The Business Times, 25 March 2010

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Thursday, March 25,2010
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Let private property fly free, urges Simon Cheong
    754 1  -  Redas chief says state intervention on supply side not always helpful By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] The president of the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (Redas), Simon Cheong, came out strongly yesterday to say the government should allow the property market here
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    140 1 ST INDEX 2,886.36 (-19.30) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,886 (-21) SIMSCI 343.11 (-2.48) SIMSCI FUTURES 343.70 (-2.30) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.402 (US$/S$ per 1.498 2.101 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.342 1.882 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 90.60 64.70 RM 3.318 2.366 HK$ 7.762 5.536 BAHT 32.34
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    Lock icon A better picture of the private property market
    788 1  -  New, monthly price index will also help in development of property derivatives By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] Singapore now has a second price index to provide information on the state of the private housing market here. The new Singapore Residential Price Index, or
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      220 1 BizIT Fuji Xerox eyes 35% rise in S’pore profits PAGE 35 ECONOMY In a fix over Greece, Europe looks to IMF PAGE 4 COE PREMIUMS Unprecedented surge as panic seizes motor traders PAGE 2 PROPERTY Jackie Chan picks up 3 units at Centennia Suites PAGE PROPERTY 2010 Feel the pulse
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon COE premiums in unprecedented jump
      387 2  -  Motor traders seem in a panic before new, smaller quota kicks in next month By SAMUEL EE [SINGAPORE] Premiums for a Certificate of Entitlement (COE) jumped by unprecedented amounts yesterday as panic appeared to seize motor traders during the final tender before the introduction of
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      Lock icon Jackie Chan picks up 3 units at Centennia Suites
      357 2  -  Emil Chau also buys one as showbiz stars dip into S’pore property market By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] Hong Kong movie superstar Jackie Chan and his good friend singer/songwriter Emil Chau, who were in town recently for last Sunday’s Thong Chai Charity
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      Lock icon SGX raps Jurong Cement over statements
      520 2  -  By TEH SHI NING [SINGAPORE] In an unusually strongly-worded statement, the Singapore Exchange yesterday reprimanded Jurong Cement Limited (JCL) for “making false and misleading statements” relating to the reasons for director resignations. Five directors resigned from JCL’s board last November, including two employees of
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      Lock icon Correction and clarification
      88 2 IN “Accounting to get degree of change” (BT, March 22), we mentioned Bobby Chin’s ACCA qualification. Mr Chin has, in fact, an ACA with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. We are sorry for the error. The Committee to Devel- op the Accountancy Sector
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      Lock icon Labour to cut deficit; stage set for coming UK election
      356 2 Reuters [LONDON] Britain’s Labour government set the stage for the coming election with a budget that promised a £2.5 billion (S$5.24 billion) package to boost growth, higher taxes for the well-off and lower borrowing than predicted only three months ago.
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      Lock icon Dubai World set to present US$26b debt plan: sources
      569 2 Reuters [DUBAI] Debt-laden Dubai World will present plans to restructure its US$26 billion debt pile to creditors this week, with details due to emerge yesterday, sources familiar with the talks told Reuters. The conglomerate, which has been locked in talks with
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      540 2 New private housing price index launched in S’pore SINGAPORE now has a second price index to provide information on the state of the private housing market here. The new Singapore Residential Price Index aims to provide a resource for the development of property derivatives. It tracks month-on-month price
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      Lock icon In a fix over G reece, Europe looks to IMF
      702 4  -  Fitch cuts Portugal’s debt rating, adding urgency for EU to resolve crisis By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] After months of trying almost everything else, eurozone leaders yesterday appeared on the verge of turning to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for help
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      Lock icon Rio trial showcases China steel mogul’s struggle
      632 4 Reuters [SHANGHAI] The surprise star of the Rio Tinto trials, entering their final day here yesterday, was the billionaire founder of one of China’s most aggressive private steel mills. Written testimony from Du Shuanghua, founder of Rizhao Steel, gave a hint of how
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      11 4 Rio trial ends with no verdict or sentence reached, Page 20
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Prospects good with improving economy: Keppel
      512 6  -  Group ready to grow in deepwater production, which is expected to rise By TEH SHI NING MARINE and property conglomerate Keppel Corporation expects this year to be better than last, with its key offshore and marine business bagging $1.3 billion worth of new orders
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      Lock icon Ang Kong Hua to be Sembcorp chairman
      257 6  -  By KAREN NG ANG Kong Hua will be the non-execu-tive chairman of Sembcorp Industries after current chairman Peter Seah steps down on May 1. Currently, Mr Ang is a director on the board of Sembcorp. Mr Ang, who is also executive director of
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      Lock icon Japan Land’s data centre risks liquidation
      452 6  -  Contractor putting centre under receivership By LYNETTE KHOO SINGAPORE’S largest data centre, owned by listed Japan Land, is at risk of being liquidated as its main contractor is putting the centre under receivership over delayed progress payments. Jurong Data Centre Development (JDD) is unable
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      Lock icon General Magnetics’ request for more time rejected
      603 8  -  Highly uncertain whether its proposal will meet listing requirements: SGX By LYNETTE KHOO LOSS-MAKING General Magnetics said that SGX has rejected its request for a time extension to submit a proposal to resume trading of its shares. But the company has, subsequent to
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      Lock icon Why is liquidity declining?
