The Business Times, 12 August 2010

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  • 23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Thursday, August 12,2010
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  • 741 1  -  By TEH SHI NING [SINGAPORE] Tiger Balm maker Haw Par Corporation has received a stern warning from the United States drug regulator for violating manufacturing standards at its Singapore plant. The company was also berated for “misbranding” a pain-relief patch as an external
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  • 803 1  -  It snaps up DBS Towers One and Two for $870m as chairman Riady makes statement of intent By EMILYN YAP [SINGAPORE] Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) has bought DBS Towers One and Two for $870.5 million or around $970 per sq ft of
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  • 142 1 ST INDEX 2,949.26 (-35.03) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,938 (-35) SIMSCI 347.34 (-4.87) SIMSCI FUTURES 345.50 (-5.30) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.359 (US$/S$ per 1.580 2.147 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.306 1.775 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 85.10 62.60 RM 3.170 2.332 HK$ 7.766 5.713 BAHT 31.94
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    • 142 1 BizIT Youth Olympics to be a test of IT infrastructure PAGE 27 FINANCE Stanchart ups the ante in fight for consumers PAGE 4 MEDIA Match-making the future of TV PAGE 4 RETAIL Shoppers clean up at this year’s GSS PAGE 10 JGU Jaeger- leCoultrp> u i HAVE YOU EVER WORN
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 552 2 OUE strikes a towering deal on Shenton Way OVERSEAS Union Enterprise has bought DBS Towers One and Two for $870.5 million or around $970 per sq ft of net lettable area, inking the largest commercial property deal in Singapore so far this year and perhaps since mid-2008. FRONT
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    • 786 2  -  Stocks plunge on concern that a double-dip recession in US is a possibility By ANDREW MARKS MARKETS around the world plunged yesterday as disappointing Chinese economic data added to a gloomy outlook voiced by the US Federal Reserve the day before. The
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    • 593 2  -  By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Foreign corporates are sitting up and taking notice of the local bond market following Khazanah Nasional’s landmark $1.5 billion sukuk issue last week. Bankers say that these corporates realise that not only could Singapore’s debt market
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    • 505 4  -  It extends rewards, services typically reserved for the rich to this segment By EMILYN YAP [SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered Singapore is upping the ante in the fight for consumers by extending rewards and services typically reserved for the rich to the “emerging affluent”.
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    • 239 4 Bloomberg [LONDON] Swiss bank UBS AG’s unit in the UK has been sued for allegedly copying articles from oil and gas publications and reprinting them in their investment research distributed to clients. Energy Intelligence Group Inc, based in New York, said its publications which include
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    • 512 4  -  Weak economy, revival of sterling also deter buyers By NEIL BEHRMANN ASIAN and other foreign buyers have become wary of UK residential property because of economic weakness and the recent revival of sterling. Surveyers and estate agents are concerned that the revival of London
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    • 535 4  -  By ANTHONY ROWLEY JAPAN received further bad news on the economic front yesterday as wholesale price deflation turned out to be worse than expected in June while corporate capital spending showed signs of weakening in the wake of a softening in exports. This came
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    • 730 4  -  By VICTORIA HO [SINGAPORE] Traditional TV is still its bread and butter, but StarHub is ensuring it has a stake in the Web TV pie, if that is where the future of entertainment lies. StarHub has announced a partnership with media agency Mindshare that establishes
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    • 379 4  -  |£j§ REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By NICHOLAS PAISNER REGULATORS may be intent on making investment banking less risky. But it will never be the safest industry in which to work. The decision by Barclays Capital to axe around 400 back-office jobs some 2 per
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    • 428 5  -  Waste-to-energy plant expected to start operating in 2015 By RONNIE LIM SEMBCORP plans to invest another $414 million in its waste-to-energy joint venture (JV) with SITA UK at the latter’s Teeside site in north-east England. The proposed project, Wilton 11, will
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    • 419 5  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI KHAZANAH Nasional received sufficient acceptances by Tuesday to meet the condition for its $3.5 billion general offer for Parkway Holdings, making the offer unconditional. As at 5pm that day, Khazanah had received valid acceptances in respect of 458.36 million shares, representing
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 586 6  -  Jump in vessel deliveries leave firm with 800.5m yuan gain; better H2 seen By LYNETTE KHOO YANGZIJIANG Shipbuilding yesterday posted 800.5 million yuan (S$161.1 million) in net profit for the second quarter ended June 30 a quarterly record as it delivered more vessels during
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    • 450 6  -  Firm cites consumer goods sales for 9% increase in revenue By KAREN NG SUPER Group, formerly known as Super Coffeemix Manufacturing, doubled its second-quarter net profit to $18.8 million, from $9.4 million for the corresponding quarter last year. This translated to an
