The Business Times, 6 September 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) 138/08/2010 Monday, September 6,
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    Lock icon More privatisations as valuations ease
    1073 1  -  At least 15 firms seeking to do so, deals to come will feature more Chinese companies By LYNETTE KHOO [SINGAPORE] With valuations easing and privatisation becoming a less expensive affair, a steady trickle of listed companies appear to be heading for the exit. At least
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    Lock icon NZ quake bill a hefty NZ$2b
    738 1 Major rebuild job in Christchurch; PM Lee sends condolences Bloomberg AP [AUCKLAND] New Zealand faces a NZ$2 billion (S$1.94 billion) damage bill and a massive clean-up after Christchurch, its sec-ond-biggest city, was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that closed the central business district.
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    157 1 BT ONLINE BT print subscribers get free access to BT Online at www.businesstimes.com.sg. For more information, e-mail btocs@sph.com.sg or call 6388-3838. MARKETS Weekly Change ST Index 3,002.56 +63.82 KL COMP 1,435.67 +24.62 NIKKEI 225 9,114.13 +123.07 HANG SENG 20,971.50 +374.15 SET INDEX 929.90 +29.53 JAKARTA COMP 3,164.28 +59.55
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon What will broadband competition bring?
      755 2  -  Don’t expect sharply lower prices look forward instead to getting more bang for your broadband buck COMMENTARY WINSTON CHAI Correspondent ON SEPT 1, Singapore welcomed the era of fibre optics with the minting of the country’s new information superhighway. With this milestone, the Republic now
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      647 2 Delisting queue grows as valuations ease WITH valuations easing and privatisation becoming a less expensive affair, a steady trickle of listed companies appear to be heading for the exit. At least 15 companies have sought the privatisation route so far this year, out of which nine have since
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      Lock icon Investors upbeat on hopeful signs in jobs, manufacturing data
      780 2  -  Rally set to continue as fears of US double-dip recession subside WALL STREET INSIGHT By in New ANDREW MARKS BETTER than anticipated economic reports on manufacturing and employment last week injected an unexpected measure of bullishness in the stock market as
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      Lock icon SingTel mulling C&W takeover: report
      136 2 Reuters [LONDON] Singapore Telecommunications is considering a bid for FTSE 100 group Cable Wireless Worldwide, The Independent on Sunday reported. The newspaper said that South-east Asia’s largest telecoms firm had contacted bankers in Asia and Europe to discuss the idea. It cited a corporate adviser
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      Lock icon Looking to tame the rising yen
      927 4  -  Engineering capital outflows to buy assets abroad is one radical idea mooted By ANTHONY ROWLEY RADICAL ideas on how to stem the sharp and damaging rise in the yen are being put forward in Japan as authorities come to terms with the fact that
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      Lock icon S’pore seeks to ride on China’s growth: PM Lee
      595 4  -  He calls for regular FTA reviews to meet needs of businesses By LEE U-WEN wants to be part of China’s rapid development, not just to help the Asian giant succeed but also to ride on its stellar growth, said Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Moderate global economic recovery underway: IMF’s Lipsky
      501 4 MD lists sound exit strategies, fiscal consolidation as challenges Reuters Bloomberg [GWANGJU, South Korea] The world economy is recovering moderately but still faces challenges such as the need for medium-term fiscal consolidation, the IMF’s first managing director, John Lipsky, said yesterday. “They are
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      254 2 Gl<& b a 2 RONICS 2 1 13-15 September 2010 (Mon Wed) Sands Expo And Convention Centre, Hall A Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 10am 6pm daily www.globaltronics.com.sg NEU FEATURE Printed Electronics Companies will be presenting products services at the Printed Electronics Showcase alongside the conference Jointly Organised By Reed Exhibitions
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Keppel Land to redevelop Jakarta office complex
      365 5  -  636b rupiah plan for Barclays House will tap rising demand for offices in the CBD By LYNETTE KHOO AMID rising office demand in Indonesia, Keppel Land is ploughing an estimated 636 billion rupiah (S$95 million) into a partial redevelopment of Barclays House complex
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      Lock icon Defensive stocks in favour with STI fall seen
      471 5  -  By JAMIE LEE AGAINST the backdrop of continuing uncertainty in the market, two brokerages are seeing more play on defensive stocks. This comes as the Straits Times Index (STI) could fall as low as 2,530 points a drop of about 14 per
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      Lock icon Swimming in uncharted waters