      841 8  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY ONE of the most striking features of the “rally” of the past month is that it has occurred in relatively poor volume average daily turnover is 15 per cent down in March compared to 2009’s average, and feedback from retail
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      Lock icon Growth on Frasers’ agenda
      482 9  -  It will open 16 new properties this year; buy buildings in UK, Europe, China By EMILYN YAP GROWTH will continue to be on the agenda for Frasers Hospitality even after it hits its target of managing more than 10,600 service apartments by end-2012. The rate of
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Z-Obee unit buys 15% of Yoho King
        104 9 Z-OBEE Holdings said that its unit is buying 7,500 shares, representing a 15 per cent stake, in a tech firm Yoho King for US$10.8 million in cash. Yoho King is involved in the research and development, distribution and sales of a range of
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        Lock icon RH Energy wins US$8.2m CNPC deal
        62 9 RH Energy Ltd has secured a contract, worth about US$8.2 million, to provide 88 sets of pressure control systems to be installed along the main and branch pipelines of the Second West-East Natural Gas Pipeline undertaken by China National Petroleum Corporation. The contract is
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        Lock icon CSE Global unit to buy Systems Integration
        80 9 CSE Global Ltd said that its UK subsidiary, CSE-Global (UK) Ltd, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with MS Allison, KT Jones and C Hibberd to buy Systems Integration Automation Limited for £10.10 million (around S$21.51 million). The target company is
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      Lock icon MIIF sells Arqiva stake
      276 9 SHARES of Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund (MIIF) rose 3.7 per cent yesterday after it announced that it has agreed to sell its 8.7 per cent interest in Arqiva in the UK for a total cash consideration of £116.5 million (S$244.9 million). The net proceeds are expected
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      Lock icon FM Holdings responds to sponsor’s queries
      571 9  -  Info on management accounts to be given by April 9 By JOYCE HOOI AS part of the increasingly tangled web being weaved, FM Holdings responded to the queries of its sponsor PrimePartners Corporate Finance Pte Ltd after market close on Tuesday. Last week, PrimePartners
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      Lock icon Yangzijiang ‘not affected’ by Rickmers difficulties
      160 9 Bloomberg YANGZIJIANG Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd, a China-based shipbuilder, said it is “not affected” by financial difficulties at Rickmers Maritime Singapore as ships ordered by its German parent haven’t been cancelled. “Yangzijiang is not affected by what is happening to Rickmers in Singapore as the
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      90 6 BE WELL INFORMED WITH FREE SEMINARS ON THE PROPERTY MARKET, INVESTMENTS AND MANY MORE. SINGAPORE 27 28 March 2010 SUNTEC Singapore Hall 401 L 11ll <M2. <4 Tlfl M I- ¥J t Mi i-' Visit The Business Times subscription booth at G04-G05 Subscribe to The Business Times and enjoy the
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      331 7 in i I 1 UU i s£ Ml tM Ui I IAS IHI1 ft V. *r ITUDE. ALTITUDE. 010M W w, Altez soars above the ordinary. At 250 metres, it is the tallest residential tower in Singapore and one of the 20 tallest residential buildings in the world. In the
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      2146 8 MATS BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg mapleiree logisticstrust MAPLETREE LOGISTICS TRUST (constituted in the Republic of Singapore pursuant to a trust deed dated 5 July 2004 (as amended)) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 1 st Annual General Meeting of
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Weak session as volume stays low
      549 10  -  However, the sale of a block of 115 million Noble shares boosts turnover STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THE Straits Times Index, which on Tuesday looked like it bounced 16 points due mainly to short-covering than anything else, yesterday fell back 19.3 points to
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 10 DAILY
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      66 10 Mar 24 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 132.00 -200.0 BT CADI -*****.00 -19.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +13.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 691.41 -2.20 FTSE ST Small Cap 552.44 +0.65 FTSE ST All Share 711.79 -4.03 FTSE ST China Top 279.06 -1.21 FTSE ST China 296.02 -0.69 FTSE
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 5 5 4 0 0 0 5 5 4 Manufacturing 60 66 79 8 7 11 68 73 90 Commerce 15 25 27 4 1 6 19 26 33 Tpt/Stor/Comms 14 13 17
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Singapore Post
        384 10 Singapore March 24 close: $1.08 OCBC INVESTMENT RESEARCH, March 24 SINGAPORE Post (SingPost) is issuing $200 million in principal amount of fixed-rate notes due 2020 with a coupon rate of 3.5 per cent. With a denomination of $250,000, the notes will have a tenure of 10 years. SingPost
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        Lock icon Yongnam Holdings
        576 10  -  March 24 close: $0.26 CIMB-GK RESEARCH, March 24 Compiled by CONRAD TAN MAINTAIN “outperform”. We remain bullish on Yongnam Holdings’ prospects, backed by its sizable order book and consistent earnings delivery. We keep our FY2010-12 EPS estimates largely intact. Our target price of $0.46 is also unchanged, based