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    • 440 6  -  By RONNIE LIM MARINE fuel oil supplier Chemoil’s second-quarter net profit fell 74 per cent year-on-year to US$3.2 million, as higher oil prices in April-June translated into costlier supplies and hit margins. But still, the Q2 result was a turnaround from Chemoil’s Q1
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    • 394 6  -  By LYNETTE KHOO YANLORD Group posted a 9 per cent rise in net profit for the second quarter ended June 30 to $99.9 million, citing an increase in gross floor area (GFA) delivered. Revenue grew one per cent from a year
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    • 336 6  -  Q3 profit up 90% to $77.5m as company gains from better geographical mix By VEN SREENIVASAN STRONG organic growth and contributions from its recently acquired businesses in Indonesia and New Caledonia enabled Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) to boost its third-quarter profit for the
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    • 345 6  -  By LYNN KAN LEATHER tanner and sofa manufacturer HTL International Holdings has reported a 66.9 per cent year-on-year increase in sec-ond-quarter net profit to $7.8 million. Revenue edged up 2.6 per cent to $164 million, with all markets recording stronger
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    • 271 8  -  HLF declares interim dividend of four cents per share By MELISSA TAN HONG Leong Finance (HLF) yesterday posted a $32 million net profit for its second quarter ended June 30, a 15 per cent gain year-on-year, despite an 8.7 per
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    • 729 8  -  Golden Agri-Resources sees profit jump but investors still wary about environmental slurs By FELDA CHAY GOLDEN Agri-Resources (GAR) has reported a 19.9 per cent jump in second-quarter net profit to US$66 million, from US$55.1 million a year back. But the company is still
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    • 298 8  -  Its regional mobile subscribers up 34% y-o-y in Q2 By WINSTON CHAI A SUBSCRIBER boom at overseas associates Bharti and Telkomsel helped lift Singapore Telecommunications’ regional mobile subscriber base to 351 million in the second quarter, up 34 per cent from a year ago.
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    • 249 8  -  By WINSTON CHAI M1’s latest attempt at diversifying its revenue stream has come in the form of playing doctor to computers and smartphones. The company yesterday launched a new troubleshooting service called mFix for PCs and handsets. Instead of making individual house calls,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 83 8 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has announced longer trading hours for its derivatives market, among other enhancements, from Aug 30. The derivatives market’s trading hours will be extended from 1am to 2am. Other enhancements include a narrowing of the trading break between the T session
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      • 123 8 WILMAR, the world’s largest listed palm oil company, said yesterday that the review period for its proposed acquisition of Australian sugar firm Sucrogen has been extended by up to 90 days. “The extension of the review period is not unexpected given the timing
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      • 109 8 BANYAN Tree Holdings (BTH) says that its subsidiary Laguna Resorts Hotels Public Company (LRH) is selling its Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket hotel in Phuket, Thailand, to Dusit Thani Public Company for 2.62 billion baht (S$111.6 million). BTH said its expected
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      • 87 8 MOYA Dayen said last night that its former deputy chairman and executive director John Lee Thian Guan filed a suit in the High Court of Singapore against the company on Aug 3. The suit relates to the company’s termination of Mr Lee’s
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    • 254 8 Reuters [NEW DELHI] The focus for Bharti Airtel will be to maintain profit margins as a vicious price war recedes, after India’s top telecoms firm reported that quarterly profits fell by a third. Facing tough competition in a crowded home market, Bharti, an
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    • 1122 6 CHINA PAPER HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) (Company Registration Number: *****) NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an special general meeting (the “SGM”) of the shareholders (the “Shareholders”) of China Paper Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held on 27 August 2010 at 9.00 a.m. at
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    • 1609 8 NOTICES BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT ipco IPCO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Company Registration Number: *****2747M) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (Resolution 1) (Resolution 2) (Resolution 3 (i)) (Resolution 3 (ii)) (Resolution 4) (Resolution 5) Notice is hereby given that the 18th Annual General Meeting
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 556 9  -  ST Index slides 35 points after Federal Reserve says US recovery is slowing STOCKS VEN SREENIVASAN Senior Correspondent FEARS of a potential dou-ble-dip recession hit markets yesterday, sending stocks sliding across the region. The Straits Times Index posted one of its sharpest intra-day falls in
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    • 4 9 DAILY
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    • 64 9 Aug 11 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -125.00-204.00 BT CADI -*****.00-162.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -12.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 721.44 -7.93 FTSE ST Small Cap 539.11 -3.54 FTSE ST All Share 727.68 -8.31 FTSE ST China Top 269.20 -1.95 FTSE ST China 299.75 -0.58 FTSE ST Catalist