      829 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By LYNN KAN WHAT are the prospects for port specialist Portek International, given that its current revenue driver are its terminals, in a business directly linked to uncertain global trade flows? Its shareholders are unsure. Portek’s shares have not made much progress since
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      Lock icon Give the time or give up the post
      791 9  -  Appointing an alternate to help an independent director cope is unacceptable as it reflects poorly on corporate governance UNTICKING THE BOX By MAK YUEN TEEN Associate professor Mak Yuen Teen set up the Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting Centre of the NUS
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      Lock icon PRIME LENDING RATES
      403 9 Sep 3 BANKS Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of China Limited 5.5 Bank of Communications 5.5 Bank of
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      Lock icon COMPANY MEETINGS
      245 9 A: Annual, E: Extraordinary G: General, S: Special, W: Warrantholders A full list of company meetings is at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Oriental Food E 80 Raffles Place, UOB Plaza 1, #25-01 Singapore *****4 06-Sep 2.00pm PSL Hldsg E 58 Sungei Kadut Drive Singapore *****2 06-Sep
      A: Annual, E: Extraordinary , G: General, S: Special, W: Warrantholders A full list of company meetings is at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg  -  245 words
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Deflation of equity cult already started
      687 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent SPEAK to most dealers and they’ll tell you that business is bad, with them having to supplement the meagre commissions that they make from their few remaining die-hard punting clients by trading on their own accounts (mainly in Genting
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      Lock icon US$, yen down against most major counterparts
      526 6 CURRENCY WATCH Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The US dollar and yen fell against most of their major counterparts after data showing growth in economies from China to the US boosted demand for higheryielding assets. The Norwegian krone and Australian dollar, currencies linked to global
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      Lock icon Poor weather prompts rise in wheat, corn, soybean prices
      420 6 COMMODITIES Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Wheat rose to the highest level in three weeks on signs of increased demand for US supplies as world inventories are forecast to fall for the first time in three years. Wheat has soared 74 per cent from
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      87 6 Where S$ stands Sep 3 CHNG YR 2010 CLOSE FR Sep 2 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.3467 -0.02 1.4219 1.3464 Euro 1.7275 -0.08 2.0153 1.6886 Pounds 2.0734 -0.13 2.2831 2.0003 A$ 1.2254 -0.17 1.2960 1.1515 Yen* 1.5961 0.34 1.6080 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.09 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.3212 0.01
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      1571 6 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price Allgreen Prop Ltd 2.64 2.45 11 10.89 9.74 1.29 1.06 ARA Asset Mgt Ltd 1.75 1.75 4 7.33 15.43 1.28 1.13 Armstrong Ind Corp Ltd 1.00 1.00
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 WEEKLY
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      66 6 Sep 3 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -22.00 +192.0 BT CADI -*****.00 +85.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -2.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 730.51 +4.79 FTSE ST Small Cap 539.06 +2.86 FTSE ST All Share 739.48 +4.06 FTSE ST China Top 266.50 +1.27 FTSE ST China 298.56 -0.03 FTSE
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      59 6 VOLUME Genting SP 781,409,000 *Genting HK US$ 496,194,000 Informatics 241,316,000 Golden Agri 221,454,000 Transcu Grp 203,239,000 Yangzijiang 192,517,000 Vallianz Hldgs 173,251,000 UniFiber 164,146,000 China Hongxing 150,633,000 Adventus 140,810,000 VALUE($) Genting SP 1,356,964,890 Wilmar 562,977,854 DBS Grp 383,582,816 SingTel 313,301,217 UOB 312,374,118 Yangzijiang 306,706,350 CapitaLand 302,333,910 *Genting HK
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      Lock icon RISES
      111 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 3891 455.0 9.5 DBXT iBoxxKR 5US$ ***** 374.2 2.5 DBXT SPASX200 10US$ 2922 251.7 6.8 Jardine C&C 3534 250.0 7.6 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 210.0 1.3 DBXT USDIGInfl 5US$ ***** 201.9 0.6 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 4820 192.5 3.1 GLD 10US$ ***** 177.7
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      Lock icon FALLS
      124 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5304-286.7 -3.9 DBXT AUDMM 5SG$ *****-188.0 -0.8 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 *****-150.0 -1.4 CityDev 1122 -74.0 -6.2 DBXT iBoxxUSTr 5US$ ***** -71.3 -0.3 CityDev.ES.1009 1114 -66.0 -5.6 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 2809 -53.8 -1.4 Asia Pac Brew 1602 -18.0 -1.1 DBXT MSWorld 10US$