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      119 10 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 20,819 20,819 56,619 56,619 Manufacturing 357,199 11,535 368,734 207,329 873 208,202 Commerce 397,574 17,485 415,059 567,279 3,262 570,541 Tpt/Stor/Comms 93,569 1,088 94,657 144,845 175 145,020 Finance 70,638 20 70,658 155,364 1 155,365 Construction 57,197 6,200
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      114 10 Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.290 -0.030 CapitaLand 4.000 -0.040 CapitaMall 1.830 -0.020 CityDev 10.580 -0.080 ComfortDelGro 1.560 +0.010 DBS Grp 14.480 -0.120 F&N 4.630 +0.030 Genting SP 0.910 -0.025 Golden Agri 0.560 -0.005 HK Land 4.810 -0.040 JMH 34.160 +0.160 JSH
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      Lock icon Euro slumps to 10-month low against greenback
      477 10 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The euro was under further pressure yesterday, slumping to a 10-month low versus the US dollar and a record low against the Swiss franc as uncertainty over aid for debt-stricken Greece knocked the single currency. The move came ahead of
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      60 10 VOLUME Noble Grp 149,316,000 Abterra 108,193,000 Genting SP 80,348,000 Golden Agri 73,035,000 Ban Joo 54,877,000 GlobalInv 52,523,000 Z-Obee Hldgs 43,331,000 BanJoo W*****2 36,935,000 DMX Tech 31,954,000 Eastgate Tech 29,649,000 VALUE($) Noble Grp 466,459,010 Genting SP 73,869,810 DBS Grp 52,195,980 CapitaLand 50,105,280 Golden Agri 41,551,825 SingTel 39,205,290 Wilmar
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      Lock icon RISES
      109 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 89.7 0.6 OCC 3.93% NCPS10 8690 66.0 0.8 Jardine C&C 2768 38.0 1.4 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1155 30.8 1.9 OCC 5.1% NCPS 100 ***** 30.0 0.3 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2951 28.0 0.7 JMH 3416 22.4 0.5 Great Eastern 1474 22.0 1.5
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      Lock icon FALLS
      120 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN GLD 10US$ ***** -91.1 -0.6 JSH 1972 -50.5 -1.8 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5092 -47.7 -0.7 STXPO 100 1556 -28.0 -1.8 Total Access 110 -14.0 -8.3 Noble Grp.ES.1003 319 -14.0 -4.2 Keppel Corp 903 -13.0 -1.4 DBS Grp 1448 -12.0 -0.8 Noble Grp 319 -12.0
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      87 10 Where S$ stands Mar 24 CHNG YR 2010 CLOSE FR Mar 23 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.4037 -0.13 1.4219 1.3953 Euro 1.8781 0.92 2.0153 1.8781@ Pounds 2.1015 0.28 2.2776 2.0848 A$ 1.2838 0.04 1.2923 1.2276 Yen* 1.5399 0.85 1.5927 1.5027 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.07 0.*****# 0.***** Baht* 4.3403 -0.14
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      221 11 SA WA ATLA ATLAN DALLAS LOS AN WASHINGTON A O CITY MIAMI ORLEANS FR ANY NEW YO SAN FRANCISC O. BARCELONA UTH BEACH QUARTER NEW SQUARE NEW DALE SEATTLE WOOD ONTREAL E COURT N SQUARE CON VALLEY ISTANBUL DOH/V HONG KONG CEST DO I r SINGAPORE SENTOSA COVE THE RESIDENCES
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S’pore top city to live in for Asian expats
      408 12  -  Ranking makes city appealing to global firms wishing to bring in staff: ECA By TEH SHI NING SINGAPORE has emerged as the top place for Asian expatriates to live in for an 11th year running, according to global human resource consultancy
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      Lock icon Subdued job outlook for finance workers
      411 12  -  But prospects are improving, with some companies ready to hire again By CONRAD TAN FIRMS are still cautious about hiring finance and accounting staff, especially for entry-level positions, despite the recent rebound in the economy and financial markets, a new survey shows. About two-thirds
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      Lock icon Acra to launch compliance initiatives
      203 12 LAST week, Singapore Exchange (SGX) chairman JY Pillay reminded SMEs of the importance of adopting good corporate governance practices. Now, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) has announced its intention to roll out a suite of initiatives aimed at cultivating a culture of voluntary
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      Lock icon Focusing on speciality wafers
      278 12 Semiconductor maker SSMC invests US$30m on R&D SYSTEMS on Silicon Manufacturing Co Pte Ltd (SSMC) yesterday announced a new R&D investment of US$30 million, signalling a greater strategic inclination towards “speciality wafers” involved in day-to-day applications, such as the chips in our biometric passports. “We are
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      Lock icon Shell’s new cracker successfully started up
      328 12  -  By RONNIE LIM BANG on schedule, Shell’s new ethylene cracker the centrepiece of its new US$3 billion Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex (SEPC) here was successfully started up this week, producing on-specification ethylene since Monday, the company announced yesterday. This means that SEPC is now
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      Lock icon DKSH relocates global finance centre to S’pore
      366 12  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI SWISS distributor DKSH is expanding its presence here, by relocating its global finance centre from Zurich in a nod to Singapore’s importance to the group’s global operations. “Moving the activities of the finance team closer to our operations here in
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      Lock icon Economist sees grim outlook for Western world