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    • 57 9 VOLUME Enzer 182,245,000 Genting SP 88,910,000 Informatics 77,624,000 Golden Agri 76,028,000 NOL 36,247,000 K1Ventures 31,612,000 RafflesEdu 28,043,000 Noble Grp 26,878,000 China Hongxing 25,921,000 Z-Obee Hldgs 23,321,000 VALUE($) UOB 120,819,360 Genting SP 114,187,840 DBS Grp 87,190,475 NOL 71,531,458 CapitaLand 71,430,425 OCBC Bk 46,253,420 SIA 44,212,376 Golden Agri 44,163,496
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    • 186 9 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 1 11 5 0 0 0 1 11 5 Manufacturing 29 74 80 6 11 11 35 85 91 Commerce 10 23 30 3 5 4 13 28 34 Tpt/Stor/Comms 12 19 10
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    • 122 9 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 21,727 21,727 70,476 70,476 Manufacturing 290,723 51,870 342,593 200,718 5,792 206,510 Commerce 110,380 204,980 315,360 125,686 33,727 159,414 Tpt/Stor/Comms 128,402 407 128,809 232,857 60 232,917 Finance 57,299 14 57,313 285,466 1 285,467 Construction 45,440 5,181
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    • 112 9 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.110 -0.010 CapitaLand 3.980 -0.080 CapitaMall 1.930 -0.040 CityDev 11.920 -0.240 ComfortDelGro 1.580 -0.010 DBS Grp 14.260 -0.240 F&N 5.600 Genting SP 1.270 -0.010 Golden Agri 0.570 -0.030 HK Land 5.430 +0.010 JMH 40.900 -0.220 JSH 24.100 Jardine C&C 33.060 -0.500
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    • 397 9 CURRENCIES Reuters [NEW YORK] The US dollar fell to a 15-year low against the yen yesterday as US government debt yields fell, while a gloomier outlook from the Federal Reserve and slower Chinese factory growth dented risk appetite. Yields on two-year Treasury debt
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    • 106 9 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT USDIGInfl 5US$ ***** 357.3 1.1 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5197 48.9 0.7 DBXT MSMSIA 10US$ 1079 17.7 1.2 Enzer 20 9.5 90.5 GLD 10US$ ***** 5.4 0.0 Haw Par Corp 595 4.0 0.7 TigerAir 200 4.0 2.0 MTQ Corp 86 3.5 4.2 Hengyang 58
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    • 125 9 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT Nifty 10US$ *****-134.5 -0.8 DBXT SPASX200 10US$ 2850-120.9 -3.0 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2961-114.1 -2.8 UOB.ES.1008 1888 -92.0 -4.6 Jardine C&C 3306 -50.0 -1.5 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1515 -43.5 -2.1 Lyxor Europe 10 US$ 1201 -40.8 -2.4 SIA 1590 -38.0 -2.3 SIA 200 1590
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    • 87 9 Where S$ stands Aug 11 CHNG YR 2010 CLOSE FR Aug 10 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.3586 -0.43 1.4219 1.3472 Euro 1.7761 0.36 2.0153 1.6886 Pounds 2.1429 -0.24 2.2831 2.0003 A$ 1.2297 0.41 1.2960 1.1515 Yen* 1.5948 -1.01 1.5951 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.20 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2569 -0.58
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 312 10  -  Total spending by MasterCard holders jumped 28% y-o-y to $1.21b By NISHA RAMCHANDANI CASH registers rang loud and clear during this year’s Great Singapore Sale (GSS), according to MasterCard. Total spending by local and tourist MasterCard holders jumped 28 per cent year-on-year to
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    • 484 10  -  By LEE U-WEN IN what will be a first in Olympics history, all 25,000 people attending this Saturday’s glitzy Youth Olympic Games (YOG) opening ceremony will use a pre-paid, all-in-one card when they enter the Marina Bay floating platform. The white plastic cards
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    • 559 10  -  By LEE U-WEN THE Singapore Management University (SMU) may have officially welcomed over 1,700 new students into its family yesterday, but much of the attention was focused instead on a 56-year-old Belgian academic who is just a fortnight away from assuming his role as the varsity’s
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 529 11 AP [WASHINGTON] Federal regulators have taken a first step toward eliminating the use of credit ratings in rules for banks, under a mandate of the new financial overhaul law. The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, however, said on Tuesday ther
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    • 313 11 Strong growth in employment, job seekers bode well Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea’s unemployment rate rose in July but strong growth in both employment numbers and job seekers suggested domestic demand was on a gradual recovery track, government data showed yesterday. The
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    • 614 11 Legislation provides US$26 billion for Medicaid, education Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved, and President Barack Obama promptly signed into law, an election-year bill providing US$26 billion to struggling states by closing tax loopholes for multinational companies and
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    • 677 11 It cites uncertain prospects and says it’s ready to move in either direction Reuters Bloomberg [LONDON] British inflation will fall well below its 2 per cent target in two years, even if interest rates remain at record lows, the Bank of England said
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    • 502 11 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] A lack of jobs will shackle consumer spending and restrain the US recovery more than previously estimated, according to a new survey. According to economists polled by Bloomberg News, gross domestic product will expand at an average 2.55 per cent annual rate
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 416 12 It seeks licence to install 4,500 slot-machine-style video-lottery terminals Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Genting New York LLC’s bid to redevelop Aqueduct Racetrack and operate New York City’s first slot machine-style “racino” won support from the state Senate majority leader, moving it close to final approval.
