell shares to institutions including China's sovereign wealth fund to repay £880
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      • 53 2 COUNTING continued late last night in Japan's landmark general election but it was very clear that the nation had rebelled against its postwar political tradition and rejected the Liberal Democratic Party that has been in power for over half a
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      • 56 2 SEPTEMBER has historically been a "cursed" month for stock markets. So what will the upcoming month bring to the bourse this time? BT polled some analysts here, but found that they appear to be divided on the "September effect" theory and its impact
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      • 65 2 THE latest phase of the six-month long US stock market rally has shown remarkable resilience, as momentum driven trading continues to defy arguments that stocks are now overvalued by as much as 25 per cent. But the calls for the rally's demise
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      • 63 2 THE "pay czar" tasked by the US government with ruling on the eye-popping compensation of some of Wall Street's top earners is far from a stranger to big pay cheques and the trappings of wealth. Kenneth Feinberg made U555.76 million last
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      • 86 2 THE long-stalled $1.2 billion Island Power project finally looks set to get off the ground. India's GMR Group, which took 100 per cent ownership of IP in May, is talking with gas importer Gas Supply Pte Ltd about securing Indonesian gas to fuel the
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      • 76 2 THE construction industry was the only sector of the economy that continued to grow in the second quarter. And some listed contractors here, riding on contracts secured earlier, have reported increased revenues and earnings for the quarter or half year ended June 30,
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      • 80 2 STAGES 1 and 2 of the Circle Line are set to commence operations in the first half of 2010, while Stages 4 and 5 wiU open in 2011. Stages 1 and 2 from Dhoby Ghaut to Bartley consist of 11 stations,
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      • 58 2 PROPERTY buyers hunting for their dream Housing Development Board flat could find their task made easier when a project by the Singapore Land Authority to computerise 800,000 HDB titles and 3,300,000 HDB documents comes online. The $8.2 million undertaking will also benefit lawyers, property
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    • 572 4  -  RONNIE LIM GMR Group is in talks with GSPL about securing Indonesian gas Reports by [SINGAPORE] The long-stalled $1.2 billion Island Power (IP) project finally looks set to get off the ground. India's GMR Group, which took 100 per cent ownership of IP in
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    • 452 4 More information could be released to investors in months SINGAPORE'S next big power stations will be built in the eastern part of the island. Potential sites will be set aside and further information on them could be released to investors
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    • 426 4 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Citigroup Inc's largest individual investor, was ranked the richest Saudi national by Arabian Business, even after losing 4.6 per cent of his personal wealth in the past year. Prince Alwaleed's assets are valued at US$l6.3 billion, compared with
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    • 160 3 —T Zr^___________________H__HH__^H INCREASED COMPETITIVENESS. H Energy costs and physical space are two major cost components for NTT Communications Hong Kong Data Centre. By deploying ECO CENTER, NEC's energy-saving mSmmm server, the data center has reduced almost half the m^m^_ amount of electric power for operating and cooling, and IJ wl
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 525 5  -  UMA SHANKARI But some hit by the economic downturn, posting weaker Q2 numbers By THE construction industry was the only sector of the economy that continued to grow in the second quarter. And some listed contractors here, riding on contracts secured earlier, have
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    • 390 5 Aug 28 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NY 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of China Limited 5.5 Bank
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    • 202 5 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME IPCO Intl A IPCO Building 24 Pandan Road Singapore *****5 31-Aug 9.00am China New Town E Level 4 Changi Room 1 Holiday Inn Atrium 317 Outram Road Singapore *****5 31-Aug 9.30am Tsit Wing Intl S Singapore Marriott Hotel Ballroom III, Level 3 320
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    • 202 5 KEPPEL FELS, a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore Marine, is on track to deliver Gold Star, the first of two DSS 38 deepwater rigs, to Brazilian operator Queiroz Galvao Oleo c Gas (QGOG) later this year. DSS 38, the latest model in this series, is
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    • 153 5 FORMER Airocean Group director Ong Chow Hong has been fined $4,000 after being charged under Section 157(1) ofthe Companies Act (Chapter 50) for failing to use reasonable diligence in the discharge of his duties as a director of Airocean. Mr Ong had approved the release
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 777 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS WALL Street seems to be experiencing a period of uncertainty. Investors suddenly appear uncertain as to whether the recovery is real, despite assurances from the federal government and central bank. Or, if they are sure of the recovery, they're
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    • 472 6 Payment (cts) Ex Books Pay date close date ,BR Hldi aw 1.000 07-Se; 09-Se; 29-Se[ Jvancet aw Esse] aw .seem IaT Eejl .sia1 an irine JcT fov larine JcT fov" ■Vi-Tecl 0.500 03-Nov 05-Nov 18-Nov iar( I room fov" fov" :so PI larma 1.050 02-Nov 04-Nov 25-Nov [are!