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      Lock icon Four of six portfolios gain as investors return
      1475 8  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent INVESTORS seem to be returning to the market. Last week, the Straits Times Index closed above 3,000 points, advancing 2.2 per cent. But trading volume remains relatively low. Four of our six portfolios gained. The lowest price-to-book
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      Lock icon Director buying stays flat but selling surges
      1232 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI The writer is managing director, Asia Insider Limited THE buying was flat while the selling among directors surged last week based on filings on the exchange from Aug 30 to Sept 3. A total of 19 companies recorded
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon More industries likely to use LNG here
      472 10  -  Other than power units, refineries and pharma firms may buy gas: BG Group By RONNIE LIM LNG supplies to Singapore starting in early-2013 won’t just help fuel power stations, but will also be used by some petrochemical/refinery, electronics and pharmaceutical plants here. Singapore’s
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      Lock icon Aid for low income post-secondary students
      267 10  -  By LYNETTE KHOO THE PAP Community Foundation (PCF) has introduced a scheme to provide financial support for post-secondary school students from low-income families. The new scheme will complement the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund (SPMF), which helps primary and secondary school students from
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      Lock icon Charity walk raises $400,000 for hospice
      368 10  -  By ARTHUR LEE SOME 40 per cent of patients admitted to Dover Park Hospice (DPH) do not pay anything while most pay less than $40 a day. To help raise funds for its work, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean
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      Lock icon AS Watson expanding Asian presence
      451 10  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI HEALTH and beauty retailer AS Watson (ASW) the retail arm of Hutchison Whampoa is looking to tap into Asia’s growth potential by expanding its presence in markets such as China and Singapore. “Asia as a region has the most potential,” said Watsons
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1346 10 Payment Ex Books Pay Ann (cts) date close date date ABR Hldgs aw 1.000 08-Sep 13-Sep 29-Sep 23-Aug Adampak Ltd aw 1.000 03-Sep 07-Sep 24-Sep 13-Aug Advanced Hldgs aw 0.160 09-Sep 14-Sep 23-Sep 27-Aug AIMS AMP Cap Ind Reit ag 0.538 06-Aug 11-Aug 16-Sep 30-Jul ARA Asset Mgt
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Progress as a nation
      4384 12 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC What were the key messages you took from the Prime Minister's National Day Rally speech? What policies and activities would you like to see implemented to address the issues he raised? T Chandroo Chairman CEO Modern Montessori International Group HAVING had the privileged
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      12 13 A full list of views from CEOs is also available at http://businesstimes.com.sg
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Lessons from a theme park
      978 14  -  Employees and managers must take care of the secondary guest who can make or break your business, writes BRUCE JONES BRUCE JONES The writer is the programming director for Disney Institute, which will be conducting a workshop on business excellence in conjunction with SIM Professional
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      Lock icon Freshwater theatres of nature
      951 14  -  UrbanSeas sees much potential here for bespoke furniture aquariums, reports YEN PEI WEN CAMPUS LIFE YEN PEI WEN WHEN Eunice Ng was little, she dreamed of being an interior designer or an architect doing stuff that integrates beauty with purpose. Today, that dream has turned into
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      271 14 Be smart with your finances FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors’ Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Obama to seek increase in R&D tax credit
      702 15 US$100b proposal part of pre-election push to revive slumping economy NYT [WASHINGTON] As part of his pre-election push to spur the slumping economy and his party, President Barack Obama will ask Congress this week to increase and permanently extend a popular but
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      Lock icon ECB’s Trichet urges European unity at IMF
      368 15 Reuters [CERNOBBIO, Italy] Europe needs to agree common positions on international issues at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet said on Saturday. “I call on Europe to have a unified position,” he said, adding that was his
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      Lock icon Analysts: Trouble ahead for developed world
      735 15 AP [CERNOBBIO, Italy] Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the US looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, analysts gathered in Italy offered a generally gloomy outlook especially for the United States and