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    • 352 12 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia raised four trillion rupiah (S$608.7 million) in a bond auction on Tuesday, higher than targeted, with yields sharply declining in line with expectations on strong demand after the country’s plans to cut bond issuance. Demand was concentrated at the short end
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    • 567 12 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Palm oil prices will drop “significantly” in the fourth quarter as output from new trees in Indonesia, the biggest grower, surpasses estimates and buyers switch to soyabean oil, DBS Vickers Securities (Singapore) said. Palm oil futures traded in
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
      • 90 12 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China Everbright Bank has set the price for its Shanghai initial public offering at the top of an indicative range, putting it on course to raise up to US$3.2 billion, the Wall Street Journal and a banking source said. The banking source
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      • 83 12 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan’s NTT DoCoMo Inc will likely invest an additional US$1 billion in Tata Teleservices, a newspaper said, a move that would help India’s No 5 cellphone operator better compete in a fast-growing but cut-throat market. India’s Economic Times said DoCoMo is
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      • 67 12 Reuters [MUMBAI] India’s central bank yesterday said it intends to grant a limited number of new bank licences, a move that was earlier flagged by the government to expand the geographic reach of the sector. The Reserve Bank of India, in a discussion paper,
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      • 78 12 Reuters [TAIPEI] Chinatrust Financial Holding Co, Taiwan’s top credit card issuer, yesterday reiterated that it would seek to buy AIG’s Taiwan life insurance unit if a current deal falls through. Chinatrust president Daniel Wu made the remarks during the company’s quarterly earnings presentation to
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      • 91 12 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s cement consumption, an indicator of consumer demand, rose 6.6 per cent in July from a year ago, industry data showed yesterday. Total cement consumption in July rose to 3,740,047 tonnes, taking total consumption in the first seven months to 10.7 per
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    • 2742 12 NOTICES BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg C, CHINA NEWTOWN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED NEWTOWN (Incorporated as a company limited by shares under the laws of the British Virgin Islands) (Company Registration Number *****73) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 840 13 Statistics bureau sees slowdown as a step to more sustainable growth Reuters [BEIJING] Growth in Chinese investment and factory output slowed further last month as the government brought credit growth back to normal after a record lending spree in 2009 to counter the global
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    • 203 13 [BEIJING] China reported a big budget surplus for July on the back of another month of surging fiscal revenue, giving the government the fire-power if needed to spend its way out of any unforeseen swoon in growth. Revenues in July rose 16.2 per cent
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    • 401 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Foreign banks may be allowed to underwrite a wider range of debt on China’s interbank bond market as the nation seeks to develop its financial system, the regulator said in a statement. The National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 617 14 China tells banks to put off-book loans back in the books and make provisions Bloomberg AFP [HONG KONG] China’s banking regulator has ordered banks to transfer off-balance-sheet loans onto their books and make provisions for those that may default, three people with knowledge of the
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    • 699 14 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India’s headline inflation should ease faster than expected by the central bank, as past actions take effect, and this will reduce the pressure to further tighten monetary policy, a top government adviser said. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the deputy chairman of the Planning
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    • 378 14 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] People who travel to India and Pakistan for cheaper healthcare may be at risk from new type of drug-resistant bacteria, an international team of scientists reported. The researchers found a gene that enables the bacteria to resist treatment with a
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    • 498 14 WTO: Regulations discriminatory and break trading law Reuters [BRUSSELS] The World Trade Organization (WTO) has condemned the way the European Union assesses duties on unfairly priced imports in a complaint brought by China over sales of screws and bolts, a person familiar with the case
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    • 262 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Exchanges Clearing Ltd, operator of Asia’s third-biggest stock market, said first-half profit rose 3 per cent as new listings increased, countering slowing market turnover. Net income in the six months ended June 30 advanced to HK$2.26 billion
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    • 184 14 RIDING THE REGIONAL RECOVERY 20August2010(Friday) Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center Level 5, Sands Grand Ballroom TOP CEOS SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND INSIGHTS WITH INVESTORS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS: Keynote Address Panelist: Mr Jignesh Shah Chairman FT Group Vice Chairman, Singapore Mercantile Exchange Panel Discussions VIEWS FROM THE TOP The Business