      425 12  -  Risk of double-dip recession ahead is significant By ANNA TEO THE economic outlook for the Western world will be pretty grim in the next couple of years, with the global economy only crawling along at best, says a leading British economist. There’s also
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Japan approves record Budget amid debt fears
      620 13  -  Govt assures market it will not force BOJ to ‘print money’ to finance deficit By ANTHONY ROWLEY JAPAN’S parliament passed an all-time high annual Budget yesterday, requiring a record amount of public borrowing. Meanwhile, government ministers sought to reassure financial markets that they
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      Lock icon Senators seek action on China forex bill
      275 13 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Two US senators said on Tuesday that they would push for quick action on a bipartisan bill aimed at making China raise the value of its currency. Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, said he wanted a vote on the
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      Lock icon Japan scales back privatising nation’s biggest bank
      443 13 Reuters [TOKYO] The Japanese government has scaled back its privatisation plan for Japan Post to hold more than a third of its shares, keeping a grip on the conglomerate that is the single largest holder of government bonds. Japan Post is the country’s
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      Lock icon Feinberg cuts salaries of top execs at five firms
      408 13 33% pay cut for top 25 execs at each of bailed out firms LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] The Obama administration’s pay czar on Tuesday announced further pay cuts for top executives at five US firms still receiving substantial help from the federal government,
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      Lock icon Feb exports dip but shipments to US jump 50%
      371 13 Uptrend in exports gaining strength, say economists Reuters [TOKYO] Japan’s exports fell slightly in February, but a big rise in auto shipments to the US showed exports are continuing to pick up on the back of a recovery in the global
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      4017 14 Corporation Keppel Corporation Limited Co Reg No: *****0351N (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting and Closure of Books NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 42nd Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Four Seasons Hotel, Four Seasons Ballroom (Level 2), 190 Orchard
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Economy to grow 4.5-5.5%: Bank Negara
      722 15  -  Domestic demand, driven by private sector, and exports seen fuelling growth By S JAYASANKARAN, PAULINE NG THE Malaysian economy is expected to grow between 4.5 and 5.5 per cent this year, after shrinking 1.7 per cent in 2009, according to the central bank. Bank
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      Lock icon Jakarta urged to sustain policy framework
      260 15 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia needs to demonstrate that it can sustain its economic policy framework in order to achieve an investment-grade debt rating, according to Fitch Ratings. “That kind of policy sustainability despite changes in personnel and government is a feature of high-rated sovereigns,” Fitch
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      Lock icon Gamuda unit plans to buy state’s water assets
      291 15 RM 10.8b takeover could end industry impasse in Selangor Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian builder Gamuda said yesterday its 40 per cent owned unit Splash is planning a RM10.8 billion offer for the water assets of the central Selangor state. Splash has informed
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      Lock icon Indonesia footwear exports set to rise
      208 15 Xinhua [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s footwear exports are expected to rise to US$2 billion this year, up 17.5 per cent compared with last year, due to the increase of orders from Europe and non-traditional markets, a local newspaper reported yesterday. Indonesian Footwear Industry Association secre-tary-general Binsar
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      924 15 MATS i ci NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg 4 Keppel Corporation Keppel Corporation Limited Co Reg No:*****0351N (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Keppel Corporation Limited (the "Company" or "KCL") will be held at
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      3834 16 Keppel Land Keppel Land Limited Co Reg No: *****0001G (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the ordinary shareholders of the Company will be held at Four Seasons Hotel, Four Seasons Ballroom, 2nd Floor, 190 Orchard
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon CNOOC, BG ink Australia’s biggest LNG deal
      542 17 3.6m tpy contract shows momentum in fledging coalseam gas industry Reuters [PERTH] China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) and BG Group signed Australia’s biggest ever liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal yesterday, paving the way for approval of BG’s A$8 billion (S$10.3 billion)
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      Lock icon China for long-term iron ore pricing
      263 17 Reuters [BEIJING] China continues to support the annual benchmark pricing system for iron ore but opposes “any form of monopoly behaviour” that flouts market rules, a government official said on Tuesday. Jia Yinsong, head of the raw material department at the Ministry of Industry
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      Lock icon ICBC frets over sustaining high growth in long run