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      328 15 The Asia Human Capital Leadership Series Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel 27 28 September 2010 The Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI) is proud to present two highly engaging seminars by Professor Dave Ulrich: 1.5 day Forum: Leadership for the Future 27 September 2010, Monday: 9am to 5.30pm 28 September 2010, Tuesday:
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Curb overcapacity in car production: official
      546 16 Beijing should scrap preferential tax and land policies for automotive firms Reuters AFP [BEIJING] China should end preferential policies for automotive companies to curb overcapacity in an industry where sales jumped 55 per cent in August, a government official said. Chen Bin, a top
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      Lock icon India mulls legalising sports gambling
      294 16 AFP [NEW DELHI] The Indian government is looking at proposals to legalise the country’s multi-million-dol-lar underground gambling market to tackle corruption in cricket, a newspaper reported yesterday. India is regarded as the hotbed of global betting syndicates, with gamblers and bookmakers involved in a massive
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      Lock icon Tata Steel may raise £3.5b loan, says report
      201 16 AFP [NEW DELHI] The world’s seventh-largest steelmaker, Tata Steel, is in talks with banks for a £3.5 billion (S$7.3 billion) loan for its British unit Corus, The Economic Times reported on Saturday. It said BNP Paribas, HSBC Holdings and Royal Bank of
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      Lock icon Even ‘low cost’ housing hard for some to afford
      700 16 China aims to build 5.8m social housing units this year AFP [SHANGHAI] After months of anxious waiting, Wang Jinxia finally obtained a coveted spot in Shanghai’s trial affordable-housing programme, but now the former factory worker is scrambling to pay for it.
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Barking up the wrong tree
      672 17  -  It’s not Nor Mohamad Yakcop that tycoon Halim Saad should blame for Renong’s demise MALAYSIA INSIGHT S JAYASANKARAN KL Correspondent IN AN extraordinary interview, tycoon Halim Saad poured his heart out to the New Straits Times on Friday to deny that he was bailed out
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      Lock icon Indonesian central banker sees more tightening in 2011
      293 17 Reuters [GWANGJU, South Korea] The increase in Indonesian bank reserve ratios last week should be enough to bring inflation down in the coming months, but policy is likely to be tightened further next year, a deputy governor of Indonesia’s central bank said
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      Lock icon Islamic gold dinar gains ground in Malaysia: official
      409 17 Civil servants in Kelantan paid up to 25% of salary in it AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysians are embracing gold dinars that were introduced last month by Kelantan state to promote the use of Islamic currency as an alternative to paper money, an
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    963 17 A feature series on Quality Standards, brought to you by SPRING Singapore To compete effectively in the global market, businesses need to ensure that their products and services are of world-class quality or risk falling behind the competition. This is why many companies
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Goldcorp wins Andean bid
      343 18 Reuters [SYDNEY] Goldcorp has agreed to buy Argentina-fo-cused gold miner Andean Resources for C$3.6 billion (S$4.7 billion), trumping a competing offer from fellow Canadian miner Eldorado Gold Corp. The takeover is the latest in a series of gold-min-ing deals this year, including Australia’s Newcrest Mining’s US$8.4
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      Lock icon Islamic finance industry urged to diversify, regulate
      571 18 That will reduce risk of exposure, help industry realise full potential: analysts AFP [KUWAIT CITY] Islamic finance is set to double in size in five years, but the US$1 trillion industry must diversify and regulate to realise its full potential, analysts and economic
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      Lock icon Michael Jackson auction not against his wishes: report
      448 18 AFP [HONG KONG] The auction house that is putting Michael Jackson’s memorabilia under the hammer in Macau has dismissed accusations that the sale goes against the singer’s wishes, a report said yesterday. More than 100 items once used by Jackson including a
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      Lock icon EU wants to close Anglo Irish Bank
      417 18 Reuters [DUBLIN] The European Commission wants to wind down nationalised Anglo Irish Bank while management still believes it would be better to keep a rump open, the bank’s chief executive said in an interview in the Sunday Business Post. “The European Commission is
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      Lock icon Rebound in Germany seen lifting Europe