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
    • 602 15 China, developing nations will offset shrinking demand in rich countries: IEA Bloomberg [PARIS] Global demand for oil will exceed the International Energy Agency’s earlier estimates, even as the agency predicts the economic recovery will slow next year. Crude demand worldwide
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    • 419 15 He fails to provide any new evidence to support his case AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand’s Supreme Court yesterday rejected an appeal by fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family against the seizure of US$1.4 billion of their assets. Thaksin, who was stripped of
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    • 523 15 AFP [CHICAGO] Drivers were at fault for failing to brake in most of the cases of “runaway” Toyota cars investigated by US safety regulators, a report presented to lawmakers on Tuesday found. A review of data recorders from 58 Toyotas involved in
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    • 398 15 AP [SAN FRANCISCO] It wasn’t too long ago that Owen Westman’s customers at Rickhouse Bar did not even know there were Japanese whiskies available, let alone ask for them by name. “They certainly do now,” Mr Westman says. Although best known for sake,
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 544 16 Nigeria, Angola and Ghana are among countries that are setting up SWFs Reuters [LONDON] Africa’s nascent sovereign funds are turning to Asia and the Gulf for a steer on how to manage resource revenues, a move that could shield wealth for the future
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    • 402 16 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Commonwealth Bank of Australia said that second half profit rose 28 per cent as loan losses fell in an improving domestic economy. Net income in the six months ended June 30 climbed to A$2.75 billion (S$3.38 billion), the country’s largest bank
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    • 433 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] An index of mortgage applications in the US increased for a second week as borrowing costs dropped to a record low, encouraging homeowners to refinance. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s index rose 0.6 per cent in the
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    • 398 16 The group is planning to hive off its insurance arm AP [AMSTERDAM] ING Groep NV, the Dutch bank and insurance company, yesterday reported a sharp rise in second quarter earnings, mostly because it avoided some of the losses it made a year ago
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    • 227 16 Reuters [BANGKOK] The health of Thailand’s hospitalised 82-year-old king, the world’s longest-serving monarch, has “substantially improved” but further treatment is required, Queen Sirikit said in a radio address yesterday. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thailand’s sole unifying figure through decades of on-off political upheaval, has
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    • 684 16 NYT [LEMOORE, California] Thousands of acres of farmland here in the San Joaquin Valley have been removed from agricultural production, largely because the once-fertile land is contaminated by salt buildup from years of irrigation. But large swaths of those dry fields
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  • WORLD
    • 733 17 The changed economic landscape is also a factor in the decision NYT [BERLIN] Chancellor Angela Merkel has made combating climate change one of her priorities. But she is having difficulty finding consensus even within her own government on a new energy
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    • 346 17 Reuters [WILMINGTON, Delaware] A New Orleans federal judge will oversee several hundred civil lawsuits stemming from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a decision that was welcomed by plaintiffs’ attorneys who want the cases to be heard in a place hard hit
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    • 637 17 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Mark Hurd, who was forced to resign last week as chief executive officer of HewlettPackard Co, may have a career ahead of him in private equity rather than as head of a publicly held company, analysts and executive
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    • 553 17 It has replenished its capital from partly private sources Reuters [DUBLIN] Bank of Ireland plans to wean itself cautiously from state support by raising debt outside a government guarantee, gradually repaying taxpayers’ funds and finally resuming dividends for private investors. Ireland’s
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    • 394 17 AP [GENEVA] Swiss food and drinks company Nestle SA reported a 7.5 per cent rise in half-year net profit to 5.45 billion Swiss francs (S$7.03 billion) and raised its full-year outlook as global sales increased despite adverse currency exchange rates. The results from the
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    • 714 18 Groups that regulate, advise and distribute funds in the areas of arts, healthcare and industry hit NYT [LONDON] The British government last month abolished the UK Film Council, the Health Protection Agency and dozens of other groups that regulate, advise and distribute
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    • 367 18 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Wall Street and its financial allies did an about-face in political spending in June, giving Republicans over two-thirds of their campaign contributions as Democrats pushed financial reform forward in Congress, a report said on Tuesday. The preliminary findings by the
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    • 633 18 Net income jumps to US$1.33b, up from US$954m a year ago AP [LOS ANGELES] The Walt Disney Co said net income for the latest quarter jumped 40 per cent from a year ago thanks to a huge boost from ESPN and a