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    • 335 6 -AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies mostly rose against the US dollar over the last week, with major players such as the yen firming against the US unit, despite gloomy employment figures that raised doubts over the recovery of the world's second largest economy.
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    • 333 6 -AFP COMMODITIES [LONDON] The prices of raw materials were mixed last week in cautious trade despite increased signs of global economic recovery. The US economy, the world's biggest, appeared to hold on its path of recovery from deep recession as output shrank at an unrevised
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    • 1345 6 Thomson Reuters Source: Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price lompany name \llgreen Prop perties 2.09 2.55 11 6.29 19.24 1.17 1.21 ,RA Asset Mi 2.00 2.00 2 7.50 10.80 1.03 0.82 .rmstroni ndustria 1.50
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    • 4 6 WEEKLY
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    • 61 6 Aug 28 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 554.00 -13.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +26.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +56.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 603.99 -0.54 FTSE ST Small Cap 556.03 +2.94 FTSE ST All Share 650.24 +0.19 FTSE ST China Top 282.71 -1.70 FTSE ST China 282.64 -0.67 FTSE
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    • 61 6 VOLUME Gentinq SP 618,983,000 Sapphire 499,956,000 China Honqxinq 473,811,000 GMG Global R 409,329,000 Golden Agri 362,319,000 Abterra 301,310,000 Ban Joo 285,158,000 AusGroup 279,714,000 BanJooWl ***** 261,180,000 *Star Cruises 220,123,000 VALUE(S) Gentinq SP 607,907,000 DBS Grp 467,836,117 Capita Land 274,056,770 Wilmar 261,428,764 UOB 251,101,415 Sing Tel 239,603,510 OCBC
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    • 109 6 CLOSE UP 9700 550.3 4.1 DBXT Ni 10US$ DBXTDJE50 10US 4164 384.6 6.9 DBXT MSEuroi 10US$ 4042 341.4 6.2 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 5413 315.5 4.2 DBXTMSKorea 10US$ 4111 243.5 4.3 GLD 10US$ 9338 126.8 1.0 OCBCCai 5.1%NCPS 100 9946 98.0 1.0 UOB.ES.0908 1702 94.0 5.8 MS India 10US$ 1290
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    • 121 6 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. DBXT S&P Short 10US$ CLOSE DOWN 5990-230.5 -2.6 Omei lav 790-210.0 -21.0 Da in irm 562 -99.4 -10. DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2844 -41.8 -1.0 BMT 1260 -40.0 -3.1 JMH 2816 -34.6 -0.8 Asia Pac Brew 1180 -20.0
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    • 85 6 Where S$ stands Aug 28 CHNG CLOSE FRAug27 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4416 0.15 1.5579 1.4308 Euro 2.0678 -0.44 2.0732 1.9150 Pounds 2.3449 -0.34 2.4366 2.0356 AS 1.2086 -0.56 1.2171 0.9453 Yen* 1.5423 -0.05 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.02 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2400 0.08 4.3390 4.1040 Peso*
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    • 693 7  -  YEN SREENIVASAN HOCK LOCK SIEW By AFTER being down in the dumps for the better part of a year, sentiment has improved both in the financial and the asset and commodity markets. Activity in the construction, offshore oil gas and infrastructure sectors has picked up
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    • 123 7  -  Joyce Fong LETTER TO THE EDITOR WE refer to the article, "Experts lined up for court battle of fund manager" (BT, Aug 28). Nels Radley Friets is chairman of SGX-Securities Trading, CDP and Catalist Disciplinary Committees. The Disciplinary Committees comprise professionals and experts from
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 40 7 DOWTEC Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Dayen Environmental, has registered a wholly owned Singapore subsidiary, CH Solutions (CHS), on Aug 20. CHS will carry out research and development in advance water treatment technologies.