      812 20 Higher imports raise hopes German demand will pull up the rest of Europe Reuters [BERLIN] The grounds for criticising Germany for growing at the expense of others are fading, though it is still unclear whether its recovery will drag the rest of the eurozone
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      407 20 23 men face charges of plotting to overthrow monarchy Reuters [DUBAI] Bahrain on Saturday accused more than 20 Shiite opposition leaders who were arrested in a broad crackdown of plotting to overthrow the Gulf state’s monarchy by promoting violent protests and acts of sabotage. State
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      564 20 AP [CERNOBBIO, Italy] Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales believes relief may be in sight for the beleaguered news media industry. The increasing use of the mobile Internet and for-pay “apps” that run on smart phones and other gadgets might give news providers what they’ve
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      491 20 AP [KABUL] Nervous Afghans pulled more deposits out of the nation’s largest bank on Saturday, despite assurances from government leaders that their money was safe. Crowds gathered at Kabul Bank branches around the capital to withdraw US dollar and Afghan currency savings, with
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      702 21 Credit downgrade, row over oil firm stake, delay in oil bill all add to woes Reuters [DAKAR] Is Ghana being hit by the resource curse even before the oil starts flowing? Three months before pumping starts at its Jubilee offshore field,
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      638 21 Q2 GDP up 1.2%; more pressure to raise rates in 2011 Bloomberg [BRASILIA] Brazil’s economic growth slowed less than expected in the second quarter, on a record jump in investment, adding to pressure on the central bank to resume raising interest
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      525 21 Reuters [DETROIT] The US government is likely to take a loss on General Motors Co in the first offering of the carmaker’s stock, six people familiar with preparations for the landmark IPO said. Subsequent offerings of the government’s holdings may
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      330 21 AP [WASHINGTON] Drug and medical device firm Abbott Laboratories has abandoned plans to sell its vaccines unit, less than three months after exploring sales talks with rival companies. Abbott acquired the unit as part of its US$6.2 billion purchase of Bel-gium-based Solvay Pharmaceuticals
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      327 21 AFP AP [WASHINGTON] The Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes “a threat”, a senior US official said yesterday. “I’m very pleased to
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      709 22 Flying fewer, fuller planes despite increase in demand pays off for airlines NYT [NEW YORK] American air fares have risen steadily in recent months and are now close to pre-recession levels and that’s not even counting all the fees that airlines have introduced
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      3024 22 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD Abu Dhabi SQ457 1230 SQ456 1250 --EY473 1950 Adelaide LH9771 1745 LH9770 2350 SQ278 1745 SQ279 2350 VS7268 1745 VS7279 2350 Amsterdam SQ323 0605 LO4032 2345 US5410 0605 SQ324 2345 AZ3992 1525 US5411 2345 KL835 1525 Athens SQ348 0105 Atlanta DL281
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      Lock icon Cargo ship to make historic Arctic voyage
      577 22 Reuters [OSLO] The MV Nordic Barents is lugging 40,000 tonnes of iron ore from Norway to China on an Arctic Ocean shortcut through melting ice and is making a little history in the process. Steaming east along Russia’s desolate northern coast, the ship
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      358 22 Bloomberg AFP [NEW YORK] India plans to invest 400 billion rupees (S$11.56 billion) in the aviation industry during the next five years, Aviation Minister Praful Patel said. “We are in the process of either upgrading or setting up new
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      278 22 SGX '000 Sep 3 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.52 unch 564 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.26 0.01 267 Cosco Corp 1.62 0.01 8730 CWT Ltd 0.91 unch 258 Ezra Hldgs 1.74 unch 2971 First Ship Lea 0.42 0.01 420 Freight Links 0.06 -0.01 372 Grand Banks unch unch 0
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      289 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 7 ‘Sir’ canes new form for indecency (8) 9 Begin meal around start of afternoon (6) 10 Attend club (4) 11 Gather criminal, for example, is in scrape (10) 12 Keep back alien in deluge (6) 14 Ministry held to account to find truth (8) 15 Note
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  • DINING OUT
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      588 23  -  NEW RESTAURANT Don Quijote Spanish Restaurant Blk 7 Dempsey Road Unit #01-02 Tel: 6476-2811 By Jaime Ee THERE are, I’ve discovered, two ways to eat Spanish food in Singapore. One is to count the 101 ways that wannabe Spanish restaurants get the food all wrong, from