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    • 567 18 It will pay US$1 b over five years for online streaming AP [LOS ANGELES] Netflix Inc will pay nearly US$1 billion during the next five years for the online streaming rights to movies from Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM in a deal that could
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    • 193 18 Reuters [SYDNEY] An Australian state is using exotic jobs like koala catcher, shark tagger and even beer taster to try to lure young, bored British workers to head down under for some adventure and maybe a new life. The South Australian government has
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  • AVIATION
    • 713 19 Airbus, Boeing may upgrade bestselling aircraft with more efficient engines ANALYSIS Reuters [LONDON] Airbus and Boeing are sweating this summer over whether to upgrade their best-selling aircraft with new, more efficient engines, a move which could reshape the $80-billion jetliner industry. Billions of
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    • 3037 19 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD Abu Dhabi SQ455 1300 SQ458 1430 EY473 1950 Adelaide LH9771 1745 LH9770 2350 SQ278 1745 SQ279 2350 VS7268 1745 VS7279 2350 9W4081 1820 AF8087 1820 BA7381 1820 JL5084 1820 MU8213 1820 QF81 1820 Amsterdam SQ323 0605 AZ3993 0025 US5410 0605 KL836
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    • 244 19 AFP [MUMBAI] Flagship carrier Air India said yesterday it wants compensation from Boeing for delays in the delivery of Dreamliner planes, with media reports saying the airline is demanding US$1 billion. Boeing officials were unavailable for comment, but country head at Boeing Dinesh
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    • 768 19 Bloomberg [DALLAS] The plane crash that killed former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and four other people adds to a deadly legacy in a state dependent on small aircraft and filled with aviation hazards including mountains, fog and ice. The Aug 9 accident involving a
      Bloomberg  -  768 words
    • 223 19 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] AirAsia Bhd has achieved a world record by selling more than 500,000 seats on the first day of its “Mind Blowing Fare” campaign. The leading budget airline said it had sold a record-breaking 538,000 seats on the first day of the
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    • 4180 20 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 Antwerp/UK *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN New Orleans/Camden *Loads E./W.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 323 19 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Gym l-leaked, having wood surface on exterior walls (10) 6 Such oats regularly provided for northerner (4) 9 Little female in agreement or dispute? (10) 10 Lake is weird, one end being invisible (4) 12 Priest brings healing (4) 13 Soldier turning writer in profession (9)
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  • 893 21 Ice island four times the size of Manhattan drifting across Arctic Ocean AP [STOCKHOLM] An island of ice more than four times the size of Manhattan is drifting across the Arctic Ocean after breaking off from a glacier in
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  • 399 21 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] India told salvagers to quicken work clearing hundreds of containers ditched into the sea off Mumbai’s coast as the nation’s busiest cargo-box harbour remained closed for a third day. “This work has to be speeded up,” Rakesh Srivastava, the joint
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  • 278 21 SGX '000 Aug 11 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.54 unch 2297 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.26 unch 118 Cosco Corp 1.54 -0.03 ***** CWT Ltd 1.00 unch 3059 Ezra Hldgs 1.84 -0.03 6738 First Ship Lea 0.40 -0.01 405 Freight Links 0.06 0.01 9140 Grand Banks unch unch 0
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 484 22 EDITORIAL MARK Hurd, Hewlett-Packard’s recently-exited CEO, was asked to resign by the tech giant’s board after an investigation into a sexual harassment claim showed that, while he didn’t violate the harassment policy, he had made inaccurate expense reports and concealed a personal relationship with
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    • 682 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE CAROLINE BAUM The writer, author of ‘Just What I Said’, is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are her own Bloomberg DOWNGRADING its assessment of the pace of the economic recovery from “moderate” in June to “more
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    • 1094 22  -  Washington must take the US dollar decline far more seriously than it seems to be doing ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent NOT so much a “forgotten” as a hidden war, the conflict currently playing out in foreign exchange markets among major global currencies
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    • 1048 23  -  Could the auto industry in developing countries soon begin producing vehicles that can compete domestically perhaps even globally? By TIMOTHY J STURGEON JOHANNES VAN BIESEBROECK Timothy J Sturgeon is senior research affiliate at the Industrial Performance Center at MIT and Johannes Van Biesebroeck is
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    • 957 23  -  By AREF MOHAMMED Reuters OLD pictures hanging on the walls of restaurants show canals flowing through the handsome streets of the southern city of Basra, which Iraqis used to call “The Venice of the Middle East”. The present has little resemblance
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    • 480 23  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Ang Hao Yao I REFER to the article “Matchmaker to firms, directors goes hot” (BT, Aug 6). It is timely to launch a matching service for boards and directors. The issue of independence in the search for independent directors