      214 17 Reuters [BEIJING] Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s largest bank by market value, is worried about short-term volatility as economic stimuli are withdrawn and about sustaining high growth in the long run. In an interview with The Asian Banker
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      Lock icon Macau gaming revenue set for record in March
      394 17 Stanley Ho’s flagship said to retain largest share at 30% Reuters [HONG KONG] Gambling revenue in Macau reached close to HK$13 billion (S$2.3 billion) for the first three weeks of March, on track for a monthly record, underscoring sustained growth in the
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      525 19 French, Russian rivals cash in, as Americans stay stalled pending liability legislation AFP [NEW DELHI] US nuclear companies looked poised to benefit from a 2008 deal that threw open India’s promise-filled atomic market, but instead are watching from the sidelines as French
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      382 19 Global economy will be considered in any moves: ex-official Reuters [BEIJING] The Chinese government has been “consistently and conscientiously” studying how to reform the yuan exchange rate, a former senior official said, stressing that any moves would be cautious. Li Deshui, the retired
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      205 19 Reuters [NEW DELHI] The Indian unit of Coca-Cola Co has been asked to pay US$47 million compensation for causing environmental damage at its bottling plant in the southern Indian state of Kerala, state officials said on Tuesday. A state government panel, in a
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      261 19 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China will balk at allowing the yuan to appreciate if the US labels the country a currency manipulator next month, said Donald Straszheim, director of China research at International Strategy Investment Group. The Treasury Department is “seriously considering” labelling China a
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      575 20 US arms sales to Taiwan, yuan row, Dalai Lama’s US visit, high in priority AFP [BEIJING] China and the United States are not ready to spar over Google’s decision to effectively shut down its Chinese search engine, opting to focus on more serious issues
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      557 20 Reuters [BEIJING] Two days after shutting its Chinese portal over censorship, Google Inc said it plans to phase out deals to provide filtered search services to other online or mobile firms in China. It has already been shunned by at least one of
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      561 20 Reuters [SHANGHAI] The trial of four Rio Tinto executives ended in Shanghai yesterday, with three defendants contesting charges of stealing commercial secrets in a case that has highlighted the Chinese steel industry’s huge appetite for iron ore. The trial of Australian
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      435 20 Reuters [MUMBAI] Demand-side pressure on the Indian economy can build up further and it is better to take some action now, the central bank governor said yesterday, days after it surprised markets by raising interest rates. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI),
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      245 20 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan’s high court yesterday warned the former head of United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) that he risks being arrested after shouting at the judges and walking out of his trial for illegal investment. Robert Tsao, one of the island’s most successful businessmen,
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      1378 20 BEATS NOTICES muj MM TUAN SING HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No.: *****0130M) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 40 th Annual General Meeting of Tuan Sing Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at the NTUC Centre, No. 1
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      594 23 FSA squad raids 16 addresses in London on Tuesday, arrests 6 people Reuters [LONDON] One of the biggest insider trading cases to hit London in years cast a shadow on Tuesday on European banks Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas SA, as well as
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      534 23 He was given a special pardon from the president in Dec AP [SEOUL] Lee Kun-hee, the former chairman of Samsung Electronics, has returned to lead the company after a nearly two-year absence. The 68-year-old Mr Lee, a South Korean corporate icon, was indicted in
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      134 23 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Mitsumi Electric Co and other parts suppliers to Nintendo Co advanced after Nintendo said that it will start selling a 3-D version of its portable DS game machine that does not require glasses. Mitsumi Electric shares climbed 3.9 per cent to 2,042 yen on
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  • WORLD
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      520 24 US customers seen as too risky even if they are not dodging US taxes AP Reuters [GENEVA] A senior Swiss regulator said on Tuesday that banks were right to close thousands of Ameri-can-held accounts, and even encouraged Swiss financial institutions to avoid US
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      Lock icon White House ponders Fannie and Freddie revamp