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      • 79 7 PLATO Capital has proposed a share consolidation, whereby five existing issued shares will be consolidated into one ordinary share. Plato also proposes to undertake a rights issue of up to some 89.6 million new ordinary shares at an issue price of $0,175, on the basis
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      • 81 7 ADVANCE SCT has announced changes to the composition of its board. Directors Kang Hui Huat and Peter Kwok Kian Tow were retired at the annual general meeting last Friday. Weng Hua Yu @Simon Eng, an executive director and the CEO since March 25, has been
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    • 158 8 Biggest upgrades in analysts' sentiment aug28'09 weekonweek BID PRICE CHANGE VALUE Sino-Environment 0.140 40.0 1,680 China Milk O590 26.9 5,900 Sihuan Pharmaceutical 0.955 26.5 7,640 Sunvic Chemical 0.205 24.2 6,150 Chemoil Energy 0.807 20.4 23,403 China XLX 0575 18.6 9,775 China Taisan 0.135 17.4 5,400 Longcheer 0.475 17.3 9,025 China
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    • 418 8  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent SMALL cap stocks came alive last week, lifting our portfolios by an average 9.1 per cent. This is the strongest climb since May and is more than twice the rate of increase registered by the Straits Times Index last week.
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    • 167 8 Analysts' top recommendations AUG28'09 WEEK-ON-WEEK BID PRICE CHANGE VALUE China Sky Chemical 0.245 40.0 Sino-Environment 0.140 40.0 Li Heng 0350 22.8 China Essence 0.235 20.5 Cacola Furniture 0.065 18.2 SinoTechfibre 0.165 17.9 Rotary Engineering 1.280 14.3 China Kangda Food 0.225 12.5 4,165 1,680 7,000 4,935 3,380 6,270 20,480 5,850 Noble
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    • 165 8 Lowest forward IPEs AUG28'09 WEEK-ON-WEEK BID PRICE CHANGE VALUE China Sky Sino-Environ merit China Milk 0.245 40.0 0.140 40.0 0.590 26.9 4,165 1,680 5,900 Li Heng China Essence 0.350 22.8 0.235 20.5 7,000 4,935 JES International 0.220 18.9 11,440 SinoTechfibre China Taisan Longcheer Low Keng Huat Hupsteel China Sports SC
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    • 179 8 Highest dividend yield AUG 28 '09 WEEK-ON-WEEK BID PRICE CHANGE VALUE Hotunq Investment SinoTechfibre FJ Benjamin Longcheer SilverlakeAxis Rotary Engineering CDL Hospitality Trust Datapulse Poh Tiong Choon Logistic China Merchants (Pacific) 0.144 18.0 0.165 17.9 0.270 17.4 0.475 17.3 0.190 15.2 1.280 14.3 1.370 12.3 0.245 11.4 0.300 11.1 0.615
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    • 175 8 Lowest PTB portfi folio AUG 28 '09 WEEK-ON-WEEK BID PRICE CHANGE VALUE China Sky Guocoleisure 0.245 40.0 0.530 37.7 4,165 5,300 Fuxinq China China Flexible Packaging Hotung Investment SinoTechfibre Auric Pacific SunningdaleTech China Merchants (Pacific) United Fiber System 0.105 23.5 0.225 18.4 0.144 18.0 0.165 17.9 0.575 15.0 0.150 11.1
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    • 169 8 One-year top losers AUG 28 '09 WEEK-ON-WEEK BID PRICE CHANGE VALUE Mirach Energy KXD Digital Top Global 0.100 66.7 0.015 50.0 0.015 50.0 10,000 7,500 7,500 Sinostar 0.190 40.7 11,780 China Oilfield Tech Synear Food Lereno Bio-Chem Multistar Holdings SinoTechfibre Ausgroup China Auto Electronics China Energy Sunshine Sinomem Technology C&G
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    • 1383 8  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS By THE buying fell, while the selling among directors rose last week based on filings on the Singapore Exchange in the last week of this month. A total of 13 companies recorded 21 purchases worth $6.7 million, versus 12 firms
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    • 191 9 Over 500 Executives inspired at The Premier Business Leadership Series presented by SAS Uniting thought leaders and executives from around the world in Singapore. Inspiring new ideas to INNOVATE, OPTIMISE and TRANSFORM performance outcomes. Vl The organization, speakers, content and overall tempo of the conference was excellent.... In relation to
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 439 10  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI All 11 stations from Dhoby Ghaut to Bartley on track to get TOP by year-end By STAGES 1 and 2 of the Circle Line are set to commence operations in the first half of 2010, while Stages 4 and
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    • 442 10  -  CHUANG PECK MING By SINGAPORE entrepreneur Lena Sim, founder and owner of the Ministry of Food (MOF) restaurant chain, is setting up 300 outlets in China and that's only for starters. MOF could eventually open up to 10,000 outlets there. The first
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    • 61 10 SINGAPORE BRIEFS SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong will visit Libya from Aug 31 to Sept 2 to represent Singapore at the 40th Anniversary celebrations of Libya's National Day in Tripoli, where he will meet senior members ofthe Libyan government. He will be accompanied by Senior
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
    • 867 11 Saturday's forum is expected to allow undergraduates to network with like-minded people from schools, industry, reports LEE U-WEN ALL four Singapore universities are working together for the first time to put together a forum that aims to cultivate a deeper interest in investing among their undergraduates.