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      513 23  -  NEW RESTAURANT Octapas Clarke Quay Block 3D, #01-08 Tel: 6837-2938 By Jaime Ee AS several tastings in Clarke Quay restaurants have revealed, food quality will always come second to the free-flowing booze that seems to draw crowds to this tourist and ex-pat-friendly
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      9322 24 Week ended: Sep 3 52-wks Tel Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 20.5 13 3148 8Telecom 18.5 unch 1239 18.5 18 18.5 19 1.7 9.8 5.9 88.6 12 6 5834 A-Sonic
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      2033 25 52-wks Tel Last Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 9 4.5 1181 t AA Grp 4.5 4 5 25 4.3 225 130 6222 t APStrategic 194 175 190 115.1 4 0.5
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      115 25 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.210 +0.040 CapitaLand 3.940 +0.030 CapitaMall 2.000 +0.030 CityDev 11.220 +0.040 ComfortDelGro 1.540 +0.010 DBS Grp 14.120 F&N 5.650 +0.080 Genting SP 1.780 +0.020 Golden Agri 0.575 -0.005 HK Land 5.500 -0.040 Stock name Close Change JMH 43.440 +0.620 JSH 25.000
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      2657 25 Source: Thomson Reuters Transaction date: Sep 3 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asia1.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day HONG KONG Vol HK$ +/-'000 Aeon Credit 6.70 unch 0 Aeon Stores 14.14 0.02 10 Angang Steel 11.76 0.08 ***** Anhui
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      186 25 MAIN SDQ TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 7 5 7 0 0 0 7 5 7 Manufacturing 93 57 81 7 14 19 100 71 100 Commerce 32 22 25 5 10 6 37 32 31 Tpt/Stor/Comms 30 7 7
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      899 25 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 124 107 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 116 +1 14 118 114 113.7 117.5 529.5 939 727 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US939 +23 426 939 914
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      78 25 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 56 36.5 6000 AVJennings A46cd +1 11 46 44 44 51 3.6 7.6 3.7 119.8 42 16 6017 Genting HK US$ US42 +11.5 *****4
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      123 25 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 80,831 80,831 303,089 303,089 Manufacturing 1,738,519 184,859 1,923,378 1,533,531 28,636 1,562,167 Commerce 515,825 345,888 861,713 533,463 51,506 584,969 Tpt/Stor/Comms 575,295 10,093 585,388 997,019 1,409 998,428 Finance 99,398 387 99,785 1,007,701 50 1,007,751 Construction 264,058 155,178
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      26 25 Insiders' trades. Brokers' recommendations. Dividend table. The pages also cover transactions by directors and substantial shareholders. In other words, news you can use. THE BUSINESS TIMES
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      374 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 3 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 810.2 0.7 -2.7 0.7 -7.5 0.8 -3.4 EAFE Preliminary 750.8 0.7 -4.3 0.8 -10.0 0.9 -6.1 Europe Preliminary 1104.3 1.0
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      184 26 Sep 3 $S Offer Bid Overnight 0.04 0.02 1-month 3/8 1/8 2-months 7/16 3/16 3-months 9/16 5/16 Overnight mode: 0.02 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.33 0.23 1 month 0.48 0.28 2 months 0.50 0.30 3 months 0.55 0.35 6 months 0.75 0.55 9 months 0.90 0.70 12
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      22 26 Sep 3 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3460 1.3470 2-months 1.3460 1.3470 3-months 1.3460 1.3470 6-months 1.3461 1.3471 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      153 26 Sep 3 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Oct 10 348.5 348.0 348.5 25 305 Nov 10 347.0 320 Dec 10 346.0 532 Jan 11 347.0 483 Feb 11 347.0 616 Mar 11 347.0 269 Apr 11
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      88 26 Sep 3 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****S 02.12.2010 0.28 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 104.24 104.27 104.27 5-Year N*****0N 1.375 01.10.2014 102.70 102.74 102.74
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      105 26 Sep 3 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Sep 10 1029.75 1007.50 1031.25 1008.00 Nov 10 1035.00 1009.00 1041.25 1009.00 Jan 11 1043.75 1018.50 1049.75 1018.50 Mar 11 1049.00 1025.00 1054.25 1025.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Sep 10 40.32 39.66 40.40
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      77 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Sep 2 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 75.32 -0.57 WTI (Near Mth) 74.97 1.07 Dubai (1-Mth F) 74.54 0.57 Tapis blend 81.10 0.65 Minas 76.00 0.65 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 73.77 1.49 Jet Kerosene 86.50 1.65 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS & EXTENDED SETTLEMENT
      2339 26 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Tel Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Code Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left 4869 A-Sonic Aerospace W*****0 3 ***** 1 3 -8 2.17 3 6221 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 38.5 1 150 -3 5.04 44 6227 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 3.5 1 4 15