      439 24 NYT [WASHINGTON] Despite growing pressure from Congress to act quickly, the Obama administration is moving tentatively to develop a plan to reshape Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage-finance companies taken over by the government 18 months ago. On April 15, the Treasury
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      455 24 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Daimler will pay US$185 million to resolve criminal charges by the US government that the carmaker violated the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, according to a person familiar with the litigation. The US government alleged that the maker of Mer-cedes-Benz
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      474 24 Reuters [WASHINGTON] A US programme aimed at helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure has been oversold by the Treasury Department and is likely to be a failure when it wraps up in 2012, a report from the watchdog overseeing the US$700 billion bank bailout
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      388 24 LATEST US DATA Reuters [WASHINGTON] New orders for US durable goods rose for the third straight month in February as businesses rebuilt inventories by the largest margin in more than a year, pointing to continued strength in manufacturing. The Commerce Department said yesterday that
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      3823 25 sembcorp marine SEMBCORP MARINE LTD (Company Registration Number: *****0098Z) (Incorporated In Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the 47 th Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 11.00 a.m. at 29 Tanjong Kling Road, Singapore
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      1046 26  -  They are commanding respect as critical variables in the nation’s industrialisation strategy By AMITENDU PALIT The writer is head (development programmes) and visiting research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies in the National University of Singapore INDIA’S new-age special economic zones
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      848 26  - US to join the mercantile game but will it work? THE BOTTOM LINE ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent “WE’RE all mercantilists now,” laughed former US trade representative Clayton Yeutter during a discussion I attended in Tokyo this week. The trouble is, he wasn’t joking, as the Obama administration is proving by
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      465 26 EDITORIAL AMONG investors outside the country, at least, India has long suffered from a reputation of being a difficult place in which to do business, owing to a myriad of problems, including poor infrastructure, red tape, and unclear policies and regulations. However, this is now fast
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      1929 27  -  One of the main reasons for the cartel staying put in the driver’s seat is the lack of supply growth outside Opec By CHRISTOF RÜHL WHEN the global economic crisis fully hit, in the summer of 2008, the impact on energy markets was immediate
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      752 27  -  By MAUREEN DOWD NYT THE Democrats were walking around in a state of shock. Holy cow, they were saying to themselves. We’re not total wimps! We don’t have to sit around and let ourselves be slapped silly by Republican bullies and Tea Party
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      30 27 This article is sourced from ‘Foreign Affairs’, a publication of the US Council on Foreign Relations. This is Part 2 of a three-part article. Part 1 appeared on March 18
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  • AVIATION
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      270 28  -  It wins World’s Best Airport, Best Leisure Amenities at 2010 Skytrax awards By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Changi won World’s Best Airport at the 2010 Skytrax awards in Brussels, Belgium, this week. It also picked up the Skytrax award for Best Leisure Amenities. The
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      626 28 AFP [GENEVA] US aerospace giant Boeing and its European rival Airbus both claimed victory on Tuesday over a landmark World Trade Organization ruling on their dispute over state subsidies. Authorities in the European Union and the US kept mum on the contents of
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      447 28 LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) would not say on Tuesday whether he supports collective bargaining rights for airport security screeners. The issue ranks as a major concern of federal worker unions and has ensnared
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      199 28 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Dubai will in June open the first section of its new international airport, which aims to become the world’s largest passenger and cargo hub. Al Maktoum International Airport on June 27 will open a cargo terminal with an initial
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      2889 28 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD Abu Dhabi SQ455 1240 SQ458 1415 --EY473 1940 Adelaide LH9771 1740 LH9770 2350 SQ268 1740 SQ269 2350 VS7268 1740 VS7269 2350 9W4081 1830 AF8087 1830 BA7381 1830 JL5084 1830 QF81 1830 Amsterdam LO4031 0610 KL836 0125 SQ323 0610 AZ3993 2250 US5410
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      4893 29 BALISA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD 8 Shenton Way, #40-03A, Singapore *****1 Tel: 6345 5700 Fax: 6345 5227 Email: singapore@balisagp.com CR NO. **********0W UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A. SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN RTM/ANR/TIL *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Destination SAN SIMEON NEW ORLEANS/CAMDEN *Loads E./W.