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    • 920 11 CAMPUS LIFE GCC countries are growing industries such as real estate, tourism and financial services, writes DANIEL NG OVER the years, countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the Middle East have diversified their economies and committed high levels of public investments and initiatives to
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    • 203 11 FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part ofthe BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have a
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    • 3336 12 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC Which elements of the government's $20.5 billion economic stimulus package should be retained, and which should be modified or removed? Are there other policies or programmes you would like to see in their place? Leong Horn Kee Chairman and CEO CapitalCorp Partners THE
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    • 46 11 citibank THE Business Times-Citibank Young Investors' Forum is published every Monday in The Business Times. It aims to raise the financial awareness of university and polytechnic students and cultivate a better understanding of business issues. The series is part of BT and Citibank's tertiary outreach programme.
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  • DINING OUT
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      733 14  -  Jaime Ec NEW RESTAURANT The Nautilus Project #04-09 lon Orchard Tel: 6509-1033 MAYBE it's the lon Orchard syndrome where if it's ok to pay upwards of $5 for a plate of noodles at the basement food court, it's ok to pay similarly jacked up prices at restaurants
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    • 597 14  -  Audrey Phoon Duo Le #08-09 Orchard Central 181 Orchard Road Tel: 6509-8616 IF you came across Duo Le, a week-old restaurant on the busy eighth floor of Orchard Central, you would notice that it stands out for two reasons. One, its entrance area looks more sophisticated
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 578 15 -AFP It will wait to see if recent positive data turns into full-blown recovery [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank will keep rates at historically low levels this Thursday, analysts said, as it waits to see if the tentative signs of improvement in the
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    • 218 15 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The International Monetary Fund said that it pumped about US$25O billion into for-eign-exchange reserves worldwide last Friday, acting on an April call from leaders ofthe Group of 20 nations to boost global liquidity. Countries will be able to convert the money,
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    • 771 15 AP Clients of Grameen Bank have no credit history or collateral [BANGKOK] The global financial crisis has highlighted a curious success story: A bank that doles out loans to some ofthe world's poorest, least-creditworthy people continues to have a payback rate of nearly 100 per cent.
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 673 16  -  PAULINE NG MALAYSIA INSIGHT Air Asia's success as a regional budget carrier holds big lessons for Malaysia's ruling coalition THE weaker growth wrought by the global financial crisis means that Malaysia's economy will need to expand at a frenetic 8 per cent per
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    • 496 16 -AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's National Day celebrations last week have been soured by new racial troubles as minority ethnic Chinese and Indians fear Muslim Malay nationalists are gaining power. In a rare overt display of the tensions, dozens of Muslims paraded last Friday with the
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    • 448 16 Reuters [JAKARTA] An Indonesian environment agency has set out a roadmap for the government to adopt forestry, energy, transport, industrial and agriculture policies that would slash carbon emissions by the world's No 3 emitter. Indonesia's govern-ment-backed National Climate Change Council, or NCCC, said
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 667 17 AFP It plans to spend USs3ob on military, USslob on homeland security [NEW DELHI] India's drive to protect itself after last year's Mumbai attacks is attracting interest from some of the world's biggest companies who see opportunities in the push for improved homeland security.