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 8931 24 Transaction date: Aug 11 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 20 11 3148 8Telecom 18 -0.5 423 19 18 18 18.5 1.7 10.1 5.8 86.2 10.5 6 5834
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    • 1750 25 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 4.5 5.5 27.8 4.8 225 130 6222 t APStrategic 188 -7 2 188 183 185
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    • 9468 25 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** 1.17/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.86/ APS Alpha Fund Cl B SGD!** 1.16/ APS Alpha Fund Cl B USD!** 0.86/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM
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    • 785 25 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 $mil 124 107 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 115 unch 3 115 115 112.5 115 525 913 710 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US906 888 893 36.2 306
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    • 255 25 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 $mil 56 30 6000 AVJennings A43 41.5 47.5 3.6 8.1 3.4 112 31 16 6017 Genting HK US$ US25.5 unch ***** 26.5 25 25 25.5
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 374 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Aug 10 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 819.9 -0.8 -1.5 -0.7 -5.5 -1.3 -2.2 EAFE Preliminary 759.5 -0.7 -3.2 -1.0 -8.0 -1.6 -4.8 Europe Preliminary 1109.5 -0.8
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    • 180 26 Aug 11 $S Offer Bid Overnight 1/32 par 1-month 3/8 1/8 2-months 7/16 3/16 3-months 9/16 5/16 Overnight mode: 1/16 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.38 0.28 1 month 0.50 0.30 2 months 0.60 0.40 3 months 0.65 0.45 6 months 0.80 0.60 9 months 1.00 0.80 12
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    • 22 26 Aug 11 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3586 1.3598 2-months 1.3584 1.3597 3-months 1.3583 1.3596 6-months 1.3577 1.3590 Source: OCBC
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    • 131 26 Aug 11 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Sep 10 327.8 325.0 327.8 60 Oct 10 321.5 Nov 10 321.5 Dec 10 319.0 Jan 11 319.0 Feb 11 319.0 Mar 11 319.0 Apr 11 319.5 May 11
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    • 90 26 Aug 11 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****E 11.11.2010 0.28 0.22 0.22 1-Year BY*****W 03.05.2011 0.33 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****1E 2.500 01.10.2012 104.31 104.35 104.35 5-Year N*****0N 1.375 01.10.2014 103.15
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    • 105 26 Aug 10 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Aug 10 1036.25 1048.50 1047.00 1033.75 Sep 10 1021.75 1034.50 1034.25 1019.50 Nov 10 1022.00 1035.00 1034.75 1020.50 Jan 11 1028.25 1040.75 1040.00 1026.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Aug 10 41.46 41.72 41.58
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    • 77 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Aug 10 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 80.06 -1.40 WTI (Near Mth) 80.16 -1.38 Dubai (1-Mth F) 77.89 -1.06 Tapis blend 83.60 -1.15 Minas 80.30 -1.15 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 75.19 -0.08 Jet Kerosene 90.85 -1.70 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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    • 132 26 Aug 11 As at 9am Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2210 1.2580 Can dollar 1.3050 1.3210 Euro 1.7680 1.7880 NZ dollar 0.9670 0.9880 Sterling pound 2.1280 2.1530 US dollar 1.3470 1.3630 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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    • 27 26 Aug 11 Open High Sett STI Aug 2938 SIMSCI Aug 351.0 351.2 345.5 Taiwan Aug 280.4 280.8 277.8 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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    • 82 26 Aug 10 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Sep 10 2123 2185 2170/2115 Dec 10 2051 2111 2101/2047 Mar 11 2052 2110 2096/2047 May 11 2066 2120 2100/2062 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Sep 10 1708 1724 1734/1704 Nov 10 1732 1750 1757/1729 Jan 11 1719 1741 1743/1713 Mar 11
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    • 2330 26 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Tel Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Code Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left 6221 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 40 1 150 1 4.70 45 6227 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 4 1 4 23 1.63 18 2036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 0.5 1 87 2400
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    • 464 26 Aug 11 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.936 6.126 0.693 7.022 42.093 81.111 0.769 10.691 2.866 1.257 77.472 40.895 1.229 6.564 0.953 28.775 28.877 0.572 0.904 Canada 1.069 6.546
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    • 85 26 Aug 11 (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$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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    • 154 26 Aug 11 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2284 1.2299 0.9041 0.9044 Canadian dollar 1.3126 1.3144 0.9661 0.9666 Euro 1.7739 1.7759 1.3056 1.3059 NZ dollar 0.9768 0.9790 0.7189 0.7199 Sterling pound 2.1459 2.1481 1.5794 1.5796
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    • 147 26 Aug 11 GOLD (US$/oz) Aug 11 Aug 10 Hong Kong 1199.60 1199.00 Aug 10 Aug 09 London 1193.95 1201.75 1194.70 1202.50 Source: Thomson Reuters Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Aug 11 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 56,231.71 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 126.26 52 5gm 357.38