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      326 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Underground location? Graves may be found here (4,6) 6 Are parliamentarians sorting expenses initially in recess? (4) 9 Student beginning to spurn female artist ‘heretic’ (10) 10 Last bit of crossword somebody finished (4) 12 This could lead to baker performing acrobatic moves (12) 15 Ladies
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    678 30  -  It will ensure its ships are filled with profitable cargo before expanding ASIA-PACIFIC MARITIME 2010 By VINCENT WEE [SINGAPORE] Top container line Maersk will keep capacity flat for now as it lacks visibility for the rest of the year, said Asia-Pacif-ic
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    294 30  -  By VINCENT WEE [SINGAPORE] Major China player Weichai Power will spend $20 million on a regional headquarters and showroom at Tuas to reach out to the South-east Asian market, with eventual assembly facilities costing up to US$100 million in two to three
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    248 30 Reuters [DUBAI] Port operator DP World, a unit of troubled state-owned conglomerate Dubai World, saw a 46 per cent drop in 2009 profit but said it saw signs of recovery for 2010. The company’s results come as its debt-laden parent
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    281 30 SGX '000 Mar 24 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.65 -0.01 373 Chuan Hup Hldgs unch unch 0 Cosco Corp 1.24 0.01 5075 CWT Ltd 1.07 0.01 9854 Ezra Hldgs 2.38 -0.04 1394 First Ship Lease 0.60 -0.01 772 Freight Links 0.05 unch 20 Grand Banks unch unch 0
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      9002 31 Transaction date: Mar 24 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 18 3.5 3148 8Telecom 16.5 unch 50 16.5 16.5 16.5 17 1.7 11 5.3 79 10 3 5834
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      1892 32 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 10 5 1181 t AA Grp 5.5 4.5 5.5 30.6 5.3 25 12 8538 t APStrategic 15.5 13 15 91.5 4 1
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      9335 32 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.23/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.88/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.9498/0.9498 AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM -Talents Fund 0.7/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited American Opp 0.6701/ Asian Credit Fund 1.2493/ Asian
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      555 32 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 111 107 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 109.5 109 112 499.8 863 479 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US854cd 859 865 34.2 298 167 DBS STI ETF
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      78 32 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 56 26 6000 AVJennings A47 +1 6 47 47 47 50 3.6 7.4 3.8 122.4 31 7 6017 Genting HK US$ US23 +0.5 8266
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      365 33 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Mar 23 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 862.6 0.3 3.6 0.2 2.2 0.3 2.5 EAFE Preliminary 805.6 0.5 2.6 0.4 -0.4 0.5 -0.1 Europe Preliminary 1153.9 0.6
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      181 33 Mar 24 Bid $S Offer Bid Overnight 1/16 par 1-month 7/16 3/16 2-months 9/16 5/16 3-months 11/16 7/16 Overnight mode: 0.03 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.33 0.23 1 month 0.35 0.25 2 months 0.36 0.26 3 months 0.37 0.27 6 months 0.50 0.40 9 months 0.90 0.60
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      22 33 Mar 24 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4016 1.4029 2-months 1.4018 1.4031 3-months 1.4020 1.4033 6-months 1.4026 1.4040 Source: OCBC
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      132 33 Mar 24 As at 9am Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2760 1.3140 Can dollar 1.3710 1.3880 Euro 1.8780 1.9000 NZ dollar 0.9800 1.0010 Sterling pound 2.0940 2.1190 US dollar 1.3930 1.4100 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      Lock icon STOCK INDEX FUTURES
      27 33 Mar 24 Open High Sett STI Mar 2886 SIMSCI Mar 346.0 347.9 343.7 Taiwan Mar 278.8 281.7 279.2 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      66 33 Mar 24 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Apr 10 2632 2612 2642 2605 646 6302 May 10 2603 2577 2611 2567 1890 ***** Jun 10 2585 2560 2595 2549 9675 ***** Jul 10 2572 2546
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      365 33 Mar 24 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Jun10 99.6200 0 3632 Sep10 99.4300 0 1703 Dec10 99.1450 0 4421 Mar11 98.8150 0 4508 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Jun10 99.6100 99.6100 99.5950 99.6000 316 4716 Sep10 99.6200 99.6200 99.6200 99.6200 77 4042 Dec10 99.6250 99.6250 99.6250
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      191 33 Mar 24 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Apr 10 333.5 333.5 334.5 8 724 May 10 330.0 652 Jun 10 327.5 325.0 327.5 40 800 Jul 10 323.5 320.5 323.0 140 420 Aug 10 320.0 230
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      88 33 Mar 24 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****S 24.06.2010 0.35 1-Year BY*****N 01.11.2010 0.37 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0A 2.625 01.04.2012 104.13 104.17 104.15 5-Year N*****0N 1.375 01.10.2014 100.32 100.38 100.37
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      105 33 Mar 23 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 10 968.00 698.50 976.50 964.75 Jul 10 975.50 976.75 984.00 972.00 Aug 10 970.50 973.25 979.00 968.25 Sep 10 951.25 957.50 960.50 949.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 10 39.54 39.72 39.90