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    • 330 17 AP [TAIPEI] Taiwanese officials said yesterday that they hope the Dalai Lama will stay clear of politics to avoid angering China during his visit to comfort victims ofthe island's worst storm in 50 years. Although the Tibetan spiritual leader has travelled to
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    • 565 17 Reuters Its three-year deal with China Unicorn is not exclusive [NEW YORK] Apple Inc's deal to sell the iPhone in China is seen as just the beginning of its dealmaking in the world's largest mobile phone market. The three-year deal with China Unicorn, the country's
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    • 523 17 ■AFP Chandrayaan-1 mission over, all contact lost: ISRO [BANGALORE] India's first moon mission, launched amid much fanfare last year, came to an abrupt end on Saturday after controllers lost contact with the country's lunar craft, the national space agency said. India launched an unmanned
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    • 406 17 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's monsoon rains may improve next month but are still set to be the worst in four decades, and the slow filling of reservoirs is putting winter crops and power supplies at risk. Monsoon rains, the lifeline for
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    • 484 17 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's Tengzhong may finalise a deal with General Motors Co as early as this week to acquire the US carmaker's Hummer brand, a source familiar with the deal said on Friday. The deal would mark the first major
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 645 18 AFP Finn gives Ferrari its first win this year as minnow Force India enjoys first-ever podium finish [SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium] Finn Kimi Raikkonen rode his luck to claim Ferrari's first win this year when he held off a strong challenge from Force India's veteran Italian Giancarlo
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    • 278 18 ■AP [SEOUL] South Korea's president is seeking to replace the prime minister as well as some top aides and Cabinet members this week, his office said yesterday, ahead of October's parliamentary by-elections. A new line-up for President Lee Myung Bak's top advisers will
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    • 737 18 AFP Strong demand by growing economies in region: analysts [MELBOURNE] Australia is poised to become "the Middle East of gas" as Asia's rapidly growing economies queue up to buy its vast reserves in liquid form, according to analysts. The government last week
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    • 274 18 Reuters [DUBAI] Gulf states seeking farmland for food security are going underground as the deals, seen by many as land grabs, risk tarnishing their reputation, an independent consultant advising the region on the deals said yesterday. Gulf Arab countries, heavily reliant on food
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    • 496 18 ■AP [LOS ANGELES] A growing wildfire sending massive billows of smoke into the sky north of Los Angeles nearly tripled in size last Saturday, injuring three people, burning a small number of homes, knocking out power to many more and prompting evacuations in a number
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  • WORLD
    • 505 19 -AFP But Berlin favours Canadian/Russian option over Brussels group [BERLIN] US car giant General Motors wants Russian firms barred from taking over its German subsidiary Opel, but Berlin does not agree, according to the weekly Der Spiegel. In its forthcoming issue, the weekly,
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    • 394 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] American International Group Inc and Steven Udvar-Hazy, head of its International Lease Finance Corp unit, are weighing several options for the aircraft leasing business, including breaking up the company, two sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday. The alternatives
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    • 533 19 Reuters [BERLIN] Voters in three German states headed to the polls yesterday for regional elections that are seen as a key test of sentiment before a federal vote next month in which Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes to win a second term. Ms
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    • 497 19 LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] A Republican member ofthe Senate's "Gang of Six" healthcare negotiators sharply criticised Democrats' reform plans last Saturday, making the climb to a bipartisan deal when Congress returns this week appear even steeper. In the Grand Old Party's weekly radio and Internet
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    • 617 19 Reuters [BOSTON] Senator Edward Kennedy, the liberal champion of the United States Senate who carried on the political legacy of his slain brothers, was buried last Saturday after four days of emotional tributes. The man whom President Barack Obama called the
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
    • 600 20 Bloomberg Cost of shipping Middle East oil to Asia slumps for 7th consecutive session [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, posted its biggest monthly drop since October on plunging rentals for iron-ore carriers. Iron ore