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    • 70 26 Aug 10 Aug Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2160.50 2172.75 3 months 2170.00 2182.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7273.50 7399.00 3 months 7300.00 7425.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2098.25 2172.75 3 months 2125.00 2200.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash
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    • 66 26 Aug 11 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Aug 10 2813 2816 2815 2775 371 940 Sep 10 2716 2731 2735 2695 1037 ***** Oct 10 2680 2677 2687 2652 7932 ***** Nov 10 2660 2656
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    • 433 26 Aug 11 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Sep10 99.6450 0 990 Dec10 99.5950 0 3075 Mar11 99.5300 0 2501 Jun11 99.4300 0 2281 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Sep10 99.6500 99.6500 99.6475 99.6475 1 3454 Dec10 99.6800 99.6800 99.6800 99.6850 89 1509 Mar11 99.7000 0 2043
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  • BizIT
    • 617 27  -  Most complex ICT project for a sporting event ever undertaken in Singapore, reports RAJU CHELLAM RAJU CHELLAM WITHjusttwo days to go before Singapore’s first ever global sporting event the 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) begins, the information and communication technology (ICT)
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    • 271 27  -  By MELISSA TAN DATA security firm SonicWALL said yesterday in its 2010 mid-year cybercrime summary that Web-based threats now account for 45 per cent of all cyber attacks worldwide an astronomical jump from just 4 per cent last year. That
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    • 427 27 By VICTORIA HO INTERACTIVE 3D digital displays, an LED video wall and a network to link the digital signage across the Temasek Polytechnic (TP) campus. These are just some of the state-of-the-art facilities students will soon have after TP signed an agreement with LG
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    • 800 27 The use of new technologies is raising alarm AP [DUBAI] The militants who carried out the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India, used mobile phones and other handheld gadgets to coordinate an assault that left 166 dead. Mobile phones with video cameras
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    • 590 27  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY INFOPRINT Solutions, which recently became a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh, sees big growth opportunities in the Asia-Pa-cific region. With its regional headquarters in Singapore, the company, which is a leading provider of digital output solutions, targets both large enterprises and
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    • 272 27 Xinhua [SYDNEY] The National Heart Foundation of Australia yesterday demonstrated new computer software which aims to help health professionals diagnose, risk assess and manage patients suffering from heart attack and unstable angina. A prototype of an Acute Coronary Syndromes Electronic Decision Support Instrument
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  • PROPERTY
    • 615 28 Unemployment, wage cuts and foreclosures weigh on market despite low mortgage rates Reuters [NEW YORK] Owners cut prices on one-quarter of US homes listed for sale in July, a fourth straight monthly rise, as job market fallout trumped record low
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    • 140 28 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Istithmar World PJSC of Dubai sold an office building on London’s Trafalgar Square for about £172 million (S$367.5 million), a person with knowledge of the transaction said. The 200,000 square-foot property known as Grand Buildings was bought by a private Russian investor,
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    • 319 28 It sees tough market as opportunity to make acquisitions Reuters [LONDON] Britain’s largest residential landlord Grainger yesterday said it remained bullish about its prospects as the wilting housing market carved out new opportunities to buy real estate at attractive discounts. Chief
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    • 315 28 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Developers should be given incentives to build low-cost houses in the upcoming Budget 2011 to cater to the demand. In making the call, Hua Yang chief operating officer Ho Wen Yan said that the matter should be looked into seriously
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    • 836 29 New high-rises, hip shops and eateries mushroom in Perth AFP [PERTH] As cranes swing across Perth’s skyline, busily erecting towers of steel and glass, Australia’s most isolated state capital is reinventing itself as the gleaming face of a mining boom. Static for
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    • 471 29 Move to diversify funding, spread out maturities to beef up balance sheets Reuters [SYDNEY] Australian property borrowers are queuing up to sell bonds, seeking to diversify their funding and spread out maturities to strengthen their balance sheets after being scarred by the
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    • 619 30 China govt cooling moves likely to dampen sector sentiment; ‘policy risks’ seen for S’pore, HK Reuters [HONG KONG] Major property markets in Asia are likely to face a slower second half because of policy risks and an expected increase in housing
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    • 1212 30 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 1 NON-LANDED One Shenton Apt 15/07/2010 99 1227 2108 1718 The Sail Marina Bay Apt
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    • 462 30  -  Oxley Rising offers $158.1m for 60-year leasehold site, double analyst estimates By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] Oxley Rising has emerged as the top bidder for a 3.5 hectare industrial site at Ubi Road 1. The company, which offered $158.1 million or
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