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      77 33 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Mar 23 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 80.92 1.07 WTI (Near Mth) 81.62 0.21 Dubai (1-Mth F) 78.51 1.33 Tapis blend 83.15 1.40 Minas 82.45 1.40 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 79.44 0.77 Jet Kerosene 87.55 0.60 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      2469 33 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Tel Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Code Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 2.5 1 15 13 6.20 50 4085 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 2 1 4 20 2.50 23 2036 Advance SCT W*****9 0.5 1 87 2400 7.00 5
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      465 33 Mar 24 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.932 6.258 0.683 7.115 41.561 83.553 0.831 10.431 3.041 1.302 77.067 41.751 1.285 6.743 0.974 29.152 29.640 0.612 0.917 Canada 1.073 6.713
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      85 33 Mar 24 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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      156 33 Mar 24 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2842 1.2861 0.9164 0.9169 Canadian dollar 1.3776 1.3798 0.9830 0.9837 Euro 1.8811 1.8833 1.3423 1.3426 NZ dollar 0.9866 0.9883 0.7040 0.7046 Sterling pound 2.0994 2.1022 1.4981 1.4987
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      144 33 Mar 24 GOLD (US$/oz) Mar 23 Mar 24 Hong Kong 1103.30 1097.80 Mar 22 Mar 23 London 1099.35 1107.35 1100.15 1108.15 Source: Thomson Reuters Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Mar 24 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 53,443.29 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 119.84 50 5gm 340.26
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      69 33 Mar 23 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2224.75 2220.50 3 months 2258.00 2255.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7402.25 7411.25 3 months 7440.00 7450.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2074.75 2136.00 3 months 2104.00 2165.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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      77 33 Mar 23 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low May 10 2218 2211 2238/2207 Jul 10 2227 2218 2244/2214 Sep 10 2184 2170 2192/2167 Dec 10 2158 2148 2163/2140 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Mar 10 1255 1241 1262/1251 May 10 1287 1273 1297/1265 Jul 10 1320 1306 1329/1297 SUGAR (US
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  • BizIT
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      Lock icon Fuji Xerox eyes 35% rise in S'pore profits
      481 35  -  The company is confident it will stage a rebound this year, reports WINSTON CHAI WINSTON CHAI FUJI Xerox is banking on economic recovery and the growing trend towards print outsourcing to lift its Singapore profits back to boom times over next 12
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      579 35  -  Reports by EILEEN TAY A MOTION-sensing gaming device by homegrown tech startup Portege could be a cure for sore shoulders and strained eyes. The concept of the device which allows gamers to play games on a PC without a keyboard or mouse came from National University
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      300 40  -  By FELDA CHAY WATERFRONT apartments at Reflections at Keppel Bay are riding high on the property wave, with 710 of the 740 units launched at the 99-year leasehold project already sold. At the latest launch at the weekend, 29 of 30
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      398 1  -  Kalpana Rashiwala T HE property market has made a dramatic recovery over the past year. In the residential sector, prices of mass-market homes have even surpassed their 2007 peak. Expectations are running high that some time this year too the luxury segment will touch 2007 record highs.
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      1376 7  -  Short-term trading profits in real estate are not high, while the risks are considerable. DENNIS NG shows you the numbers DENNIS NG Dennis Ng is an accountant by training with 17 years of bank lending experience. He founded http://www.HousingLoanSG.com, a mortgage consultancy, in 2003.
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      1340 8  -  The market is likely to chalk up more than $200 million worth of transactions this year, says GRACE NG GRACE NG Grace Ng is deputy managing director (agency business services) and auctioneer, Colliers International IT was a stellar year for auctions last year
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      1547 9  -  EUGENE LIM reckons the current huge base of upgraders, downgraders and PRs is likely to grow and prop up demand for resale HDB flats EUGENE LIM The writer is associate director, ERA Asia Pacific THE HDB resale market has been sizzling of late. In
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      995 14  -  Collective sales of such properties tend to be slow By KARAMJIT SINGH PAMELA KOW Karamjit Singh is managing director and Pamela Kow is senior manager of Credo Real Estate SINCE the phenomenon of collective sales started in 1994, there have been over 400
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      1192 16  -  Market may not have rebounded to levels seen elsewhere but it posted a decent performance in 2009, reports PAULINE NG PAULINE NG IT may have been counter-intuitive, but 2009 proved to be a good year for Malaysian developers, the recession notwithstanding. The property market may
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