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    • 280 20 ■AP [SAN FRANCISCO] Air traffic controllers in a major control centre in California were reduced to using personal mobile phones to guide dozens of airplanes when the communications system crashed for several minutes last Wednesday morning. Controller Scott Conde said he was in front
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    • 296 20 ■AFP [SYDNEY] Australia denied claims last Saturday that it had downplayed the scale of a massive oil spill at a drilling rig off its northwest coast, and said the slick was dispersing naturally. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson said the Greens party
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    • 1786 22 High Low Code Company Sale COOO) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 16 5 1181 s AA Grp 26 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 20 8.5 3518 s Afor 12.5 2 1524 t Alantac 11 3.5 7814
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    • 451 22 52-Wk Tel h Low Code Last Sale Vol C000) Week ih Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld C'vr Net MCap P/E $mil _Hm Col _Hm 110 100 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 110 794 427 CIMBAsean40 100USS US730 +13 274 149 DBS STI ETF 100 267 +8
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    • 262 22 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer
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    • 46 22 Stock name Close Chani CapitaLand 3.760 -0.030 .apr Jev" .osco .orp irp lerv fen" vgn Stock name Close Change JMH 28.160 +0.040 Ia7( UfTe" ipel .orp irp Stock name Close Chan i SIA Engg 2.620 :ngg >eml .orp >eml .ing I mar
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    • 98 22 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 12 3 3 0 0 0 12 3 3 Manufacturing 179 27 33 23 12 202 33 45 Commerce 65 13 11 76 10 18 >r/Cc ms 35 38 Finance 31 32 Construction
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    • 118 22 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 184,322 184,322 323,748 323,748 Manufacturing 4,161,222 303,219 4,464,441 1,766,769 14,601 1,781,370 Commerce 1,553,181 213,644 1,766,825 633,053 89,876 722,929 Tpt/Stor/Comms 1,158,892 29,359 1,188,251 1,108,726 6,290 1,115,016 Finance 278,302 608 278,910 1,220,537 60 1,220,597 Construction 820,486 506,475 1,326,961 273,702 11,050 284,752
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    • 2658 22 Transaction date: Aug 28 For a full listing ofthe closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day Vol ■000 HK! \eon Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway \sia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Seida Jade Bird Jeijing Airport
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    • 372 23 In local curr In S$ In USS %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Aug 28 World Index Preliminan 782.9 0.3 15.5 0.2 18.7 0.8 18.9 t EAFE Preliminai 752.6 0.8 15.9 1.1 21.6 1.6 21.8 Euro[ Preliminan 1052.5
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    • 197 23 Aug 28 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l (lots) Sep 09 215.0 Oct09 218.0 NOV09 217.5 Dec 09 217.5 Jan 10 218.0 Feb 10 218.0 214.0 218.0 217.5 217.0 217.5 216.0 215.5 216.5 217.5 217.5 218.5 218.5 90
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    • 462 23 Aug 28 AS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRu Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso i« Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.914 5.743 0.586 6.516 41.087 84.738 0.790 10.468 2.964 1.227 69.774 41.030 1.212 6.562 0.892 27.673 28.595 0.516 0.841 Canada 1.094 6.281 0.641 7.126 44.936
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    • 132 23 As at 9am Aug2B Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.1990 1.2370 Can dollar 1.3190 1.3350 Euro 2.0580 2.0840 NZ dollar 0.9830 1.0060 Sterlini ind 2.3340 2.3640 US dollar 1.4340 1.4500 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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    • 173 23 Aug2B Offer Overnight 1-month 2-months 3-months Overnight mode: 1/4 ys$ 1/4 7/16 9/16 11/16 Offer 3/16 3/16 5/16 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 0.35 0.38 0.50 0.55 0.80 1.40 1.50 Offer 0.25 0.28 0.30 0.35 0.60
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    • 169 23 Aug2B GOLD (USS/oz) Aui IS Aui 27 GOLD BULLION COINS (S$) Sellini Hong Kong 949.00 942.60 950.00 943.60 Aug 27 Aug 28 London 943.35 957.30 944.15 958.30 Source: Thomson Reuters (S$) Selling Buying 1 oz 1534.38 1386 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (S$) Selling Buying 10gm $538.21 441 SILVER
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    • 101 23 Aug 28 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Sep 09 1135.75 1114.25 1164.75 1111.00 Nov09 1011.00 996.00 1017.50 991.00 Jan 10 1011.75 997.50 1017.75 994.00 Mar10 1007.25 993.50 1012.00 993.75 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Sep 09 36.07 36.21 36.80 35.92 Oct09