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      132 26 Sep 3 As at 9am Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2150 1.2520 Can dollar 1.2710 1.2870 Euro 1.7160 1.7360 NZ dollar 0.9540 0.9760 Sterling pound 2.0620 2.0860 US dollar 1.3400 1.3560 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      27 26 Sep 3 Open High Sett STI Sep 2999 SIMSCI Sep 352.7 355.2 354.5 Taiwan Sep 272.7 275.5 275.1 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      5811 27 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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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      66 26 Sep 3 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Sep 10 2695 2695 2700 2692 654 2369 Oct 10 2603 2624 2631 2602 1035 ***** Nov 10 2550 2570 2574 2546 6589 ***** Dec 10 2540 2564
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      421 26 Sep 3 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Sep10 99.6975 0 1037 Dec10 99.5850 0 5384 Mar11 99.5200 0 3063 Jun11 99.4150 0 2319 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Sep10 99.6500 99.6500 99.6500 99.6500 155 4009 Dec10 99.6825 99.6875 99.6775 99.6850 136 2056 Mar11 99.7050 99.7050 99.7050
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      464 26 Sep 3 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.959 6.189 0.709 7.073 42.449 81.927 0.721 10.701 2.840 1.270 77.951 40.666 1.225 6.575 0.923 29.052 28.355 0.589 0.910 Canada 1.042 6.452
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      85 26 Sep 3 (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$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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      154 26 Sep 3 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2243 1.2259 0.9096 0.9101 Canadian dollar 1.2763 1.2779 0.9482 0.9487 Euro 1.7265 1.7281 1.2827 1.2829 NZ dollar 0.9639 0.9653 0.7161 0.7166 Sterling pound 2.0776 2.0792 1.5435 1.5436
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      138 26 Sep 3 GOLD (US$/oz) Sep 02 Sep 03 Hong Kong 1247.80 1251.50 Sep 03 Sep 02 London 1246.50 1251.30 1247.50 1251.70 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Sep 03 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 58,103.14 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 130.54 54 5gm 369.15 271 10gm 660.19
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      71 26 Sep 3 Sep 3 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2121.00 2119.50 3 months 2147.00 2145.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7633.25 7623.25 3 months 7646.00 7635.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2141.00 2129.50 3 months 2168.00 2155.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      82 26 Sep 3 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Sep 10 1953 1943 1970/1938 Dec 10 1952 1945 1968/1925 Mar 11 1966 1959 1983/1940 May 11 1980 1976 1995/1956 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Sep 10 1604 1611 1607/1600 Nov 10 1639 1641 1647/1615 Jan 11 1655 1655 1660/1632 Mar 11
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  • BizIT
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      Lock icon An idea that work is not about a place
      1318 29  -  The CEO of Citrix feels ‘workshifting’ increases productivity by shifting the focus on to the work and not the location, reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY <the bizIT interview> AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY IF YOU dread having to brave the rush-hour jams every morning,
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      1004 29  -  Its latest product launch draws a speedy response that will quickly test its strategy <viewIT> CHRISTOPHER LIM Correspondent FOR the first time, a major Apple launch hasn’t caught competitors offguard which means that we will finally get to see how well Apple’s products
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      Lock icon Comex enjoys consumer electronics buzz in Singapore
      574 29  -  The 4-day IT fair attracted 815,000 visitors and takings of $68.5m By VICTORIA HO WITH the electronics market enjoying a revival, exhibitors at Comex this year say the buzz from consumers was back on the show floor. The IT fair, held at Suntec
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      Lock icon SAP clocks strong growth in SEA
      837 30  -  German giant registered over 50% Q2 growth in region and sees more deals in the second half, reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY GERMANsoftwaremajor SAP experienced strong growth in the second quarter of this year in South-east Asia (SEA) especially in Singapore, which
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      Lock icon Sybase gives SAP a mobile opening
      397 30 SAP’s decision to acquire Sybase is in keeping with the recent trend of large software companies trying to consolidate in order to meet changing customer needs. The German software major’s principal rival, Oracle, had earlier snapped up Sun Microsystems to gain entry into the
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