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    • 75 23 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Aug 27 origin^ US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 71.00 -0.10 WTI (Near Mth) 72.70 1.41 Dubai (1-Mth F) 70.17 -0.82 Tapis blend 76.90 -0.90 Minas 74.60 -0.80 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 68.55 77.20 -0.70 -1.75 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price
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    • 156 23 Aug2B Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$fUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2110 1.2123 0.8406 0.8407 Canadian dollar 1.3242 1.3261 0.9192 0.9196 Euro 2.0647 2.0671 1.4332 1.4335 NZ dollar 0.9864 0.9888 0.6847 0.6857 Sterlini ind 2.3459 2.3484 1.6284 1.6286 US
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    • 70 23 Aug 28 minimum, 99.7 jrity (US$/tonne) Co Close Previous Cash 1867.00 3 months 1899.50 1851.00 1884.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 6464.00 6475.00 6257.50 6270.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2093.75 3 months 2107.00 1994.75 2010.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash
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    • 72 23 Aug2B COCOA (Btonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low SepO9 1806 1820 1841/1792 Dec 09 1825 1838 1857/1806 Mar 10 1820 1834 1851/1801 May 10 1815 1832 1825/1798 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low SepO9 1373 1375 1390/1367 Nov09 1411 1402 1423/1405 Jan 10 1432 1422 1444/1429 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close
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    • 29 23 Aug 28 ten Jii Sett STI Am 2638 2638 2643 SIMSCI Aw 317.4 318.8 318.6 Taiwan Aui 244.2 250.7 250.2 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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    • 20 23 Aug2B Bid Offer 1-month 1.4409 1.4423 2-months 1.4412 1.4427 3-months 1.4413 1.4428 6-months 1.4417 1.4432 Source: OCBC
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    • 63 23 Aug 28 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hi Low Vol Open Done Position SepO9 2459 2440 2466 2420 289 1014 Oct09 2390 2381 2402 2378 2842 ***** Nov09 2357 2370 2375 2352 7238 ***** Dec 09 2350 2360 2366 2344 2557
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    • 302 23 Aug 28 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES SepO9 DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 99.6625 99.5100 99.2300 98.8150 5380 3547 2849 2948 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES SepO9 99.465 99.465 DecO9 99.490 99.490 Mar10 Jun10 99.500 99.500 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 99.465 99.490 99.500 99.465 99.495 99.525 99.520 99.480
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    • 274 26 AP [NEW YORK] Intel Corp raised its third-quarter revenue forecast above Wall Street's expectations last Friday, citing strong demand for its chips and giving another signal that business is improving for one of the world's biggest technology companies. The leading maker of computer microprocessors
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      • 96 26 CREATIVE Technology has launched the Creative Sound Blaster Wireless for iTunes, a thumb drive-sized device that turns PCs or Macs into wireless sound systems. Coupled with Creative's wireless receiver, it lets users wirelessly connect their computer to speakers or headphones and listen to music from Apple's
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      • 100 26 WESTERN Digital (WD) has launched a new version of its media player, the WD TV Mini Media Player. A compact device which connects to a user's TV or home theatre, it lets users play digital movies, music and photos stored on their USB drives on
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      • 113 26 THE most affordable Blackßerry service plan in Singapore is now available from Sing Tel for $10.70 a month. Called Blackßerry Value and targeted at new smartphone users, the plan comes with IGB of bundled data and lets customers connect their Blackßerry handsets to up
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      • 90 26  -  ONG BOON KIAT NEC Asia has launched the NP4IOO and NP4IOOW, two high-end projectors targeted for deployment in large conference rooms and auditoriums, as well as for cinema and digital signage applications. Rated at a maximum of 6200 and 5500 ANSI lumens respectively, both two models
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    • 514 26 Bloomberg [TORONTO] Motorola Inc, whose phone business has lost more than US$4 billion since 2007, is devoting most of its investment in smart-phone software to Google Inc's Android, aiming for a larger share of the market for Web-surfing devices. "We're doing an
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    • 330 26 Reuters He was battling terminal cancer; shot himself: report [NEW YORK] The billionaire co-founder of top data storage equipment firm EMC Corp, Richard Egan, died last Friday, a spokesman for the company said in an e-mailed statement. Mr Egan, the "E", behind the EMC name,
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    • 399 27 Bloomberg [PARIS] The European Union plans to change copyright rules to more than double the number of cultural works available in its Web library to 10 million by 2010, making it more competitive with a book-scanning project by Google Inc. The European
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